The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 18 32 56
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +24
Permanent jobs citing C++ 42 26 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 8.061% 5.221% 2.134%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.79% 12.75% 4.573%
Number of salaries quoted 38 13 14
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
202 204 328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 38.77% 40.96% 46.66%
Number of salaries quoted 143 164 249
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
South East

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Middlesex C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 36 (53.73%) Linux
2 35 (52.24%) OO
3 27 (40.30%) Security Cleared
4 26 (38.81%) Windows
5 23 (34.33%) Multithreading
6 21 (31.34%) UML
7 20 (29.85%) Validation
8 19 (28.36%) C#
9 18 (26.87%) Java
9 18 (26.87%) C
10 17 (25.37%) JavaScript
10 17 (25.37%) .NET
11 14 (20.90%) SQL Server
11 14 (20.90%) Degree
12 13 (19.40%) Electronics
13 12 (17.91%) ASP.NET
13 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
14 11 (16.42%) SQL
15 10 (14.93%) QA
16 9 (13.43%) Aerospace
16 9 (13.43%) Scrum
16 9 (13.43%) UNIX
16 9 (13.43%) Web Services
16 9 (13.43%) XML
16 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
17 8 (11.94%) Apple iOS
17 8 (11.94%) MS Project
17 8 (11.94%) MS Office
17 8 (11.94%) Visual Studio
17 8 (11.94%) OpenGL

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 17 (25.37%) .NET
2 12 (17.91%) ASP.NET
3 9 (13.43%) Web Services
3 9 (13.43%) XML
4 8 (11.94%) OpenGL
5 7 (10.45%) HTML
6 6 (8.955%) OpenGL ES
6 6 (8.955%) XSD
6 6 (8.955%) JSON
7 4 (5.970%) WCF
7 4 (5.970%) WPF
8 3 (4.478%) ASP
8 3 (4.478%) ATL
8 3 (4.478%) COM
9 2 (2.985%) QML
9 2 (2.985%) Swing
10 1 (1.493%) OpenMP
10 1 (1.493%) WinForms
10 1 (1.493%) STL
10 1 (1.493%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.970%) IIS
2 1 (1.493%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) MS Project
1 8 (11.94%) MS Office
2 2 (2.985%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.478%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.955%) HTTP
2 5 (7.463%) VoIP
3 4 (5.970%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.985%) Internet
5 1 (1.493%) DVB
5 1 (1.493%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.94%) SQLBase
3 3 (4.478%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.478%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.478%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.478%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (1.493%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Visual Studio
1 8 (11.94%) Subversion
2 7 (10.45%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.985%) JIRA
4 1 (1.493%) LabVIEW
4 1 (1.493%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 13 (19.40%) Electronics
2 9 (13.43%) Aerospace
3 3 (4.478%) Marketing
3 3 (4.478%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.985%) Avionics
4 2 (2.985%) Automotive
4 2 (2.985%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.985%) Finance
5 1 (1.493%) Military
5 1 (1.493%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 43 (64.18%) Developer
2 35 (52.24%) Software Engineer
3 18 (26.87%) Senior Software Engineer
4 16 (23.88%) Software Developer
5 10 (14.93%) Programmer
6 9 (13.43%) Senior Developer
7 7 (10.45%) SQL Developer
7 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Developer
7 7 (10.45%) SQL Programmer
8 6 (8.955%) iOS Developer
9 5 (7.463%) C++ Developer
9 5 (7.463%) Senior iOS Developer
10 4 (5.970%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 4 (5.970%) C Developer
11 3 (4.478%) Microsoft Developer
11 3 (4.478%) Dynamics CRM Developer
11 3 (4.478%) .NET Developer
11 3 (4.478%) Senior Software Developer
11 3 (4.478%) CRM Developer
12 2 (2.985%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
2 8 (11.94%) Mathematics
3 7 (10.45%) Statistics
3 7 (10.45%) Firmware
3 7 (10.45%) Mobile App
4 6 (8.955%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (7.463%) Client/Server
5 5 (7.463%) iPad
6 4 (5.970%) Streaming Video
7 3 (4.478%) Digital Media
8 2 (2.985%) iPhone
8 2 (2.985%) CCTV
9 1 (1.493%) IPTV
9 1 (1.493%) Physics
9 1 (1.493%) Chemistry
9 1 (1.493%) Device Driver
9 1 (1.493%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (1.493%) DTV
9 1 (1.493%) GPGPU
Operating Systems
1 36 (53.73%) Linux
2 26 (38.81%) Windows
3 9 (13.43%) UNIX
4 8 (11.94%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.478%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (4.478%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (4.478%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.478%) Windows XP
5 3 (4.478%) Windows 7
5 3 (4.478%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.985%) Android
7 1 (1.493%) Windows Phone 7
7 1 (1.493%) Windows Phone 8
7 1 (1.493%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (52.24%) OO
2 23 (34.33%) Multithreading
3 21 (31.34%) UML
4 20 (29.85%) Validation
5 9 (13.43%) Scrum
6 8 (11.94%) Web Development
7 7 (10.45%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (10.45%) OOD
8 6 (8.955%) Unit Testing
9 4 (5.970%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (4.478%) Business Analysis
10 3 (4.478%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (4.478%) Data Modelling
10 3 (4.478%) CRM
11 2 (2.985%) Embedded Software Development
11 2 (2.985%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (2.985%) Product Management
11 2 (2.985%) Software Architecture
11 2 (2.985%) Service Management
11 2 (2.985%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (28.36%) C#
2 18 (26.87%) Java
2 18 (26.87%) C
3 17 (25.37%) JavaScript
4 11 (16.42%) SQL
5 8 (11.94%) Embedded C
5 8 (11.94%) Embedded C++
6 7 (10.45%) Objective-C
7 4 (5.970%) MATLAB
8 3 (4.478%) VB
8 3 (4.478%) PHP
8 3 (4.478%) VC++
9 2 (2.985%) VB.NET
9 2 (2.985%) VB6
10 1 (1.493%) Perl
10 1 (1.493%) Python
10 1 (1.493%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.493%) Fortran
10 1 (1.493%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 27 (40.30%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.90%) Degree
3 1 (1.493%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.478%) Oracle
2 3 (4.478%) Intel
3 2 (2.985%) Twitter
4 1 (1.493%) Sony
4 1 (1.493%) Ericsson
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