The first table below looks at the demand for STL 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 STL 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 Application Development category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Template Library (STL)
Rank 201 184 174
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -10
Permanent jobs citing STL 3 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.022% 0.048%
As % of the Application Development category 0.147% 0.051% 0.128%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £30,000 £39,000 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2035 1961 1563
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 40.47% 43.02% 37.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1813 1757 1428
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
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%
STL
England

STL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing STL across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands STL Jobs Demand Trend

STL
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands STL Salary Trend

STL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing STL 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 -17 2 £30,000 -23.07%
Warwickshire - 1 £37,500 -
STL
England

STL
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing STL 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 STL.

1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
3 5 (71.43%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
4 4 (57.14%) SOAP
4 4 (57.14%) C
4 4 (57.14%) Python
4 4 (57.14%) HTTP
4 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
4 4 (57.14%) XML
4 4 (57.14%) OpenGL
4 4 (57.14%) DirectX
4 4 (57.14%) Games
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
5 2 (28.57%) Physics
5 2 (28.57%) VC++
5 2 (28.57%) .NET
5 2 (28.57%) MFC
6 1 (14.29%) Web Services
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) XMLSpy
6 1 (14.29%) TortoiseSVN

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (57.14%) SOAP
2 4 (57.14%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) OpenGL
2 4 (57.14%) DirectX
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) MFC
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) HTTP
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) XMLSpy
2 1 (14.29%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) C++ Developer
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 2 (28.57%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) C
3 4 (57.14%) Python
4 2 (28.57%) VC++
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree