The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 32 33 25
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 4 9 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 2.721% 4.787% 5.435%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.922% 6.870% 6.897%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 6
Average salary £32,000 £37,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.66% -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
102 131 145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 69.39% 69.68% 78.80%
Number of salaries quoted 98 101 102
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Staffordshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Stoke-on-Trent C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 10 (76.92%) Java
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 9 (69.23%) Software Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) Electronics
2 9 (69.23%) Telecoms
2 9 (69.23%) ADSL
2 9 (69.23%) SDH
2 9 (69.23%) VB
3 4 (30.77%) C#
3 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) VC++
6 1 (7.692%) J2SE
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.692%) Middleware
6 1 (7.692%) JDBC
6 1 (7.692%) Windows
6 1 (7.692%) Linux
6 1 (7.692%) MFC
6 1 (7.692%) ASP
6 1 (7.692%) VMware
6 1 (7.692%) Grid Computing
6 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
6 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.692%) Complex Event Processing
6 1 (7.692%) Process Improvement

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.692%) JDBC
3 1 (7.692%) J2SE
3 1 (7.692%) Middleware
3 1 (7.692%) MFC
3 1 (7.692%) ASP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) ADSL
1 9 (69.23%) SDH
General
1 9 (69.23%) Electronics
1 9 (69.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 4 (30.77%) Telecoms Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Grid Computing
1 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Software Engineering
2 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
2 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
2 1 (7.692%) Complex Event Processing
2 1 (7.692%) Process Improvement
2 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Java
2 9 (69.23%) VB
3 4 (30.77%) C#
4 2 (15.38%) VC++
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.692%) VMware