The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 7 24 5
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -19
Permanent jobs citing C++ 46 16 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 17.62% 6.452% 17.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.49% 12.31% 36.70%
Number of salaries quoted 25 9 26
Average salary £52,500 £32,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+61.53% +10.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £29,700 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £36,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
156 130 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 59.77% 52.42% 48.44%
Number of salaries quoted 111 67 70
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
UK

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 17 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
County Antrim +17 45 £51,250 +57.69%
County Londonderry - 1 £95,000 -
C++
UK

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 41 (59.42%) Linux
2 38 (55.07%) C
2 38 (55.07%) Degree
3 32 (46.38%) Java
4 25 (36.23%) UNIX
5 22 (31.88%) Computer Science
6 20 (28.99%) Software Engineering
7 19 (27.54%) Finance
8 17 (24.64%) C#
9 16 (23.19%) SQL
9 16 (23.19%) Web Services
9 16 (23.19%) Open Source
10 14 (20.29%) Servlets
10 14 (20.29%) Middleware
10 14 (20.29%) Agile Software Development
10 14 (20.29%) Banking
11 13 (18.84%) JSON
11 13 (18.84%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (18.84%) XML
11 13 (18.84%) Video on Demand
12 11 (15.94%) Telecoms
13 10 (14.49%) Apache
13 10 (14.49%) Tomcat
13 10 (14.49%) Python
13 10 (14.49%) XMPP
13 10 (14.49%) New Media
14 8 (11.59%) Investment Banking
14 8 (11.59%) OO
14 8 (11.59%) .NET
14 8 (11.59%) Embedded C

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 16 (23.19%) Web Services
2 14 (20.29%) Servlets
2 14 (20.29%) Middleware
3 13 (18.84%) JSON
3 13 (18.84%) XML
4 10 (14.49%) XMPP
5 8 (11.59%) .NET
6 2 (2.899%) J2EE
6 2 (2.899%) jQuery
6 2 (2.899%) HTML
6 2 (2.899%) Spring
7 1 (1.449%) Hibernate
7 1 (1.449%) WinForms
7 1 (1.449%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (1.449%) HTML5
7 1 (1.449%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.449%) JSP
7 1 (1.449%) STL
7 1 (1.449%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (1.449%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.49%) Apache
1 10 (14.49%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.899%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.449%) Rendezvous
3 1 (1.449%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (1.449%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (2.899%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.449%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.797%) Broadband
2 1 (1.449%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.84%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.899%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.899%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (2.899%) KDB
4 1 (1.449%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.449%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (4.348%) Subversion
2 2 (2.899%) Hudson
2 2 (2.899%) MSBuild
2 2 (2.899%) CruiseControl
3 1 (1.449%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 19 (27.54%) Finance
2 14 (20.29%) Banking
3 11 (15.94%) Telecoms
4 8 (11.59%) Investment Banking
5 5 (7.246%) Marketing
6 1 (1.449%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (36.23%) Developer
2 14 (20.29%) Software Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) C++ Developer
3 7 (10.14%) Software Architect
3 7 (10.14%) Architect
3 7 (10.14%) Junior
3 7 (10.14%) C++/C# Developer
4 5 (7.246%) Senior Developer
4 5 (7.246%) Java Developer
4 5 (7.246%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (5.797%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (5.797%) Server Engineer
5 4 (5.797%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (4.348%) Junior Programmer
6 3 (4.348%) Junior C Programmer
6 3 (4.348%) C++ Programmer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (4.348%) C Programmer
6 3 (4.348%) C Software Engineer
6 3 (4.348%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.88%) Computer Science
2 16 (23.19%) Open Source
3 13 (18.84%) Video on Demand
4 10 (14.49%) New Media
5 6 (8.696%) Derivative
6 3 (4.348%) Client/Server
6 3 (4.348%) Equities
6 3 (4.348%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 3 (4.348%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.899%) Mobile Computing
7 2 (2.899%) Social Media
7 2 (2.899%) iPad
7 2 (2.899%) IPTV
7 2 (2.899%) Firmware
7 2 (2.899%) DTV
7 2 (2.899%) iPhone
8 1 (1.449%) SaaS
8 1 (1.449%) Life Science
8 1 (1.449%) Blog
8 1 (1.449%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 41 (59.42%) Linux
2 25 (36.23%) UNIX
3 3 (4.348%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.899%) Windows
4 2 (2.899%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.99%) Software Engineering
2 14 (20.29%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (11.59%) OO
4 6 (8.696%) Multithreading
5 3 (4.348%) Data Modelling
5 3 (4.348%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (2.899%) Automation Testing
6 2 (2.899%) OOP
6 2 (2.899%) E-Commerce
6 2 (2.899%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (2.899%) Computer Architecture
6 2 (2.899%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.449%) Web Development
7 1 (1.449%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.449%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (1.449%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (1.449%) Web Application Development
7 1 (1.449%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (1.449%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.449%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (55.07%) C
2 32 (46.38%) Java
3 17 (24.64%) C#
4 16 (23.19%) SQL
5 10 (14.49%) Python
6 8 (11.59%) Embedded C
7 5 (7.246%) JavaScript
8 3 (4.348%) Objective-C
9 2 (2.899%) Bash shell
9 2 (2.899%) Perl
9 2 (2.899%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.449%) PHP
10 1 (1.449%) Ruby
10 1 (1.449%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (55.07%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (5.797%) Oracle
1 4 (5.797%) DataSynapse
2 2 (2.899%) JBoss
3 1 (1.449%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.449%) Apple
3 1 (1.449%) TIBCO
3 1 (1.449%) Google
3 1 (1.449%) Syncfusion
3 1 (1.449%) DevExpress
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