The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 33 12 55
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +43
Permanent jobs citing C++ 41 72 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 6.101% 10.79% 1.008%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.39% 28.35% 2.146%
Number of salaries quoted 40 27 4
Average salary £56,250 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,475 £22,500 £38,250
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
223 254 233
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 33.18% 38.08% 46.98%
Number of salaries quoted 203 187 194
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Berkshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Slough region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Slough C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 33 (63.46%) Java
2 25 (48.08%) E-Commerce
3 24 (46.15%) PHP
3 24 (46.15%) MySQL
4 20 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 20 (38.46%) Python
5 19 (36.54%) Linux
6 15 (28.85%) Agile Software Development
6 15 (28.85%) Apache
6 15 (28.85%) MVC
6 15 (28.85%) Zend
6 15 (28.85%) PHP5
6 15 (28.85%) Change Control
7 14 (26.92%) OOD
8 13 (25.00%) Perl
8 13 (25.00%) SQL
9 12 (23.08%) C
10 11 (21.15%) Scrum
10 11 (21.15%) Data Protection
10 11 (21.15%) Ruby
11 10 (19.23%) Ajax
11 10 (19.23%) Zend Framework
11 10 (19.23%) C#
11 10 (19.23%) OOP
11 10 (19.23%) .NET
12 9 (17.31%) CSS
12 9 (17.31%) HTML
12 9 (17.31%) Spring
12 9 (17.31%) Spring MVC
13 8 (15.38%) Degree

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 10 (19.23%) Ajax
1 10 (19.23%) Zend Framework
1 10 (19.23%) .NET
2 9 (17.31%) CSS
2 9 (17.31%) HTML
2 9 (17.31%) Spring
2 9 (17.31%) Spring MVC
3 6 (11.54%) WinForms
4 5 (9.615%) Middleware
5 2 (3.846%) OpenGL
5 2 (3.846%) DirectX
6 1 (1.923%) Web Services
6 1 (1.923%) XML
Application Platforms
1 15 (28.85%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.769%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (46.15%) MySQL
2 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
2 7 (13.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (11.54%) SQLPlus
4 1 (1.923%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 7 (13.46%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.923%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (9.615%) Games
1 5 (9.615%) Retail
2 3 (5.769%) Automotive
3 1 (1.923%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (69.23%) Developer
2 18 (34.62%) Java Developer
3 12 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) C++ Developer
4 10 (19.23%) Software Developer
5 6 (11.54%) Graduate
6 5 (9.615%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Senior C++ Applications Developer
7 4 (7.692%) C++ Applications Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Mobile Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Senior Applications Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Senior C++ Developer
7 4 (7.692%) Applications Developer
8 3 (5.769%) Performance Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Linux Engineer
9 2 (3.846%) Graduate Developer
9 2 (3.846%) C++/Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Computer Science
2 4 (7.692%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.769%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.923%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (1.923%) Open Source
4 1 (1.923%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 19 (36.54%) Linux
2 7 (13.46%) Windows
3 4 (7.692%) Android
3 4 (7.692%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) E-Commerce
2 15 (28.85%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (28.85%) MVC
2 15 (28.85%) Change Control
3 14 (26.92%) OOD
4 11 (21.15%) Scrum
4 11 (21.15%) Data Protection
5 10 (19.23%) OOP
6 8 (15.38%) OO
7 7 (13.46%) Software Engineering
8 3 (5.769%) Image Processing
9 2 (3.846%) Software Architecture
9 2 (3.846%) Waterfall
9 2 (3.846%) SOA
10 1 (1.923%) E-business
10 1 (1.923%) Content Management
10 1 (1.923%) OOA/OOD
10 1 (1.923%) 3D Programming
10 1 (1.923%) Multithreading
10 1 (1.923%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 33 (63.46%) Java
2 24 (46.15%) PHP
3 20 (38.46%) JavaScript
3 20 (38.46%) Python
4 15 (28.85%) PHP5
5 13 (25.00%) Perl
5 13 (25.00%) SQL
6 12 (23.08%) C
7 11 (21.15%) Ruby
8 10 (19.23%) C#
9 6 (11.54%) T-SQL
10 4 (7.692%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (28.85%) Zend
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.923%) IBM
3 1 (1.923%) TIBCO
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