The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 90 89 71
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -18
Permanent jobs citing C++ 90 83 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.438% 2.569% 2.689%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.487% 4.784% 4.969%
Number of salaries quoted 77 68 66
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £20,000 £28,750
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2006 1735 1590
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 54.33% 53.70% 54.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1635 1557 1383
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Yorkshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -11 48 £40,000 +21.21%
Wakefield +6 11 £32,500 -
Halifax +10 7 £34,000 -
Bradford -3 7 £42,500 -2.29%
Castleford - 4 £37,500 -
Huddersfield - 4 £40,000 -
Wetherby +10 2 £50,000 +67.36%
Pontefract - 2 £35,000 -
C++
Yorkshire

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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++.

1 112 (51.61%) C
2 89 (41.01%) Linux
3 86 (39.63%) Java
4 84 (38.71%) C#
5 76 (35.02%) .NET
6 75 (34.56%) SQL
7 52 (23.96%) Embedded C
8 49 (22.58%) Embedded C++
9 45 (20.74%) HTML
10 41 (18.89%) Agile Software Development
11 40 (18.43%) OO
12 37 (17.05%) Embedded Linux
13 36 (16.59%) Electronics
14 35 (16.13%) SQL Server
14 35 (16.13%) Degree
15 34 (15.67%) XML
16 31 (14.29%) JavaScript
17 30 (13.82%) Web Services
18 28 (12.90%) UNIX
19 27 (12.44%) TCP/IP
20 26 (11.98%) ASP.NET
21 25 (11.52%) Oracle
21 25 (11.52%) HTTP
22 24 (11.06%) Windows
23 23 (10.60%) J2EE
24 22 (10.14%) IIS
24 22 (10.14%) VB
24 22 (10.14%) Microsoft
25 21 (9.677%) CSS
25 21 (9.677%) WinForms

