The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 43 37 24
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -13
Permanent jobs citing C++ 4 3 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.465% 1.357% 5.618%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.226% 2.400% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 7
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -23.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,400 £30,500 £32,100
10% offered a salary of more than £46,250 £32,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
124 125 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 45.42% 56.56% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 117 95 83
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £42,500 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
West Midlands

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Solihull C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) VC++
2 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (66.67%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) CAD
4 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
4 2 (33.33%) ISEB
4 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (33.33%) Borland
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) MFC
4 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) OO
4 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 2 (33.33%) WinForms
4 2 (33.33%) Physics
4 2 (33.33%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Selenium
4 2 (33.33%) WCF
4 2 (33.33%) WPF
4 2 (33.33%) TestComplete
4 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Finance

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) MFC
2 2 (33.33%) WinForms
2 2 (33.33%) WCF
2 2 (33.33%) WPF
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
1 2 (33.33%) TestComplete
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) CAD
3 2 (33.33%) OO
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) VC++
3 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
3 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Borland
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands
The Developer must have good knowledge of at least one Microsoft visual programming language (C#, .Net, VB etc) as well as experience with relational databases and MySQL or...
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Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 17 June 2013