Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank2219
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads486115129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK7.140 %7.585 %
As % of the Programming Languages category14.78 %16.55 %
Salaries quoted408312314
Average salary£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000
% change on same period last year+7.140 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

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

C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

C++ Salary Histogram

C++
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++ within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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-34679£42,500+2.40 %
LondonUp+12094£63,500+5.83 %
South EastDown-4865£40,000+5.96 %
City of LondonDown-2811£68,000+8.80 %
East of EnglandDown-1565£42,500+21.42 %
South WestDown-2507£37,500+7.14 %
CambridgeshireNo change0364£43,750+25.00 %
CambridgeUp+1303£41,500+18.57 %
BerkshireUp+1227£40,000-
BristolUp+5219£40,000+14.28 %
North WestUp+1211£35,000+7.69 %
HampshireDown-4207£40,000+6.66 %
SurreyUp+3176£42,500+13.33 %
YorkshireUp+6139£30,000-
North EastUp+14131£35,000+7.69 %
OxfordshireDown-8111£33,500-4.28 %
Tyne and WearUp+13110£35,000+1.44 %
ScotlandUp+2107£35,000-
HertfordshireDown-1107£40,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+6101£70,000+7.69 %
SomersetUp+3100£37,500+25.00 %
ManchesterDown-7100£31,000-6.06 %
BathUp+797£37,500+25.00 %
ReadingUp+392£40,000-5.88 %
West MidlandsDown-4588£35,000+7.69 %
OxfordDown-178£30,000-14.28 %
South YorkshireUp+2470£28,000-13.84 %
WiltshireDown-1569£38,000-5.00 %
CheshireUp+867£39,000+23.80 %
SheffieldUp+866£28,000-13.84 %

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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++.

14204 (36.04 %)C#
23863 (33.12 %)Java
33434 (29.44 %)C
42975 (25.50 %).NET
52690 (23.06 %)Degree
62668 (22.87 %)Windows
72470 (21.17 %)Finance
82351 (20.15 %)OO
92282 (19.56 %)SQL
102281 (19.55 %)UNIX
112087 (17.89 %)Linux
121660 (14.23 %)SQL Server
131359 (11.65 %)Computer Science
141233 (10.57 %)XML
151193 (10.23 %)Derivative
161169 (10.02 %)Mathematics
171059 (9.078 %)Oracle
181008 (8.641 %)Banking
191006 (8.624 %)Games
20962 (8.247 %)ASP.NET
21958 (8.213 %)STL
22936 (8.024 %)Multithreading
23865 (7.415 %)Front Office
24797 (6.832 %)VB
25794 (6.807 %)Microsoft
26769 (6.592 %)VC++
27768 (6.584 %)UML
28731 (6.267 %)MFC
29728 (6.241 %)Software Engineering
30699 (5.992 %)Perl

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12975 (25.50 %).NET
21233 (10.57 %)XML
3962 (8.247 %)ASP.NET
4958 (8.213 %)STL
5731 (6.267 %)MFC
6559 (4.792 %)WinForms
6559 (4.792 %)J2EE
7537 (4.604 %)HTML
8391 (3.352 %)WebServices
9287 (2.460 %).NET Framework
10286 (2.452 %)WPF
10286 (2.452 %)OpenGL
10286 (2.452 %)Middleware
11282 (2.417 %)AJAX
12254 (2.177 %)WCF
13247 (2.117 %)CSS
14216 (1.852 %)ASP
15179 (1.535 %)Spring
16178 (1.526 %)DirectX
17154 (1.320 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1153 (1.312 %)SharePoint
2126 (1.080 %)Apache
3121 (1.037 %)WebLogic
466 (0.566 %)IIS
557 (0.489 %)SharePoint Server 2007
557 (0.489 %)Rendezvous
557 (0.489 %)BizTalk Server
656 (0.480 %)SAS
752 (0.446 %)Tomcat
837 (0.317 %)MQSeries
928 (0.240 %)MS Exchange
1027 (0.231 %)CMS
1125 (0.214 %)Commerce Server
1125 (0.214 %)Commerce Server 2007
1215 (0.129 %)Exchange Server 2003
1313 (0.111 %)ArcGIS
1412 (0.103 %)Mathematica
1511 (0.094 %)ArcSDE
1610 (0.086 %)Oracle Workflow
179 (0.077 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1326 (2.795 %)MS Excel
2212 (1.817 %)MATLAB
3123 (1.054 %)MS Visio
490 (0.772 %)Spreadsheet
582 (0.703 %)MS Office
661 (0.523 %)3ds Max
746 (0.394 %)Simulink
839 (0.334 %)Maya
922 (0.189 %)Photoshop
1015 (0.129 %)CA Clarity
1113 (0.111 %)InDesign
1212 (0.103 %)S-PLUS
1310 (0.086 %)AutoCAD
149 (0.077 %)MS Project
157 (0.060 %)Quicktime
165 (0.043 %)SPSS
165 (0.043 %)MS PowerPoint
174 (0.034 %)Fireworks
174 (0.034 %)Acrobat
183 (0.026 %)PrintSoft PReS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1100 (0.857 %)RMDS
227 (0.231 %)Dynamics AX
324 (0.206 %)Summit
423 (0.197 %)Oracle Financials
521 (0.180 %)Endur
617 (0.146 %)Sophis RISQUE
716 (0.137 %)Siebel Analytics
812 (0.103 %)FINCAD Analytics
911 (0.094 %)Temenos Globus
911 (0.094 %)Tesseract
1010 (0.086 %)Axapta
119 (0.077 %)BASE24
128 (0.069 %)Oracle 11i
136 (0.051 %)Oracle EBS
136 (0.051 %)LabWindows
145 (0.043 %)Oracle Applications
154 (0.034 %)Capstone
154 (0.034 %)Oracle CRM
163 (0.026 %)ION MarketView
172 (0.017 %)Eagle PACE
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1602 (5.161 %)TCP/IP
2341 (2.923 %)Internet
3164 (1.406 %)HTTP
4162 (1.389 %)Wireless
599 (0.849 %)UMTS
599 (0.849 %)GSM
684 (0.720 %)SNMP
779 (0.677 %)SMTP
878 (0.669 %)VoIP
971 (0.609 %)DNS
1062 (0.532 %)Firewall
1160 (0.514 %)DVB
1254 (0.463 %)ATM
1352 (0.446 %)Ethernet
1451 (0.437 %)GPRS
1550 (0.429 %)LAN
1648 (0.411 %)LDAP
1745 (0.386 %)LTE
1844 (0.377 %)3G
1940 (0.343 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11660 (14.23 %)SQL Server
2393 (3.369 %)MySQL
3280 (2.400 %)SQL Server 2005
4190 (1.629 %)RDBMS
5126 (1.080 %)SQL Server 2008
6110 (0.943 %)BusinessObjects
797 (0.832 %)SQL Server 2000
888 (0.754 %)GIS
987 (0.746 %)Oracle 8/8i
1075 (0.643 %)PostgreSQL
1166 (0.566 %)DB2
1255 (0.471 %)Datawarehouse
1350 (0.429 %)Crystal Reports
1449 (0.420 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1543 (0.369 %)Data Mining
1641 (0.351 %)Oracle 10g
1734 (0.291 %)ETL
1734 (0.291 %)Oracle Reports
