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This section looks at the demand for C++ skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the last 3 months to 14 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to 14 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1916
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads1570222401
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.706 %9.758 %
As % of the category below16.84 %20.85 %
Salaries quoted1288317435
Average minimum salary£42,645£43,108
Average salary£47,463£47,949
% change on same period last year-1.01 %
Average maximum salary£52,280£52,791
UK excluding London average salary£37,017£36,186
% change on same period last year+2.29 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93225107431
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.75 %46.80 %
Salaries quoted7818885994
Average minimum salary£37,714£38,891
Average salary£41,425£42,708
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Average maximum salary£45,136£46,526
UK excluding London average salary£35,419£35,476
% change on same period last year-0.16 %

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing C++ across 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 ads citing C++ across the UK.

C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the UK over the past 3 months.

C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-515040£47,809-1.37 %
2LondonDown-37140£61,210+2.64 %
3South EastDown-23112£39,399+0.33 %
4City of LondonDown-32623£65,214+1.74 %
5East of EnglandDown-21544£36,482-2.79 %
6South WestNo change01229£36,204+5.59 %
7CambridgeshireDown-2903£36,574-3.35 %
8HampshireDown-5744£38,557-3.67 %
9CambridgeDown-1741£36,568-2.62 %
10BerkshireDown-3717£42,801+7.20 %
11North WestDown-10678£34,060+8.75 %
12SurreyUp+4649£38,100-7.79 %
13West MidlandsDown-5534£33,562-0.08 %
14YorkshireDown-12425£33,702+11.38 %
15OxfordshireUp+3404£35,848-2.13 %
16BristolNo change0373£36,431+15.47 %
17ScotlandDown-4357£34,226-4.10 %
18ManchesterDown-9355£33,393+11.73 %
19East MidlandsDown-22274£32,213+3.80 %
20OxfordUp+2264£36,806-2.84 %
21HertfordshireDown-12257£37,064-1.53 %
22BuckinghamshireDown-12252£42,427+13.60 %
23Docklands, LondonDown-4242£71,602+4.97 %
24ReadingDown-1221£43,386+8.87 %
25GloucestershireUp+1215£35,207+7.09 %
26CheshireDown-4203£35,598+10.48 %
27West YorkshireNo change0194£33,848+19.65 %
28Canary WharfUp+4188£67,677-2.53 %
29WiltshireDown-2183£37,686+6.84 %
30EdinburghDown-3179£33,866-3.15 %

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing C++.

111245 (35.51 %)Java
210476 (33.08 %)C#
39174 (28.97 %)C
47825 (24.71 %)Finance
57797 (24.62 %).NET
67353 (23.22 %)Windows
77154 (22.59 %)Degree
87021 (22.17 %)Unix
96525 (20.60 %)SQL
106431 (20.31 %)OO
114854 (15.33 %)SQL Server
124675 (14.76 %)Linux
134236 (13.38 %)XML
143866 (12.21 %)Oracle
153795 (11.98 %)Banking
163603 (11.38 %)Derivative
173390 (10.70 %)Front Office
183208 (10.13 %)VB
192849 (8.996 %)VC++
202771 (8.750 %)UML
212618 (8.267 %)Microsoft
222401 (7.582 %)Computer Science
232345 (7.405 %)STL
242335 (7.373 %)Perl
252200 (6.947 %)MFC
262024 (6.391 %)Investment Banking
272015 (6.363 %)ASP.NET
282012 (6.353 %)OOD
291854 (5.854 %)J2EE
301845 (5.826 %)Mathematics

