Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Gloucestershire region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank21912
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads61130176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire8.520 %13.20 %9.478 %
As % of the Programming Languages category14.39 %33.08 %22.00 %
Salaries quoted55128160
Average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£29,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
424393800
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire59.22 %39.90 %43.08 %
Salaries quoted363359710
Average salary£35,000£34,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£40,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C++ South WestC++
South West

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Gloucestershire C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Gloucestershire C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucesterDown-2020£35,000-3.44 %
TewkesburyUp+14£42,500+41.66 %
CheltenhamDown-31£42,500+25.00 %
C++ South WestC++
South West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C++.

150 (47.17 %)Windows
237 (34.91 %)C
336 (33.96 %)C#
428 (26.42 %)WinForms
428 (26.42 %)Security Cleared
527 (25.47 %)Windows Mobile
527 (25.47 %)MFC
626 (24.53 %)SQL Server
724 (22.64 %)SQL
823 (21.70 %)Java
823 (21.70 %)Borland
921 (19.81 %)Software Engineering
1017 (16.04 %)Degree
1116 (15.09 %)SC Cleared
1116 (15.09 %)DV Cleared
1213 (12.26 %)Requirements Analysis
1312 (11.32 %)Government
1312 (11.32 %)Linux
1312 (11.32 %)Perl
1411 (10.38 %)Windows Server 2003
1411 (10.38 %)Windows Vista
1510 (9.434 %)MSDE
1510 (9.434 %)Windows 2000 Server
169 (8.491 %).NET
169 (8.491 %)J2EE
178 (7.547 %)TCP/IP
187 (6.604 %)Microsoft
187 (6.604 %)Embedded C
187 (6.604 %)OO
196 (5.660 %)RUP

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
128 (26.42 %)WinForms
227 (25.47 %)MFC
39 (8.491 %).NET
39 (8.491 %)J2EE
46 (5.660 %)STL
54 (3.774 %)XML
63 (2.830 %)Swing
63 (2.830 %)SWT
63 (2.830 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.943 %)CSS
71 (0.943 %)Web Services
71 (0.943 %)ASP
71 (0.943 %)WCF
71 (0.943 %)WPF
71 (0.943 %)WF
71 (0.943 %)Hibernate
71 (0.943 %)Spring
71 (0.943 %)AJAX
71 (0.943 %)HTML
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (0.943 %)WebLogic
11 (0.943 %)Apache
11 (0.943 %)Tomcat
11 (0.943 %)SharePoint
11 (0.943 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.943 %)MATLAB
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (7.547 %)TCP/IP
26 (5.660 %)GSM
35 (4.717 %)SMTP
44 (3.774 %)Internet
44 (3.774 %)Wireless
44 (3.774 %)HTTP
53 (2.830 %)FTP
53 (2.830 %)POP3
61 (0.943 %)GPRS
61 (0.943 %)SMS
61 (0.943 %)3G
61 (0.943 %)GGSN
61 (0.943 %)SGSN
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (24.53 %)SQL Server
210 (9.434 %)MSDE
35 (4.717 %)Oracle 10g
44 (3.774 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.943 %)GIS
51 (0.943 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.943 %)Crystal Reports
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (2.830 %)JUnit
13 (2.830 %)ClearCase
13 (2.830 %)Subversion
21 (0.943 %)Visual Studio
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (11.32 %)Government
24 (3.774 %)Advertising
24 (3.774 %)Marketing
24 (3.774 %)Electronics
33 (2.830 %)Telecoms
33 (2.830 %)Aerospace
33 (2.830 %)Electric
33 (2.830 %)Pensions
42 (1.887 %)Education
51 (0.943 %)Finance
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
159 (55.66 %)Developer
229 (27.36 %)C# Developer
328 (26.42 %)WinForms Developer
420 (18.87 %)Software Engineer
515 (14.15 %)Team Leader
614 (13.21 %)C++ Developer
712 (11.32 %)Software Team Leader
810 (9.434 %)C++ Team Leader
99 (8.491 %)Senior Software Engineer
108 (7.547 %)C++ Software Engineer
116 (5.660 %)Software Developer
125 (4.717 %)DBA
125 (4.717 %)Programmer
125 (4.717 %)Java Developer
125 (4.717 %).NET Developer
125 (4.717 %)Java Software Engineer
134 (3.774 %)Database Developer
134 (3.774 %)C++ Software Developer
134 (3.774 %)Administrator
134 (3.774 %)Senior Developer
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (3.774 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
14 (3.774 %)Mathematics
23 (2.830 %)VHDL
32 (1.887 %)Physics
32 (1.887 %)Chemistry
32 (1.887 %)SaaS
41 (0.943 %)Computer Science
41 (0.943 %)Firmware
41 (0.943 %)Robotics
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
150 (47.17 %)Windows
227 (25.47 %)Windows Mobile
312 (11.32 %)Linux
411 (10.38 %)Windows Vista
411 (10.38 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (9.434 %)Windows 2000 Server
66 (5.660 %)UNIX
66 (5.660 %)Windows XP
74 (3.774 %)Windows CE
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
121 (19.81 %)Software Engineering
213 (12.26 %)Requirements Analysis
37 (6.604 %)OO
46 (5.660 %)RUP
46 (5.660 %)OOD
46 (5.660 %)Project Management
46 (5.660 %)Release Management
46 (5.660 %)Software Testing
55 (4.717 %)UML
63 (2.830 %)Configuration Management
63 (2.830 %)Data Analysis
63 (2.830 %)Software Architecture
71 (0.943 %)Performance Management
71 (0.943 %)Information Assurance
71 (0.943 %)Network Architecture
71 (0.943 %)Business Intelligence
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (34.91 %)C
236 (33.96 %)C#
324 (22.64 %)SQL
423 (21.70 %)Java
512 (11.32 %)Perl
67 (6.604 %)Embedded C
75 (4.717 %)JavaScript
83 (2.830 %)VBScript
83 (2.830 %)Python
92 (1.887 %)Assembly Language
92 (1.887 %)VB
92 (1.887 %)VC++
101 (0.943 %)T-SQL
101 (0.943 %)Korn
101 (0.943 %)Bash shell
101 (0.943 %)Embedded C++
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
128 (26.42 %)Security Cleared
217 (16.04 %)Degree
316 (15.09 %)SC Cleared
316 (15.09 %)DV Cleared
Gloucestershire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
123 (21.70 %)Borland
27 (6.604 %)Microsoft
35 (4.717 %)Oracle
41 (0.943 %)Xilinx