The first 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 24 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 69 53 66
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +13
Permanent jobs citing C++ 168 187 134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.341% 4.103% 3.212%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.804% 7.605% 6.957%
Number of salaries quoted 147 165 119
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £44,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2469 2459 1926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.11% 53.95% 46.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2154 2212 1735
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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++ 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 24 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
Birmingham -20 36 £35,000 -6.66%
Worcestershire -2 31 £35,000 +55.55%
Warwickshire -9 28 £37,500 +22.95%
Staffordshire 0 16 £16,000 -60.00%
Coventry -36 16 £36,500 +24.78%
Dudley - 11 £33,500 -
West Bromwich - 7 £40,000 -
Walsall - 4 £27,250 -
Shropshire - 4 £42,000 -
Solihull -14 3 £37,500 +15.38%
Wolverhampton +3 2 £50,000 -
C++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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++.

1 199 (56.06%) C#
2 171 (48.17%) Java
3 168 (47.32%) .NET
4 103 (29.01%) Linux
5 97 (27.32%) Degree
6 82 (23.10%) SQL
7 76 (21.41%) JavaScript
8 70 (19.72%) PHP
8 70 (19.72%) C
9 69 (19.44%) CSS
10 68 (19.15%) VB
11 66 (18.59%) Windows
12 62 (17.46%) Software Engineering
13 60 (16.90%) SQL Server
13 60 (16.90%) HTML
14 59 (16.62%) Microsoft
15 55 (15.49%) OO
16 53 (14.93%) Scrum
16 53 (14.93%) Web Services
17 52 (14.65%) UNIX
17 52 (14.65%) Visual Studio
18 51 (14.37%) Apache
18 51 (14.37%) Computer Science
19 49 (13.80%) Perl
20 48 (13.52%) XML
21 46 (12.96%) Python
22 43 (12.11%) Ruby
23 42 (11.83%) Ajax
24 40 (11.27%) Subversion
25 39 (10.99%) WCF

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 168 (47.32%) .NET
2 69 (19.44%) CSS
3 60 (16.90%) HTML
4 53 (14.93%) Web Services
5 48 (13.52%) XML
6 42 (11.83%) Ajax
7 39 (10.99%) WCF
8 37 (10.42%) WPF
9 36 (10.14%) Ruby on Rails
10 35 (9.859%) jQuery
11 30 (8.451%) COM
12 28 (7.887%) ASP.NET
13 23 (6.479%) LAMP
13 23 (6.479%) .NET Framework
14 20 (5.634%) J2EE
14 20 (5.634%) WinForms
15 19 (5.352%) ASP
15 19 (5.352%) HTML5
16 18 (5.070%) DHTML
17 14 (3.944%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 51 (14.37%) Apache
2 28 (7.887%) Tomcat
3 24 (6.761%) BizTalk Server
4 23 (6.479%) SharePoint
5 16 (4.507%) WebLogic
6 7 (1.972%) SAP Portal
6 7 (1.972%) NetWeaver
7 3 (0.845%) IIS
8 2 (0.563%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.282%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 5 (1.408%) Simulink
2 4 (1.127%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.127%) MS Office
2 4 (1.127%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.563%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.563%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.282%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.282%) CATIA
4 1 (0.282%) Maya
Business Applications
1 11 (3.099%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.282%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.042%) Modbus
2 21 (5.915%) TCP/IP
3 18 (5.070%) DHCP
4 10 (2.817%) ADSL
4 10 (2.817%) SDH
5 8 (2.254%) HTTP
6 7 (1.972%) VoIP
6 7 (1.972%) LDAP
7 4 (1.127%) Network Security
8 3 (0.845%) Internet
9 1 (0.282%) DNS
9 1 (0.282%) 3G
9 1 (0.282%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (16.90%) SQL Server
2 32 (9.014%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.634%) MySQL
4 16 (4.507%) TOAD
4 16 (4.507%) SQLPlus
5 7 (1.972%) DB2
6 6 (1.690%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.127%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.127%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (0.845%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.563%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.563%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.282%) GIS
Development Applications
1 52 (14.65%) Visual Studio
2 40 (11.27%) Subversion
3 19 (5.352%) Team Foundation Server
4 18 (5.070%) Selenium
5 14 (3.944%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 12 (3.380%) QuickTest Pro
7 9 (2.535%) JIRA
8 7 (1.972%) TestComplete
8 7 (1.972%) Xcode
9 5 (1.408%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (1.408%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.127%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (1.127%) JUnit
11 3 (0.845%) WATIR
11 3 (0.845%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.845%) RSpec
12 2 (0.563%) CruiseControl
12 2 (0.563%) ProC