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 76 (35.02%) .NET
2 45 (20.74%) HTML
3 34 (15.67%) XML
4 30 (13.82%) Web Services
5 26 (11.98%) ASP.NET
6 23 (10.60%) J2EE
7 21 (9.677%) CSS
7 21 (9.677%) WinForms
8 15 (6.912%) CSLA
9 14 (6.452%) JSP
9 14 (6.452%) COM+
10 13 (5.991%) jQuery
11 12 (5.530%) .NET Framework
12 11 (5.069%) JDBC
12 11 (5.069%) XHTML
13 10 (4.608%) XSL
13 10 (4.608%) Cocoa
13 10 (4.608%) Silverlight
14 8 (3.687%) ASP
14 8 (3.687%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 22 (10.14%) IIS
2 14 (6.452%) Apache
3 6 (2.765%) Tomcat
4 5 (2.304%) Facebook Platform
5 4 (1.843%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.843%) CMS
6 2 (0.922%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.922%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 16 (7.373%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.843%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.44%) TCP/IP
2 25 (11.52%) HTTP
3 19 (8.756%) DVB
4 16 (7.373%) UPnP
4 16 (7.373%) Internet
5 15 (6.912%) SAN
6 14 (6.452%) WAN
6 14 (6.452%) LAN
7 13 (5.991%) DHCP
8 6 (2.765%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.843%) 3G
9 4 (1.843%) GPRS
9 4 (1.843%) GSM
9 4 (1.843%) Wireless
9 4 (1.843%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.922%) VPN
10 2 (0.922%) DNS
11 1 (0.461%) OpenVPN
11 1 (0.461%) DLNA
11 1 (0.461%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (16.13%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.217%) MySQL
3 16 (7.373%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (4.147%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (2.304%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.382%) CouchDB
6 3 (1.382%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.382%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.382%) MS Access
6 3 (1.382%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.922%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.461%) SQLite
8 1 (0.461%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.461%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.461%) OLTP
8 1 (0.461%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 15 (6.912%) Subversion
2 12 (5.530%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.687%) Eclipse
3 8 (3.687%) NUnit
3 8 (3.687%) MSTest
4 5 (2.304%) Hudson
4 5 (2.304%) MyEclipse
4 5 (2.304%) Maven
4 5 (2.304%) Ant
4 5 (2.304%) JUnit
5 2 (0.922%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.461%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (0.461%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.461%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.461%) ProC
General
1 36 (16.59%) Electronics
2 20 (9.217%) Finance
3 19 (8.756%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.608%) Publishing
5 7 (3.226%) Games
6 3 (1.382%) Back Office
7 2 (0.922%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.461%) Retail
Job Titles
1 101 (46.54%) Software Engineer
2 78 (35.94%) Developer
3 61 (28.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 23 (10.60%) Senior Software Engineer
5 22 (10.14%) .NET Developer
6 20 (9.217%) Software Developer
7 18 (8.295%) Applications Support
8 17 (7.834%) Analyst
9 16 (7.373%) Team Leader
10 14 (6.452%) Software Team Leader
11 12 (5.530%) Support Analyst
11 12 (5.530%) C# Developer
12 11 (5.069%) Java Developer
13 10 (4.608%) Web Developer
13 10 (4.608%) Senior Developer
13 10 (4.608%) C# .NET Developer
14 8 (3.687%) Development Manager
14 8 (3.687%) Applications Support Analyst
15 7 (3.226%) Java Web Developer
15 7 (3.226%) VB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.677%) STB
2 19 (8.756%) MPEG
2 19 (8.756%) Device Driver
3 16 (7.373%) N-Tier
3 16 (7.373%) IPTV
3 16 (7.373%) Digital Media
4 12 (5.530%) Computer Science
5 10 (4.608%) Blackberry
5 10 (4.608%) Smartphone
6 9 (4.147%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (3.226%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.765%) Open Source
9 5 (2.304%) Social Gaming
9 5 (2.304%) Online Games
9 5 (2.304%) Flash Games
9 5 (2.304%) Web 2.0
9 5 (2.304%) Firmware
10 4 (1.843%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.382%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.382%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 89 (41.01%) Linux
2 37 (17.05%) Embedded Linux
3 28 (12.90%) UNIX
4 24 (11.06%) Windows
5 18 (8.295%) Android
6 10 (4.608%) Windows Phone
7 8 (3.687%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.304%) Windows Phone 8
8 5 (2.304%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.922%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.461%) CentOS
10 1 (0.461%) Debian
10 1 (0.461%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.461%) AIX
10 1 (0.461%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (18.89%) Agile Software Development
2 40 (18.43%) OO
3 20 (9.217%) Software Engineering
4 17 (7.834%) OOD
5 16 (7.373%) Time Management
6 15 (6.912%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (6.452%) Capacity Planning
8 10 (4.608%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (4.147%) Embedded Software Development
9 9 (4.147%) Service Delivery
10 8 (3.687%) ITIL
10 8 (3.687%) UML
10 8 (3.687%) Load Balancing
11 7 (3.226%) Workflow
11 7 (3.226%) OOP
12 6 (2.765%) Unit Testing
13 5 (2.304%) Waterfall
13 5 (2.304%) Scrum
13 5 (2.304%) Asset Management
13 5 (2.304%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 112 (51.61%) C
2 86 (39.63%) Java
3 84 (38.71%) C#
4 75 (34.56%) SQL
5 52 (23.96%) Embedded C
6 49 (22.58%) Embedded C++
7 31 (14.29%) JavaScript
8 22 (10.14%) VB
9 18 (8.295%) Objective-C
9 18 (8.295%) VB.NET
10 17 (7.834%) VB6
11 13 (5.991%) PowerShell
12 11 (5.069%) PHP
13 9 (4.147%) ActionScript
14 8 (3.687%) Perl
15 7 (3.226%) VC++
15 7 (3.226%) VBA
16 6 (2.765%) VBScript
16 6 (2.765%) PL/SQL
17 5 (2.304%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 35 (16.13%) Degree
2 8 (3.687%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.382%) ISEB
4 1 (0.461%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.461%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.461%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.461%) CCNA
4 1 (0.461%) MCAD
4 1 (0.461%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.991%) QA
2 1 (0.461%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (3.687%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.461%) vSphere
2 1 (0.461%) VirtualBox
2 1 (0.461%) SpamAssassin
2 1 (0.461%) Samba
2 1 (0.461%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (0.922%) Nagios
2 1 (0.461%) Puppet
2 1 (0.461%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (11.52%) Oracle
2 22 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.069%) Apple
4 8 (3.687%) Infragistics
5 5 (2.304%) Facebook
5 5 (2.304%) Google
5 5 (2.304%) JBoss
6 4 (1.843%) Atmel
7 2 (0.922%) Cisco
8 1 (0.461%) F5
8 1 (0.461%) Lombardi
8 1 (0.461%) Perforce
8 1 (0.461%) VMware
8 1 (0.461%) Progress
8 1 (0.461%) Citrix
8 1 (0.461%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.461%) EMC
8 1 (0.461%) TIBCO
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