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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 36 44 45
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 23 17 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.772% 3.080% 1.813%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.443% 4.899% 2.881%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 7
Average salary £27,750 £28,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.89% -3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £28,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £37,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
309 347 243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 64.11% 62.86% 62.95%
Number of salaries quoted 283 328 220
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £26,000 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
North West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Preston +15 13 £28,000 +0.90%
Chorley 0 1 £33,000 -
Lancaster - 1 £35,000 -
Burnley - 1 £20,000 -
C++
North West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 28 (71.79%) C#
1 28 (71.79%) Java
2 22 (56.41%) Mobile App
3 21 (53.85%) XML
4 17 (43.59%) Windows
5 16 (41.03%) Waterfall
6 14 (35.90%) User Acceptance Testing
7 13 (33.33%) Unit Testing
7 13 (33.33%) PHP
8 12 (30.77%) C
8 12 (30.77%) Blackberry
8 12 (30.77%) Android
9 11 (28.21%) Ruby
9 11 (28.21%) Symbian
9 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
9 11 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (28.21%) Python
9 11 (28.21%) SOAP
9 11 (28.21%) Web Services
10 10 (25.64%) OO
10 10 (25.64%) RAD
10 10 (25.64%) OOD
10 10 (25.64%) SQL
10 10 (25.64%) .NET
10 10 (25.64%) HTTP
10 10 (25.64%) QA
10 10 (25.64%) WATIR
10 10 (25.64%) Selenium
10 10 (25.64%) FitNesse
10 10 (25.64%) HTML5

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 21 (53.85%) XML
2 11 (28.21%) SOAP
2 11 (28.21%) Web Services
3 10 (25.64%) .NET
3 10 (25.64%) HTML5
3 10 (25.64%) soapUI
3 10 (25.64%) REST
4 9 (23.08%) Qt
4 9 (23.08%) Flash
5 8 (20.51%) JSON
6 6 (15.38%) ASP
6 6 (15.38%) .NET Framework
7 4 (10.26%) OpenGL
8 3 (7.692%) COM
9 2 (5.128%) HTML
9 2 (5.128%) jQuery
10 1 (2.564%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.95%) SharePoint
2 6 (15.38%) TeamSite
3 1 (2.564%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.564%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) MS Office
2 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.692%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.564%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) WATIR
1 10 (25.64%) Selenium
1 10 (25.64%) FitNesse
2 4 (10.26%) Visual Studio
3 3 (7.692%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (7.692%) ClearCase
4 2 (5.128%) Xcode
General
1 6 (15.38%) Games
2 4 (10.26%) Aerospace
2 4 (10.26%) Military
3 1 (2.564%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) Test Consultant
2 11 (28.21%) Consultant
3 8 (20.51%) Mobile Developer
4 7 (17.95%) Applications Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 5 (12.82%) SharePoint Developer
6 5 (12.82%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.692%) Software Development Engineer
7 3 (7.692%) Development Engineer
7 3 (7.692%) Java Developer
7 3 (7.692%) C++ Developer
7 3 (7.692%) Software Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Symbian Developer
8 2 (5.128%) PHP Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Android Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Blackberry Developer
8 2 (5.128%) C++/Java Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Java Mobile Developer
9 1 (2.564%) Senior Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (56.41%) Mobile App
2 12 (30.77%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.128%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.564%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (43.59%) Windows
2 12 (30.77%) Android
3 10 (25.64%) Apple iOS
4 9 (23.08%) Windows Phone
5 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (5.128%) Linux
7 1 (2.564%) BlackBerry OS
7 1 (2.564%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Waterfall
2 14 (35.90%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 11 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (25.64%) OO
5 10 (25.64%) RAD
5 10 (25.64%) OOD
5 10 (25.64%) System Testing
6 4 (10.26%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (5.128%) Scrum
8 1 (2.564%) Integration Testing
8 1 (2.564%) Multithreading
8 1 (2.564%) UML
8 1 (2.564%) Validation
8 1 (2.564%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.564%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (71.79%) C#
1 28 (71.79%) Java
2 13 (33.33%) PHP
3 12 (30.77%) C
4 11 (28.21%) Ruby
4 11 (28.21%) Python
5 10 (25.64%) SQL
6 9 (23.08%) ActionScript 3.0
6 9 (23.08%) Objective-C
6 9 (23.08%) VB
6 9 (23.08%) ActionScript
7 6 (15.38%) VBA
8 3 (7.692%) VC++
8 3 (7.692%) VB6
9 2 (5.128%) Delphi
10 1 (2.564%) JavaScript
10 1 (2.564%) Perl
10 1 (2.564%) Ada
Qualifications
1 3 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.64%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Symbian
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Nokia
3 3 (7.692%) Oracle
Preston, Lancashire
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K... If your answer is YES and if you have strong academic C++ development experience, then it's time you get...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K Have you recently graduated or are your studies coming to an end this year? If your answer is YES and...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Burnley, Lancashire
Essential skills: Good level of commercial PHP... MySQL. Good knowledge of Javascript... Familiar to Linux... Knowledge of other languages such as Perl, Python, C++. Knowledge of jQuery and...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £18k to £22k (doe) + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013