The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 22 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing C++ 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 6.504% - 1.099%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.81% - 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
74 61 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 60.16% 55.45% 25.27%
Number of salaries quoted 72 44 23
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% +21.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,400 £21,500 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,200 £41,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
West Yorkshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wakefield C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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++.

1 11 (61.11%) C
2 9 (50.00%) Java
3 6 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 6 (33.33%) Games
4 5 (27.78%) Flash Games
4 5 (27.78%) Online Games
4 5 (27.78%) ActionScript 3.0
4 5 (27.78%) Social Gaming
4 5 (27.78%) Facebook
4 5 (27.78%) Facebook Platform
4 5 (27.78%) Flash
4 5 (27.78%) ActionScript
5 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 4 (22.22%) JDBC
5 4 (22.22%) JSP
5 4 (22.22%) SOAP
5 4 (22.22%) Struts
5 4 (22.22%) Web Services
5 4 (22.22%) XML
5 4 (22.22%) XSD
5 4 (22.22%) UNIX
5 4 (22.22%) J2SE
5 4 (22.22%) JMS
5 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
5 4 (22.22%) GPRS
5 4 (22.22%) GSM
5 4 (22.22%) Ethernet
5 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 4 (22.22%) UML
5 4 (22.22%) JBoss

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) Flash
2 4 (22.22%) JDBC
2 4 (22.22%) JSP
2 4 (22.22%) SOAP
2 4 (22.22%) Struts
2 4 (22.22%) Web Services
2 4 (22.22%) XML
2 4 (22.22%) XSD
2 4 (22.22%) J2SE
2 4 (22.22%) JMS
2 4 (22.22%) J2EE
2 4 (22.22%) Spring
2 4 (22.22%) JSF
2 4 (22.22%) Ajax
2 4 (22.22%) Java SE
2 4 (22.22%) Java EE
2 4 (22.22%) JSON
2 4 (22.22%) Hibernate
2 4 (22.22%) iBATIS
2 4 (22.22%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) Facebook Platform
2 4 (22.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) GPRS
1 4 (22.22%) GSM
1 4 (22.22%) Ethernet
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
1 4 (22.22%) Wireless
1 4 (22.22%) 3G
1 4 (22.22%) ZigBee
2 2 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) MySQL
1 4 (22.22%) RDBMS
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Eclipse
1 4 (22.22%) Ant
1 4 (22.22%) JUnit
1 4 (22.22%) Subversion
1 4 (22.22%) Maven
1 4 (22.22%) Hudson
1 4 (22.22%) MyEclipse
General
1 6 (33.33%) Games
2 2 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Flash Games Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Games Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Flash Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Java Web Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Junior Flash Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Java Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Web Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Junior
4 4 (22.22%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Junior Games Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Junior Developer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Technician
5 2 (11.11%) Senior IT Technician
6 1 (5.556%) Games Programmer
6 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Flash Games
1 5 (27.78%) Online Games
1 5 (27.78%) Social Gaming
2 4 (22.22%) Web 2.0
2 4 (22.22%) Firmware
3 1 (5.556%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) UNIX
1 4 (22.22%) Mac OS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (5.556%) Android
3 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) UML
1 4 (22.22%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) C
2 9 (50.00%) Java
3 6 (33.33%) Embedded C
4 5 (27.78%) ActionScript 3.0
4 5 (27.78%) ActionScript
5 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 4 (22.22%) Groovy
6 2 (11.11%) Embedded C++
6 2 (11.11%) PHP
6 2 (11.11%) VB
7 1 (5.556%) C#
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Facebook
2 4 (22.22%) JBoss
2 4 (22.22%) Google
2 4 (22.22%) Atmel
Wakefield, Yorkshire
Ideally they are keen to hear from people with previous gaming development experience using C#... Starting off as a small company over 15 years ago, they are not...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Flash Games Developer required to join this ever evolving gaming company... Essential skills are as follows: - Games industry Knowledge - Programming in Action Script 3 - Senior role in at...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 35,000
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Flash Games Developer required to join this ever evolving gaming company... Essential skills are as follows: - Games industry Knowledge - Programming in Action Script 3 - Senior role in at...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 35,000
Posted: 17 June 2013