12 2 (0.563%) ClearCase
12 2 (0.563%) NuGet
General
1 27 (7.606%) Electronics
2 22 (6.197%) Aerospace
3 21 (5.915%) Automotive
3 21 (5.915%) Manufacturing
3 21 (5.915%) Finance
4 17 (4.789%) Games
5 13 (3.662%) Retail
6 11 (3.099%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.972%) Legal
8 3 (0.845%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (0.845%) Marketing
9 1 (0.282%) Front Office
9 1 (0.282%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 217 (61.13%) Developer
2 86 (24.23%) Software Engineer
3 54 (15.21%) .NET Developer
4 49 (13.80%) C++ Developer
5 46 (12.96%) Software Developer
6 44 (12.39%) C# Developer
7 40 (11.27%) C# .NET Developer
8 34 (9.577%) Senior Developer
9 33 (9.296%) Junior
10 32 (9.014%) Junior Developer
11 29 (8.169%) Java Developer
11 29 (8.169%) Applications Developer
12 26 (7.324%) Graduate
13 24 (6.761%) Graduate Developer
14 23 (6.479%) Programmer
15 19 (5.352%) Web Developer
15 19 (5.352%) Analyst
15 19 (5.352%) C++ Software Engineer
15 19 (5.352%) C++/Java Developer
16 18 (5.070%) C++/C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.37%) Computer Science
2 32 (9.014%) Mathematics
3 26 (7.324%) Open Source
4 14 (3.944%) Physics
5 13 (3.662%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.099%) SCADA
7 9 (2.535%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.535%) Pocket PC
7 9 (2.535%) Device Driver
8 8 (2.254%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 8 (2.254%) Digital Media
9 7 (1.972%) Smartcard
9 7 (1.972%) Blackberry
10 6 (1.690%) Visualisation
10 6 (1.690%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.408%) Firmware
11 5 (1.408%) VHDL
12 3 (0.845%) Ergonomics
12 3 (0.845%) Verilog
12 3 (0.845%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 103 (29.01%) Linux
2 66 (18.59%) Windows
3 52 (14.65%) UNIX
4 16 (4.507%) Windows Phone
5 14 (3.944%) Solaris
6 12 (3.380%) Android
7 11 (3.099%) OpenVMS
8 10 (2.817%) Windows CE
9 9 (2.535%) Windows 8
9 9 (2.535%) Windows Phone 8
9 9 (2.535%) Windows Mobile
10 7 (1.972%) Windows Phone 7
11 5 (1.408%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.408%) Windows NT
11 5 (1.408%) MVS
12 4 (1.127%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.563%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.563%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (17.46%) Software Engineering
2 55 (15.49%) OO
3 53 (14.93%) Scrum
4 33 (9.296%) Agile Software Development
5 25 (7.042%) Web Development
6 24 (6.761%) MVC
7 22 (6.197%) CAD
8 17 (4.789%) UML
9 15 (4.225%) Automated Testing
10 13 (3.662%) TDD
11 12 (3.380%) Software Architecture
12 10 (2.817%) Test Scripting
12 10 (2.817%) Web Application Development
13 9 (2.535%) OOD
13 9 (2.535%) Validation
14 8 (2.254%) OOP
15 7 (1.972%) Signal Processing
15 7 (1.972%) Cyber Security
16 6 (1.690%) Software Testing
17 5 (1.408%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 199 (56.06%) C#
2 171 (48.17%) Java
3 82 (23.10%) SQL
4 76 (21.41%) JavaScript
5 70 (19.72%) PHP
5 70 (19.72%) C
6 68 (19.15%) VB
7 49 (13.80%) Perl
8 46 (12.96%) Python
9 43 (12.11%) Ruby
10 33 (9.296%) ActionScript
11 31 (8.732%) VC++
12 25 (7.042%) PL/SQL
13 23 (6.479%) Embedded C++
14 17 (4.789%) VB.NET
15 16 (4.507%) Delphi
15 16 (4.507%) MATLAB
16 14 (3.944%) Embedded C
17 13 (3.662%) PHP5
17 13 (3.662%) VB6
Qualifications
1 97 (27.32%) Degree
2 11 (3.099%) ISEB
2 11 (3.099%) PhD
3 9 (2.535%) HNC
4 6 (1.690%) HND
4 6 (1.690%) Postgraduate
5 3 (0.845%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.563%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.887%) QA
2 11 (3.099%) ISO 9001
2 11 (3.099%) TickIT
3 1 (0.282%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.282%) JTAG
3 1 (0.282%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (0.845%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.282%) Squid
2 1 (0.282%) Samba
Vendors
1 59 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.42%) Oracle
3 27 (7.606%) SAP
4 16 (4.507%) JBoss
5 7 (1.972%) Sybase
5 7 (1.972%) Borland
6 4 (1.127%) Freescale
7 3 (0.845%) VMware
8 2 (0.563%) SIMUL8
8 2 (0.563%) QNX
8 2 (0.563%) Apple
8 2 (0.563%) Citrix
8 2 (0.563%) Wind River
8 2 (0.563%) Twitter
9 1 (0.282%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.282%) Altera
9 1 (0.282%) Atmel
9 1 (0.282%) Intel
9 1 (0.282%) Progress
9 1 (0.282%) Siemens
Coventry, West Midlands
Software Developer - Coventry - C#, C#.NET, C++Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 DOEMy innovative client are in the process of changing how we view one of the most...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
A leading Financial organisation based in Warwickshire is looking for a Developer with C++ skills to work within an exciting environment, providing strategic products to the financial market...
