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This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank105
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads216264
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.108 %
As % of the category below23.23 %34.69 %
Salaries quoted203230
Average minimum salary£31,833£30,789
Average salary£35,944£34,788
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Average maximum salary£40,055£38,787
UK excluding London average salary£36,223£36,138
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads930761
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.491 %0.312 %
Salaries quoted868686
Average minimum salary£31,753£31,618
Average salary£35,543£34,441
% change on same period last year+3.19 %
Average maximum salary£39,333£37,264
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
C++ OxfordshireC++
Oxfordshire

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxford C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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++.

1150 (28.85 %)Linux
2147 (28.27 %)C#
3137 (26.35 %)C
4126 (24.23 %)Windows
5118 (22.69 %)Degree
6103 (19.81 %).NET
7102 (19.62 %)SQL Server
7102 (19.62 %)Mathematics
889 (17.12 %)UNIX
985 (16.35 %)Games
1079 (15.19 %)Java
1178 (15.00 %)DB2
1269 (13.27 %)Oracle
1366 (12.69 %)MySQL
1366 (12.69 %)Computer Science
1463 (12.12 %)OO
1463 (12.12 %)Python
1556 (10.77 %)Perl
1556 (10.77 %)Physics
1654 (10.38 %)Software Engineering
1750 (9.615 %)STL
1750 (9.615 %)Finance
1849 (9.423 %)PhD
1940 (7.692 %)Health
1940 (7.692 %)MATLAB
2038 (7.308 %)VB
2136 (6.923 %)SQL
2234 (6.538 %)VC++
2234 (6.538 %)Pensions
2333 (6.346 %)Ant

