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This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1510
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads10881127
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.574 %0.461 %
As % of the category below18.22 %21.12 %
Salaries quoted974962
Average minimum salary£31,833£30,544
Average salary£35,619£34,354
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Average maximum salary£39,405£38,163
UK excluding London average salary£36,223£36,138
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads59715335
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.152 %2.185 %
Salaries quoted52854520
Average minimum salary£30,341£30,634
Average salary£33,641£33,799
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Average maximum salary£36,941£36,964
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

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

South West C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolDown-2274£37,210+14.88 %
WiltshireUp+2206£37,306-2.75 %
GloucestershireDown-2180£34,766+3.96 %
DevonUp+17157£32,819+5.58 %
SomersetDown-13146£34,210-
DorsetDown-894£35,129-4.10 %
AvonUp+611£43,273+49.62 %
CornwallDown-27£22,000-5.46 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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++.

11169 (50.41 %)C
2823 (35.49 %)C#
3714 (30.79 %)Java
4689 (29.71 %).NET
5581 (25.05 %)Windows
6493 (21.26 %)UML
7461 (19.88 %)Degree
8446 (19.23 %)SQL Server
9405 (17.46 %)SQL
10373 (16.08 %)OO
11357 (15.39 %)XML
12326 (14.06 %)Linux
13297 (12.81 %)UNIX
14284 (12.25 %)Oracle
15271 (11.69 %)VB
16265 (11.43 %)VC++
17248 (10.69 %)Microsoft
18237 (10.22 %)Visual Studio
19227 (9.789 %)HTML
20223 (9.616 %)Finance
20223 (9.616 %)Software Engineering
21206 (8.883 %)VB.NET
22200 (8.624 %)Electronics
23166 (7.158 %)MFC
24155 (6.684 %)J2EE
25153 (6.598 %)ASP.NET
26151 (6.511 %)Computer Science
27149 (6.425 %)Security Cleared
28147 (6.339 %)Government
29146 (6.296 %)Perl

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1689 (29.71 %).NET
2357 (15.39 %)XML
3227 (9.789 %)HTML
4166 (7.158 %)MFC
5155 (6.684 %)J2EE
6153 (6.598 %)ASP.NET
7131 (5.649 %).NET Framework
8105 (4.528 %)WebServices
968 (2.932 %)ASP
1043 (1.854 %)CSS
1043 (1.854 %)STL
1136 (1.552 %)AJAX
1235 (1.509 %)XSLT
1333 (1.423 %)XHTML
1333 (1.423 %)JSP
1333 (1.423 %)COM+
1333 (1.423 %)ADO.NET
1428 (1.207 %)SOAP
1524 (1.035 %)WinForms
1622 (0.949 %)ATL
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
184 (3.622 %)WebLogic
242 (1.811 %)Apache
317 (0.733 %)Tomcat
416 (0.690 %)IIS
416 (0.690 %)BizTalk Server
416 (0.690 %)Oracle Spatial
511 (0.474 %)CMS
67 (0.302 %)MS Exchange
76 (0.259 %)JBoss
85 (0.216 %)WebSphere MQ
94 (0.172 %)SAS
94 (0.172 %)SharePoint
103 (0.129 %)Oracle Workflow
112 (0.086 %)ColdFusion
121 (0.043 %)ArcGIS
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1107 (4.614 %)MS Excel
244 (1.897 %)MATLAB
326 (1.121 %)Simulink
424 (1.035 %)MS Office
518 (0.776 %)MS PowerPoint
68 (0.345 %)CATIA
74 (0.172 %)RoboHelp
74 (0.172 %)MS Visio
74 (0.172 %)MS Project
82 (0.086 %)S-PLUS
91 (0.043 %)Photoshop
91 (0.043 %)Shockwave
91 (0.043 %)NASTRAN
91 (0.043 %)Spreadsheet
