The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Software Engineer
Rank 541 536 580
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 66 109 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.149% 0.205% 0.115%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.160% 0.218% 0.123%
Number of salaries quoted 59 103 66
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -2.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £32,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41358 50112 55964
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.45% 94.20% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34786 43619 47333
Average salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
C++ Software Engineer
England

C++ Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London C++ Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the London region.

London C++ Software Engineer Salary Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

London C++ Software Engineer Salary Histogram

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London +12 19 £62,500 -21.87%
Hounslow -5 1 £39,000 -6.02%
C++ Software Engineer
England

C++ Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Engineer in their job title.

1 124 (100.00%) C++
2 73 (58.87%) Degree
3 61 (49.19%) STL
4 57 (45.97%) Computer Science
5 49 (39.52%) Linux
6 47 (37.90%) Multithreading
7 46 (37.10%) UNIX
8 45 (36.29%) Finance
9 43 (34.68%) C
10 28 (22.58%) Windows
10 28 (22.58%) OO
11 26 (20.97%) Mathematics
12 25 (20.16%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 23 (18.55%) Python
14 22 (17.74%) Java
15 17 (13.71%) SQL
16 16 (12.90%) Games
16 16 (12.90%) Oracle
17 14 (11.29%) Perl
17 14 (11.29%) Software Engineering
18 13 (10.48%) Unit Testing
19 12 (9.677%) Telecoms
20 11 (8.871%) 3D Graphics
20 11 (8.871%) Agile Software Development
20 11 (8.871%) OOA/OOD
20 11 (8.871%) OOD
20 11 (8.871%) RDBMS
21 10 (8.065%) TCP/IP
21 10 (8.065%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 10 (8.065%) OpenGL

C++ Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 61 (49.19%) STL
2 25 (20.16%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 10 (8.065%) OpenGL
3 10 (8.065%) MFC
3 10 (8.065%) OpenSceneGraph
4 7 (5.645%) .NET
5 6 (4.839%) Swing
5 6 (4.839%) Qt
5 6 (4.839%) WCF
5 6 (4.839%) WPF
5 6 (4.839%) Silverlight
6 4 (3.226%) Web Services
6 4 (3.226%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.419%) Java SE
7 3 (2.419%) GTK+
7 3 (2.419%) MapReduce
8 2 (1.613%) XML
8 2 (1.613%) J2SE
8 2 (1.613%) WinForms
9 1 (0.806%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.032%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 6 (4.839%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.065%) TCP/IP
2 9 (7.258%) HTTP
3 8 (6.452%) GSM
3 8 (6.452%) UMTS
3 8 (6.452%) Wireless
4 7 (5.645%) HSPA
4 7 (5.645%) LTE
4 7 (5.645%) GPRS
4 7 (5.645%) 3GPP
4 7 (5.645%) CDMA
5 2 (1.613%) Internet
6 1 (0.806%) TETRA
6 1 (0.806%) WiMAX
6 1 (0.806%) DECT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.871%) RDBMS
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.839%) OLTP
3 5 (4.032%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.419%) MySQL
5 2 (1.613%) Big Data
6 1 (0.806%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (4.839%) CodeWarrior
2 1 (0.806%) Xcode
General
1 45 (36.29%) Finance
2 16 (12.90%) Games
3 12 (9.677%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.258%) Multimedia
5 7 (5.645%) Electronics
6 5 (4.032%) Front Office
6 5 (4.032%) Banking
7 4 (3.226%) Back Office
7 4 (3.226%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.226%) Automotive
7 4 (3.226%) Avionics
8 3 (2.419%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.613%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 57 (45.97%) Computer Science
2 26 (20.97%) Mathematics
3 11 (8.871%) 3D Graphics
4 10 (8.065%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (8.065%) Animation
5 8 (6.452%) Physics
6 6 (4.839%) Statistics
7 5 (4.032%) Derivative
7 5 (4.032%) Machine Learning
7 5 (4.032%) Device Driver
8 4 (3.226%) Visualisation
9 3 (2.419%) Social Network
9 3 (2.419%) SaaS
9 3 (2.419%) Social Gaming
9 3 (2.419%) Equities
9 3 (2.419%) Biometrics
9 3 (2.419%) Blackberry
10 2 (1.613%) Fixed Income
11 1 (0.806%) iPhone
11 1 (0.806%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 49 (39.52%) Linux
2 46 (37.10%) UNIX
3 28 (22.58%) Windows
4 10 (8.065%) Android
5 6 (4.839%) VxWorks
5 6 (4.839%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.613%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.806%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.90%) Multithreading
2 28 (22.58%) OO
3 14 (11.29%) Software Engineering
4 13 (10.48%) Unit Testing
5 11 (8.871%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (8.871%) OOA/OOD
5 11 (8.871%) OOD
6 9 (7.258%) SOA
7 8 (6.452%) Scrum
8 7 (5.645%) Market Research
8 7 (5.645%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (4.839%) Validation
9 6 (4.839%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.032%) Metaprogramming
10 5 (4.032%) OOP
11 4 (3.226%) UML
11 4 (3.226%) Game Development
11 4 (3.226%) Continuous Integration
12 3 (2.419%) Regression Testing
12 3 (2.419%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 124 (100.00%) C++
2 43 (34.68%) C
3 23 (18.55%) Python
4 22 (17.74%) Java
5 17 (13.71%) SQL
6 14 (11.29%) Perl
7 10 (8.065%) C#
8 9 (7.258%) JavaScript
8 9 (7.258%) Assembly Language
8 9 (7.258%) Embedded C
8 9 (7.258%) Embedded C++
9 8 (6.452%) Shell Script
10 6 (4.839%) PL/SQL
10 6 (4.839%) MATLAB
11 4 (3.226%) Lua
12 3 (2.419%) Korn
12 3 (2.419%) Bash shell
13 2 (1.613%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.806%) F#
14 1 (0.806%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 73 (58.87%) Degree
2 7 (5.645%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.452%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.806%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.806%) WMI
Vendors
1 16 (12.90%) Oracle
2 6 (4.839%) IBM
2 6 (4.839%) MathWorks
2 6 (4.839%) QNX
2 6 (4.839%) Green Hills
3 3 (2.419%) Google
3 3 (2.419%) Sybase
London
Job Role: C++ UNIX Software EngineerLocation: London, CitySalary: £55k to £70k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer / Programmer (C / C++ UNIX)... keywords: c++, unix, linux, multi-threading, finance,...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Job Role: C++ Developer / C++ Software EngineerLocation: London, CitySalary: £90k to £150k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer / Programmer (Greenfield HFT project). Passionate technology enthusiast sought to join...
Client Server
Salary: £90k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Job Role: C++ UNIX Software EngineerLocation: London, CitySalary: £65k to £80k + bonus + benefitsC++ Software Engineer / C++ Developer / Programmer (C / C++ UNIX). Global financial institution is seeking a skilled...
Client Server
Salary: £65k to £80k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
Job Role: C++ DeveloperLocation: London, CitySalary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer sought by market leading financial organisation to join a global greenfield re-architecture...
Client Server
Salary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Job Role: C++ Developer / C++ Software EngineerLocation: LondonSalary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer (STL Boost Lua Python Machine Learning). Opportunity for a highly skilled...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £75k to £90k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
North London
Personnel IT
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Computer People
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
East London
Experis IT
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Computer People
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Computer People
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 13 June 2013