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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 16 November 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
16 Nov 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
67 |
59 |
61 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-8 |
+2 |
+3 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
5,543 |
7,526 |
8,588 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.08% |
4.62% |
4.76% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
7.58% |
8.36% |
8.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4,123 |
6,228 |
7,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£30,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£105,000 |
£95,000 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| All Programming Languages UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
73,128 |
90,017 |
99,521 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
53.77% |
55.21% |
55.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
60,197 |
74,948 |
81,910 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£49,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+2.04% |
+3.16% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£31,250 |
£29,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£86,250 |
£83,750 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+2.41% |
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C++
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C++ as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
C++
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++.
C++
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 16 November 2019.
C++
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the UK over the 6 months to 16 November 2019.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location |
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads |
Median Salary
Past 6 Months |
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year |
Live
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-9 |
5,120 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
1,300 |
| UK excluding London |
-4 |
3,640 |
£47,500 |
- |
1,044 |
| London |
-25 |
1,822 |
£75,000 |
+7.14% |
339 |
| South East |
-5 |
1,340 |
£50,000 |
- |
326 |
| South West |
-3 |
758 |
£45,000 |
- |
194 |
| North of England |
+8 |
527 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
144 |
| North West |
+56 |
406 |
£50,000 |
+7.50% |
67 |
| Midlands |
+3 |
334 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
101 |
| East of England |
-13 |
334 |
£47,500 |
-9.52% |
200 |
| Scotland |
+5 |
275 |
£42,500 |
-5.56% |
58 |
| West Midlands |
+28 |
179 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
58 |
| East Midlands |
-5 |
155 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
43 |
| Yorkshire |
-63 |
101 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
60 |
| Wales |
0 |
44 |
£35,656 |
+1.87% |
12 |
| Northern Ireland |
-13 |
29 |
£50,000 |
- |
13 |
| North East |
-38 |
20 |
£57,500 |
+21.05% |
17 |
For the 6 months to 16 November 2019, IT jobs citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for C++.
| 1 |
2,817 (50.82%) |
Software Engineering |
| 2 |
2,590 (46.73%) |
Python |
| 3 |
2,414 (43.55%) |
Java |
| 4 |
2,229 (40.21%) |
C# |
| 5 |
1,877 (33.86%) |
C |
| 6 |
1,771 (31.95%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 7 |
1,610 (29.05%) |
Linux |
| 8 |
1,587 (28.63%) |
Degree |
| 9 |
1,223 (22.06%) |
Computer Science |
| 10 |
1,099 (19.83%) |
Finance |
| 11 |
1,040 (18.76%) |
JavaScript |
| 12 |
908 (16.38%) |
SQL |
| 13 |
862 (15.55%) |
Windows |
| 14 |
805 (14.52%) |
.NET |
| 15 |
775 (13.98%) |
Problem-Solving |
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C++
Co-occurring IT Skills 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:
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