The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 26 18 25
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 249 360 260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 7.272% 9.373% 7.088%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.43% 18.46% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 222 340 242
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,600 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1725 1950 1846
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 50.38% 50.77% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1562 1785 1622
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,398
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +0.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
South East

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Basingstoke +6 76 £37,500 -12.79%
Southampton -15 64 £40,000 +3.89%
Portsmouth +5 14 £40,000 +5.26%
Fareham +2 11 £24,000 -4.00%
Farnborough -16 10 £42,500 +6.25%
Petersfield - 5 £35,000 -
Eastleigh -1 2 £31,500 -30.00%
Romsey -3 2 £40,000 +33.33%
Winchester -17 2 £41,250 +10.00%
Havant -4 1 £45,000 +12.50%
C++
South East

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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++.

1 248 (49.80%) C#
2 238 (47.79%) Degree
3 233 (46.79%) C
4 217 (43.57%) Linux
5 178 (35.74%) Windows
6 163 (32.73%) Java
7 158 (31.73%) .NET
8 152 (30.52%) Python
9 105 (21.08%) OO
10 104 (20.88%) SQL
11 103 (20.68%) Microsoft
11 103 (20.68%) Software Engineering
12 84 (16.87%) Computer Science
12 84 (16.87%) UNIX
13 77 (15.46%) Agile Software Development
14 75 (15.06%) Security Cleared
15 72 (14.46%) SQL Server
16 69 (13.86%) JavaScript
17 64 (12.85%) UML
18 60 (12.05%) PHP
18 60 (12.05%) ASP.NET
19 57 (11.45%) HTML
20 56 (11.24%) Perl
21 54 (10.84%) XML
22 46 (9.237%) OOD
23 44 (8.835%) Scrum
24 43 (8.635%) Oracle
25 39 (7.831%) Web Services
25 39 (7.831%) QA
26 38 (7.631%) TDD

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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
1 158 (31.73%) .NET
2 60 (12.05%) ASP.NET
3 57 (11.45%) HTML
4 54 (10.84%) XML
5 39 (7.831%) Web Services
6 37 (7.430%) WPF
7 35 (7.028%) WCF
8 34 (6.827%) CSS
9 26 (5.221%) STL
9 26 (5.221%) .NET Framework
10 25 (5.020%) SOAP
11 23 (4.618%) HTML5
12 22 (4.418%) MFC
12 22 (4.418%) WinForms
13 18 (3.614%) jQuery
14 17 (3.414%) Middleware
14 17 (3.414%) REST
15 13 (2.610%) LINQ
16 11 (2.209%) Boost C++ Libraries
16 11 (2.209%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 16 (3.213%) IIS
2 12 (2.410%) BizTalk Server
3 7 (1.406%) Apache
4 4 (0.803%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.602%) SAS
5 3 (0.602%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (0.602%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.602%) ESB
6 2 (0.402%) Drupal
6 2 (0.402%) CMS
6 2 (0.402%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.201%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.201%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.201%) CM System
7 1 (0.201%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (7.229%) MS Excel
2 11 (2.209%) MS Office
3 5 (1.004%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.201%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.201%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.602%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.614%) VPN
2 17 (3.414%) Internet
3 16 (3.213%) SSH
4 13 (2.610%) SSL
5 8 (1.606%) Firewall
5 8 (1.606%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.004%) DNS
7 4 (0.803%) Wireless
7 4 (0.803%) WCDMA
8 3 (0.602%) LAN
8 3 (0.602%) WAN
8 3 (0.602%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.602%) SNMP
9 2 (0.402%) LTE
9 2 (0.402%) UMTS
9 2 (0.402%) VoIP
9 2 (0.402%) ATM
9 2 (0.402%) GPRS
9 2 (0.402%) GSM
10 1 (0.201%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 22 (4.418%) MySQL
3 13 (2.610%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.410%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.209%) Big Data
