C++ Jobs in Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C++ Scotland / Glasgow
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	42	63	73
Rank change year-on-year	+21	+10
Permanent jobs citing C++	68	49	28
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow	5.62%	3.77%	2.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category	8.31%	5.97%	4.15%
Number of salaries quoted	59	5	15
Median salary	£45,000	£40,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+12.50%	-5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£26,750	£29,350
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£52,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+6.25%

C++ is in the programming language skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for programming language skills.

Programming Language Skills Glasgow
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for programming language skills	818	821	674
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow	67.55%	63.20%	53.53%
Number of salaries quoted	1049	777	745
Median salary	£45,000	£40,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+12.50%	-5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,000	£28,650	£28,750
10% offered a salary of more than	£71,500	£62,500	£64,750
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+4.93%	+1.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing C++ as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ in Glasgow.

C++
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing C++ in Glasgow over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Glasgow region with a requirement for C++.

1	77 (74.04%)	Java
2	72 (69.23%)	Python
3	52 (50.00%)	OO
4	48 (46.15%)	Finance
5	42 (40.38%)	Big Data
6	39 (37.50%)	C#
7	37 (35.58%)	Machine Learning
8	36 (34.62%)	Agile Software Development
9	34 (32.69%)	Client/Server
9	34 (32.69%)	Relational Database
10	24 (23.08%)	Robotics
11	23 (22.12%)	Banking
12	22 (21.15%)	Software Engineering
13	21 (20.19%)	Risk Management
14	19 (18.27%)	Greenfield Project

15	18 (17.31%)	Investment Banking
15	18 (17.31%)	Degree
15	18 (17.31%)	Linux
15	18 (17.31%)	SQL
16	16 (15.38%)	Computer Science
17	13 (12.50%)	NoSQL
17	13 (12.50%)	C
17	13 (12.50%)	Windows
18	12 (11.54%)	Test Automation
19	11 (10.58%)	Unit Testing
19	11 (10.58%)	Ruby
19	11 (10.58%)	OOD
20	8 (7.69%)	TDD
20	8 (7.69%)	Android
20	8 (7.69%)	Apple iOS

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	2 (1.92%)	Confluence
2	1 (0.96%)	Apache
2	1 (0.96%)	Cloud Foundry
2	1 (0.96%)	Mule
2	1 (0.96%)	Mule ESB
2	1 (0.96%)	Tomcat

Business Applications
1	1 (0.96%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	1 (0.96%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	5 (4.81%)	LAN
1	5 (4.81%)	WAN
2	3 (2.88%)	Internet
3	2 (1.92%)	RS-232
4	1 (0.96%)	SAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	42 (40.38%)	Big Data
2	34 (32.69%)	Relational Database
3	13 (12.50%)	NoSQL
4	6 (5.77%)	SQL Server
5	2 (1.92%)	KDB
5	2 (1.92%)	RDBMS
6	1 (0.96%)	Apache Cassandra
6	1 (0.96%)	GIS
6	1 (0.96%)	Kdb+
6	1 (0.96%)	MongoDB
6	1 (0.96%)	MySQL
6	1 (0.96%)	OrientDB

Development Applications
1	3 (2.88%)	Git (software)
2	2 (1.92%)	Cucumber
2	2 (1.92%)	Eclipse
2	2 (1.92%)	FitNesse
2	2 (1.92%)	Jenkins
2	2 (1.92%)	JIRA
2	2 (1.92%)	Maven
2	2 (1.92%)	TeamCity
3	1 (0.96%)	Ant
3	1 (0.96%)	Clang
3	1 (0.96%)	GDB
3	1 (0.96%)	GitLab
3	1 (0.96%)	Gradle
3	1 (0.96%)	Visual Studio
3	1 (0.96%)	Xcode

General
1	48 (46.15%)	Finance
2	23 (22.12%)	Banking
3	18 (17.31%)	Investment Banking
4	7 (6.73%)	Electronics
5	5 (4.81%)	Retail
5	5 (4.81%)	Telecoms
6	2 (1.92%)	Front Office
7	1 (0.96%)	Advertising
7	1 (0.96%)	Games
7	1 (0.96%)	Manufacturing
7	1 (0.96%)	Music Industry

