The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Developer
Rank 284 269 240
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 151 181 199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.682% 0.761% 0.867%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.720% 0.799% 0.918%
Number of salaries quoted 131 169 193
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East C++ Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ Developer across the South East region.

South East C++ Developer Salary Trend

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram

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

South East C++ Developer Salary Histogram

C++ Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Sussex +25 63 £37,500 +7.14%
Berkshire +9 35 £45,000 +20.00%
Surrey -16 23 £27,500 -36.04%
Hampshire -39 11 £41,250 +10.00%
East Sussex - 6 £42,500 -
Kent -13 4 £45,000 +95.65%
Buckinghamshire -18 3 £40,000 +28.00%
Oxfordshire -28 3 £60,000 +33.33%
Middlesex -2 2 £43,750 -2.77%
Sussex - 1 - -
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited C++ Developer 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++ Developer in their job title.

1 307 (100.00%) C++
2 145 (47.23%) C#
3 143 (46.58%) Windows
4 110 (35.83%) Java
5 107 (34.85%) OO
6 95 (30.94%) SQL
7 79 (25.73%) Degree
8 77 (25.08%) SQL Server
9 68 (22.15%) TCP/IP
10 64 (20.85%) T-SQL
11 63 (20.52%) ADO
12 61 (19.87%) C
13 57 (18.57%) Computer Science
14 52 (16.94%) Linux
15 48 (15.64%) UNIX
15 48 (15.64%) SOAP
16 47 (15.31%) Agile Software Development
17 46 (14.98%) SQL Server 2005
17 46 (14.98%) SQL Server 2008
18 44 (14.33%) MFC
19 40 (13.03%) Visual Studio
19 40 (13.03%) Multithreading
20 37 (12.05%) ATL
21 28 (9.121%) MS Excel
22 25 (8.143%) Software Engineering
23 24 (7.818%) Unit Testing
23 24 (7.818%) Mathematics
23 24 (7.818%) .NET
24 23 (7.492%) Microsoft
24 23 (7.492%) Games

