The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior C++ Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Rank 596 615 614
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Software Engineer 5 34 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.011% 0.062% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.066% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 5 33 8
Average salary £82,500 £67,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +8.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £125,000 £82,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.70% +15.62%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41114 51159 53446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.93% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 34577 44402 45054
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior C++ Software Engineer
England

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior C++ Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

London Senior C++ Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Senior C++ Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior C++ Software Engineer in their job title.

1 20 (100.00%) C++
2 12 (60.00%) Finance
3 10 (50.00%) UNIX
3 10 (50.00%) Linux
4 9 (45.00%) C
5 7 (35.00%) C#
5 7 (35.00%) Degree
6 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
7 5 (25.00%) .NET
7 5 (25.00%) SOA
7 5 (25.00%) Data Mining
7 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 5 (25.00%) WCF
7 5 (25.00%) WPF
7 5 (25.00%) Multithreading
7 5 (25.00%) Apache Solr
7 5 (25.00%) Statistics
8 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
8 4 (20.00%) Windows
8 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (15.00%) Front Office
9 3 (15.00%) Web Services
9 3 (15.00%) OOD
9 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
9 3 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (15.00%) SQL
9 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
9 3 (15.00%) WMI
9 3 (15.00%) Derivative
10 2 (10.00%) Silverlight

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior C++ Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (25.00%) .NET
1 5 (25.00%) WCF
1 5 (25.00%) WPF
2 3 (15.00%) Web Services
2 3 (15.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (10.00%) Silverlight
3 2 (10.00%) COM
3 2 (10.00%) WinForms
4 1 (5.000%) STL
4 1 (5.000%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) Apache Solr
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Xcode
General
1 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Front Office
3 2 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (5.000%) Banking
4 1 (5.000%) Games
4 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Statistics
2 3 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (15.00%) Derivative
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.000%) Equities
4 1 (5.000%) Mobile Games
4 1 (5.000%) Client/Server
4 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) UNIX
1 10 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.000%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) SOA
1 5 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (15.00%) OOD
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) TDD
4 2 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.000%) Game Development
5 1 (5.000%) Market Research
5 1 (5.000%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (45.00%) C
3 7 (35.00%) C#
4 3 (15.00%) SQL
5 2 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (5.000%) Objective-C
6 1 (5.000%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) WMI
2 2 (10.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle
London
Senior C++ Software Engineer - STL, Multi Threading, FIX, Low Latency, Vendor, Boost, Linux, Financial Messaging, FPGA, VHDL, VerilogLow Latency Financial Vendor... You will be primarily developing in multi-...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Senior C++ Software Engineer - STL, Multi Threading, FIX, Low Latency, Vendor, Boost, Linux, Financial Messaging, FPGA, VHDL, Verilog Low Latency Financial Vendor... Experience with FPGA's or VHDL/...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Job Role: C++ Senior DeveloperLocation: London, CitySalary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / Senior C++ Software Engineer (C/ C++ UNIX) sought by market leading financial organisation to join...
Client Server
Salary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013