The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 22 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 27 15 22
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 65 138 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 7.766% 14.73% 8.374%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.04% 24.95% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 65 135 50
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% +0.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
463 553 301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 55.32% 59.02% 49.43%
Number of salaries quoted 439 515 277
Average salary £35,000 £38,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% +16.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,430 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Hampshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 62 (60.19%) Degree
2 56 (54.37%) C
3 46 (44.66%) Linux
4 35 (33.98%) Computer Science
5 34 (33.01%) Windows
6 32 (31.07%) C#
7 30 (29.13%) UNIX
8 26 (25.24%) Java
9 25 (24.27%) Agile Software Development
10 23 (22.33%) Mathematics
11 22 (21.36%) OOP
12 19 (18.45%) PHP
12 19 (18.45%) Software Engineering
13 18 (17.48%) OO
13 18 (17.48%) Python
14 17 (16.50%) Perl
15 16 (15.53%) .NET
16 14 (13.59%) SQL
16 14 (13.59%) Scrum
17 13 (12.62%) ISO 9001
18 12 (11.65%) Embedded C
18 12 (11.65%) Web Services
18 12 (11.65%) Multithreading
19 11 (10.68%) Embedded C++
20 10 (9.709%) LAMP
20 10 (9.709%) Microsoft
20 10 (9.709%) Ruby
20 10 (9.709%) Big Data
21 9 (8.738%) LabVIEW
22 8 (7.767%) OOA/OOD

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 16 (15.53%) .NET
2 12 (11.65%) Web Services
3 10 (9.709%) LAMP
4 7 (6.796%) REST
4 7 (6.796%) ASP.NET
5 6 (5.825%) SOAP
5 6 (5.825%) XML
6 5 (4.854%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (4.854%) .NET Framework
6 5 (4.854%) STL
6 5 (4.854%) MFC
7 3 (2.913%) HTML5
7 3 (2.913%) ISPF
7 3 (2.913%) WCF
7 3 (2.913%) WPF
7 3 (2.913%) OpenGL
8 2 (1.942%) HTML
8 2 (1.942%) COM
8 2 (1.942%) POSIX
8 2 (1.942%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.913%) SAS
2 2 (1.942%) Mathematica
2 2 (1.942%) CMS
2 2 (1.942%) Drupal
3 1 (0.971%) WordPress
3 1 (0.971%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 3 (2.913%) MS Office
2 2 (1.942%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.913%) TCP/IP
1 3 (2.913%) SSH
2 1 (0.971%) Network Security
2 1 (0.971%) CTI
2 1 (0.971%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.709%) Big Data
2 7 (6.796%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.825%) MySQL
3 6 (5.825%) MongoDB
3 6 (5.825%) Apache Cassandra
3 6 (5.825%) Hadoop
4 4 (3.883%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.913%) DB2
6 1 (0.971%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (8.738%) LabVIEW
2 4 (3.883%) CruiseControl
2 4 (3.883%) Subversion
2 4 (3.883%) Bugzilla
2 4 (3.883%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 4 (3.883%) Hudson
3 2 (1.942%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.971%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.971%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (6.796%) Electronics
2 6 (5.825%) Finance
3 4 (3.883%) Advertising
4 3 (2.913%) Retail
5 2 (1.942%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.942%) Military
6 1 (0.971%) Games
6 1 (0.971%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.971%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 49 (47.57%) Software Engineer
2 33 (32.04%) Developer
3 18 (17.48%) C++ Software Engineer
4 14 (13.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 11 (10.68%) Software Developer
6 10 (9.709%) Systems Administrator
6 10 (9.709%) Administrator
6 10 (9.709%) Linux Administrator
6 10 (9.709%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 8 (7.767%) Applications Developer
7 8 (7.767%) Web Developer
7 8 (7.767%) Web Applications Developer
8 7 (6.796%) C Software Engineer
8 7 (6.796%) Test Engineer
8 7 (6.796%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (4.854%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
9 5 (4.854%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (4.854%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 5 (4.854%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (4.854%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 35 (33.98%) Computer Science
2 23 (22.33%) Mathematics
3 6 (5.825%) Physics
4 5 (4.854%) SaaS
4 5 (4.854%) Kindle
5 4 (3.883%) Client/Server
5 4 (3.883%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.883%) Statistics
6 3 (2.913%) Mainframe
6 3 (2.913%) VSAM
7 2 (1.942%) GPGPU
8 1 (0.971%) Open Source
8 1 (0.971%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.971%) Robotics
8 1 (0.971%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.971%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 46 (44.66%) Linux
2 34 (33.01%) Windows
3 30 (29.13%) UNIX
4 6 (5.825%) Solaris
5 5 (4.854%) Windows 7
5 5 (4.854%) Windows 8
6 4 (3.883%) AIX
6 4 (3.883%) Windows CE
7 3 (2.913%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (2.913%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.913%) MVS
7 3 (2.913%) zOS
8 2 (1.942%) SUSE
8 2 (1.942%) VxWorks
8 2 (1.942%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.942%) Android
8 2 (1.942%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.27%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (21.36%) OOP
3 19 (18.45%) Software Engineering
4 18 (17.48%) OO
5 14 (13.59%) Scrum
6 12 (11.65%) Multithreading
7 8 (7.767%) OOA/OOD
8 6 (5.825%) Performance Testing
8 6 (5.825%) Test Scripting
9 5 (4.854%) UML
9 5 (4.854%) MVC
10 4 (3.883%) TDD
10 4 (3.883%) Data Management
10 4 (3.883%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (3.883%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (3.883%) Integration Testing
11 3 (2.913%) Image Processing
11 3 (2.913%) Information Assurance
11 3 (2.913%) Project Management
11 3 (2.913%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 56 (54.37%) C
2 32 (31.07%) C#
3 26 (25.24%) Java
4 19 (18.45%) PHP
5 18 (17.48%) Python
6 17 (16.50%) Perl
7 14 (13.59%) SQL
8 12 (11.65%) Embedded C
9 11 (10.68%) Embedded C++
10 10 (9.709%) Ruby
11 6 (5.825%) PHP5
12 4 (3.883%) JavaScript
12 4 (3.883%) Bash shell
13 3 (2.913%) JCL
13 3 (2.913%) Assembly Language
13 3 (2.913%) REXX
14 1 (0.971%) ActionScript 3.0
14 1 (0.971%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.971%) Ada
14 1 (0.971%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 62 (60.19%) Degree
2 8 (7.767%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.825%) ISEB
4 5 (4.854%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.883%) PhD
6 2 (1.942%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.971%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.971%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.62%) ISO 9001
2 7 (6.796%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.883%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.942%) XenServer
Vendors
1 10 (9.709%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.883%) VMware
2 4 (3.883%) Atmel
2 4 (3.883%) Google
3 3 (2.913%) Teradata
4 2 (1.942%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.942%) Yahoo!
5 1 (0.971%) Facebook
5 1 (0.971%) IBM
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