Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 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 of the Programming Languages category for the West Midlands region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank433426
Rank change year-on-year
Down-9Down-8
Matching permanent IT job ads138231516
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands3.871 %4.950 %5.956 %
As % of the Programming Languages category8.647 %10.18 %13.54 %
Salaries quoted128197387
Average salary£37,500£33,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63 %-5.710 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,350£24,700£25,400
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£46,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
159622693811
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands44.77 %48.62 %43.99 %
Salaries quoted141919053265
Average salary£34,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.610 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£24,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

West Midlands C++ Salary Histogram

C++
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. 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
BirminghamDown-356£40,000+22.13 %
CoventryUp+1226£32,500-2.98 %
SolihullUp+115£32,500+18.18 %
WarwickshireDown-1910£42,500+21.42 %
HerefordshireUp+178£41,500+27.69 %
WorcestershireDown-66£30,000-7.69 %
StaffordshireDown-114£20,000-63.63 %
ShropshireUp+111£55,000+46.66 %
WolverhamptonUp+111£52,500+50.00 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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++.

1188 (50.67 %)C#
2157 (42.32 %)Java
3145 (39.08 %)C
4121 (32.61 %).NET
5113 (30.46 %)PHP
6102 (27.49 %)SQL Server
799 (26.68 %)Degree
887 (23.45 %)SQL
983 (22.37 %)Windows
1074 (19.95 %)Perl
1172 (19.41 %)Linux
1172 (19.41 %)OO
1260 (16.17 %)VB
1359 (15.90 %)Web Services
1455 (14.82 %)UNIX
1455 (14.82 %)Ruby
1554 (14.56 %)HTML
1554 (14.56 %)JavaScript
1650 (13.48 %)MySQL
1650 (13.48 %)ASP.NET
1650 (13.48 %)CSS
1650 (13.48 %)LAMP
1739 (10.51 %)MFC
1835 (9.434 %)Delphi
1934 (9.164 %)Open Source
2033 (8.895 %)Software Engineering
2033 (8.895 %)Mathematics
2131 (8.356 %)Games
2229 (7.817 %)XML
2229 (7.817 %)Apache

