Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the London region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1718
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads36426959
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.136 %3.553 %
As % of the category below17.30 %17.96 %
Salaries quoted29895400
Average minimum salary£49,170£51,187
Average salary£56,075£57,814
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Average maximum salary£62,979£64,441
UK excluding London average salary£37,429£37,061
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2105238750
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.12 %19.79 %
Salaries quoted1779231075
Average minimum salary£44,716£44,604
Average salary£49,200£49,419
% change on same period last year-0.44 %
Average maximum salary£53,683£54,233
UK excluding London average salary£35,649£35,857
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

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

London C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+41246£58,968-3.41 %
Docklands, LondonNo change090£70,233+7.63 %
Canary WharfDown-347£63,219-5.25 %
EalingDown-324£50,357-6.36 %
LutonUp+322£28,029-38.90 %
WimbledonUp+2715£41,333+29.16 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+1513£38,077-3.60 %
CroydonUp+149£31,333-11.52 %
FelthamDown-48£37,500+20.00 %
HounslowNew entry-7£51,429-
SurbitonNew entry-6£29,500-
UxbridgeUp+115£39,125-1.00 %
TwickenhamNew entry-2£40,000-
RainhamNew entry-2£27,500-
RomfordDown-62£27,500-
New MaldenDown-41£43,000+11.48 %
IsleworthNew entry-1£39,000-
HarrowUp+31£28,000-26.89 %
ClaphamUp+41£45,000+22.72 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London 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++.

13618 (38.52 %)Finance
23573 (38.04 %)C#
33436 (36.58 %)Java
42651 (28.22 %)UNIX
52256 (24.02 %)Front Office
62253 (23.99 %).NET
72249 (23.94 %)Derivative
82204 (23.46 %)SQL
92164 (23.04 %)Banking
102065 (21.98 %)Windows
111973 (21.01 %)OO
121731 (18.43 %)Degree
131320 (14.05 %)C
141264 (13.46 %)XML
151204 (12.82 %)SQL Server
161185 (12.62 %)Oracle
171162 (12.37 %)STL
181142 (12.16 %)Linux
191092 (11.63 %)Investment Banking
201008 (10.73 %)Multithreading
21875 (9.315 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
22792 (8.432 %)Fixed Income
23718 (7.644 %)VC++
24714 (7.601 %)Perl
25695 (7.399 %)VBA
26658 (7.005 %)Computer Science
27656 (6.984 %)Equities
28653 (6.952 %)VB
29647 (6.888 %)Risk Management
30645 (6.867 %)OOD

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12253 (23.99 %).NET
21264 (13.46 %)XML
31162 (12.37 %)STL
4511 (5.440 %)ASP.NET
5477 (5.078 %)MFC
6437 (4.652 %)WinForms
7433 (4.610 %)J2EE
8397 (4.227 %)WebServices
9342 (3.641 %)HTML
10239 (2.544 %)Middleware
11237 (2.523 %).NET Framework
12170 (1.810 %)Spring
13153 (1.629 %)ATL
14152 (1.618 %)ASP
15148 (1.576 %)XSLT
16142 (1.512 %)CSS
17129 (1.373 %)OpenGL