Job Titles
1	77 (74.04%)	Developer
2	41 (39.42%)	Python Developer
3	35 (33.65%)	Senior Developer
4	34 (32.69%)	Applications Developer
5	20 (19.23%)	Senior Python Developer
6	13 (12.50%)	Big Data Developer
6	13 (12.50%)	Machine Learning Developer
6	13 (12.50%)	Senior Applications Developer
6	13 (12.50%)	Senior Big Data Developer
6	13 (12.50%)	Software Engineer
7	10 (9.62%)	C++ Developer
8	9 (8.65%)	Graduate
9	5 (4.81%)	C++ Software Engineer
9	5 (4.81%)	Graduate Systems Engineer
9	5 (4.81%)	Junior
9	5 (4.81%)	Senior Software Engineer
9	5 (4.81%)	Systems Engineer
10	4 (3.85%)	1st/2nd Line Support
10	4 (3.85%)	2nd Line Desktop Support
10	4 (3.85%)	2nd Line Support Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	6 (5.77%)	Qt
1	6 (5.77%)	Spring
2	5 (4.81%)	ODBC
3	4 (3.85%)	Hibernate
4	3 (2.88%)	.NET
4	3 (2.88%)	Java EE
5	2 (1.92%)	Boost C++ Libraries
5	2 (1.92%)	Drools
5	2 (1.92%)	SOAP
5	2 (1.92%)	STL
5	2 (1.92%)	WSDL
5	2 (1.92%)	XML
6	1 (0.96%)	JMS
6	1 (0.96%)	OpenGL
6	1 (0.96%)	QML
6	1 (0.96%)	REST
6	1 (0.96%)	Spring Cloud
6	1 (0.96%)	Spring Integration

Miscellaneous
1	34 (32.69%)	Client/Server
2	24 (23.08%)	Robotics
3	19 (18.27%)	Greenfield Project
4	16 (15.38%)	Computer Science
5	4 (3.85%)	Algorithms
6	3 (2.88%)	Analytical Skills
6	3 (2.88%)	Embedded Systems
6	3 (2.88%)	Internet of Things
7	2 (1.92%)	Mobile App
8	1 (0.96%)	3D Graphics
8	1 (0.96%)	Blackberry
8	1 (0.96%)	Device Driver
8	1 (0.96%)	Enterprise Software
8	1 (0.96%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
8	1 (0.96%)	Fixed Income
8	1 (0.96%)	STB
8	1 (0.96%)	User Experience
8	1 (0.96%)	Verilog
8	1 (0.96%)	VHDL

Operating Systems
1	18 (17.31%)	Linux
2	13 (12.50%)	Windows
3	8 (7.69%)	Android
3	8 (7.69%)	Apple iOS
4	5 (4.81%)	Windows 2000
4	5 (4.81%)	Windows Server 2003
4	5 (4.81%)	Windows Server 2008
5	2 (1.92%)	Unix
6	1 (0.96%)	Embedded Linux
6	1 (0.96%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.96%)	Windows Phone

Processes & Methodologies
1	52 (50.00%)	OO
2	37 (35.58%)	Machine Learning
3	36 (34.62%)	Agile Software Development
4	22 (21.15%)	Software Engineering
5	21 (20.19%)	Risk Management
6	12 (11.54%)	Test Automation
7	11 (10.58%)	OOD
7	11 (10.58%)	Unit Testing
8	8 (7.69%)	TDD
9	7 (6.73%)	Analytics
9	7 (6.73%)	Scrum
10	6 (5.77%)	Mobile Development
10	6 (5.77%)	SDLC
11	5 (4.81%)	Android Development
11	5 (4.81%)	Customer Engagement
11	5 (4.81%)	iOS Development
11	5 (4.81%)	Refactoring
11	5 (4.81%)	WFM
12	4 (3.85%)	Mathematics
13	3 (2.88%)	Continuous Integration

Programming Languages
1	77 (74.04%)	Java
2	72 (69.23%)	Python
3	39 (37.50%)	C#
4	18 (17.31%)	SQL
5	13 (12.50%)	C
6	11 (10.58%)	Ruby
7	7 (6.73%)	Perl
8	5 (4.81%)	Scala
8	5 (4.81%)	VB
9	4 (3.85%)	Assembly Language
9	4 (3.85%)	Embedded C
10	3 (2.88%)	Groovy
11	2 (1.92%)	Go
11	2 (1.92%)	Objective-C
11	2 (1.92%)	Shell Script
12	1 (0.96%)	Apple Swift
12	1 (0.96%)	Embedded C++
12	1 (0.96%)	JavaScript
12	1 (0.96%)	Smalltalk
12	1 (0.96%)	VBA