The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 27 19 42
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +23
Permanent jobs citing C++ 73 78 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 8.239% 11.29% 2.935%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.01% 16.15% 5.300%
Number of salaries quoted 62 74 15
Average salary £40,000 £42,750 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.43% +9.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £35,000 £30,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
521 483 283
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 58.80% 69.90% 55.38%
Number of salaries quoted 467 460 273
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +6.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,150
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Surrey

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Guildford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Guildford C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

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

Guildford C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Guildford C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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++.

1 88 (54.66%) C#
2 64 (39.75%) Degree
3 63 (39.13%) Java
3 63 (39.13%) Linux
4 62 (38.51%) OO
5 45 (27.95%) Windows
5 45 (27.95%) Telecoms
6 42 (26.09%) Games
7 41 (25.47%) C
8 37 (22.98%) .NET
8 37 (22.98%) OOD
8 37 (22.98%) Mathematics
9 30 (18.63%) Agile Software Development
10 29 (18.01%) SQL
11 25 (15.53%) Security Cleared
12 23 (14.29%) GCC
13 22 (13.66%) Software Engineering
13 22 (13.66%) Computer Science
13 22 (13.66%) STL
14 21 (13.04%) XML
14 21 (13.04%) GDB
14 21 (13.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 20 (12.42%) LTE
15 20 (12.42%) GSM
15 20 (12.42%) VoIP
16 19 (11.80%) UMTS
16 19 (11.80%) ASP.NET
16 19 (11.80%) Cisco
17 18 (11.18%) Python
17 18 (11.18%) Subversion

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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.

