The first table below looks at the demand for VC++ 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 VC++ 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
Microsoft Visual C++
Rank 185 166 153
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -13
Permanent jobs citing VC++ 19 19 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.378% 0.417% 0.551%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.770% 0.773% 1.194%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 23
Average salary £50,000 £36,250 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% -48.21%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £39,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- -2.46%
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%
VC++
England

VC++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands VC++ Jobs Demand Trend

VC++
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands VC++ Salary Trend

VC++
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands VC++ Salary Histogram

VC++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VC++ 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 -11 9 £50,000 +33.33%
Staffordshire 0 2 £39,000 +7.58%
Solihull - 2 £40,750 -
West Bromwich - 2 £50,000 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £50,000 -
Worcestershire -10 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - -
VC++
England

VC++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (100.00%) C++
2 28 (90.32%) C#
2 28 (90.32%) .NET
3 23 (74.19%) Mathematics
4 20 (64.52%) CAD
5 18 (58.06%) Degree
6 15 (48.39%) Manufacturing
6 15 (48.39%) Visual Studio
7 14 (45.16%) Scrum
7 14 (45.16%) WinForms
7 14 (45.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (45.16%) WCF
7 14 (45.16%) WPF
8 13 (41.94%) Aerospace
8 13 (41.94%) Automotive
9 10 (32.26%) MFC
10 9 (29.03%) Physics
11 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
12 7 (22.58%) MATLAB
12 7 (22.58%) Borland
12 7 (22.58%) OO
13 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
13 6 (19.35%) Finance
14 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
14 4 (12.90%) SQL
15 3 (9.677%) VB.NET
16 2 (6.452%) UML
16 2 (6.452%) Citrix
16 2 (6.452%) Oracle Forms
16 2 (6.452%) Oracle 8/8i

VC++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 28 (90.32%) .NET
2 14 (45.16%) WinForms
2 14 (45.16%) WCF
2 14 (45.16%) WPF
3 10 (32.26%) MFC
4 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
5 2 (6.452%) XHTML
5 2 (6.452%) HTML
5 2 (6.452%) CSS
5 2 (6.452%) JDBC
5 2 (6.452%) STL
5 2 (6.452%) Web Services
5 2 (6.452%) XML
5 2 (6.452%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.452%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.452%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 15 (48.39%) Visual Studio
2 14 (45.16%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (6.452%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (6.452%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 15 (48.39%) Manufacturing
2 13 (41.94%) Aerospace
2 13 (41.94%) Automotive
3 6 (19.35%) Finance
4 1 (3.226%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Software Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) C++ Software Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Developer
4 2 (6.452%) DBA
4 2 (6.452%) Applications Developer
4 2 (6.452%) Senior Developer
4 2 (6.452%) Applications Support
4 2 (6.452%) Test Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (3.226%) .NET Developer
5 1 (3.226%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.226%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (3.226%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (74.19%) Mathematics
2 9 (29.03%) Physics
3 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
1 1 (3.226%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) CAD
2 14 (45.16%) Scrum
3 8 (25.81%) Software Engineering
4 7 (22.58%) OO
5 2 (6.452%) UML
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) C++
2 28 (90.32%) C#
3 7 (22.58%) MATLAB
4 4 (12.90%) SQL
5 3 (9.677%) VB.NET
6 2 (6.452%) VB
6 2 (6.452%) Java
6 2 (6.452%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.452%) PHP
6 2 (6.452%) PL/SQL
7 1 (3.226%) C
Qualifications
1 18 (58.06%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.452%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Borland
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.452%) Citrix
3 2 (6.452%) Oracle
3 2 (6.452%) VMware
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