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
127 (1.164 %)Summit
213 (0.561 %)Endur
213 (0.561 %)AWD
33 (0.129 %)Staffware
33 (0.129 %)Teamcenter
33 (0.129 %)SMARTEAM
33 (0.129 %)ENOVIA
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1112 (4.830 %)Wireless
255 (2.372 %)Internet
337 (1.596 %)TCP/IP
423 (0.992 %)UMTS
423 (0.992 %)SNMP
521 (0.906 %)WiMAX
620 (0.862 %)Wi-Fi
719 (0.819 %)GPRS
817 (0.733 %)GSM
817 (0.733 %)Ethernet
916 (0.690 %)HTTP
916 (0.690 %)3G
1014 (0.604 %)SMS
1113 (0.561 %)Intranet
1211 (0.474 %)DVB
139 (0.388 %)Bluetooth
148 (0.345 %)VoIP
148 (0.345 %)UPnP
157 (0.302 %)802.11
166 (0.259 %)SS7
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1446 (19.23 %)SQL Server
259 (2.544 %)GIS
353 (2.285 %)SQL Server 2005
450 (2.156 %)SQL Server 2000
547 (2.027 %)MySQL
639 (1.682 %)Crystal Reports
733 (1.423 %)RDBMS
817 (0.733 %)SQL Server 7
914 (0.604 %)BusinessObjects
914 (0.604 %)Oracle Reports
1013 (0.561 %)Oracle 8/8i
119 (0.388 %)Oracle 9i
128 (0.345 %)Oracle 10g
137 (0.302 %)DB2
146 (0.259 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
155 (0.216 %)MS Access
164 (0.172 %)PostgreSQL
164 (0.172 %)SQLite
172 (0.086 %)DTS
181 (0.043 %)Informix
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1237 (10.22 %)Visual Studio
224 (1.035 %)ClearCase
318 (0.776 %)Rational Rose
318 (0.776 %)Ant
417 (0.733 %)VSS/SourceSafe
417 (0.733 %)Subversion
514 (0.604 %)PVCS
613 (0.561 %)Oracle Forms
712 (0.517 %)LabVIEW
811 (0.474 %)InstallShield
99 (0.388 %)Eclipse
108 (0.345 %)C++Builder
117 (0.302 %)PowerBuilder
117 (0.302 %)Oracle Designer/2000
126 (0.259 %)RequisitePro
126 (0.259 %)Flash
135 (0.216 %)ClearQuest
142 (0.086 %)CruiseControl
142 (0.086 %)Dreamweaver
142 (0.086 %)StarTeam
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1223 (9.616 %)Finance
2200 (8.624 %)Electronics
3147 (6.339 %)Government
4125 (5.390 %)Telecoms
4125 (5.390 %)Pensions
5116 (5.002 %)Aerospace
664 (2.760 %)Health
747 (2.027 %)Military
845 (1.940 %)Games
933 (1.423 %)Education
1031 (1.337 %)Manufacturing
1031 (1.337 %)Automotive
1129 (1.251 %)Construction
1227 (1.164 %)Electric
1326 (1.121 %)Insurance
1425 (1.078 %)Front Office
1523 (0.992 %)Banking
1622 (0.949 %)Local Government
1721 (0.906 %)Back Office
1819 (0.819 %)3D Graphics
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1933 (40.23 %)Developer
2917 (39.54 %)Software Engineer
3349 (15.05 %)C++ Developer
4312 (13.45 %)Software Developer
5219 (9.444 %)C++ Software Engineer
6173 (7.460 %)C# Developer
7116 (5.002 %).NET Developer
896 (4.140 %)C++ Software Developer
995 (4.097 %)Analyst
1094 (4.053 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1191 (3.924 %)C Software Engineer
1290 (3.881 %)Senior Software Engineer
1387 (3.752 %)Programmer
1482 (3.536 %)C Developer
1578 (3.364 %)Systems Engineer
1672 (3.105 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1767 (2.889 %)Applications Developer
1864 (2.760 %)Graduate
1963 (2.717 %)Java Developer
2061 (2.630 %)Junior
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1151 (6.511 %)Computer Science
298 (4.226 %)Mathematics
376 (3.277 %)Physics
462 (2.674 %)N-Tier
547 (2.027 %)Firmware
646 (1.984 %)Device Driver
736 (1.552 %)Derivative
828 (1.207 %)Artificial Intelligence
