The first table below looks at the demand for X++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited X++ 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X++
Rank 55 45 55
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +10
Permanent jobs citing X++ 1 18 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.189% 2.946% 1.727%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.332% 5.806% 2.747%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 10
Average salary £65,000 £43,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.57% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
All Programming Languages
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
301 310 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 56.79% 50.74% 62.87%
Number of salaries quoted 252 276 319
Average salary £34,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,100 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,450 £38,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
X++
South Yorkshire

X++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield X++ Jobs Demand Trend

X++
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing X++ across the Sheffield region.

Sheffield X++ Salary Trend

X++
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing X++ 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 X++.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics AX

X++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield region citing X++ 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 X++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server