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1121 (32.61 %).NET
259 (15.90 %)Web Services
354 (14.56 %)HTML
450 (13.48 %)ASP.NET
450 (13.48 %)CSS
450 (13.48 %)LAMP
539 (10.51 %)MFC
629 (7.817 %)XML
728 (7.547 %)SOAP
827 (7.278 %)J2EE
926 (7.008 %)AJAX
1021 (5.660 %)WPF
1120 (5.391 %)OpenGL
1218 (4.852 %)Middleware
1317 (4.582 %)ASP
1317 (4.582 %)Flash
1415 (4.043 %)Adobe Flex
1415 (4.043 %)Adobe AIR
1415 (4.043 %)jQuery
1514 (3.774 %)Ruby on Rails
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (7.817 %)Apache
216 (4.313 %)IIS
34 (1.078 %)WebLogic
34 (1.078 %)Tomcat
43 (0.809 %)Jetty
51 (0.270 %)WordPress
51 (0.270 %)LiveLink
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (3.235 %)Photoshop
25 (1.348 %)MS Office
33 (0.809 %)MS Excel
42 (0.539 %)MS Visio
51 (0.270 %)AutoCAD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (4.313 %)Internet
212 (3.235 %)TCP/IP
212 (3.235 %)UMTS
311 (2.965 %)3GPP
49 (2.426 %)GPRS
58 (2.156 %)GSM
67 (1.887 %)Wireless
75 (1.348 %)HSPA
75 (1.348 %)SMTP
75 (1.348 %)Intranet
84 (1.078 %)ASN.1
84 (1.078 %)3G
93 (0.809 %)DNS
93 (0.809 %)HTTP
102 (0.539 %)Firewall
102 (0.539 %)ISDN
102 (0.539 %)LAN
102 (0.539 %)Ethernet
102 (0.539 %)FTP
102 (0.539 %)ATM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1102 (27.49 %)SQL Server
250 (13.48 %)MySQL
318 (4.852 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
417 (4.582 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (1.617 %)RDBMS
56 (1.617 %)MS Access
56 (1.617 %)SQL Server 2008
63 (0.809 %)BusinessObjects XI
63 (0.809 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (0.809 %)BusinessObjects
63 (0.809 %)GIS
72 (0.539 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.539 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.270 %)Datawarehouse
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (4.313 %)VSS/SourceSafe
29 (2.426 %)Visual Studio
38 (2.156 %)JUnit
45 (1.348 %)TestComplete
45 (1.348 %)Ant
54 (1.078 %)Oracle Forms
63 (0.809 %)MSTest
63 (0.809 %)ProC
72 (0.539 %)ClearCase
81 (0.270 %)Eclipse
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
131 (8.356 %)Games
227 (7.278 %)Finance
319 (5.121 %)Pharmaceutical
417 (4.582 %)Retail
516 (4.313 %)Pensions
610 (2.695 %)Banking
610 (2.695 %)Telecoms
79 (2.426 %)Education
88 (2.156 %)3D Graphics
97 (1.887 %)Automotive
106 (1.617 %)Health
106 (1.617 %)Marketing
113 (0.809 %)Investment Banking
122 (0.539 %)Back Office
122 (0.539 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.270 %)Online Games
131 (0.270 %)Construction
131 (0.270 %)Advertising
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1249 (67.12 %)Developer
267 (18.06 %)Software Developer
345 (12.13 %)C# Developer
443 (11.59 %).NET Developer
443 (11.59 %)Software Engineer
539 (10.51 %)Senior Developer
636 (9.704 %)Web Developer
733 (8.895 %)C++ Developer
826 (7.008 %)ASP.NET Developer
826 (7.008 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
921 (5.660 %)Java Developer
921 (5.660 %)Applications Developer
1018 (4.852 %)Architect
1018 (4.852 %)Programmer
1018 (4.852 %)Senior C# Developer
1117 (4.582 %)PHP Developer
1216 (4.313 %)Analyst
1216 (4.313 %)Systems Developer
1216 (4.313 %)C++ Software Engineer
1216 (4.313 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
134 (9.164 %)Open Source
233 (8.895 %)Mathematics
328 (7.547 %)Computer Science
420 (5.391 %)W3C
518 (4.852 %)N-Tier
617 (4.582 %)Physics
710 (2.695 %)Multithreading
710 (2.695 %)SaaS
86 (1.617 %)Handset
86 (1.617 %)Mainframe
86 (1.617 %)Applied Mathematics
95 (1.348 %)iPhone
104 (1.078 %)Streaming Video
113 (0.809 %)Equities
122 (0.539 %)Grid Computing
122 (0.539 %)Client/Server
131 (0.270 %)Semantic Web
131 (0.270 %)Data Conversion
131 (0.270 %)Blog
131 (0.270 %)Economics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
183 (22.37 %)Windows
272 (19.41 %)Linux
355 (14.82 %)UNIX
426 (7.008 %)Solaris
510 (2.695 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (1.617 %)Windows XP
73 (0.809 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.539 %)SUSE
82 (0.539 %)Windows NT
82 (0.539 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.270 %)AIX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
172 (19.41 %)OO
233 (8.895 %)Software Engineering
322 (5.930 %)OOP
421 (5.660 %)SOA
517 (4.582 %)Project Management
614 (3.774 %)UML
614 (3.774 %)Agile Software Development
711 (2.965 %)E-Commerce
711 (2.965 %)OOA/OOD
88 (2.156 %)CAD
88 (2.156 %)OOD
88 (2.156 %)Financial Modelling
88 (2.156 %)Risk Analysis
97 (1.887 %)Software Testing
97 (1.887 %)B2B
106 (1.617 %)Document Management
115 (1.348 %)Video Processing
115 (1.348 %)Load Testing
115 (1.348 %)Validation
124 (1.078 %)Information Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1188 (50.67 %)C#
2157 (42.32 %)Java
3145 (39.08 %)C
4113 (30.46 %)PHP
587 (23.45 %)SQL
674 (19.95 %)Perl
760 (16.17 %)VB
855 (14.82 %)Ruby
954 (14.56 %)JavaScript
1035 (9.434 %)Delphi
1126 (7.008 %)VC++
1224 (6.469 %)VB6
1318 (4.852 %)VB.NET
1411 (2.965 %)VBA
159 (2.426 %)Python
168 (2.156 %)ActionScript
168 (2.156 %)TTCN
168 (2.156 %)PHP5
177 (1.887 %)Assembly Language
177 (1.887 %)COBOL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
199 (26.68 %)Degree
25 (1.348 %)Security Cleared
25 (1.348 %)ISTQB
25 (1.348 %)ISEB
25 (1.348 %)ISEB Practitioner
34 (1.078 %)CFA
43 (0.809 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.539 %)PhD
52 (0.539 %)SC Cleared
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.270 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.887 %)MSMQ
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.539 %)OpenView
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (7.817 %)Microsoft
222 (5.930 %)Adobe
321 (5.660 %)Oracle
414 (3.774 %)GUPTA
57 (1.887 %)JBoss
64 (1.078 %)Remedy
64 (1.078 %)IBM
64 (1.078 %)SunGard
64 (1.078 %)DataSynapse
73 (0.809 %)SGI
73 (0.809 %)BEA
73 (0.809 %)SAP
73 (0.809 %)Business Objects
73 (0.809 %)Micro Focus
82 (0.539 %)Blue Coat
82 (0.539 %)Infragistics
82 (0.539 %)HP
82 (0.539 %)Cisco
82 (0.539 %)Fortinet
91 (0.270 %)Zend