The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Programmer
Rank 758 812 764
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Programmer 104 87 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.096% 0.072% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.102% 0.076% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 85 80 98
Average salary £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.81% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,500 £31,550
10% offered a salary of more than £76,250 £73,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+0.68% +3.57%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

C++ Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C++ Programmer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

C++ Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Programmer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ Programmer within the UK.

C++ Programmer Salary Trend

C++ Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ Programmer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

C++ Programmer Salary Histogram

C++ Programmer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +40 102 £37,500 -31.81%
London +25 28 £70,000 +16.66%
South East +16 27 £40,000 +14.28%
South West +18 21 £30,000 -36.84%
West Sussex -3 18 £36,500 +23.72%
City of London -2 12 £75,000 +25.00%
Salisbury - 10 £30,000 -
Wiltshire - 10 £30,000 -
Cambridgeshire +15 9 £45,000 -
East of England +6 9 £45,000 -
Cambridge +3 9 £45,000 -
Bristol +2 9 £26,500 -44.21%
Crawley -1 9 £44,000 +17.33%
Haywards Heath - 9 £36,500 -
West Midlands - 8 £16,000 -
North West +7 7 £27,500 +3.77%
Stafford - 6 £16,000 -
Staffordshire - 6 £16,000 -
Manchester -18 4 £27,500 -16.66%
Ealing -9 3 £51,500 -17.60%
Runcorn - 3 - -
Brighton - 3 £47,500 -
Cheshire - 3 - -
East Sussex - 3 £47,500 -
Hampshire -3 2 £40,000 -
Birmingham - 2 £30,000 -
Southampton - 2 £40,000 -
Somerset - 1 £40,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £60,000 -
Middlesex - 1 £45,000 -

C++ Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited C++ Programmer in their job title 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 with C++ Programmer in their job title.

1 182 (100.00%) C++
2 64 (35.16%) Computer Science
3 63 (34.62%) Java
4 62 (34.07%) C#
5 60 (32.97%) Windows
6 49 (26.92%) C
7 44 (24.18%) Games
8 43 (23.63%) OO
8 43 (23.63%) Degree
9 36 (19.78%) Python
10 35 (19.23%) SQL
11 33 (18.13%) Linux
11 33 (18.13%) Agile Software Development
12 32 (17.58%) SQL Server
13 31 (17.03%) UNIX
14 30 (16.48%) Software Engineering
15 29 (15.93%) T-SQL
16 27 (14.84%) STL
17 26 (14.29%) Finance
18 25 (13.74%) Mathematics
19 24 (13.19%) Multithreading
20 21 (11.54%) ADO
20 21 (11.54%) Game Development
21 20 (10.99%) .NET
22 19 (10.44%) Perl
23 18 (9.890%) MFC
23 18 (9.890%) Web Development
24 17 (9.341%) SQL Server 2005
24 17 (9.341%) SQL Server 2008
25 16 (8.791%) Microsoft