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing C++ also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
17797 (24.62 %).NET
24236 (13.38 %)XML
32345 (7.405 %)STL
42200 (6.947 %)MFC
52015 (6.363 %)ASP.NET
61854 (5.854 %)J2EE
71760 (5.557 %)HTML
81135 (3.584 %)WebServices
9881 (2.782 %)WinForms
10875 (2.763 %)ASP
11686 (2.166 %).NET Framework
12612 (1.932 %)SOAP
13557 (1.759 %)XSLT
14548 (1.730 %)Middleware
15545 (1.721 %)JSP
16526 (1.661 %)AJAX
17496 (1.566 %)Spring
17496 (1.566 %)CSS
18488 (1.541 %)ATL
19469 (1.481 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
1452 (1.427 %)Apache
2334 (1.055 %)WebLogic
3292 (0.922 %)BizTalk Server
4279 (0.881 %)SharePoint
5265 (0.837 %)Tomcat
6240 (0.758 %)IIS
7201 (0.635 %)MQSeries
8176 (0.556 %)JBoss
9146 (0.461 %)MS Exchange
10120 (0.379 %)CMS
11110 (0.347 %)WebSphere MQ
11110 (0.347 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1287 (0.275 %)Rendezvous
1365 (0.205 %)ColdFusion
1463 (0.199 %)CICS
1552 (0.164 %)Commerce Server
1649 (0.155 %)SAS
1748 (0.152 %)Oracle Workflow
1842 (0.133 %)Documentum
1937 (0.117 %)TIBCO EMS
Applications
11012 (3.196 %)MS Excel
2512 (1.617 %)MATLAB
3309 (0.976 %)MS Visio
4285 (0.900 %)MS Office
5108 (0.341 %)3ds Max
673 (0.231 %)Maya
770 (0.221 %)Simulink
851 (0.161 %)Quicktime
941 (0.129 %)MS Project
941 (0.129 %)AutoCAD
1034 (0.107 %)S-PLUS
1129 (0.092 %)Photoshop
1224 (0.076 %)PrintSoft PReS
1320 (0.063 %)MS PowerPoint
1418 (0.057 %)FrameMaker
1512 (0.038 %)CA Clarity
1611 (0.035 %)SPSS
179 (0.028 %)Windchill
187 (0.022 %)CATIA
194 (0.013 %)Paint Shop Pro
Business Applications
1187 (0.590 %)Summit
260 (0.189 %)FRONT ARENA
345 (0.142 %)Axapta
440 (0.126 %)Dynamics AX
539 (0.123 %)Endur
635 (0.111 %)Oracle Financials
731 (0.098 %)Oracle Applications
829 (0.092 %)Fidessa
829 (0.092 %)Kondor+
927 (0.085 %)RMDS
1023 (0.073 %)LabWindows
1120 (0.063 %)Navision
1219 (0.060 %)Great Plains
1219 (0.060 %)SAP R/3
1219 (0.060 %)SAP Business One
1219 (0.060 %)Oracle BRM
1316 (0.051 %)Microsoft CRM
1414 (0.044 %)BASE24
1414 (0.044 %)Teamcenter
1511 (0.035 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
11331 (4.203 %)TCP/IP
2839 (2.649 %)Internet
3459 (1.449 %)Wireless
4309 (0.976 %)GSM
5234 (0.739 %)HTTP
6231 (0.729 %)VoIP
7209 (0.660 %)SNMP
8194 (0.613 %)GPRS
9186 (0.587 %)Ethernet
10185 (0.584 %)3G
11164 (0.518 %)UMTS
12157 (0.496 %)DVB
13135 (0.426 %)WINS
14132 (0.417 %)LAN
15121 (0.382 %)Bluetooth
16100 (0.316 %)Broadband
1795 (0.300 %)SMS
1891 (0.287 %)Firewall
1980 (0.253 %)RTP
2077 (0.243 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
14854 (15.33 %)SQL Server
21080 (3.410 %)RDBMS
3755 (2.384 %)MySQL
4716 (2.261 %)SQL Server 2005
5593 (1.872 %)SQL Server 2000
6419 (1.323 %)DB2
7294 (0.928 %)GIS
8219 (0.692 %)SQL Server 7
9167 (0.527 %)Datawarehouse
10163 (0.515 %)Crystal Reports
11159 (0.502 %)MS Access
12142 (0.448 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13131 (0.414 %)Oracle 8/8i
13131 (0.414 %)Oracle 10g
14105 (0.332 %)Oracle 9i
1581 (0.256 %)Oracle Reports
1581 (0.256 %)PostgreSQL
1676 (0.240 %)Ingres
1773 (0.231 %)DTS
1867 (0.212 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
11586 (5.008 %)Visual Studio
2349 (1.102 %)ClearCase