6 9 (1.807%) GIS
7 8 (1.606%) SQL Server 2005
7 8 (1.606%) Hadoop
8 7 (1.406%) NoSQL
9 6 (1.205%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.205%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.205%) Ingres
10 4 (0.803%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (0.602%) DB2
12 1 (0.201%) TOAD
12 1 (0.201%) OLAP
12 1 (0.201%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.201%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.201%) Oracle OLAP
12 1 (0.201%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 26 (5.221%) Visual Studio
2 18 (3.614%) Subversion
3 14 (2.811%) Selenium
3 14 (2.811%) LabVIEW
4 13 (2.610%) FitNesse
4 13 (2.610%) WATIR
5 11 (2.209%) NUnit
5 11 (2.209%) CppUnit
5 11 (2.209%) GoogleTest
6 10 (2.008%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 9 (1.807%) ClearCase
8 8 (1.606%) Git (software)
8 8 (1.606%) CruiseControl
9 6 (1.205%) Ant
9 6 (1.205%) ClearQuest
10 5 (1.004%) Bugzilla
10 5 (1.004%) Hudson
10 5 (1.004%) PyUnit
11 4 (0.803%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.803%) Rational DOORS
General
1 31 (6.225%) Electronics
2 30 (6.024%) Finance
3 29 (5.823%) Telecoms
4 11 (2.209%) Games
4 11 (2.209%) Aerospace
5 9 (1.807%) Military
6 7 (1.406%) Advertising
7 6 (1.205%) Retail
8 3 (0.602%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.402%) Marketing
9 2 (0.402%) Legal
10 1 (0.201%) Banking
10 1 (0.201%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.201%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.201%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 228 (45.78%) Software Engineer
2 163 (32.73%) Developer
3 67 (13.45%) Software Developer
4 49 (9.839%) C++ Software Engineer
5 41 (8.233%) Analyst
6 36 (7.229%) Graduate
7 35 (7.028%) C++ Developer
8 34 (6.827%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 24 (4.819%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 22 (4.418%) Junior
11 20 (4.016%) Architect
12 19 (3.815%) Graduate Developer
13 18 (3.614%) C# Developer
14 17 (3.414%) Junior Developer
14 17 (3.414%) Senior Developer
15 16 (3.213%) Microsoft Developer
15 16 (3.213%) C Software Engineer
15 16 (3.213%) C# Software Engineer
16 15 (3.012%) Senior Software Engineer
16 15 (3.012%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 84 (16.87%) Computer Science
2 33 (6.627%) Mathematics
2 33 (6.627%) PKI
3 22 (4.418%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (4.016%) Firmware
5 16 (3.213%) Device Driver
5 16 (3.213%) Cryptography
6 12 (2.410%) Kindle
7 10 (2.008%) Smartcard
7 10 (2.008%) Client/Server
8 8 (1.606%) SaaS
8 8 (1.606%) Open Source
8 8 (1.606%) Machine Learning
9 7 (1.406%) VHDL
9 7 (1.406%) Visualisation
9 7 (1.406%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 7 (1.406%) Physics
10 5 (1.004%) PMI
10 5 (1.004%) iPhone
10 5 (1.004%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 217 (43.57%) Linux
2 178 (35.74%) Windows
3 84 (16.87%) UNIX
4 24 (4.819%) Windows 7
5 23 (4.618%) Embedded Linux
6 18 (3.614%) Windows 8
7 12 (2.410%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.008%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.807%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.606%) SUSE
10 8 (1.606%) Solaris
11 5 (1.004%) Mac OS X
11 5 (1.004%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.803%) Debian
12 4 (0.803%) AIX
12 4 (0.803%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (0.803%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.602%) VxWorks
13 3 (0.602%) MVS
13 3 (0.602%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (21.08%) OO
2 103 (20.68%) Software Engineering
3 77 (15.46%) Agile Software Development
4 64 (12.85%) UML
5 46 (9.237%) OOD
6 44 (8.835%) Scrum
7 38 (7.631%) TDD
8 34 (6.827%) OOP
9 27 (5.422%) SOA
10 26 (5.221%) Multithreading
11 25 (5.020%) MVC
11 25 (5.020%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (4.418%) BDD
13 21 (4.217%) Web Development
13 21 (4.217%) Use Case
