The first table below looks at the demand for VC++ skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VC++ over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Programming Languages category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual C++
Rank 719 588 494
Rank change year-on-year
-131 -94
Permanent jobs citing VC++ 143 329 438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.133% 0.273% 0.347%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.250% 0.508% 0.662%
Number of salaries quoted 121 285 381
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -1.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £31,150
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
+1.26% -2.46%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57161 64813 66145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.15% 53.69% 52.48%
Number of salaries quoted 49151 57089 57424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

VC++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VC++ Jobs Demand Trend

VC++
Salary Trend

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

VC++ Salary Trend

VC++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VC++ over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

VC++ Salary Histogram

VC++
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VC++ within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 -119 142 £40,000 -9.09%
East of England +26 31 £55,000 +43.79%
South East -76 29 £38,750 -5.48%
South West 0 28 £38,750 -3.12%
Essex +41 24 £55,000 +57.14%
Colchester - 24 £55,000 -
Hampshire +11 21 £40,000 -2.73%
Basingstoke - 20 £40,000 -
West Midlands -21 18 £50,000 +37.93%
Bristol +5 15 £35,000 +6.06%
London -31 13 £66,250 +15.21%
City of London -15 10 £67,500 +35.00%
Birmingham 0 9 £50,000 +33.33%
East Midlands -24 8 £31,250 -10.71%
Derby +16 7 £30,000 -4.00%
Derbyshire +9 7 £30,000 -4.00%
Cambridgeshire +6 7 £42,500 -
Gloucestershire +10 6 £46,250 +2.77%
North West -19 6 £27,500 -16.66%
North East +8 4 £33,000 -38.88%
Devon +2 4 £36,000 -4.00%
Reading -2 4 £43,750 +16.66%
Yorkshire -2 4 £33,000 -12.00%
Berkshire -18 4 £43,750 +16.66%
Leeds - 4 £33,000 -
Durham - 4 £33,000 -
West Yorkshire - 4 £33,000 -
Surrey -5 3 £37,500 -25.00%
Manchester -23 3 £33,500 +1.51%
Preston - 3 £27,204 -

VC++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VC++ 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 VC++.

1 299 (88.99%) C++
2 203 (60.42%) C#
3 171 (50.89%) Windows
4 167 (49.70%) .NET
5 115 (34.23%) SQL Server
6 100 (29.76%) Microsoft
7 99 (29.46%) SQL
8 95 (28.27%) OO
9 93 (27.68%) MFC
10 81 (24.11%) Multithreading
11 75 (22.32%) Degree
12 72 (21.43%) ASP.NET
13 66 (19.64%) Software Engineering
14 65 (19.35%) Oracle
15 58 (17.26%) Visual Studio
16 57 (16.96%) Mathematics
17 52 (15.48%) WPF
17 52 (15.48%) Scrum
18 51 (15.18%) HTML
19 46 (13.69%) C
20 44 (13.10%) XML
21 41 (12.20%) Java
21 41 (12.20%) Agile Software Development
21 41 (12.20%) WCF
22 38 (11.31%) JavaScript
23 36 (10.71%) Web Services
23 36 (10.71%) Unit Testing
23 36 (10.71%) Finance
24 34 (10.12%) STL
25 33 (9.821%) ATL

