The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded 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 Embedded C++ 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C++
Rank 189 176 152
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -24
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 15 8 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.300% 0.176% 0.474%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.609% 0.327% 1.025%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 16
Average salary £52,500 £36,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.82% +3.57%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2462 2450 1952
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.16% 53.96% 46.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2146 2208 1757
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,250
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%
Embedded C++
England

Embedded C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Embedded C++ Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C++
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Embedded C++ Salary Trend

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Embedded C++ across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Embedded C++ Salary Histogram

Embedded C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ within the West Midlands region 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
Worcestershire +11 5 £50,000 +75.43%
Staffordshire 0 2 - -
Birmingham - 1 £35,000 -
Embedded C++
England

Embedded C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++.

1 22 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (59.09%) C
3 12 (54.55%) Embedded C
4 11 (50.00%) Subversion
5 10 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (40.91%) Windows Mobile
6 9 (40.91%) Pocket PC
6 9 (40.91%) WCF
6 9 (40.91%) Scrum
6 9 (40.91%) Windows CE
6 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
6 9 (40.91%) C#
6 9 (40.91%) SQL
6 9 (40.91%) .NET
6 9 (40.91%) Visual Studio
6 9 (40.91%) Web Services
6 9 (40.91%) Windows
6 9 (40.91%) JIRA
6 9 (40.91%) Windows 8
6 9 (40.91%) Windows Phone 8
6 9 (40.91%) Mobile App
6 9 (40.91%) Windows Phone
7 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
7 7 (31.82%) Electronics
8 6 (27.27%) Validation
9 5 (22.73%) Degree
9 5 (22.73%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
10 4 (18.18%) Linux
10 4 (18.18%) MATLAB

Embedded C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (40.91%) WCF
1 9 (40.91%) .NET
1 9 (40.91%) Web Services
2 2 (9.091%) XML
2 2 (9.091%) XSD
2 2 (9.091%) ADO.NET
2 2 (9.091%) WinForms
2 2 (9.091%) .NET Framework
2 2 (9.091%) LINQ
2 2 (9.091%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) IIS
1 2 (9.091%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Simulink
2 2 (9.091%) MS Office
2 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.091%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.545%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.545%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Subversion
2 9 (40.91%) Visual Studio
2 9 (40.91%) JIRA
3 2 (9.091%) ClearCase
General
1 7 (31.82%) Electronics
2 2 (9.091%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.091%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Mobile Developer
3 8 (36.36%) Windows Mobile Developer
4 7 (31.82%) Applications Developer
5 4 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (9.091%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Leader
7 1 (4.545%) Digital Design Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.545%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Pocket PC
1 9 (40.91%) Mobile App
2 5 (22.73%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (9.091%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (9.091%) CAN bus
4 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.545%) Derivative
4 1 (4.545%) VHDL
4 1 (4.545%) Verilog
4 1 (4.545%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows Mobile
1 9 (40.91%) Windows CE
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
1 9 (40.91%) Windows 8
1 9 (40.91%) Windows Phone 8
1 9 (40.91%) Windows Phone
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (9.091%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (40.91%) Scrum
3 6 (27.27%) Validation
4 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.64%) OOP
6 2 (9.091%) UML
6 2 (9.091%) MVC
6 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 2 (9.091%) Process Improvement
7 1 (4.545%) Digital Signal Processing
7 1 (4.545%) Signal Processing
7 1 (4.545%) OOD
7 1 (4.545%) OO
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (59.09%) C
3 12 (54.55%) Embedded C
4 9 (40.91%) C#
4 9 (40.91%) SQL
5 4 (18.18%) MATLAB
6 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
7 1 (4.545%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.091%) PhD
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) QNX
2 2 (9.091%) Wind River
3 1 (4.545%) Altera
3 1 (4.545%) Atmel
3 1 (4.545%) Intel
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