1830 (0.257 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1927 (0.231 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1558 (4.784 %)Visual Studio
2128 (1.097 %)ClearCase
388 (0.754 %)NUnit
483 (0.712 %)Subversion
558 (0.497 %)Eclipse
652 (0.446 %)VSS/SourceSafe
746 (0.394 %)Ant
844 (0.377 %)ClearQuest
941 (0.351 %)JUnit
1037 (0.317 %)Rational Rose
1128 (0.240 %)Selenium
1224 (0.206 %)PowerBuilder
1322 (0.189 %)ProC
1421 (0.180 %)QuickTest Pro
1519 (0.163 %)LoadRunner
1618 (0.154 %)Oracle Forms
1618 (0.154 %)LabVIEW
1717 (0.146 %)TeamCity
1815 (0.129 %)Team Foundation Server
1914 (0.120 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12470 (21.17 %)Finance
21008 (8.641 %)Banking
31006 (8.624 %)Games
4865 (7.415 %)Front Office
5609 (5.221 %)Pensions
6581 (4.981 %)Telecoms
7488 (4.183 %)Investment Banking
8480 (4.115 %)Education
9470 (4.029 %)Health
10246 (2.109 %)Insurance
11240 (2.057 %)Electronics
12224 (1.920 %)Government
13209 (1.792 %)3D Graphics
14173 (1.483 %)Aerospace
15136 (1.166 %)Financial Institution
16131 (1.123 %)Back Office
17110 (0.943 %)Electric
18105 (0.900 %)Marketing
19102 (0.874 %)Animation
2099 (0.849 %)Retail
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15844 (50.10 %)Developer
22511 (21.53 %)C++ Developer
32275 (19.50 %)Software Engineer
41028 (8.813 %)C# Developer
5995 (8.530 %)Software Developer
6782 (6.704 %)Programmer
7734 (6.292 %)Senior Developer
8620 (5.315 %)C++ Software Engineer
9508 (4.355 %)Java Developer
10482 (4.132 %)Graduate
11478 (4.098 %)Analyst
12442 (3.789 %).NET Developer
13390 (3.343 %)Architect
14358 (3.069 %)Senior Software Engineer
15346 (2.966 %)C++ Programmer
16333 (2.855 %)Team Leader
17298 (2.555 %)Senior C++ Developer
18273 (2.340 %)C++/C# Developer
19268 (2.297 %)C++ Software Developer
20262 (2.246 %)Junior
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11359 (11.65 %)Computer Science
21193 (10.23 %)Derivative
31169 (10.02 %)Mathematics
4936 (8.024 %)Multithreading
5637 (5.461 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6527 (4.518 %)Physics
7401 (3.438 %)Equities
8285 (2.443 %)Fixed Income
9232 (1.989 %)Equity Derivative
10220 (1.886 %)Client/Server
11180 (1.543 %)Device Driver
12143 (1.226 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13136 (1.166 %)Grid Computing
14118 (1.012 %)Credit Derivative
15113 (0.969 %)DTV
16108 (0.926 %)VHDL
1798 (0.840 %)Firmware
1798 (0.840 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1883 (0.712 %)Artificial Intelligence
1970 (0.600 %)N-Tier
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12668 (22.87 %)Windows
22281 (19.55 %)UNIX
32087 (17.89 %)Linux
4304 (2.606 %)Solaris
5142 (1.217 %)Windows CE
6138 (1.183 %)Windows Mobile
7137 (1.174 %)Embedded Linux
892 (0.789 %)Windows XP
991 (0.780 %)VxWorks
1082 (0.703 %)Windows 2000
1147 (0.403 %)Mac OS X
1244 (0.377 %)Red Hat Linux
1244 (0.377 %)Nucleus RTOS
1336 (0.309 %)Symbian OS
1433 (0.283 %)Windows Vista
1532 (0.274 %)Windows Server 2003
1630 (0.257 %)Android
1630 (0.257 %)HPUX
1729 (0.249 %)AIX
