The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 36 21 30
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +9
Permanent jobs citing C++ 2 19 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 1.235% 9.896% 9.195%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.942% 13.29% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 16
Average salary £43,750 £27,500 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+59.09% -29.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,750 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £46,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
103 143 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 63.58% 74.48% 76.44%
Number of salaries quoted 95 142 133
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -14.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
London

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Kingston Upon Thames C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 8 (57.14%) Electronics
2 7 (50.00%) C
2 7 (50.00%) C#
3 6 (42.86%) Windows
4 5 (35.71%) .NET
4 5 (35.71%) Java
4 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
4 5 (35.71%) QA
4 5 (35.71%) Video Processing
4 5 (35.71%) Video Content Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Degree
5 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
5 4 (28.57%) UML
5 4 (28.57%) OO
6 3 (21.43%) Progress
6 3 (21.43%) Firmware
6 3 (21.43%) Linux
6 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
6 3 (21.43%) Social Network
6 3 (21.43%) Big Data
6 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (14.29%) Multithreading
7 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (14.29%) UNIX
7 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
8 1 (7.143%) Middleware
8 1 (7.143%) MATLAB
8 1 (7.143%) Simulink
8 1 (7.143%) POSIX
8 1 (7.143%) Fortran

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 5 (35.71%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) Middleware
2 1 (7.143%) POSIX
2 1 (7.143%) ActiveX
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.143%) COM
2 1 (7.143%) DCOM
2 1 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) HTML
2 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) Mathematica
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Big Data
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (57.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Graduate
2 5 (35.71%) C++ Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Graduate Developer
2 5 (35.71%) C Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Graduate C++ Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) QA Leader
4 2 (14.29%) Test Leader
4 2 (14.29%) Tester
5 1 (7.143%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Firmware
1 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
1 3 (21.43%) Social Network
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.143%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Software Testing
1 5 (35.71%) Video Processing
1 5 (35.71%) Video Content Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) UML
2 4 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) OOD
4 1 (7.143%) Software Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) Monte Carlo Method
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C
1 7 (50.00%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) MATLAB
3 1 (7.143%) Fortran
3 1 (7.143%) Embedded C
3 1 (7.143%) Python
3 1 (7.143%) Ada
3 1 (7.143%) PHP
3 1 (7.143%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
3 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Progress
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) Minitab
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