Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the North East region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank14714
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+7
Matching permanent IT job ads38118132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East9.769 %15.36 %12.02 %
As % of the Programming Languages category19.59 %28.50 %23.20 %
Salaries quoted37103110
Average salary£33,000£32,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.120 %-8.570 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£25,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
North East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
194414569
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East49.87 %53.91 %51.82 %
Salaries quoted179369484
Average salary£29,500£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.230 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£45,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the North East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. 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
Tyne and WearDown-632£35,000+7.69 %
DurhamNew entry-1£17,500-
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the North East 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++.

166 (60.00 %)C#
247 (42.73 %).NET
340 (36.36 %)C
436 (32.73 %)MySQL
532 (29.09 %)Windows
627 (24.55 %)Unit Testing
725 (22.73 %)SQL Server
822 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
920 (18.18 %)Scrum
1018 (16.36 %)OOD
1117 (15.45 %)Degree
1216 (14.55 %)Java
1315 (13.64 %)OOA/OOD
1315 (13.64 %)WCF
1315 (13.64 %)WPF
1414 (12.73 %)ASP.NET
1414 (12.73 %)Games
1513 (11.82 %)MFC
1612 (10.91 %)J2EE
1612 (10.91 %)VC++
1711 (10.00 %)XML
1711 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
1810 (9.091 %)OO
1810 (9.091 %)RDBMS
1810 (9.091 %)WinForms
1810 (9.091 %)Software Engineering
199 (8.182 %)ADO.NET
199 (8.182 %)AJAX
199 (8.182 %)Mathematics
199 (8.182 %)Data Mapping

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
147 (42.73 %).NET
215 (13.64 %)WCF
215 (13.64 %)WPF
314 (12.73 %)ASP.NET
413 (11.82 %)MFC
512 (10.91 %)J2EE
611 (10.00 %)XML
710 (9.091 %)WinForms
89 (8.182 %)AJAX
89 (8.182 %)ADO.NET
95 (4.545 %)Adobe Flex
95 (4.545 %)Spring
103 (2.727 %).NET Framework
103 (2.727 %)Silverlight
112 (1.818 %)OpenGL
112 (1.818 %)DirectX
112 (1.818 %)OLE
112 (1.818 %)STL
121 (0.909 %)XSLT
121 (0.909 %)Flash
North East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (0.909 %)OpenEdge
North East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.818 %)MS Office
12 (1.818 %)MS Excel
North East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (4.545 %)Ethernet
23 (2.727 %)TCP/IP
North East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (32.73 %)MySQL
225 (22.73 %)SQL Server
310 (9.091 %)RDBMS
41 (0.909 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.909 %)Oracle 9i
North East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
24 (3.636 %)NUnit
33 (2.727 %)Subversion
41 (0.909 %)WebSpeed
North East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (12.73 %)Games
26 (5.455 %)Marketing
26 (5.455 %)Automotive
26 (5.455 %)3D Graphics
35 (4.545 %)Electronics
44 (3.636 %)Insurance
53 (2.727 %)Pensions
53 (2.727 %)Finance
53 (2.727 %)Electric
62 (1.818 %)Health
62 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
62 (1.818 %)Financial Institution
62 (1.818 %)Animation
71 (0.909 %)Education
North East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
163 (57.27 %)Developer
236 (32.73 %)Software Developer
324 (21.82 %)Software Engineer
324 (21.82 %)Senior Developer
423 (20.91 %)Programmer
423 (20.91 %)C++ Developer
516 (14.55 %)Senior Software Developer
610 (9.091 %)Senior Programmer
610 (9.091 %)Software Programmer
78 (7.273 %)C++ Software Engineer
86 (5.455 %)C# Developer
86 (5.455 %)Senior Software Engineer
86 (5.455 %)C++ Software Developer
86 (5.455 %)Senior C++ Developer
95 (4.545 %)C# Software Engineer
95 (4.545 %)Applications Developer
95 (4.545 %)Development Engineer
104 (3.636 %)C++/C# Developer
104 (3.636 %)Games Programmer
113 (2.727 %)Analyst
North East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (8.182 %)Mathematics
27 (6.364 %)Robotics
35 (4.545 %)Physics
44 (3.636 %)Visualisation
53 (2.727 %)Firmware
62 (1.818 %)MPEG
71 (0.909 %)Blackberry
71 (0.909 %)Flash Lite
71 (0.909 %)iPhone
71 (0.909 %)Open Source
North East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
132 (29.09 %)Windows
24 (3.636 %)Linux
31 (0.909 %)Android
31 (0.909 %)UNIX
North East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
127 (24.55 %)Unit Testing
222 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
320 (18.18 %)Scrum
418 (16.36 %)OOD
515 (13.64 %)OOA/OOD
611 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
710 (9.091 %)OO
710 (9.091 %)Software Engineering
89 (8.182 %)Data Mapping
98 (7.273 %)Time Management
106 (5.455 %)System Testing
106 (5.455 %)OOP
115 (4.545 %)UML
124 (3.636 %)Project Management
124 (3.636 %)Migration
124 (3.636 %)TDD
124 (3.636 %)User Acceptance Testing
131 (0.909 %)Test Management
131 (0.909 %)Test Scripting
131 (0.909 %)Data Analysis
North East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
166 (60.00 %)C#
240 (36.36 %)C
316 (14.55 %)Java
412 (10.91 %)VC++
58 (7.273 %)Delphi
64 (3.636 %)SQL
73 (2.727 %)C++/CLI
73 (2.727 %)Embedded C
73 (2.727 %)Embedded C++
73 (2.727 %)Assembly Language
82 (1.818 %)Python
91 (0.909 %)ActionScript 3.0
91 (0.909 %)ActionScript 2.0
91 (0.909 %)Objective-C
91 (0.909 %)VB
91 (0.909 %)VB.NET
91 (0.909 %)ActionScript
91 (0.909 %)JavaScript
North East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (15.45 %)Degree
25 (4.545 %)PhD
31 (0.909 %)ISEB
31 (0.909 %)ISTQB
North East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.818 %)ISO9000
21 (0.909 %)ISO9001
21 (0.909 %)QA
North East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (7.273 %)Borland
23 (2.727 %)Microsoft
23 (2.727 %)EMC
32 (1.818 %)Oracle
32 (1.818 %)Symbian