1827 (0.231 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12351 (20.15 %)OO
2768 (6.584 %)UML
3728 (6.241 %)Software Engineering
4601 (5.152 %)OOD
5466 (3.995 %)Agile Software Development
6390 (3.343 %)Project Management
7336 (2.880 %)Risk Management
8327 (2.803 %)Algorithmic Trading
9280 (2.400 %)OOA/OOD
10233 (1.997 %)OOP
11220 (1.886 %)Scrum
12183 (1.569 %)Web Development
13179 (1.535 %)Unit Testing
14171 (1.466 %)Electronic Trading
15130 (1.114 %)SOA
16129 (1.106 %)TDD
17128 (1.097 %)E-Commerce
18121 (1.037 %)Configuration Management
19120 (1.029 %)Data Modelling
20117 (1.003 %)Validation
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14204 (36.04 %)C#
23863 (33.12 %)Java
33434 (29.44 %)C
42282 (19.56 %)SQL
5797 (6.832 %)VB
6769 (6.592 %)VC++
7699 (5.992 %)Perl
8620 (5.315 %)Python
9541 (4.638 %)VB.NET
10534 (4.578 %)JavaScript
11527 (4.518 %)PHP
12393 (3.369 %)VBA
13383 (3.283 %)Embedded C
14312 (2.675 %)Embedded C++
15310 (2.658 %)Delphi
16169 (1.449 %)VB6
16169 (1.449 %)Shell Script
17166 (1.423 %)Ruby
18160 (1.372 %)Assembly Language
19153 (1.312 %)T-SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12690 (23.06 %)Degree
2456 (3.909 %)Security Cleared
3358 (3.069 %)PhD
4140 (1.200 %)Microsoft Certification
5133 (1.140 %)SC Cleared
681 (0.694 %)MCP
778 (0.669 %)MCSD
874 (0.634 %)MCAD
950 (0.429 %)DV Cleared
1038 (0.326 %)ISEB
1134 (0.291 %)Postgraduate
1228 (0.240 %)MCTS
1315 (0.129 %)CCNA
1315 (0.129 %)Cisco Certification
1413 (0.111 %)MBA
1511 (0.094 %)HND
1511 (0.094 %)BC Cleared
1610 (0.086 %)CISSP
178 (0.069 %)MCDBA
187 (0.060 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1235 (2.015 %)QA
232 (0.274 %)SLA
321 (0.180 %)ISO9001
415 (0.129 %)ISO9000
512 (0.103 %)TickIT
512 (0.103 %)Basel II
611 (0.094 %)JTAG
75 (0.043 %)21 CFR Part 11
84 (0.034 %)GAMP
92 (0.017 %)HL7
101 (0.009 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
162 (0.532 %)Active Directory
253 (0.454 %)MSMQ
339 (0.334 %)Xen
426 (0.223 %)VMware Infrastructure
58 (0.069 %)Postfix
67 (0.060 %)Oracle RAC
67 (0.060 %)XenApp
67 (0.060 %)Sendmail
67 (0.060 %)qmail
76 (0.051 %)Squid
84 (0.034 %)Nmap
93 (0.026 %)Cronacle
102 (0.017 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.009 %)NDS
111 (0.009 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.086 %)AutoSys
27 (0.060 %)MOM
27 (0.060 %)CONTROL-M
35 (0.043 %)Tivoli
44 (0.034 %)Nessus
52 (0.017 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
52 (0.017 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.009 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.009 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11059 (9.078 %)Oracle
2794 (6.807 %)Microsoft
3296 (2.538 %)Sybase
4179 (1.535 %)TIBCO
5128 (1.097 %)Symbian
6110 (0.943 %)Business Objects
781 (0.694 %)IBM
872 (0.617 %)HP
968 (0.583 %)DataSynapse
1066 (0.566 %)Reuters
1165 (0.557 %)Red Hat
1257 (0.489 %)Cisco
1356 (0.480 %)Perforce
1453 (0.454 %)Sony
1548 (0.411 %)Adobe
1643 (0.369 %)Borland
1741 (0.351 %)Citrix
1837 (0.317 %)Intel
1837 (0.317 %)Google
1936 (0.309 %)OpenLink