The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 33 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 11 14 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 5.392% 6.667% 6.780%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.322% 9.859% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 10
Average salary £31,500 £33,250 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,650 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £41,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
174 142 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 85.29% 67.62% 74.58%
Number of salaries quoted 172 130 123
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,200 £35,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Manchester

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Stockport C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 20 (86.96%) C
2 18 (78.26%) Java
3 17 (73.91%) SQL Server
3 17 (73.91%) UNIX
4 16 (69.57%) Linux
4 16 (69.57%) Oracle
5 13 (56.52%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (52.17%) SCADA
6 12 (52.17%) MySQL
6 12 (52.17%) UML
6 12 (52.17%) OOA/OOD
6 12 (52.17%) Logistics
7 11 (47.83%) Retail
8 10 (43.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (43.48%) E-Commerce
9 7 (30.43%) TDD
9 7 (30.43%) Spring
10 6 (26.09%) Degree
10 6 (26.09%) Windows
11 5 (21.74%) .NET
11 5 (21.74%) C#
12 4 (17.39%) ASP.NET
12 4 (17.39%) OO
13 3 (13.04%) AIX
13 3 (13.04%) SOAP
13 3 (13.04%) PHP
13 3 (13.04%) SQL
13 3 (13.04%) Unit Testing
14 2 (8.696%) Manufacturing
14 2 (8.696%) Scrum

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 7 (30.43%) Spring
2 5 (21.74%) .NET
3 4 (17.39%) ASP.NET
4 3 (13.04%) SOAP
5 1 (4.348%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.348%) ASP
5 1 (4.348%) HTML
5 1 (4.348%) ATL
5 1 (4.348%) EJB
5 1 (4.348%) CSS
5 1 (4.348%) J2EE
5 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.348%) jQuery
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (73.91%) SQL Server
2 12 (52.17%) MySQL
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.348%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (47.83%) Retail
2 10 (43.48%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (8.696%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.696%) Marketing
3 2 (8.696%) Electronics
4 1 (4.348%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Software Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Developer
3 2 (8.696%) Graduate
3 2 (8.696%) C++ Developer
3 2 (8.696%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Junior
3 2 (8.696%) Junior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Software Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) VB6 Developer
4 1 (4.348%) C Developer
4 1 (4.348%) C Software Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior C Software Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) VB Developer
4 1 (4.348%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Applications Developer
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (52.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (73.91%) UNIX
2 16 (69.57%) Linux
3 6 (26.09%) Windows
4 3 (13.04%) AIX
5 1 (4.348%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) UML
1 12 (52.17%) OOA/OOD
1 12 (52.17%) Logistics
2 10 (43.48%) E-Commerce
3 7 (30.43%) TDD
4 4 (17.39%) OO
5 3 (13.04%) Unit Testing
6 2 (8.696%) Scrum
7 1 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.348%) MVC
7 1 (4.348%) OOD
7 1 (4.348%) Multithreading
7 1 (4.348%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (86.96%) C
2 18 (78.26%) Java
3 5 (21.74%) C#
4 3 (13.04%) PHP
4 3 (13.04%) SQL
5 1 (4.348%) VB6
5 1 (4.348%) VB
5 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.348%) Perl
5 1 (4.348%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) HNC
2 1 (4.348%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Oracle
Stockport, Cheshire
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Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a well established and growing company. This role is responsible for the management of the 3rd and 4th Line support...
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Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Senior Java / Web Developer -Stockport- £40,000 - £47,000 My international client is now urgently looking for an experienced Java software developer to join their team of highly...
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Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
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