The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 21 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 49 24 30
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +6
Permanent jobs citing C++ 8 34 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 2.030% 7.407% 6.823%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.774% 16.43% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7 34 32
Average salary £32,500 £28,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.07% -8.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,600 £37,500 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
212 207 289
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 53.81% 45.10% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 195 200 270
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Northamptonshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton C++ Salary Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 21 (65.63%) Windows
2 20 (62.50%) Linux
2 20 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 20 (62.50%) .NET
3 18 (56.25%) Ajax
3 18 (56.25%) SQL Server
3 18 (56.25%) ASP.NET
4 17 (53.13%) ASP
5 16 (50.00%) C#
6 15 (46.88%) C
7 13 (40.63%) HTML
7 13 (40.63%) PHP
7 13 (40.63%) CSS
8 12 (37.50%) Photoshop
8 12 (37.50%) MySQL
8 12 (37.50%) VB.NET
8 12 (37.50%) Dreamweaver
8 12 (37.50%) FTP
8 12 (37.50%) Data Management
8 12 (37.50%) jQuery
9 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
9 9 (28.13%) SQL
10 7 (21.88%) Java
10 7 (21.88%) Postgraduate
10 7 (21.88%) Python
11 6 (18.75%) Degree
11 6 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
11 6 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (18.75%) Retail
11 6 (18.75%) PhD

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 20 (62.50%) .NET
2 18 (56.25%) Ajax
2 18 (56.25%) ASP.NET
3 17 (53.13%) ASP
4 13 (40.63%) HTML
4 13 (40.63%) CSS
5 12 (37.50%) jQuery
6 6 (18.75%) LINQ
7 4 (12.50%) WPF
8 3 (9.375%) MFC
9 2 (6.250%) Silverlight
9 2 (6.250%) WinForms
10 1 (3.125%) WCF
10 1 (3.125%) HTML5
10 1 (3.125%) WF
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) FTP
2 6 (18.75%) VoIP
3 1 (3.125%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.125%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (56.25%) SQL Server
2 12 (37.50%) MySQL
3 6 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (9.375%) Visual Studio
3 2 (6.250%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 6 (18.75%) Retail
2 3 (9.375%) Electronics
3 1 (3.125%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) Developer
2 12 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) PHP Developer
4 7 (21.88%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Senior Developer
5 6 (18.75%) .NET Developer
5 6 (18.75%) Senior .NET Developer
5 6 (18.75%) C Software Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Software Developer
7 3 (9.375%) Web Developer
8 2 (6.250%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 2 (6.250%) C++ Developer
8 2 (6.250%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (6.250%) Graduate
9 1 (3.125%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (3.125%) Senior Web Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Web Applications Developer
9 1 (3.125%) C++ Software Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Applications Developer
9 1 (3.125%) Embedded C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
2 6 (18.75%) N-Tier
3 3 (9.375%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (6.250%) Neural Network
5 1 (3.125%) Mathematics
5 1 (3.125%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (3.125%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.125%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 21 (65.63%) Windows
2 20 (62.50%) Linux
3 1 (3.125%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Data Management
2 6 (18.75%) Signal Processing
3 4 (12.50%) OO
4 3 (9.375%) Pattern Recognition
5 2 (6.250%) Image Processing
5 2 (6.250%) Scrum
5 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.125%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.125%) Web Development
6 1 (3.125%) Product Management
6 1 (3.125%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 16 (50.00%) C#
3 15 (46.88%) C
4 13 (40.63%) PHP
5 12 (37.50%) VB.NET
6 9 (28.13%) SQL
7 7 (21.88%) Java
7 7 (21.88%) Python
8 6 (18.75%) VBScript
8 6 (18.75%) VB
9 2 (6.250%) XAML
9 2 (6.250%) MATLAB
10 1 (3.125%) Embedded C
10 1 (3.125%) Embedded C++
10 1 (3.125%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Postgraduate
2 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) PhD
Vendors
1 2 (6.250%) Oracle