The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Software Engineer
Rank 128 - 114
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 11 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.492% - 0.366%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.518% - 0.387%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 7
Average salary £50,000 - £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 - £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 - £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2123 2212 1809
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.95% 94.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1727 1875 1487
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
C++ Software Engineer
Berkshire

C++ Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading C++ Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Reading region.

Reading C++ Software Engineer Salary Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading C++ Software Engineer Salary Histogram

C++ Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 5 (41.67%) UNIX
4 4 (33.33%) C#
4 4 (33.33%) STL
4 4 (33.33%) Web Services
4 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 4 (33.33%) MySQL
4 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (25.00%) Metaprogramming
5 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (25.00%) WCF
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) .NET
5 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
5 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (25.00%) ZeroMQ
6 2 (16.67%) 3G
6 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 2 (16.67%) UML
6 2 (16.67%) VC++
6 2 (16.67%) ClearCase
6 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (16.67%) GSM
6 2 (16.67%) XML
6 2 (16.67%) MFC

C++ Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (33.33%) STL
1 4 (33.33%) Web Services
1 4 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (25.00%) WCF
2 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 3 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (25.00%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (16.67%) XML
3 2 (16.67%) MFC
3 2 (16.67%) Qt
4 1 (8.333%) OpenGL
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) 3G
1 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (16.67%) GSM
1 2 (16.67%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (16.67%) ClearCase
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.333%) Banking
3 1 (8.333%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Mathematics
2 1 (8.333%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) UNIX
3 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (8.333%) AIX
4 1 (8.333%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (25.00%) Metaprogramming
3 2 (16.67%) UML
3 2 (16.67%) Signal Processing
4 1 (8.333%) Requirements Engineering
4 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
4 1 (8.333%) V-Model
4 1 (8.333%) Scrum
4 1 (8.333%) RUP
4 1 (8.333%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (33.33%) C#
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) VC++
3 2 (16.67%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle
1 1 (8.333%) Sybase
1 1 (8.333%) IBM
Reading, Berkshire
Key Requirements - At least two years commercial software development/engineering experience - Knowledge of C#, ASP.NET and WCF/Web Services - Candidates must have experience with C++ - Experience of...
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Salary: £35.000-£45,000 dependant on experience.
Posted: 14 June 2013