VC++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VC++ 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 VC++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 167 (49.70%) .NET
2 93 (27.68%) MFC
3 72 (21.43%) ASP.NET
4 52 (15.48%) WPF
5 51 (15.18%) HTML
6 44 (13.10%) XML
7 41 (12.20%) WCF
8 36 (10.71%) Web Services
9 34 (10.12%) STL
10 33 (9.821%) ATL
11 32 (9.524%) WinForms
12 25 (7.440%) .NET Framework
13 24 (7.143%) CSS
14 21 (6.250%) ASP
15 17 (5.060%) Qt
16 14 (4.167%) SOAP
16 14 (4.167%) COM
17 12 (3.571%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 12 (3.571%) jQuery
18 11 (3.274%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 10 (2.976%) BizTalk Server
1 10 (2.976%) IIS
2 3 (0.893%) SAS
3 2 (0.595%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (0.595%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.298%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (5.655%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.893%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (0.893%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.893%) MS Office
3 1 (0.298%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.298%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.976%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.190%) LabWindows
3 3 (0.893%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.595%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.464%) Internet
2 13 (3.869%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.274%) TCP/IP
4 10 (2.976%) VoIP
5 5 (1.488%) HTTP
6 4 (1.190%) SNMP
6 4 (1.190%) SSL
7 3 (0.893%) iSCSI
7 3 (0.893%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (0.595%) LTE
8 2 (0.595%) GSM
8 2 (0.595%) LAN
8 2 (0.595%) WAN
8 2 (0.595%) DHCP
8 2 (0.595%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.595%) DNS
8 2 (0.595%) 3G
9 1 (0.298%) Intranet
9 1 (0.298%) SS7
9 1 (0.298%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (34.23%) SQL Server
2 29 (8.631%) SQL Server 2005
3 25 (7.440%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (3.274%) SQL Server 2012
5 7 (2.083%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.488%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (0.893%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.595%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 58 (17.26%) Visual Studio
2 20 (5.952%) Subversion
2 20 (5.952%) Team Foundation Server
3 16 (4.762%) MSBuild
4 13 (3.869%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 8 (2.381%) ClearCase
6 7 (2.083%) InstallShield
7 4 (1.190%) JIRA
8 3 (0.893%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.893%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.595%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.298%) Rational Rose
General
1 36 (10.71%) Finance
2 21 (6.250%) Manufacturing
3 18 (5.357%) Banking
3 18 (5.357%) Aerospace
3 18 (5.357%) Games
4 17 (5.060%) Automotive
5 16 (4.762%) Electronics
6 14 (4.167%) Advertising
7 12 (3.571%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.083%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.083%) Retail
8 7 (2.083%) Marketing
9 4 (1.190%) Front Office
9 4 (1.190%) Back Office
10 3 (0.893%) Military
11 1 (0.298%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 146 (43.45%) Developer
2 113 (33.63%) Software Engineer
3 73 (21.73%) C++ Developer
4 44 (13.10%) C++ Software Engineer
5 43 (12.80%) Software Developer
6 31 (9.226%) C++ Software Developer
7 26 (7.738%) Team Leader
8 23 (6.845%) .NET Developer
9 21 (6.250%) Analyst
10 19 (5.655%) Software Team Leader
10 19 (5.655%) Senior Developer
11 17 (5.060%) C# Developer
12 15 (4.464%) Systems Analyst
13 13 (3.869%) Programmer
13 13 (3.869%) C# .NET Developer
14 11 (3.274%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (3.274%) C++ Programmer
15 10 (2.976%) Dynamics CRM Developer
15 10 (2.976%) CRM Developer
15 10 (2.976%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 57 (16.96%) Mathematics
2 29 (8.631%) Computer Science
3 23 (6.845%) Client/Server
4 20 (5.952%) PKI
5 12 (3.571%) Physics
6 9 (2.679%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.786%) Visualisation
7 6 (1.786%) EPoS
7 6 (1.786%) 3D Graphics
8 5 (1.488%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.488%) CUDA
9 4 (1.190%) Firmware
9 4 (1.190%) PMI
9 4 (1.190%) Derivative
9 4 (1.190%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 4 (1.190%) Clustering
10 3 (0.893%) Mechatronics
10 3 (0.893%) Social Network
10 3 (0.893%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 171 (50.89%) Windows
2 29 (8.631%) Linux
3 24 (7.143%) UNIX
4 15 (4.464%) Windows XP
4 15 (4.464%) Windows 7
5 13 (3.869%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (3.274%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (2.976%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.893%) Windows CE
9 2 (0.595%) Android
9 2 (0.595%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.298%) Solaris
10 1 (0.298%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (28.27%) OO
2 81 (24.11%) Multithreading
3 66 (19.64%) Software Engineering
4 52 (15.48%) Scrum
5 41 (12.20%) Agile Software Development
6 36 (10.71%) Unit Testing
7 30 (8.929%) TDD
8 29 (8.631%) OOD
9 24 (7.143%) UML
10 21 (6.250%) CAD
11 17 (5.060%) Web Development
12 16 (4.762%) MVC
13 15 (4.464%) Systems Analysis
14 11 (3.274%) Configuration Management
14 11 (3.274%) BDD
15 10 (2.976%) OOP
15 10 (2.976%) CRM
15 10 (2.976%) Logistics
15 10 (2.976%) Workflow
16 9 (2.679%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 299 (88.99%) C++
2 203 (60.42%) C#
3 99 (29.46%) SQL
4 46 (13.69%) C
5 41 (12.20%) Java
6 38 (11.31%) JavaScript
7 31 (9.226%) T-SQL
8 24 (7.143%) VB
9 20 (5.952%) VB.NET
10 15 (4.464%) Embedded C
10 15 (4.464%) Perl
11 14 (4.167%) VB6
11 14 (4.167%) Python
12 13 (3.869%) PL/SQL
13 12 (3.571%) PHP
14 8 (2.381%) MATLAB
14 8 (2.381%) Assembly Language
15 7 (2.083%) XPath
15 7 (2.083%) ECMAScript
15 7 (2.083%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 75 (22.32%) Degree
2 4 (1.190%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.595%) HNC
3 2 (0.595%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.298%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.298%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.298%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.548%) QA
2 2 (0.595%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.595%) ISO 14001
2 2 (0.595%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.595%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.595%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 100 (29.76%) Microsoft
2 65 (19.35%) Oracle
3 7 (2.083%) Borland
4 4 (1.190%) HP
4 4 (1.190%) Agilent
5 3 (0.893%) SolidWorks
5 3 (0.893%) Sun
6 2 (0.595%) Progress
6 2 (0.595%) Citrix
6 2 (0.595%) DataSynapse
6 2 (0.595%) VMware
7 1 (0.298%) Lombardi
7 1 (0.298%) QNX
7 1 (0.298%) Symbian
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