The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 20 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 53 46 29
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -17
Permanent jobs citing C++ 15 18 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.525% 3.130% 5.725%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.762% 5.202% 8.791%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 27
Average salary £16,000 £37,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-57.33% -46.42%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
315 346 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 53.03% 60.17% 65.12%
Number of salaries quoted 279 303 301
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
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 Staffordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Staffordshire C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Stafford +8 11 £16,000 -57.33%
Stoke-on-Trent +1 4 £32,000 -14.66%
C++
West Midlands

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 25 (67.57%) Java
2 24 (64.86%) Software Engineering
3 19 (51.35%) C#
3 19 (51.35%) .NET
3 19 (51.35%) Computer Science
4 18 (48.65%) Degree
5 11 (29.73%) Electronics
6 10 (27.03%) VB
7 9 (24.32%) ADSL
7 9 (24.32%) SDH
7 9 (24.32%) Telecoms
8 8 (21.62%) C
9 5 (13.51%) MATLAB
10 4 (10.81%) Linux
11 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET
11 3 (8.108%) SQL
11 3 (8.108%) Embedded C++
11 3 (8.108%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 3 (8.108%) Process Improvement
12 2 (5.405%) Wind River
12 2 (5.405%) Embedded C
12 2 (5.405%) Subversion
12 2 (5.405%) VHDL
12 2 (5.405%) Verilog
12 2 (5.405%) Aerospace
12 2 (5.405%) ASIC
12 2 (5.405%) VxWorks
12 2 (5.405%) Simulink
12 2 (5.405%) Stateflow
12 2 (5.405%) QNX

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 19 (51.35%) .NET
2 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.703%) JDBC
3 1 (2.703%) J2SE
3 1 (2.703%) Middleware
3 1 (2.703%) MFC
3 1 (2.703%) ASP
Applications
1 2 (5.405%) Simulink
1 2 (5.405%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) ADSL
1 9 (24.32%) SDH
2 1 (2.703%) 3G
2 1 (2.703%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (5.405%) ClearCase
1 2 (5.405%) Subversion
General
1 11 (29.73%) Electronics
2 9 (24.32%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.405%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Graduate
1 15 (40.54%) Junior
1 15 (40.54%) Developer
1 15 (40.54%) Java Developer
1 15 (40.54%) .NET Developer
1 15 (40.54%) C++ Developer
1 15 (40.54%) C# Developer
1 15 (40.54%) Programmer
1 15 (40.54%) Junior Developer
1 15 (40.54%) C++ Programmer
1 15 (40.54%) Junior Java Developer
1 15 (40.54%) Java Programmer
1 15 (40.54%) .NET Programmer
1 15 (40.54%) Junior Programmer
1 15 (40.54%) Junior Java Programmer
1 15 (40.54%) C++/Java Developer
1 15 (40.54%) C++/C# Developer
1 15 (40.54%) Graduate Java Developer
1 15 (40.54%) Graduate .NET Developer
1 15 (40.54%) Graduate Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) Computer Science
2 3 (8.108%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (5.405%) ASIC
3 2 (5.405%) VHDL
3 2 (5.405%) Verilog
4 1 (2.703%) APACS
4 1 (2.703%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.703%) Derivative
4 1 (2.703%) SCADA
4 1 (2.703%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Linux
2 2 (5.405%) VxWorks
3 1 (2.703%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Software Engineering
2 3 (8.108%) Process Improvement
3 1 (2.703%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (2.703%) Multithreading
3 1 (2.703%) Test Automation
3 1 (2.703%) Complex Event Processing
Programming Languages
1 25 (67.57%) Java
2 19 (51.35%) C#
3 10 (27.03%) VB
4 8 (21.62%) C
5 5 (13.51%) MATLAB
6 3 (8.108%) Embedded C++
6 3 (8.108%) SQL
7 2 (5.405%) VC++
7 2 (5.405%) Embedded C
8 1 (2.703%) VBA
8 1 (2.703%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) Degree
2 2 (5.405%) PhD
3 1 (2.703%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (5.405%) QNX
1 2 (5.405%) Wind River
2 1 (2.703%) Altera
2 1 (2.703%) Atmel
2 1 (2.703%) VMware
2 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.703%) Intel
2 1 (2.703%) Siemens
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