The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 69 61 80
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +19
Permanent jobs citing C++ 23 13 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.954% 1.823% 1.901%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.212% 3.562% 3.295%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 16
Average salary £37,500 £24,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+51.51% -23.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £21,200 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
546 365 607
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 46.39% 51.19% 57.70%
Number of salaries quoted 478 338 558
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,309
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +6.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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
Dartford +6 9 £33,750 -15.62%
Maidstone -1 3 £32,500 +22.64%
C++
South East

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 26 (50.98%) Degree
2 24 (47.06%) C#
3 21 (41.18%) Windows
4 20 (39.22%) .NET
5 18 (35.29%) Linux
6 16 (31.37%) C
6 16 (31.37%) OOP
6 16 (31.37%) OO
6 16 (31.37%) MFC
6 16 (31.37%) Multithreading
7 15 (29.41%) ATL
8 11 (21.57%) Legal
8 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
8 11 (21.57%) UML
8 11 (21.57%) WPF
8 11 (21.57%) WinForms
9 9 (17.65%) Computer Science
10 8 (15.69%) Video Processing
10 8 (15.69%) Finance
10 8 (15.69%) OOD
10 8 (15.69%) COM
10 8 (15.69%) Embedded C++
11 7 (13.73%) Visual Studio
11 7 (13.73%) UNIX
12 6 (11.76%) Embedded Linux
12 6 (11.76%) Banking
12 6 (11.76%) Investment Banking
12 6 (11.76%) Electronics
12 6 (11.76%) Java
12 6 (11.76%) TCP/IP

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 20 (39.22%) .NET
2 16 (31.37%) MFC
3 15 (29.41%) ATL
4 11 (21.57%) WinForms
4 11 (21.57%) WPF
5 8 (15.69%) COM
6 6 (11.76%) Middleware
7 2 (3.922%) HTML
7 2 (3.922%) CGI
7 2 (3.922%) XML
8 1 (1.961%) XML Schema
8 1 (1.961%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.961%) CSS
8 1 (1.961%) STL
8 1 (1.961%) LAMP
8 1 (1.961%) Hibernate
8 1 (1.961%) Spring
8 1 (1.961%) Ajax
8 1 (1.961%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.961%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.961%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.922%) Quicktime
2 1 (1.961%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 6 (11.76%) DSL
2 4 (7.843%) OFDM
3 2 (3.922%) 4G
3 2 (3.922%) DLNA
3 2 (3.922%) 802.11
3 2 (3.922%) TELNET
3 2 (3.922%) Firewall
3 2 (3.922%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.922%) Wireless
3 2 (3.922%) UPnP
3 2 (3.922%) DNS
3 2 (3.922%) FTP
3 2 (3.922%) HTTP
3 2 (3.922%) Broadband
3 2 (3.922%) WAN
3 2 (3.922%) DHCP
4 1 (1.961%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.961%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.961%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.882%) JIRA
3 2 (3.922%) ClearCase
3 2 (3.922%) Trac
4 1 (1.961%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (21.57%) Legal
2 8 (15.69%) Finance
3 6 (11.76%) Electronics
3 6 (11.76%) Banking
3 6 (11.76%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.961%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (60.78%) Software Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) Developer
3 9 (17.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) C++ Developer
5 4 (7.843%) C++ Programmer
5 4 (7.843%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (7.843%) Programmer
5 4 (7.843%) Embedded C++ Developer
5 4 (7.843%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 3 (5.882%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
6 3 (5.882%) Real Time Engineer
6 3 (5.882%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Embedded Software Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) LAMP Developer
8 1 (1.961%) Firmware Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Portfolio Manager
8 1 (1.961%) C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (1.961%) Junior Developer
8 1 (1.961%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.882%) Equities
3 2 (3.922%) Open Source
3 2 (3.922%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.922%) MPEG
3 2 (3.922%) Firmware
3 2 (3.922%) Streaming Video
4 1 (1.961%) VHDL
4 1 (1.961%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.961%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (1.961%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 21 (41.18%) Windows
2 18 (35.29%) Linux
3 7 (13.73%) UNIX
4 6 (11.76%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (3.922%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) OOP
1 16 (31.37%) OO
1 16 (31.37%) Multithreading
2 11 (21.57%) UML
3 8 (15.69%) OOD
3 8 (15.69%) Video Processing
4 3 (5.882%) Image Processing
4 3 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (5.882%) Unit Testing
4 3 (5.882%) Data Management
4 3 (5.882%) Electronic Trading
4 3 (5.882%) System Testing
5 2 (3.922%) Automated Testing
5 2 (3.922%) Software Engineering
5 2 (3.922%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.922%) Automation Testing
6 1 (1.961%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.961%) Web Application Development
6 1 (1.961%) MVC
6 1 (1.961%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (47.06%) C#
2 16 (31.37%) C
3 8 (15.69%) Embedded C++
4 6 (11.76%) Java
5 3 (5.882%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.882%) Embedded C
6 2 (3.922%) Ruby
6 2 (3.922%) Bash shell
6 2 (3.922%) Perl
6 2 (3.922%) Python
6 2 (3.922%) SQL
7 1 (1.961%) VBA
7 1 (1.961%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (50.98%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.843%) ISO 9001
1 4 (7.843%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.961%) Intel
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