The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the C++ Quantitative Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Quantitative Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

C++ Quant Developer
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank826784661
Rank change year-on-year
Down-42Down-123
Matching permanent IT job ads537491
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.044 %0.061 %0.096 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.046 %0.064 %0.102 %
Number of salaries quoted486569
Average salary£95,000£75,000£87,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£51,750£66,600
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£146,500£110,000£100,000
UK excluding London average salary-£60,000-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

C++ Quantitative Developer
Demand Trend

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

C++ Quantitative Developer Demand Trend

C++ Quantitative Developer
Salary Trend

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

C++ Quantitative Developer Salary Trend

C++ Quantitative Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ Quantitative Developer over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

C++ Quantitative Developer Salary Histogram

C++ Quantitative Developer
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Quantitative Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-1353£95,000+26.66 %
LondonDown-3953£95,000-
City of LondonUp+121£100,000-

C++ Quantitative Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited C++ Quantitative Developer 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++ Quantitative Developer in their job title.

1105 (100.00 %)C++
256 (53.33 %)Finance
346 (43.81 %)Front Office
445 (42.86 %)C#
538 (36.19 %)Derivative
632 (30.48 %)Fixed Income
731 (29.52 %)Degree
731 (29.52 %)Mathematics
827 (25.71 %)PhD
923 (21.90 %)MATLAB
1020 (19.05 %)Java
1020 (19.05 %)VBA
1118 (17.14 %)Asset Management
1118 (17.14 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1217 (16.19 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1316 (15.24 %)Software Engineering
1316 (15.24 %)Financial Modelling
1415 (14.29 %)Physics
1415 (14.29 %)Hedge funds
1415 (14.29 %)Banking
1415 (14.29 %)OO
1514 (13.33 %)Investment Management
1613 (12.38 %)R
1613 (12.38 %)Computer Science
1613 (12.38 %)Investment Banking
1712 (11.43 %)S-PLUS
1811 (10.48 %)Python
1811 (10.48 %).NET
1811 (10.48 %)SQL
1910 (9.524 %)STL

C++ Quantitative Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited C++ Quantitative Developer 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++ Quantitative Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (10.48 %).NET
210 (9.524 %)STL
39 (8.571 %)Boost C++ Libraries
42 (1.905 %)ASP.NET
42 (1.905 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
42 (1.905 %)ASP.NET MVC
51 (0.952 %)WCF
51 (0.952 %).NET Framework
51 (0.952 %)Web Services
51 (0.952 %)XML
51 (0.952 %)Xerces
51 (0.952 %)Xalan
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (2.857 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (21.90 %)MATLAB
212 (11.43 %)S-PLUS
32 (1.905 %)MS Visio
41 (0.952 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (0.952 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (3.810 %)MySQL
14 (3.810 %)SQL Server
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.952 %)Hudson
11 (0.952 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
156 (53.33 %)Finance
246 (43.81 %)Front Office
315 (14.29 %)Banking
413 (12.38 %)Investment Banking
52 (1.905 %)Telecoms
52 (1.905 %)Games
61 (0.952 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
138 (36.19 %)Derivative
232 (30.48 %)Fixed Income
331 (29.52 %)Mathematics
418 (17.14 %)Interest Rate Derivative
517 (16.19 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
615 (14.29 %)Physics
615 (14.29 %)Hedge funds
713 (12.38 %)Computer Science
89 (8.571 %)Equities
89 (8.571 %)Statistics
97 (6.667 %)Applied Mathematics
97 (6.667 %)Grid Computing
104 (3.810 %)Credit Derivative
113 (2.857 %)Credit Risk
122 (1.905 %)Equity Derivative
122 (1.905 %)Swaptions
122 (1.905 %)Chemistry
131 (0.952 %)Social Media
131 (0.952 %)Market Risk
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (6.667 %)Windows
26 (5.714 %)UNIX
34 (3.810 %)Linux
41 (0.952 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (17.14 %)Asset Management
216 (15.24 %)Software Engineering
216 (15.24 %)Financial Modelling
315 (14.29 %)OO
414 (13.33 %)Investment Management
57 (6.667 %)Algorithmic Trading
57 (6.667 %)Digital Signal Processing
57 (6.667 %)Signal Processing
65 (4.762 %)Risk Management
74 (3.810 %)Statistical Analysis
74 (3.810 %)OOD
74 (3.810 %)Multithreading
83 (2.857 %)Quantitative Analysis
83 (2.857 %)Refactoring
83 (2.857 %)Regression Analysis
83 (2.857 %)TDD
92 (1.905 %)Agile Software Development
92 (1.905 %)OOP
92 (1.905 %)Parallel Computing
92 (1.905 %)Monte Carlo Method
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1105 (100.00 %)C++
245 (42.86 %)C#
320 (19.05 %)Java
320 (19.05 %)VBA
413 (12.38 %)R
511 (10.48 %)Python
511 (10.48 %)SQL
65 (4.762 %)C
72 (1.905 %)Perl
81 (0.952 %)Bash shell
81 (0.952 %)VB
81 (0.952 %)VC++
81 (0.952 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (29.52 %)Degree
227 (25.71 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (1.905 %)Bloomberg
12 (1.905 %)DataSynapse
21 (0.952 %)Reuters
21 (0.952 %)Murex
21 (0.952 %)Fidessa