18111 (1.182 %)J2SE
19108 (1.150 %)AJAX
20102 (1.086 %)JSP
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1147 (1.565 %)WebLogic
291 (0.969 %)MQSeries
291 (0.969 %)SharePoint
373 (0.777 %)BizTalk Server
463 (0.671 %)Rendezvous
560 (0.639 %)Apache
638 (0.405 %)Tomcat
734 (0.362 %)SAS
833 (0.351 %)CMS
833 (0.351 %)SharePoint Server 2007
926 (0.277 %)IIS
1022 (0.234 %)SmartSockets
1121 (0.224 %)TIBCO EMS
1219 (0.202 %)JBoss
1317 (0.181 %)WebSphere MQ
1416 (0.170 %)ColdFusion
1514 (0.149 %)ArcGIS
1514 (0.149 %)ArcIMS
1514 (0.149 %)ArcSDE
1611 (0.117 %)MS Exchange
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1235 (2.502 %)MS Excel
2107 (1.139 %)Spreadsheet
3101 (1.075 %)MATLAB
475 (0.798 %)MS Visio
541 (0.436 %)MS Office
625 (0.266 %)CA Clarity
720 (0.213 %)Photoshop
814 (0.149 %)ArcInfo
814 (0.149 %)Doxygen
913 (0.138 %)MS Project
1010 (0.106 %)AutoCAD
119 (0.096 %)3ds Max
127 (0.075 %)MS PowerPoint
127 (0.075 %)Maya
133 (0.032 %)Quicktime
142 (0.021 %)Adobe Illustrator
142 (0.021 %)PrintSoft PReS
151 (0.011 %)InfoPath
151 (0.011 %)S-PLUS
151 (0.011 %)Paint Shop Pro
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (0.383 %)Endur
230 (0.319 %)Summit
317 (0.181 %)RMDS
415 (0.160 %)Oracle Financials
510 (0.106 %)Sophis VALUE
66 (0.064 %)Kondor+
75 (0.053 %)Oracle Applications
75 (0.053 %)FRONT ARENA
75 (0.053 %)Sophis RISQUE
84 (0.043 %)SunGard Panorama
84 (0.043 %)Monis
93 (0.032 %)Murex MxG2000
93 (0.032 %)Eagle PACE
102 (0.021 %)Bond Adapt
102 (0.021 %)Global One
102 (0.021 %)Hyperion Enterprise
102 (0.021 %)JDE OneWorld
102 (0.021 %)HFM
111 (0.011 %)SimCorp Dimension
111 (0.011 %)Oracle EBS
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1441 (4.695 %)TCP/IP
2183 (1.948 %)Internet
368 (0.724 %)HTTP
438 (0.405 %)Broadband
534 (0.362 %)Wireless
629 (0.309 %)DVB
727 (0.287 %)SMS
826 (0.277 %)3G
925 (0.266 %)VoIP
925 (0.266 %)LAN
925 (0.266 %)FTP
1022 (0.234 %)SAN
1121 (0.224 %)GSM
1218 (0.192 %)WAN
1317 (0.181 %)GPRS
1317 (0.181 %)RTP
1416 (0.170 %)2G
1416 (0.170 %)PBX
1514 (0.149 %)SSL
1514 (0.149 %)2.5G
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11204 (12.82 %)SQL Server
2376 (4.003 %)RDBMS
3341 (3.630 %)SQL Server 2005
4177 (1.884 %)SQL Server 2000
5134 (1.427 %)MySQL
667 (0.713 %)Oracle 10g
756 (0.596 %)BusinessObjects
854 (0.575 %)Oracle Reports
854 (0.575 %)SQL Server Integration Services
951 (0.543 %)KDB
1042 (0.447 %)OLAP
1138 (0.405 %)Oracle OLAP
1237 (0.394 %)GIS
1336 (0.383 %)Oracle 8/8i
1434 (0.362 %)Oracle 9i
1533 (0.351 %)PostgreSQL
1631 (0.330 %)ETL
1631 (0.330 %)DTS
1728 (0.298 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1825 (0.266 %)Datawarehouse
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1215 (2.289 %)Visual Studio
2108 (1.150 %)ClearCase
372 (0.767 %)JUnit
471 (0.756 %)Eclipse
566 (0.703 %)Ant
661 (0.649 %)NUnit
732 (0.341 %)Subversion
830 (0.319 %)VSS/SourceSafe
929 (0.309 %)MSI
1028 (0.298 %)Log4j