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1103 (19.81 %).NET
250 (9.615 %)STL
326 (5.000 %)Software Packaging
425 (4.808 %)OpenGL
521 (4.038 %)J2EE
521 (4.038 %)ASP.NET
618 (3.462 %)Ruby on Rails
715 (2.885 %)WinForms
814 (2.692 %)WebServices
814 (2.692 %)XML
913 (2.500 %)DirectX
1011 (2.115 %)MFC
1110 (1.923 %)WPF
129 (1.731 %).NET Remoting
137 (1.346 %)EDIFACT
137 (1.346 %)HTML
137 (1.346 %)EDI
146 (1.154 %)Middleware
146 (1.154 %)DCOM
146 (1.154 %)ASP
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (1.154 %)BizTalk Server
23 (0.577 %)IIS
31 (0.192 %)SharePoint
31 (0.192 %)WebLogic
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (7.692 %)MATLAB
217 (3.269 %)MS Excel
316 (3.077 %)MS Visio
43 (0.577 %)3ds Max
43 (0.577 %)MS Office
51 (0.192 %)ArcView
51 (0.192 %)Maya
Oxford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.577 %)SAP SD
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (4.231 %)TCP/IP
218 (3.462 %)Internet
310 (1.923 %)Intrusion Detection
47 (1.346 %)DVB
53 (0.577 %)Firewall
53 (0.577 %)Wireless
53 (0.577 %)SSH
53 (0.577 %)GPRS
53 (0.577 %)WLAN
53 (0.577 %)FTP
62 (0.385 %)LAN
62 (0.385 %)Bluetooth
62 (0.385 %)SAN
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1102 (19.62 %)SQL Server
278 (15.00 %)DB2
366 (12.69 %)MySQL
47 (1.346 %)GIS
54 (0.769 %)KDB
62 (0.385 %)MS Access
71 (0.192 %)RDBMS
71 (0.192 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.192 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
133 (6.346 %)Ant
23 (0.577 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.577 %)Flash
23 (0.577 %)Subversion
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
185 (16.35 %)Games
250 (9.615 %)Finance
340 (7.692 %)Health
434 (6.538 %)Pensions
517 (3.269 %)3D Graphics
611 (2.115 %)Banking
78 (1.538 %)Insurance
78 (1.538 %)Education
78 (1.538 %)Electronics
78 (1.538 %)Pharmaceutical
87 (1.346 %)Manufacturing
95 (0.962 %)Automotive
104 (0.769 %)Animation
104 (0.769 %)Investment Banking
113 (0.577 %)Chemicals
113 (0.577 %)Publishing
113 (0.577 %)Front Office
122 (0.385 %)Telecoms
122 (0.385 %)Aerospace
122 (0.385 %)Law
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1191 (36.73 %)Developer
2127 (24.42 %)Software Engineer
3123 (23.65 %)C++ Developer
473 (14.04 %)Programmer
572 (13.85 %)Software Developer
669 (13.27 %)C++ Software Engineer
748 (9.231 %)Graduate
846 (8.846 %)C++ Software Developer
940 (7.692 %)C++ Programmer
1026 (5.000 %)Games Programmer
1124 (4.615 %)Senior Software Engineer
1222 (4.231 %)DSP Engineer
1321 (4.038 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1418 (3.462 %)C# Software Engineer
1418 (3.462 %)Senior Developer
1517 (3.269 %)Junior
1517 (3.269 %)C# Developer
1616 (3.077 %)C Software Engineer
1715 (2.885 %)Graduate Developer
1814 (2.692 %)Analyst
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1102 (19.62 %)Mathematics
266 (12.69 %)Computer Science
356 (10.77 %)Physics
411 (2.115 %)Tandem
59 (1.731 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
68 (1.538 %)Multithreading
77 (1.346 %)VHDL
77 (1.346 %)Verilog
77 (1.346 %)Statistics
77 (1.346 %)MPEG
77 (1.346 %)DTV
84 (0.769 %)Firmware
84 (0.769 %)Robotics
84 (0.769 %)Chemistry
93 (0.577 %)Biology
102 (0.385 %)ASIC
102 (0.385 %)Device Driver
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1150 (28.85 %)Linux
2126 (24.23 %)Windows
389 (17.12 %)UNIX
416 (3.077 %)Windows NT
59 (1.731 %)Windows Mobile
68 (1.538 %)Mac OS X
68 (1.538 %)Windows CE
77 (1.346 %)VxWorks
83 (0.577 %)Embedded Linux
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (12.12 %)OO
254 (10.38 %)Software Engineering
321 (4.038 %)Agile Software Development
321 (4.038 %)OOD
414 (2.692 %)SOA
510 (1.923 %)E-Commerce
69 (1.731 %)Project Management
78 (1.538 %)OOP
86 (1.154 %)Investment Management
95 (0.962 %)Unit Testing
95 (0.962 %)Monte Carlo Method
104 (0.769 %)Data Analysis
104 (0.769 %)Web Development
104 (0.769 %)Business Development
104 (0.769 %)Validation
104 (0.769 %)ERP
104 (0.769 %)B2B
113 (0.577 %)Data Modelling
113 (0.577 %)Risk Assessment
113 (0.577 %)UML
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1147 (28.27 %)C#
2137 (26.35 %)C
379 (15.19 %)Java
463 (12.12 %)Python
556 (10.77 %)Perl
638 (7.308 %)VB
736 (6.923 %)SQL
834 (6.538 %)VC++
928 (5.385 %)Assembly Language
1023 (4.423 %)Delphi
1119 (3.654 %)Ruby
1212 (2.308 %)VB.NET
1311 (2.115 %)PowerHouse
147 (1.346 %)Haskell
147 (1.346 %)OCaml
147 (1.346 %)Embedded C
156 (1.154 %)Fortran
165 (0.962 %)Lua
174 (0.769 %)Embedded C++
174 (0.769 %)JavaScript
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1118 (22.69 %)Degree
249 (9.423 %)PhD
316 (3.077 %)Microsoft Certification
413 (2.500 %)MCSE
511 (2.115 %)RHCT
62 (0.385 %)CISA
62 (0.385 %)CISSP
62 (0.385 %)MCP
62 (0.385 %)Postgraduate
71 (0.192 %)ITIL Certification
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (1.731 %)NDS
23 (0.577 %)Snort
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
169 (13.27 %)Oracle
227 (5.192 %)Microsoft
319 (3.654 %)Red Hat
47 (1.346 %)Sony
47 (1.346 %)SAP
53 (0.577 %)Cisco
53 (0.577 %)Nokia
53 (0.577 %)CheckPoint
61 (0.192 %)Mapinfo
61 (0.192 %)ESRI
61 (0.192 %)Perforce
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