14 18 (3.614%) Information Security
15 17 (3.414%) Security Management
15 17 (3.414%) Workflow
16 16 (3.213%) Information Assurance
17 15 (3.012%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 248 (49.80%) C#
2 233 (46.79%) C
3 163 (32.73%) Java
4 152 (30.52%) Python
5 104 (20.88%) SQL
6 69 (13.86%) JavaScript
7 60 (12.05%) PHP
8 56 (11.24%) Perl
9 33 (6.627%) VC++
10 31 (6.225%) Embedded C
11 25 (5.020%) Embedded C++
12 19 (3.815%) Ruby
13 15 (3.012%) MATLAB
14 12 (2.410%) PHP5
14 12 (2.410%) T-SQL
15 11 (2.209%) Delphi
16 8 (1.606%) PL/SQL
17 6 (1.205%) Objective-C
18 5 (1.004%) Shell Script
18 5 (1.004%) VB
Qualifications
1 238 (47.79%) Degree
2 75 (15.06%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.217%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.414%) PhD
5 6 (1.205%) HND
5 6 (1.205%) ISEB
6 5 (1.004%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.602%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.602%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.402%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.201%) CISSP
9 1 (0.201%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.831%) QA
2 24 (4.819%) ISO 9001
3 4 (0.803%) TickIT
System Software
1 7 (1.406%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.402%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (2.008%) Puppet
2 2 (0.402%) Ganglia
2 2 (0.402%) Zenoss
2 2 (0.402%) Nagios
Vendors
1 103 (20.68%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.635%) Oracle
3 19 (3.815%) Red Hat
4 12 (2.410%) Google
5 8 (1.606%) VMware
6 7 (1.406%) Atmel
7 4 (0.803%) Cisco
8 3 (0.602%) Nokia
8 3 (0.602%) Teradata
9 2 (0.402%) Yahoo!
10 1 (0.201%) Progress
10 1 (0.201%) IBM
10 1 (0.201%) Apple
10 1 (0.201%) JBoss
10 1 (0.201%) Facebook
10 1 (0.201%) Twitter
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Stakeholder management... Experience required: *Relevant Degree *Proficiency in C# development in GUI, .Net or Windows *Winforms *C++ (Desirable) *Linux (Desirable) *Experienced in writing customer deliverable software in product...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Perl Developer Key skills: *Be educated to degree level, preferably in a computer related discipline... *Experience of structured and object orientated programming, using preferably Perl in a web...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Due to a recent expansion drive, our client are now seeking multiple Software Developers with extensive experience in C++ within a commercial IT environment... - OOD - Object Orientated Design. -...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Up to £55k plus Corporate Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire
Required / Desired Skills: *Strong knowledge of web technologies *Strong programming experience in Perl *Strong programming experience in C, C++, C# or Java *Experience in database design and database...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Havant, South East
An experienced Perl Developer interested in designing and developing cutting edge software for a household name? If you are an experienced, highly-competent, forward-thinking Developer with the...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
You will be mentored by Senior Developers who will introduce you to a whole mix of technologies including: * Java * C * C++ * Python * Pearl * SQL * Linux The ideal Graduate...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Healthcare, Gym
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Our client requires a leader in this field to take charge across a range of products and product development, to evangelise best practice and to contribute to bids...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £48000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Key skills: C#, C++, STL, GUI, OOP/UML... The right candidate will have a demonstrable passion for software development and following skills and experience: - - .Net development in C#,...