1122 (0.234 %)Oracle Forms
1216 (0.170 %)ProC
1314 (0.149 %)Dreamweaver
1413 (0.138 %)Rational Rose
1512 (0.128 %)InstallShield
1610 (0.106 %)ClearQuest
177 (0.075 %)TestDirector
186 (0.064 %)CruiseControl
186 (0.064 %)JIRA
195 (0.053 %)LoadRunner
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13618 (38.52 %)Finance
22256 (24.02 %)Front Office
32164 (23.04 %)Banking
41092 (11.63 %)Investment Banking
5632 (6.728 %)Games
6424 (4.514 %)Education
7341 (3.630 %)Telecoms
8230 (2.449 %)Health
9188 (2.001 %)Pensions
10173 (1.842 %)Back Office
11101 (1.075 %)3D Graphics
1293 (0.990 %)Insurance
1392 (0.979 %)Financial Institution
1490 (0.958 %)Government
1560 (0.639 %)Marketing
1560 (0.639 %)Multimedia
1658 (0.617 %)Retail
1749 (0.522 %)Online Games
1847 (0.500 %)Advertising
1946 (0.490 %)Aerospace
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15951 (63.36 %)Developer
23025 (32.20 %)C++ Developer
31309 (13.94 %)C# Developer
4794 (8.453 %)Senior Developer
5748 (7.963 %)Analyst
6730 (7.772 %)Software Engineer
7658 (7.005 %)Java Developer
8507 (5.398 %)C++/C# Developer
9423 (4.503 %)Architect
10394 (4.195 %)Graduate
11389 (4.141 %)Programmer
12383 (4.078 %).NET Developer
13360 (3.833 %)Software Developer
14302 (3.215 %)Team Leader
15278 (2.960 %)Senior C++ Developer
16263 (2.800 %)C++ Software Engineer
17253 (2.693 %)C++/Java Developer
18238 (2.534 %)Junior
19226 (2.406 %)Consultant
20218 (2.321 %)C++ Programmer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12249 (23.94 %)Derivative
21008 (10.73 %)Multithreading
3875 (9.315 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4792 (8.432 %)Fixed Income
5658 (7.005 %)Computer Science
6656 (6.984 %)Equities
7594 (6.324 %)Mathematics
8556 (5.919 %)Equity Derivative
9261 (2.779 %)Interest Rate Derivative
10260 (2.768 %)Grid Computing
11224 (2.385 %)Credit Derivative
12218 (2.321 %)Physics
13204 (2.172 %)Credit Risk
14179 (1.906 %)Client/Server
15174 (1.852 %)Market Risk
16158 (1.682 %)N-Tier
1789 (0.948 %)Exotic Derivative
1864 (0.681 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1958 (0.617 %)Statistics
2051 (0.543 %)Device Driver
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12651 (28.22 %)UNIX
22065 (21.98 %)Windows
31142 (12.16 %)Linux
4276 (2.938 %)Solaris
5152 (1.618 %)Windows XP
6135 (1.437 %)Windows Server 2003
7124 (1.320 %)Windows 2000
896 (1.022 %)Windows Vista
981 (0.862 %)Windows NT
1065 (0.692 %)Symbian OS
1147 (0.500 %)AIX
1239 (0.415 %)Windows Mobile
1330 (0.319 %)Red Hat Linux
1425 (0.266 %)Windows 2000 Server
1520 (0.213 %)Embedded Linux
1618 (0.192 %)Windows Server 2008
1714 (0.149 %)HPUX
1813 (0.138 %)Windows CE
1911 (0.117 %)VMS
209 (0.096 %)Android
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11973 (21.01 %)OO
2647 (6.888 %)Risk Management
3645 (6.867 %)OOD
4542 (5.770 %)Algorithmic Trading
5530 (5.642 %)UML
6482 (5.131 %)Agile Software Development
7468 (4.982 %)Electronic Trading
