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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 22 32 42
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +10
Permanent jobs citing C++ 41 56 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 9.091% 8.358% 5.474%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.70% 13.24% 10.36%
Number of salaries quoted 36 35 21
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
279 423 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 61.86% 63.13% 52.84%
Number of salaries quoted 242 379 204
Average salary £32,528 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.26% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside 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
Liverpool +9 40 £32,500 -16.12%
C++
North West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (50.91%) PHP
2 25 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 24 (43.64%) CSS
3 24 (43.64%) HTML5
4 23 (41.82%) Games
5 22 (40.00%) HTML
6 20 (36.36%) C
6 20 (36.36%) Android
7 18 (32.73%) Agile Software Development
7 18 (32.73%) Java
7 18 (32.73%) SQL
7 18 (32.73%) Apple iOS
7 18 (32.73%) CSS3
8 15 (27.27%) Game Development
8 15 (27.27%) cocos2d
8 15 (27.27%) C#
8 15 (27.27%) ASP
8 15 (27.27%) XHTML
8 15 (27.27%) Apple
8 15 (27.27%) Objective-C
8 15 (27.27%) Animation
9 14 (25.45%) Degree
9 14 (25.45%) QA
10 13 (23.64%) OO
10 13 (23.64%) Python
10 13 (23.64%) Perl
11 12 (21.82%) Web Services
11 12 (21.82%) Multithreading
11 12 (21.82%) Qt
12 11 (20.00%) Unit Testing

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 24 (43.64%) CSS
1 24 (43.64%) HTML5
2 22 (40.00%) HTML
3 18 (32.73%) CSS3
4 15 (27.27%) cocos2d
4 15 (27.27%) ASP
4 15 (27.27%) XHTML
5 12 (21.82%) Web Services
5 12 (21.82%) Qt
6 9 (16.36%) XML
6 9 (16.36%) STL
6 9 (16.36%) XML Messaging
6 9 (16.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 8 (14.55%) .NET
8 5 (9.091%) jQuery
8 5 (9.091%) MFC
9 4 (7.273%) Struts
9 4 (7.273%) EJB
9 4 (7.273%) Flash
9 4 (7.273%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.636%) ESB
2 1 (1.818%) Orchard CMS
2 1 (1.818%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (9.091%) Photoshop
2 4 (7.273%) MS Office
2 4 (7.273%) 3ds Max
2 4 (7.273%) ZBrush
3 1 (1.818%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.273%) Internet
2 2 (3.636%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.818%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.36%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (7.273%) DB2
4 4 (7.273%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (3.636%) MySQL
6 1 (1.818%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (18.18%) Subversion
2 8 (14.55%) Visual Studio
3 7 (12.73%) Git (software)
4 4 (7.273%) JUnit
5 2 (3.636%) Ant
5 2 (3.636%) TeamCity
5 2 (3.636%) Maven
6 1 (1.818%) Moq
6 1 (1.818%) NUnit
6 1 (1.818%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.818%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (1.818%) Dreamweaver
General
1 23 (41.82%) Games
2 11 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (3.636%) Electronics
3 2 (3.636%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 44 (80.00%) Developer
2 19 (34.55%) Games Developer
3 14 (25.45%) C++ Developer
4 12 (21.82%) Senior Developer
5 8 (14.55%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.273%) Senior Games Developer
6 4 (7.273%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.455%) Front-End Developer
7 3 (5.455%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 3 (5.455%) Programmer
8 2 (3.636%) Software Developer
8 2 (3.636%) Junior
8 2 (3.636%) Software Programmer
8 2 (3.636%) C# Developer
8 2 (3.636%) Senior Java Developer
8 2 (3.636%) Senior C++ Developer
8 2 (3.636%) Junior Developer
8 2 (3.636%) Junior C++ Developer
8 2 (3.636%) Development Engineer
9 1 (1.818%) C# Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.27%) Animation
2 10 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 8 (14.55%) Open Source
4 4 (7.273%) Streaming Video
4 4 (7.273%) Physics
5 3 (5.455%) RIA
5 3 (5.455%) Blackberry
6 2 (3.636%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.818%) SaaS
7 1 (1.818%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.818%) Social Network
7 1 (1.818%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 20 (36.36%) Android
2 18 (32.73%) Apple iOS
3 11 (20.00%) Windows
4 10 (18.18%) Linux
5 3 (5.455%) Windows Phone 8
5 3 (5.455%) Windows Phone
6 2 (3.636%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (27.27%) Game Development
3 13 (23.64%) OO
4 12 (21.82%) Multithreading
5 11 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 7 (12.73%) Web Development
6 7 (12.73%) MVC
7 6 (10.91%) TDD
8 5 (9.091%) UML
9 4 (7.273%) SOA
9 4 (7.273%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (7.273%) Software Testing
9 4 (7.273%) AOP
9 4 (7.273%) Test Automation
9 4 (7.273%) Dependency Injection
10 3 (5.455%) Analytics
10 3 (5.455%) Portfolio Management
10 3 (5.455%) Electronic Trading
10 3 (5.455%) Manual Testing
10 3 (5.455%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 28 (50.91%) PHP
2 25 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 20 (36.36%) C
4 18 (32.73%) Java
4 18 (32.73%) SQL
5 15 (27.27%) C#
5 15 (27.27%) Objective-C
6 13 (23.64%) Python
6 13 (23.64%) Perl
7 9 (16.36%) Ruby
8 8 (14.55%) Groovy
9 4 (7.273%) PL/SQL
10 2 (3.636%) VB
10 2 (3.636%) VB.NET
10 2 (3.636%) VB6
11 1 (1.818%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) Degree
2 2 (3.636%) ISEB
2 2 (3.636%) HND
2 2 (3.636%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Apple
2 4 (7.273%) Oracle
2 4 (7.273%) JBoss
3 1 (1.818%) Microsoft
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