C++ Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited C++ Programmer in their job title 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 with C++ Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (14.84%) STL
2 21 (11.54%) ADO
3 20 (10.99%) .NET
4 18 (9.890%) MFC
5 15 (8.242%) OpenGL
6 14 (7.692%) SOAP
6 14 (7.692%) XML
6 14 (7.692%) ATL
7 12 (6.593%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 12 (6.593%) DirectX
8 5 (2.747%) Web Services
9 4 (2.198%) COM
9 4 (2.198%) WPF
10 2 (1.099%) ASP
11 1 (0.549%) WCF
11 1 (0.549%) J2EE
11 1 (0.549%) HTML
11 1 (0.549%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.549%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.099%) Mathematica
Applications
1 10 (5.495%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.099%) Maya
3 1 (0.549%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.549%) MS Project
3 1 (0.549%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.242%) TCP/IP
2 10 (5.495%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (17.58%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.341%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (9.341%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.099%) DB2
3 2 (1.099%) MySQL
3 2 (1.099%) Big Data
3 2 (1.099%) KDB
4 1 (0.549%) SQLBase
Development Applications
1 15 (8.242%) Visual Studio
2 9 (4.945%) MSBuild
3 1 (0.549%) Subversion
3 1 (0.549%) Xcode
3 1 (0.549%) ClearCase
General
1 44 (24.18%) Games
2 26 (14.29%) Finance
3 12 (6.593%) Electronics
4 6 (3.297%) Banking
4 6 (3.297%) Multimedia
5 5 (2.747%) Front Office
6 4 (2.198%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.099%) Advertising
7 2 (1.099%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.549%) Japanese Language
8 1 (0.549%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.549%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 64 (35.16%) Computer Science
2 25 (13.74%) Mathematics
3 14 (7.692%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (2.747%) Social Gaming
4 5 (2.747%) Equities
4 5 (2.747%) Statistics
5 4 (2.198%) 3D Graphics
5 4 (2.198%) Hedge funds
5 4 (2.198%) Animation
5 4 (2.198%) Physics
6 3 (1.648%) Applied Mathematics
6 3 (1.648%) Online Games
6 3 (1.648%) New Media
6 3 (1.648%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.099%) Grid Computing
7 2 (1.099%) Clustering
7 2 (1.099%) Machine Learning
7 2 (1.099%) Visualisation
7 2 (1.099%) GPGPU
7 2 (1.099%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 60 (32.97%) Windows
2 33 (18.13%) Linux
3 31 (17.03%) UNIX
4 5 (2.747%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.198%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (23.63%) OO
2 33 (18.13%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (16.48%) Software Engineering
4 24 (13.19%) Multithreading
5 21 (11.54%) Game Development
6 18 (9.890%) Web Development
7 11 (6.044%) Image Processing
8 7 (3.846%) TDD
8 7 (3.846%) Scrum
9 6 (3.297%) System Testing
10 5 (2.747%) Business Analysis
11 4 (2.198%) OOP
11 4 (2.198%) Data Analysis
11 4 (2.198%) Time Management
12 3 (1.648%) Problem Management
12 3 (1.648%) Resource Management
12 3 (1.648%) Algorithmic Trading
12 3 (1.648%) Electronic Trading
12 3 (1.648%) OOD
13 2 (1.099%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 182 (100.00%) C++
2 63 (34.62%) Java
3 62 (34.07%) C#
4 49 (26.92%) C
5 36 (19.78%) Python
6 35 (19.23%) SQL
7 29 (15.93%) T-SQL
8 19 (10.44%) Perl
9 14 (7.692%) Erlang
10 13 (7.143%) Haskell
11 11 (6.044%) VC++
12 7 (3.846%) Shell Script
12 7 (3.846%) JavaScript
13 4 (2.198%) Embedded C++
14 3 (1.648%) sed
14 3 (1.648%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.648%) AWK
14 3 (1.648%) Assembly Language
14 3 (1.648%) Embedded C
15 2 (1.099%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (23.63%) Degree
2 3 (1.648%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.747%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (8.791%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.495%) Oracle
3 8 (4.396%) Sony
4 7 (3.846%) Perforce
5 2 (1.099%) Apple
5 2 (1.099%) Sybase
5 2 (1.099%) Twitter
Guildford, Surrey
This established and well known games company is working on some seriously exciting projects over the next couple of years and is looking for an experienced C++ Gameplay...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Surrey
Excellent C ++ development skills in a games environment. Knowledge of animation systems such as Havok Animation, NaturalMotion Morpheme or Autodesk HumanIK... Knowledge of a range of animation techniques...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Croydon, Surrey
I am looking for a C++ / C Developer who has the following skills Solid C / C++ Development background. Worked with C / C++ in a TCP/IP real time...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. 35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a C++ Game Programmer / Game Systems Programmer . They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
C++ Software Developer / C++ Software Engineer / Team Lead / Java / Programmer / C# / MS SQL / TSQL / Java / Agile / Windows / West Sussex / required by my well known West Sussex based client.
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
As a highly skilled C++ Developer you will be part of a focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies and embedded...
TRG
Salary: 40000-45000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading global technology client is looking for a high calibre C++ Engineer to join a product development team. As a highly skilled C++ Developer you will be...
TRG
Salary: £40000 - 45000 Per Annum Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. 35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a... They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles and are looking for experienced programmers...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
An independent games studio is looking for a Senior C++ Games Programmer / Game Animation / Animation Programmer... Knowledge of third-party animation systems such as Havok Animation, NaturalMotion Morpheme...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Somerset, South West
In addition you will be required to: - Provide estimates for tasks - Develop and deliver work to schedule - Provide input to technical writers working for product documentation - Work with...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Competitive upon experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
35-45K. An independant games studio is looking for a Senior C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer. They are working on a range of Playstation 3 titles...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey. An independant games studio is looking for C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer at all levels. They are working on a range of Playstation 3...
Links Resourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013