3269 (0.849 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4259 (0.818 %)Eclipse
5203 (0.641 %)Subversion
6168 (0.530 %)Ant
7164 (0.518 %)JUnit
8151 (0.477 %)Rational Rose
9125 (0.395 %)Flash
10100 (0.316 %)NUnit
1189 (0.281 %)InstallShield
1285 (0.268 %)PowerBuilder
1379 (0.249 %)LabVIEW
1472 (0.227 %)PVCS
1545 (0.142 %)WinRunner
1545 (0.142 %)CodeWarrior
1644 (0.139 %)ClearQuest
1739 (0.123 %)Oracle Forms
1838 (0.120 %)TestDirector
1933 (0.104 %)MorphX
General
17825 (24.71 %)Finance
23795 (11.98 %)Banking
33390 (10.70 %)Front Office
42024 (6.391 %)Investment Banking
51487 (4.695 %)Games
61366 (4.313 %)Telecoms
71147 (3.622 %)Pensions
81044 (3.297 %)Electronics
91022 (3.227 %)Education
10907 (2.864 %)Health
11471 (1.487 %)Government
12447 (1.411 %)Financial Institution
13428 (1.351 %)3D Graphics
14395 (1.247 %)Insurance
15384 (1.213 %)Manufacturing
16338 (1.067 %)Retail
17300 (0.947 %)Back Office
18286 (0.903 %)Aerospace
19243 (0.767 %)Automotive
20239 (0.755 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
116820 (53.11 %)Developer
27433 (23.47 %)C++ Developer
36595 (20.82 %)Software Engineer
42857 (9.021 %)Software Developer
52556 (8.071 %)C# Developer
62100 (6.631 %)Java Developer
72034 (6.423 %)Analyst
81920 (6.063 %)Senior Developer
91891 (5.971 %)C++ Software Engineer
101821 (5.750 %)Programmer
111271 (4.013 %).NET Developer
121059 (3.344 %)Senior Software Engineer
131042 (3.290 %)C++/CSharp Developer
141010 (3.189 %)Architect
15988 (3.120 %)C++ Software Developer
16985 (3.110 %)Graduate
17965 (3.047 %)Team Leader
18821 (2.592 %)C++/Java Developer
19799 (2.523 %)Consultant
20783 (2.472 %)Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
13603 (11.38 %)Derivative
22401 (7.582 %)Computer Science
31845 (5.826 %)Mathematics
41687 (5.327 %)Multithreading
51650 (5.210 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61521 (4.803 %)Fixed Income
71306 (4.124 %)Equities
8802 (2.532 %)Equity Derivative
9677 (2.138 %)Physics
10631 (1.992 %)Client/Server
11513 (1.620 %)Device Driver
12435 (1.374 %)Credit Derivative
13421 (1.329 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14362 (1.143 %)Grid Computing
15313 (0.988 %)MPEG
16261 (0.824 %)Asset Management
17260 (0.821 %)N-Tier
18257 (0.812 %)Firmware
19253 (0.799 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
20229 (0.723 %)Credit Risk
Operating Systems
17353 (23.22 %)Windows
27021 (22.17 %)Unix
34675 (14.76 %)Linux
41000 (3.158 %)Solaris
5508 (1.604 %)Windows NT
6400 (1.263 %)Symbian OS
7345 (1.089 %)VxWorks
8313 (0.988 %)Windows CE
9307 (0.969 %)Embedded Linux
10301 (0.950 %)Windows 2000
11299 (0.944 %)Windows Mobile
12291 (0.919 %)Windows XP
13216 (0.682 %)AIX
14156 (0.493 %)Windows Server 2003
15153 (0.483 %)HPUX
1690 (0.284 %)pSOS
1788 (0.278 %)VMS
1860 (0.189 %)Nucleus RTOS
1955 (0.174 %)Mac OS X
2035 (0.111 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
16431 (20.31 %)OO
22771 (8.750 %)UML
32012 (6.353 %)OOD
41587 (5.011 %)Software Engineering
51086 (3.429 %)Risk Management
61070 (3.379 %)Project Management
7822 (2.596 %)OOP
8656 (2.071 %)OOA/OOD
9640 (2.021 %)Agile Software Development
10469 (1.481 %)RUP
11464 (1.465 %)Electronic Trading
12458 (1.446 %)Web Development
13425 (1.342 %)Algorithmic Trading
14417 (1.317 %)Unit Testing
