The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 46 27 38
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +11
Permanent jobs citing C++ 9 19 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 2.752% 7.197% 4.452%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.265% 13.10% 6.736%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 8
Average salary £35,000 £31,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.90% +5.08%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
211 145 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 64.53% 54.92% 66.10%
Number of salaries quoted 206 133 181
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Suffolk

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Ipswich C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 11 (68.75%) Java
2 7 (43.75%) Software Engineering
2 7 (43.75%) C
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) .NET
3 6 (37.50%) HTTP
3 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) Device Driver
4 4 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (18.75%) Web Development
5 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 3 (18.75%) Windows
5 3 (18.75%) OO
5 3 (18.75%) Electronics
6 2 (12.50%) RIP
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) XAML
6 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
6 2 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (12.50%) Linux
6 2 (12.50%) WebLogic
6 2 (12.50%) EJB
6 2 (12.50%) CSS
6 2 (12.50%) PHP
6 2 (12.50%) HTML
6 2 (12.50%) J2EE
6 2 (12.50%) MySQL

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 6 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
2 2 (12.50%) EJB
2 2 (12.50%) CSS
2 2 (12.50%) HTML
2 2 (12.50%) J2EE
2 2 (12.50%) Qt
2 2 (12.50%) Spring
2 2 (12.50%) LAMP
3 1 (6.250%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) WebLogic
2 1 (6.250%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) HTTP
2 2 (12.50%) RIP
2 2 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (18.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Developer
2 8 (50.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Junior Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Junior C++ Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Graduate
3 3 (18.75%) Software Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Junior
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Front-End Web Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Lead C# Developer
5 1 (6.250%) PHP Programmer
5 1 (6.250%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) C Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) PHP Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Graduate Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Device Driver
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
3 2 (12.50%) iPhone
3 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
4 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
4 1 (6.250%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Phone
3 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Software Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (18.75%) Web Development
2 3 (18.75%) OO
3 2 (12.50%) Scrum
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Security
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Java
2 7 (43.75%) C
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) C#
4 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 2 (12.50%) XAML
5 2 (12.50%) PHP
6 1 (6.250%) Scala
6 1 (6.250%) Objective-C
6 1 (6.250%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Twitter
2 1 (6.250%) Borland
Ipswich, East Anglia
My client is currently looking for a passionate Junior C++ Developer for a well-established and innovative company based in the centre of Ipswich... The work environment is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
Front end developers with strong experience with HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript would be most suited to this unique opportunity that offers the chance to work on a variety...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £25000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013