8306 (3.258 %)Project Management
9254 (2.704 %)Software Engineering
10227 (2.417 %)OOP
11196 (2.087 %)Unit Testing
12145 (1.544 %)Asset Management
13144 (1.533 %)E-Commerce
14130 (1.384 %)OOA/OOD
15125 (1.331 %)Monte Carlo Method
16122 (1.299 %)SOA
17118 (1.256 %)Data Modelling
17118 (1.256 %)Scrum
18109 (1.160 %)Workflow
19106 (1.128 %)Business Analysis
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13573 (38.04 %)C#
23436 (36.58 %)Java
32204 (23.46 %)SQL
41320 (14.05 %)C
5718 (7.644 %)VC++
6714 (7.601 %)Perl
7695 (7.399 %)VBA
8653 (6.952 %)VB
9465 (4.950 %)Python
10279 (2.970 %)JavaScript
11238 (2.534 %)VB.NET
12223 (2.374 %)Shell Script
13201 (2.140 %)PHP
14172 (1.831 %)PL/SQL
15158 (1.682 %)Transact-SQL
16135 (1.437 %)Delphi
17123 (1.309 %)Ruby
18122 (1.299 %)VB6
1976 (0.809 %)Korn
2072 (0.767 %)Tcl
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11731 (18.43 %)Degree
2244 (2.598 %)PhD
373 (0.777 %)Microsoft Certification
463 (0.671 %)MCAD
561 (0.649 %)MCSD
659 (0.628 %)MCP
750 (0.532 %)Security Cleared
823 (0.245 %)ISEB
916 (0.170 %)MBA
1014 (0.149 %)DV Cleared
1113 (0.138 %)CISSP
129 (0.096 %)Sun Certification
137 (0.075 %)PRINCE2 Certification
137 (0.075 %)SC Cleared
137 (0.075 %)SSCP
137 (0.075 %)MCTS
145 (0.053 %)GIAC
145 (0.053 %)Cisco Certification
145 (0.053 %)CCNA
154 (0.043 %)MCPD
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1140 (1.490 %)QA
230 (0.319 %)DICOM
322 (0.234 %)HL7
413 (0.138 %)ISO9001
413 (0.138 %)MiFID
58 (0.085 %)SLA
65 (0.053 %)TickIT
73 (0.032 %)Basel II
82 (0.021 %)ISO9000
82 (0.021 %)JTAG
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
191 (0.969 %)Active Directory
214 (0.149 %)AquaLogic
39 (0.096 %)NFS
46 (0.064 %)Cronacle
46 (0.064 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (0.053 %)Terminal Server
55 (0.053 %)Orbix
64 (0.043 %)MSMQ
73 (0.032 %)Nmap
73 (0.032 %)Squid
82 (0.021 %)Snort
82 (0.021 %)WebInspect
82 (0.021 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.011 %)Samba
91 (0.011 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
125 (0.266 %)OpenView
221 (0.224 %)OVSD
319 (0.202 %)AutoSys
417 (0.181 %)SCCM
417 (0.181 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
512 (0.128 %)CONTROL-M
611 (0.117 %)MOM
710 (0.106 %)SCOM
84 (0.043 %)Nessus
84 (0.043 %)BMC PATROL
93 (0.032 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
93 (0.032 %)Unicenter
93 (0.032 %)Tivoli
102 (0.021 %)ZENworks
111 (0.011 %)Data Guard
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11185 (12.62 %)Oracle
2571 (6.079 %)Microsoft
3560 (5.962 %)Sybase
4256 (2.725 %)TIBCO
5135 (1.437 %)Symbian
679 (0.841 %)IBM
774 (0.788 %)DataSynapse
865 (0.692 %)OpenLink
963 (0.671 %)Red Hat
1061 (0.649 %)Reuters
1156 (0.596 %)Business Objects
1253 (0.564 %)HP
1351 (0.543 %)Bloomberg
1450 (0.532 %)Murex
1546 (0.490 %)Citrix
1546 (0.490 %)Sun
1639 (0.415 %)Sophis
1734 (0.362 %)Calypso
1734 (0.362 %)BEA
1824 (0.256 %)Fidessa