The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 47 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 26 32 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 3.869% 5.654% 3.904%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.280% 9.610% 6.103%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 20
Average salary £32,500 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £30,000 £28,450
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
414 333 426
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 61.61% 58.83% 63.96%
Number of salaries quoted 397 286 388
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £53,550
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
East of England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Ipswich -13 12 £40,000 +29.03% 1
Haverhill -1 2 £25,000 -
Lowestoft - 2 £32,500 -
C++
East of England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 17 (47.22%) C#
1 17 (47.22%) Java
1 17 (47.22%) .NET
2 13 (36.11%) C
3 11 (30.56%) Windows
4 10 (27.78%) OO
5 9 (25.00%) SQL
6 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 7 (19.44%) Software Engineering
8 6 (16.67%) Web Development
8 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 6 (16.67%) Visual Studio
8 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
8 6 (16.67%) HTTP
9 5 (13.89%) Electronics
9 5 (13.89%) Scrum
9 5 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
10 4 (11.11%) Cyber Security
10 4 (11.11%) .NET Framework
10 4 (11.11%) XAML
10 4 (11.11%) Device Driver
10 4 (11.11%) Intranet
10 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
10 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
11 3 (8.333%) Python
11 3 (8.333%) Linux
11 3 (8.333%) Borland

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 17 (47.22%) .NET
2 4 (11.11%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.556%) Spring
3 2 (5.556%) Qt
3 2 (5.556%) Hibernate
3 2 (5.556%) LAMP
3 2 (5.556%) HTML
3 2 (5.556%) ASP.NET
3 2 (5.556%) EJB
3 2 (5.556%) CSS
3 2 (5.556%) J2EE
4 1 (2.778%) MFC
4 1 (2.778%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.556%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.778%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Photoshop
1 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) HTTP
2 4 (11.11%) Intranet
3 2 (5.556%) Network Security
3 2 (5.556%) RIP
4 1 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.556%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.778%) GCC
General
1 6 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 5 (13.89%) Electronics
3 2 (5.556%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.778%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Developer
2 12 (33.33%) C++ Developer
3 10 (27.78%) Software Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) Graduate
5 5 (13.89%) Junior
5 5 (13.89%) Junior Developer
5 5 (13.89%) Junior C++ Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Software Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (8.333%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (8.333%) Trainee Developer
7 3 (8.333%) Trainee
7 3 (8.333%) Development Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) Security Engineer
8 2 (5.556%) C Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Systems Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Lead Developer
8 2 (5.556%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Device Driver
2 3 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 2 (5.556%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.556%) iPhone
4 1 (2.778%) Firmware
4 1 (2.778%) Robotics
4 1 (2.778%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.778%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Windows
2 3 (8.333%) Linux
2 3 (8.333%) Android
3 2 (5.556%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.556%) Windows 8
3 2 (5.556%) Windows Phone
3 2 (5.556%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) OO
2 7 (19.44%) Software Engineering
3 6 (16.67%) Web Development
4 5 (13.89%) Scrum
4 5 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (11.11%) Cyber Security
6 2 (5.556%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (5.556%) CAD
7 1 (2.778%) OOD
7 1 (2.778%) SOA
7 1 (2.778%) TDD
7 1 (2.778%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.778%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.778%) Image Processing
7 1 (2.778%) Product Management
7 1 (2.778%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) C#
1 17 (47.22%) Java
2 13 (36.11%) C
3 9 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (11.11%) XAML
4 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 3 (8.333%) Python
6 2 (5.556%) PHP
6 2 (5.556%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.778%) Delphi
7 1 (2.778%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.778%) Assembly Language
7 1 (2.778%) Pascal
7 1 (2.778%) Objective-C
7 1 (2.778%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.333%) Degree
4 2 (5.556%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.333%) Borland
3 1 (2.778%) Embarcadero
3 1 (2.778%) Renesas
3 1 (2.778%) Twitter