921 (0.906 %)Multithreading
1020 (0.862 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1116 (0.690 %)VHDL
1215 (0.647 %)DTV
1314 (0.604 %)Remote Sensing
1413 (0.561 %)Client/Server
1512 (0.517 %)IPTV
168 (0.345 %)Robotics
168 (0.345 %)ASIC
175 (0.216 %)Thin Client
175 (0.216 %)Web 2.0
175 (0.216 %)Fat Client
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1581 (25.05 %)Windows
2326 (14.06 %)Linux
3297 (12.81 %)UNIX
453 (2.285 %)Embedded Linux
538 (1.639 %)Windows CE
631 (1.337 %)Windows XP
730 (1.294 %)Windows Mobile
827 (1.164 %)Solaris
926 (1.121 %)VxWorks
1024 (1.035 %)Windows Server 2003
1117 (0.733 %)Windows NT
1213 (0.561 %)Windows Vista
1311 (0.474 %)Nucleus RTOS
148 (0.345 %)Mac OS X
156 (0.259 %)AIX
156 (0.259 %)HPUX
156 (0.259 %)VMS
165 (0.216 %)Windows 2000
174 (0.172 %)Symbian OS
181 (0.043 %)FreeBSD
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1493 (21.26 %)UML
2373 (16.08 %)OO
3223 (9.616 %)Software Engineering
4149 (6.425 %)Security Cleared
5127 (5.476 %)OOD
6115 (4.959 %)OOA/OOD
790 (3.881 %)Project Management
854 (2.329 %)Validation
946 (1.984 %)CAD
1036 (1.552 %)OOP
1135 (1.509 %)Requirements Analysis
1232 (1.380 %)PRINCE2
1329 (1.251 %)RUP
1428 (1.207 %)Unit Testing
1524 (1.035 %)Workflow
1623 (0.992 %)E-Commerce
1722 (0.949 %)Service Delivery
1722 (0.949 %)Web Development
1821 (0.906 %)Data Modelling
1920 (0.862 %)Business Development
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11169 (50.41 %)C
2823 (35.49 %)C#
3714 (30.79 %)Java
4405 (17.46 %)SQL
5271 (11.69 %)VB
6265 (11.43 %)VC++
7206 (8.883 %)VB.NET
8146 (6.296 %)Perl
9135 (5.821 %)Embedded C
10114 (4.916 %)Embedded C++
11106 (4.571 %)JavaScript
1295 (4.097 %)VB6
1363 (2.717 %)Assembly Language
1462 (2.674 %)Transact-SQL
1560 (2.587 %)Python
1560 (2.587 %)Ada
1659 (2.544 %)Delphi
1747 (2.027 %)PHP
1840 (1.725 %)VBA
1935 (1.509 %)Tcl
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1461 (19.88 %)Degree
221 (0.906 %)HND
313 (0.561 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (0.561 %)PhD
411 (0.474 %)MCSD
510 (0.431 %)Chartered Engineer
68 (0.345 %)HNC
76 (0.259 %)MCT
76 (0.259 %)MCAD
84 (0.172 %)ISEB
91 (0.043 %)SAP Certification
91 (0.043 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.043 %)SSCP
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (0.862 %)QA
26 (0.259 %)TickIT
35 (0.216 %)ISO9001
43 (0.129 %)ISO9000
51 (0.043 %)SLA
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
143 (1.854 %)MSMQ
212 (0.517 %)Active Directory
31 (0.043 %)Orbix
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.259 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
22 (0.086 %)AutoSys
22 (0.086 %)CA SiteMinder
22 (0.086 %)SCOM
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1284 (12.25 %)Oracle
2248 (10.69 %)Microsoft
347 (2.027 %)Sybase
428 (1.207 %)ESRI
523 (0.992 %)Borland
523 (0.992 %)Symbian
620 (0.862 %)OpenLink
717 (0.733 %)Sun
814 (0.604 %)Business Objects
99 (0.388 %)Motorola
108 (0.345 %)Mapinfo
117 (0.302 %)Reuters
126 (0.259 %)BT
135 (0.216 %)QNX
135 (0.216 %)Intel
144 (0.172 %)Nokia
144 (0.172 %)Sony
144 (0.172 %)Ericsson
153 (0.129 %)webMethods
153 (0.129 %)HP
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