Application Development
1 37 (22.98%) .NET
2 22 (13.66%) STL
3 21 (13.04%) XML
3 21 (13.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 19 (11.80%) ASP.NET
5 15 (9.317%) Web Services
6 9 (5.590%) JMS
7 6 (3.727%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 6 (3.727%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (3.727%) MSMQ
7 6 (3.727%) XSD
7 6 (3.727%) HTML
7 6 (3.727%) WinForms
8 5 (3.106%) JSP
8 5 (3.106%) .NET Framework
9 4 (2.484%) Swing
10 3 (1.863%) Hibernate
10 3 (1.863%) CSS
10 3 (1.863%) ADO.NET
10 3 (1.863%) Lucene
Application Platforms
1 6 (3.727%) ESB
2 3 (1.863%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.242%) IIS
4 1 (0.621%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.621%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.106%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.621%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.42%) LTE
1 20 (12.42%) GSM
1 20 (12.42%) VoIP
2 19 (11.80%) UMTS
3 17 (10.56%) Asterisk PBX
3 17 (10.56%) PBX
4 16 (9.938%) RTP
4 16 (9.938%) RANAP
5 7 (4.348%) HTTP
6 5 (3.106%) Wireless
6 5 (3.106%) Internet
7 4 (2.484%) IPv4
7 4 (2.484%) IPv6
8 3 (1.863%) SONET
8 3 (1.863%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.863%) SDH
8 3 (1.863%) Gigabit Ethernet
9 2 (1.242%) SCTP
9 2 (1.242%) M3UA
9 2 (1.242%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.56%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.484%) Hadoop
3 3 (1.863%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.863%) MS Access
3 3 (1.863%) MySQL
3 3 (1.863%) Big Data
4 2 (1.242%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.621%) GIS
5 1 (0.621%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.621%) Redis
5 1 (0.621%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 23 (14.29%) GCC
2 21 (13.04%) GDB
3 18 (11.18%) Subversion
4 17 (10.56%) Trac
5 10 (6.211%) Xcode
6 6 (3.727%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.863%) Ant
7 3 (1.863%) JIRA
7 3 (1.863%) Maven
8 2 (1.242%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.621%) Rational Rose
9 1 (0.621%) RSpec
9 1 (0.621%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.621%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 45 (27.95%) Telecoms
2 42 (26.09%) Games
3 13 (8.075%) Automotive
4 12 (7.453%) Finance
5 10 (6.211%) Electronics
6 3 (1.863%) Law
6 3 (1.863%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.863%) Retail
7 1 (0.621%) Military
7 1 (0.621%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 71 (44.10%) Developer
2 44 (27.33%) Software Engineer
3 28 (17.39%) Graduate
4 27 (16.77%) Graduate Developer
5 24 (14.91%) Software Developer
6 21 (13.04%) C++ Software Engineer
7 16 (9.938%) C++ Developer
7 16 (9.938%) C# Developer
8 15 (9.317%) Programmer
9 14 (8.696%) C++/C# Developer
10 13 (8.075%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (7.453%) Graduate Software Developer
12 10 (6.211%) Games Programmer
13 8 (4.969%) Software Team Leader
13 8 (4.969%) C++ Team Leader
13 8 (4.969%) Team Leader
14 6 (3.727%) Electronics Engineer
14 6 (3.727%) Security Investigator
14 6 (3.727%) Architect
14 6 (3.727%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.98%) Mathematics
2 22 (13.66%) Computer Science
3 16 (9.938%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 13 (8.075%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (7.453%) VHDL
5 12 (7.453%) Cryptography
6 10 (6.211%) SCADA
7 8 (4.969%) Physics
8 7 (4.348%) iPhone
9 6 (3.727%) Firmware
10 3 (1.863%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.863%) ASIC
10 3 (1.863%) Animation
10 3 (1.863%) Visualisation
10 3 (1.863%) CUDA
11 1 (0.621%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.621%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.621%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.621%) Open Source
11 1 (0.621%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 63 (39.13%) Linux
2 45 (27.95%) Windows
3 13 (8.075%) Android
4 10 (6.211%) Apple iOS
4 10 (6.211%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.863%) UNIX
6 1 (0.621%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.621%) Solaris
6 1 (0.621%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.621%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (38.51%) OO
2 37 (22.98%) OOD
3 30 (18.63%) Agile Software Development
4 22 (13.66%) Software Engineering
5 13 (8.075%) Reverse Engineering
5 13 (8.075%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (7.453%) Web Development
7 11 (6.832%) TDD
8 9 (5.590%) SOA
9 8 (4.969%) Project Management
10 7 (4.348%) UML
10 7 (4.348%) Scrum
10 7 (4.348%) Signal Processing
11 6 (3.727%) Digital Forensics
11 6 (3.727%) Multithreading
11 6 (3.727%) Integration Testing
11 6 (3.727%) Technical Architecture
11 6 (3.727%) Business Development
11 6 (3.727%) Requirements Analysis
11 6 (3.727%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 88 (54.66%) C#
2 63 (39.13%) Java
3 41 (25.47%) C
4 29 (18.01%) SQL
5 18 (11.18%) Python
6 8 (4.969%) VB.NET
7 7 (4.348%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.727%) Bash shell
8 6 (3.727%) JavaScript
9 5 (3.106%) VB
9 5 (3.106%) Ruby
10 4 (2.484%) VC++
10 4 (2.484%) Embedded C
11 3 (1.863%) Embedded C++
11 3 (1.863%) VB6
12 2 (1.242%) Perl
12 2 (1.242%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.621%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 1 (0.621%) PHP
13 1 (0.621%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 64 (39.75%) Degree
2 25 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.211%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.590%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.969%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.348%) MCP
7 6 (3.727%) GIAC
8 4 (2.484%) PhD
9 1 (0.621%) CCNP
9 1 (0.621%) CCNA
9 1 (0.621%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.621%) MCSE
9 1 (0.621%) MCSA
9 1 (0.621%) HND
9 1 (0.621%) MCPD
9 1 (0.621%) APMP
System Software
1 2 (1.242%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.621%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 19 (11.80%) Cisco
2 10 (6.211%) Google
2 10 (6.211%) Perforce
3 8 (4.969%) Oracle
4 7 (4.348%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.863%) Xilinx
5 3 (1.863%) Altera
6 2 (1.242%) VMware
7 1 (0.621%) QNX
7 1 (0.621%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.621%) Pegasus
7 1 (0.621%) Apple
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