15390 (1.231 %)E-Commerce
16379 (1.197 %)Configuration Management
17347 (1.096 %)SOA
18337 (1.064 %)CAD
19335 (1.058 %)Validation
20331 (1.045 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
111245 (35.51 %)Java
210476 (33.08 %)C#
39174 (28.97 %)C
46525 (20.60 %)SQL
53208 (10.13 %)VB
62849 (8.996 %)VC++
72335 (7.373 %)Perl
81593 (5.030 %)JavaScript
91196 (3.777 %)VB.NET
101153 (3.641 %)Embedded C++
111087 (3.432 %)Python
121041 (3.287 %)VBA
13999 (3.155 %)Embedded C
14923 (2.915 %)PHP
15665 (2.100 %)Delphi
16627 (1.980 %)Shell Script
17539 (1.702 %)VB6
18505 (1.595 %)PL/SQL
19418 (1.320 %)Assembly Language
20372 (1.175 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
17154 (22.59 %)Degree
2642 (2.027 %)PhD
3279 (0.881 %)Microsoft Certification
4148 (0.467 %)ISEB
5144 (0.455 %)MCSD
6123 (0.388 %)HND
789 (0.281 %)MCAD
870 (0.221 %)MCP
947 (0.148 %)HNC
1043 (0.136 %)CISSP
1043 (0.136 %)Cisco Certification
1135 (0.111 %)CCNA
1135 (0.111 %)Postgraduate
1234 (0.107 %)MCSE
1333 (0.104 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1421 (0.066 %)CCNP
1518 (0.057 %)PMP
1518 (0.057 %)PMI Certification
1617 (0.054 %)CISA
1617 (0.054 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1734 (2.318 %)QA
260 (0.189 %)ISO9001
357 (0.180 %)ISO9000
444 (0.139 %)TickIT
540 (0.126 %)Basel II
634 (0.107 %)WAI
731 (0.098 %)SLA
816 (0.051 %)COBIT
914 (0.044 %)DICOM
1013 (0.041 %)HL7
1112 (0.038 %)MiFID
126 (0.019 %)ISO8583
135 (0.016 %)IAS 39
143 (0.009 %)ISO27001
143 (0.009 %)21 CFR Part 11
143 (0.009 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
152 (0.006 %)ISO15504
161 (0.003 %)BS7799
161 (0.003 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1173 (0.546 %)Active Directory
279 (0.249 %)MSMQ
350 (0.158 %)AquaLogic
427 (0.085 %)NDS
524 (0.076 %)Nmap
617 (0.054 %)NFS
713 (0.041 %)Snort
88 (0.025 %)Orbix
97 (0.022 %)Terminal Server
106 (0.019 %)Squid
106 (0.019 %)VMware ESX
106 (0.019 %)VMware Workstation
114 (0.013 %)Backup Exec
114 (0.013 %)MetaFrame
123 (0.009 %)Oracle RAC
132 (0.006 %)Terminal Services
132 (0.006 %)Samba
132 (0.006 %)NetBackup
132 (0.006 %)Xen
141 (0.003 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
174 (0.234 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
234 (0.107 %)Nessus
326 (0.082 %)OpenView
423 (0.073 %)BMC PATROL
522 (0.069 %)CA SiteMinder
621 (0.066 %)Netcool
621 (0.066 %)MOM
717 (0.054 %)AutoSys
815 (0.047 %)AppManager
914 (0.044 %)CONTROL-M
1013 (0.041 %)Unicenter
1112 (0.038 %)Nagios
1210 (0.032 %)Tivoli
138 (0.025 %)SCOM
144 (0.013 %)OMEGAMON
152 (0.006 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
161 (0.003 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
161 (0.003 %)CiscoWorks
161 (0.003 %)EMC NetWorker
161 (0.003 %)OVPI
Vendors
13866 (12.21 %)Oracle
22618 (8.267 %)Microsoft
31820 (5.747 %)Sybase
4927 (2.927 %)Symbian
5393 (1.241 %)TIBCO
6250 (0.789 %)IBM
7192 (0.606 %)Google
8184 (0.581 %)Perforce
9133 (0.420 %)Sun
10131 (0.414 %)Bloomberg
11114 (0.360 %)Reuters
12110 (0.347 %)Borland
13108 (0.341 %)SAP
14104 (0.328 %)Cisco
15103 (0.325 %)Calypso
1692 (0.291 %)HP
1786 (0.272 %)Citrix
1880 (0.253 %)OpenLink
1976 (0.240 %)webMethods
2075 (0.237 %)Murex
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