The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 33 25 21
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 10 18 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 4.425% 8.182% 4.790%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.49% 15.65% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 3
Average salary £32,500 £25,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% -41.17%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Hemel Hempstead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
87 115 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 38.50% 52.27% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 83 110 56
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,450 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Hertfordshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Hemel Hempstead C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 7 (63.64%) C
1 7 (63.64%) HTML
1 7 (63.64%) JavaScript
1 7 (63.64%) PHP
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
1 7 (63.64%) XML
2 5 (45.45%) Python
2 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
2 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
2 5 (45.45%) QA
3 4 (36.36%) Speech Recognition
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) PhD
3 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
3 4 (36.36%) Java
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) System Testing
4 3 (27.27%) C#
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Web Services
5 2 (18.18%) Subversion
5 2 (18.18%) Ajax
5 2 (18.18%) jQuery
5 2 (18.18%) WFM
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 7 (63.64%) HTML
1 7 (63.64%) XML
2 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 3 (27.27%) Web Services
4 2 (18.18%) Ajax
4 2 (18.18%) jQuery
4 2 (18.18%) VXML
4 2 (18.18%) XSLT
4 2 (18.18%) WSDL
4 2 (18.18%) MFC
4 2 (18.18%) COM
4 2 (18.18%) DCOM
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) SOAP
4 2 (18.18%) REST
5 1 (9.091%) J2EE
5 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) MySQL
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Subversion
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
1 2 (18.18%) VTune
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) QA Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Test Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C Developer
4 2 (18.18%) C Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C/C++ Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Embedded C++ Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) C++ Developer
5 1 (9.091%) .NET Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Speech Recognition
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) IVR
2 2 (18.18%) Open Source
3 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (18.18%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
2 2 (18.18%) FreeBSD
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) System Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Regression Testing
4 2 (18.18%) WFM
4 2 (18.18%) Information Security
4 2 (18.18%) OO
4 2 (18.18%) OOD
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C
1 7 (63.64%) JavaScript
1 7 (63.64%) PHP
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) Java
4 3 (27.27%) C#
5 2 (18.18%) Embedded C
5 2 (18.18%) Embedded C++
5 2 (18.18%) Perl
6 1 (9.091%) F#
6 1 (9.091%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISEB
1 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
2 4 (36.36%) PhD
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
A major Software Engineering Company based in the Home Counties is currently seeking an Embedded / Middleware developer with expertise in C and or C++. The responsibilities of the...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013