The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 36 20 38
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +18
Permanent jobs citing C++ 24 48 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 6.575% 11.71% 3.147%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.959% 17.39% 5.000%
Number of salaries quoted 23 43 9
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +63.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £27,500 £23,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
241 276 180
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 66.03% 67.32% 62.94%
Number of salaries quoted 217 246 158
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Leicestershire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leicester C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 44 (77.19%) C#
1 44 (77.19%) .NET
2 29 (50.88%) Java
3 28 (49.12%) SQL Server
4 21 (36.84%) Computer Science
5 18 (31.58%) Mathematics
6 16 (28.07%) Finance
6 16 (28.07%) SQL
7 15 (26.32%) Smartcard
7 15 (26.32%) Web Development
7 15 (26.32%) Cyber Security
8 14 (24.56%) VB
9 13 (22.81%) Oracle
9 13 (22.81%) Windows
9 13 (22.81%) MCP
9 13 (22.81%) MCAD
9 13 (22.81%) MCSD
9 13 (22.81%) Scrum
9 13 (22.81%) Project Management
9 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (22.81%) Broadband
9 13 (22.81%) Telecoms
9 13 (22.81%) TDD
9 13 (22.81%) NUnit
9 13 (22.81%) Retail
9 13 (22.81%) VB6
9 13 (22.81%) Degree
9 13 (22.81%) WPF
9 13 (22.81%) MCTS
9 13 (22.81%) Unity DI Container

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 44 (77.19%) .NET
2 13 (22.81%) WPF
2 13 (22.81%) Unity DI Container
2 13 (22.81%) Spring.NET
2 13 (22.81%) Castle Windsor
2 13 (22.81%) Ninject
3 12 (21.05%) HTML5
3 12 (21.05%) XML
4 5 (8.772%) Web Services
5 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.754%) CSS
6 1 (1.754%) JDBC
6 1 (1.754%) ASP
6 1 (1.754%) HTML
6 1 (1.754%) XHTML
6 1 (1.754%) OpenCV
6 1 (1.754%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.754%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.754%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.81%) Broadband
2 11 (19.30%) LDAP
3 4 (7.018%) VPN
3 4 (7.018%) NFC
4 2 (3.509%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.754%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (49.12%) SQL Server
2 12 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 13 (22.81%) NUnit
1 13 (22.81%) MSTest
1 13 (22.81%) Rhino Mocks
1 13 (22.81%) Moq
2 1 (1.754%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (28.07%) Finance
2 13 (22.81%) Telecoms
2 13 (22.81%) Retail
3 4 (7.018%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 26 (45.61%) Developer
2 16 (28.07%) Software Engineer
3 14 (24.56%) .NET Developer
3 14 (24.56%) Project Manager
4 11 (19.30%) Software Developer
4 11 (19.30%) C++ Software Developer
4 11 (19.30%) C++ Developer
5 8 (14.04%) Test Engineer
5 8 (14.04%) Software Test Engineer
6 7 (12.28%) Technical Manager
6 7 (12.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (12.28%) .NET Project Manager
6 7 (12.28%) Technical Project Manager
7 5 (8.772%) Graduate
8 4 (7.018%) Development Manager
8 4 (7.018%) Development Project Manager
9 3 (5.263%) C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (1.754%) Applications Support
10 1 (1.754%) Applications Consultant
10 1 (1.754%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.84%) Computer Science
2 18 (31.58%) Mathematics
3 15 (26.32%) Smartcard
4 13 (22.81%) Inversion of Control
5 11 (19.30%) Blackberry
5 11 (19.30%) PKI
6 8 (14.04%) Firmware
7 5 (8.772%) EPoS
8 4 (7.018%) Biometrics
8 4 (7.018%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (7.018%) Cryptography
9 3 (5.263%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.81%) Windows
2 11 (19.30%) BlackBerry OS
2 11 (19.30%) Android
2 11 (19.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.754%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Web Development
1 15 (26.32%) Cyber Security
2 13 (22.81%) Scrum
2 13 (22.81%) Project Management
2 13 (22.81%) TDD
2 13 (22.81%) Continuous Integration
2 13 (22.81%) Kanban
2 13 (22.81%) Dependency Injection
2 13 (22.81%) MVVM
3 12 (21.05%) Software Engineering
4 11 (19.30%) Information Security
5 3 (5.263%) Image Processing
6 1 (1.754%) OOD
6 1 (1.754%) UML
6 1 (1.754%) OOP
6 1 (1.754%) OO
6 1 (1.754%) Regression Testing
6 1 (1.754%) Integration Testing
6 1 (1.754%) Test Scripting
6 1 (1.754%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (77.19%) C#
2 29 (50.88%) Java
3 16 (28.07%) SQL
4 14 (24.56%) VB
5 13 (22.81%) VB6
6 10 (17.54%) C
7 5 (8.772%) JavaScript
8 4 (7.018%) XAML
8 4 (7.018%) Objective-C
9 2 (3.509%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.754%) PHP
10 1 (1.754%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.754%) VC++
10 1 (1.754%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.754%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) MCP
1 13 (22.81%) MCAD
1 13 (22.81%) MCSD
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (22.81%) Degree
1 13 (22.81%) MCTS
2 5 (8.772%) PhD
3 1 (1.754%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (1.754%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) Oracle
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.754%) Citrix
3 1 (1.754%) VMware
Leicester, Leicestershire
You should have a good degree in Computer Science or Physics, and strong Maths skills, ideally to A Level... You must have good C++ programming skills, on a...
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Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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