Dakota 6
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Web Application Developer - Southampton/Fareham - up to £35K per annum + excellent benefitsGreat opportunity for a Web Application Developer to join a successful, forward thinking software house... All applications...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Experience Required Includes: - C# .Net Development in Windows and Web-based applications - ASP.Net - Proficient skills in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio and MFC. - Good experience of development...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Application software development on Microsoft based platforms. Configuration and lockdown of Microsoft based networks and platforms for security management. Software development on Microsoft based platforms for security management...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Web Application Developer - Southampton/Fareham - up to £35K per annum + excellent benefitsGreat opportunity for a Web Application Developer to join a successful, forward thinking software house... All applications...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Key Skills*C#.NET*GUI*C++*STL*Windows*Linux*UI Design*Telecoms or defence environment experience desired.To be a good fit for this role you will be...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Key Skills - .Net Development, C#, GUI design, C++, STL, Windows, Linux, OO Design, UML, GIS, SLQ Server, Embedded experience... Key Skills *C#.NET *GUI *C++ *STL *Windows *Linux *...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Basingstoke, Hampshire £35k - £44k per annum + Bonus +Benefits C# Developer / Software Engineer is required by a leading FTSE250 organisation in the Basingstoke area to join one of their...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £44000 Per Annum plus bens and bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Gain practical C/C++ programming experience. Design and develop of Windows applications in C / C++ to support test case execution... Participate in the design of...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Hampshire, South East
You will be developing Windows based applications in C++/C# to support the clients cutting edge embedded systems... The candidate should be able to demonstrate: * 5+ years commercial...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The candidate should be able to demonstrate: * 5+ years commercial experience of software development using VC++, C# and/or Microsoft .NET framework... You will be developing Windows based...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
I have just received instruction from a key client of mine for several Embedded C/C++ Engineers in and around the Southampton Area... The client can interview from...
Computer Futures
Salary: £23 - £35000 per annum + Pension,
Posted: 15 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Demonstrable strong systems analysis background including proficiency with a mixture of Visual C++, C#, MSSQL, Oracle Server, .NET, asp.NET and PKI... Technical Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, OOD,...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Demonstrable strong systems analysis background including proficiency with a mixture of Visual C++, C#, MSSQL, Oracle Server, .NET, asp.NET and PKI... Keywords: Systems Analyst, OOD, Object Oriented,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... Anite Platform Group... Development in this team is on Windows based...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Hampshire
C++/C, Games Development, iOS, Android, Cocos2d, X-code, Eclipse) A really exciting opportunity has just come through the door... Game development experience using the Cocos2d-x Game...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Experience Required: *Good experience of Visual C# and Visual C++/MFC *Latest .NET windows client & web based technologies (including Windows Forms, MVC, ASP.NET, WCF, Web Services and...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £43000 - £52000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Experience in Embedded software programming - 5 years + Industry experience - Programming in C/C++- Device Driver development- Assembler programming - ARM7 or ARM9 experience You will also be required to...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire
Roc Search is currently recruiting for a project engineer to join their award winning client's product management team. Reporting directly to the project manager you will be...
Roc Search
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
To be considered for this role you will need skills in the following: Solid, directly applicable proven experience of Embedded Programming in C/C++ Good understanding of multimedia...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include many of the following: Embedded C / C++ & Assembler Linux / Windows OS Web Services HTML HTTP Communication Protocols Intel...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Junior Gaming Developers (Mobile/Apps)Opus is looking for 2 full-time Gaming Programmers to work alongside a core team of experienced developers on a range of projects...
OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP24000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Technology required: - C/C++ Development - Game development experience - Cocos2d-x Game Engine - iOS or Android Desirable skills: - Objective-C and/or Java - HTML5/Javascript - Flash/AS3, PHP, CMS...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 to £24000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... An exciting and challenging role working in the team involved in...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Hants, Thames Valley
The company is small now but expanding quickly into global markets. They are looking for a smart Applications Engineer whose role will include: - Supporting business development by visiting...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k+ with benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
LTE Layer2 protocol development, Embedded C/C++, Real Time OS, Knowledge of telecommunications protocols... C.Analysis of LTE/3G/2G specifications... 3.Ability to program in C/C++.
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
I have just received instruction from a key client of mine for several Application Developers in and around the Southern Hampshire Area... The client can interview from next...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 15 May 2013