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited C++ Developer 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++ Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 63 (20.52%) ADO
2 48 (15.64%) SOAP
3 44 (14.33%) MFC
4 37 (12.05%) ATL
5 24 (7.818%) .NET
6 17 (5.537%) STL
7 14 (4.560%) XML
8 13 (4.235%) HTML
9 9 (2.932%) WPF
9 9 (2.932%) Qt
9 9 (2.932%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 8 (2.606%) ASP.NET
10 8 (2.606%) POSIX
11 7 (2.280%) WCF
12 6 (1.954%) QML
13 4 (1.303%) LINQ
13 4 (1.303%) Web Services
13 4 (1.303%) DCOM
13 4 (1.303%) CSS
14 3 (0.977%) Motif
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.629%) Apache
2 1 (0.326%) IIS
2 1 (0.326%) CICS
Applications
1 28 (9.121%) MS Excel
2 16 (5.212%) MS Office
3 1 (0.326%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 68 (22.15%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.977%) Ethernet
2 3 (0.977%) NAS
3 2 (0.651%) FTP
4 1 (0.326%) VoIP
4 1 (0.326%) RTP
4 1 (0.326%) SAN
4 1 (0.326%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (25.08%) SQL Server
2 46 (14.98%) SQL Server 2005
2 46 (14.98%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (2.606%) DB2
4 6 (1.954%) MySQL
5 5 (1.629%) IDMS
5 5 (1.629%) Big Data
6 3 (0.977%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.651%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.651%) Ingres
8 1 (0.326%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.326%) TOAD
8 1 (0.326%) SQLBase
Development Applications
1 40 (13.03%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.629%) CppUnit
2 5 (1.629%) NUnit
2 5 (1.629%) GoogleTest
3 3 (0.977%) Eclipse
3 3 (0.977%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.977%) PyUnit
3 3 (0.977%) Subversion
4 2 (0.651%) CruiseControl
4 2 (0.651%) C++Builder
4 2 (0.651%) ClearQuest
4 2 (0.651%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.326%) Ant
5 1 (0.326%) JUnit
5 1 (0.326%) Rational Rose
General
1 23 (7.492%) Games
2 18 (5.863%) Banking
3 11 (3.583%) Finance
4 5 (1.629%) Electronics
5 4 (1.303%) Retail
6 3 (0.977%) Legal
6 3 (0.977%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.651%) Advertising
7 2 (0.651%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.326%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.326%) Automotive
8 1 (0.326%) Front Office
8 1 (0.326%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 57 (18.57%) Computer Science
2 24 (7.818%) Mathematics
3 16 (5.212%) Client/Server
4 13 (4.235%) EMV
5 11 (3.583%) Physics
6 7 (2.280%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.954%) Visualisation
7 6 (1.954%) Device Driver
7 6 (1.954%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.629%) EPoS
8 5 (1.629%) Data Integration
8 5 (1.629%) Applied Mathematics
8 5 (1.629%) VSAM
9 4 (1.303%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.303%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 4 (1.303%) Open Source
10 3 (0.977%) Grid Computing
10 3 (0.977%) 3D Graphics
10 3 (0.977%) Animation
10 3 (0.977%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 143 (46.58%) Windows
2 52 (16.94%) Linux
3 48 (15.64%) UNIX
4 16 (5.212%) Windows XP
5 13 (4.235%) Android
6 7 (2.280%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.977%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.977%) zOS
7 3 (0.977%) i5/OS
8 2 (0.651%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.651%) LynxOS
9 1 (0.326%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.85%) OO
2 47 (15.31%) Agile Software Development
3 40 (13.03%) Multithreading
4 25 (8.143%) Software Engineering
5 24 (7.818%) Unit Testing
6 22 (7.166%) Scrum
6 22 (7.166%) Web Development
7 20 (6.515%) TDD
7 20 (6.515%) UML
8 18 (5.863%) Continuous Integration
9 17 (5.537%) OOD
10 13 (4.235%) RDF
11 8 (2.606%) OOA/OOD
12 7 (2.280%) 3D Modelling
12 7 (2.280%) Game Development
13 6 (1.954%) Data Management
13 6 (1.954%) MVC
13 6 (1.954%) OOP
13 6 (1.954%) E-Commerce
14 5 (1.629%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 307 (100.00%) C++
2 145 (47.23%) C#
3 110 (35.83%) Java
4 95 (30.94%) SQL
5 64 (20.85%) T-SQL
6 61 (19.87%) C
7 16 (5.212%) PHP
8 14 (4.560%) Python
9 12 (3.909%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.257%) JavaScript
11 9 (2.932%) VC++
12 8 (2.606%) Fortran
13 6 (1.954%) Objective-C
14 5 (1.629%) Embedded C++
14 5 (1.629%) PHP5
15 4 (1.303%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.303%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.977%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.977%) XAML
16 3 (0.977%) Lua
Qualifications
1 79 (25.73%) Degree
2 16 (5.212%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.651%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.651%) PhD
4 1 (0.326%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (0.651%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.651%) NFS
Vendors
1 23 (7.492%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.235%) MKS
3 8 (2.606%) Perforce
4 6 (1.954%) Zend
5 5 (1.629%) Oracle
5 5 (1.629%) Borland
6 3 (0.977%) Sybase
6 3 (0.977%) Hitachi
6 3 (0.977%) HP
6 3 (0.977%) BT
6 3 (0.977%) QNX
7 1 (0.326%) IBM
7 1 (0.326%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.326%) Intel
7 1 (0.326%) SolidWorks
South East
Software Engineer Skills/Experience - C / C++ Experience - OO Design is Essential - Strong communicator - 3D Graphics software experience would be a benefit although training is provided. - Degree Educated This...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £40000.00
Posted: 21 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Due to a recent expansion drive, our client are now seeking multiple Software Developers with extensive experience in C++ within a commercial IT environment... - OOD - Object Orientated Design. -...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Up to £55k plus Corporate Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Due to a recent expansion drive, our client are now seeking multiple Software Developers with extensive experience in C++ within a commercial IT environment... - OOD - Object Orientated Design. -...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Up to £55k plus Corporate Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
C++ Developer - Graduate / Junior C++ Software Engineer... As a Graduate C++ Developer you will initially acquire a thorough understanding of their highly complex real-time financial analytics solution;...
Client Server
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include many of the following: * Windows programming. * Full software development lifecycle experience * Android platform experience * GUI programming including graphical...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
This established and well known games company is working on some seriously exciting projects over the next couple of years and is looking for an experienced C++ Gameplay...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, South East
As a Graduate C++ Developer you will initially acquire a thorough understanding of their highly complex real-time financial analytics solution; gaining valuable knowledge of financial trading systems...
Client Server
Salary: £20k to £30k + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Surrey
Excellent C ++ development skills in a games environment. Knowledge of animation systems such as Havok Animation, NaturalMotion Morpheme or Autodesk HumanIK... Knowledge of a range of animation techniques...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
For these positions exposure in at least one of the following Java, C#, C++, in Linux or Windows based environments is essential although for more junior positions other...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25000 - 46000 + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
C++ Software Developer / C++ Software Engineer / Team Lead / Java / Programmer / C# / MS SQL / TSQL / Java / Agile / Windows / West Sussex / required by my well known West Sussex based client.
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Backed by a portfolio of more than 400 patents and a network of millions of sensors spanning the Internet, McAfee Labs delivers unparalleled protection against both known and...
McAfee
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Senior Level C++, C#, .NET framework versions 3.0 and later, OO Design Concepts, techniques and patterns, Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010/2012...... any experience of Windows CE,...
Go Partnership.
Salary: From £58,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. 35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a... They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles and are looking for experienced programmers...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Wokingham, Berkshire
Tools used *Development - Flow Designer, Visual Studio C++ *Source Control - MKS *Issue logging & test cases - Mercury Quality Centre, BRIDGE:test *Documentation & Admin - Microsoft Office Skills *Knowledge of Banking...
RDF Resources
Salary: Bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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...
IT Connections
Salary: £35.000-£45,000 dependant on experience.
Posted: 24 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a Senior C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer. They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. An independant games studio is looking for C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer at all levels. They are working on a range of Playstation 3...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013