Jumar Solutions
Salary: Up to £45k depending upon experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Telford, Shropshire
Keywords: Analyst, Programmer, Developer, C, VB, Java, C++, OO Language... Experience of the SDLC and exposure to an OO development language such as C/C++ is highly beneficial.
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum + Good Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warwickshire
A leading Financial organisation based in Warwickshire is looking for a Developer with C++ skills to work within an exciting environment, providing strategic products to the financial market...
Jumar
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending upon experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Development of ASP.net web pages using .NET 4 in C#. Develop and maintain the Cargo X-ray software code base using ASP.NET 4, Visual C++ and...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £35000 - £43000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Position Software Engineer/ C++ / Software DeveloperSalary £25,000 - £30,000 Location King's Heath, BirminghamReference 7006080The Background - Software Engineer/ C++ / Software DeveloperThis driven and dynamic company is looking...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Role This position will concentrate on bringing forward this company's new product, and will require you to write code in C++ that can be added to...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The Ideal Software Developer: Degree in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Physics or Engineering) Must be competent in C++ or C# Excellent communication skills, flexible & self-motivated... Experience...
Hired Online
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Plus Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
The Developer must have good knowledge of at least one Microsoft visual programming language (C#, .Net, VB etc) as well as experience with relational databases and MySQL or...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 24 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Key Skills* Comprehensive Ruby on Rails web development experience* Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix platforms* Java or C++ programming ability* UI Design with HTML, CSS & Javascript* Experience delivering...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Warwickshire
Key Skills * Comprehensive Ruby on Rails web development experience * Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix platforms * Java or C++ programming ability * UI Design with HTML, CSS & Javascript * Experience delivering...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Automated Test Analyst, Tester, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, SWET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java,...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
NET Developer (MVC)- WalsallA household name are looking for two -NET Developers to join a brand new digital media team-As one of the -NET Developers you will...
OPUS
Salary: GBP26000 to GBP30000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
Key Skills of the .NET Developer - Experience in internet technologies, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, classic ASP and ASP.NET, C#, MVC, SQL coding and SQL Server - Experience in program...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £26000 to £30000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
They are now looking to bring in a Senior Software Engineer to work with a new and exciting software suite.Key responsibilities- Systems Integration of software onto product...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Key responsibilities - Systems Integration of software onto product hardware - Development of ASP.net web pages using .NET 4 in C# - Develop and maintain the Cargo X-ray software...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £35000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
Skills: To be suitable you must have a web based background, ideally web applications, including ASP.Net with C# and ideally some VB.Net, HTML, jQuery, CSS, SQL...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus (10%), pension
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warwickshire
Proficient in Objective C or C# Experience of agile development methodologies... computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive touch screen development experience... Database...
Tinderstone
Salary: From £24,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Worcestershire, West Midlands
Skills & Experience needed Analogue & Digital Circuit Design PCB Layout & Schematics Embedded systems C/C++ Desirable Degree in electronics This is a fantastic career opportunity that will see you...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stafford, Staffordshire
The Person We are looking for a diverse and disciplined engineer educated to degree level in electrical or electronics engineering with strong programming skills in C, C++. We...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warwickshire
Highly proficient in Objective C or C# Experienced scrum master... computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive touch screen development experience... Database Technology -...
Tinderstone
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire
Experienced scrum master... computer science, computer games, maths, science) iOS, Android, Window Phone or interactive touch screen development experience... SQLLite, MS SQL or MongoDB/Redis... MVC, WPF, WCF.....
Tinderstone
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
Requirements: Strong Software Engineering background... Experience with Ada or C/C++ Knowledge of UML, Artisan, DOORS, Spark, OOD or Lucol would be desirable. Degree qualified in a relevant...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Software Engineer - Engineer - C/C++ / Java / Visual Basic / Fortran / Global LeaderSoftware Engineer - Embedded Engineer - Engineer - MidlandsAmoria Bond is currently seeking a highly experienced and talented Software Engineer for...
Amoria Bond
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 10 May 2013
West Midlands
An ideal candidate will come from a software engineering background with strong software programming and application of CAD, FEA or CFD tools. Key Tasks:*Deliver quality of projects...
Amoria Bond
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Pension and Healthcare
Posted: 19 May 2013