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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 21 January 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
21 Jan 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
68 |
58 |
62 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-10 |
+4 |
+4 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
5,198 |
7,140 |
8,254 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.12% |
4.74% |
4.80% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
7.61% |
8.62% |
8.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4,013 |
5,869 |
6,740 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£31,250 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£118,750 |
£95,000 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£47,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+1.06% |
+10.59% |
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 |
68,318 |
82,813 |
95,476 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
54.11% |
54.92% |
55.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
56,417 |
68,537 |
79,672 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£52,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+0.96% |
+4.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,500 |
£31,250 |
£29,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
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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 21 January 2020.
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 21 January 2020.
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 |
-13 |
4,856 |
£55,000 |
- |
1,244 |
| UK excluding London |
-10 |
3,283 |
£47,500 |
- |
1,000 |
| London |
-25 |
1,843 |
£80,000 |
+14.29% |
334 |
| South East |
-6 |
1,314 |
£50,000 |
- |
308 |
| South West |
+12 |
704 |
£45,000 |
- |
155 |
| North of England |
-38 |
374 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
156 |
| East of England |
-10 |
317 |
£47,500 |
-9.52% |
189 |
| Midlands |
-4 |
299 |
£43,500 |
+8.75% |
103 |
| North West |
-8 |
245 |
£51,250 |
+13.89% |
81 |
| Scotland |
-2 |
227 |
£45,000 |
- |
56 |
| West Midlands |
+3 |
169 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
60 |
| East Midlands |
-22 |
130 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
42 |
| Yorkshire |
-43 |
93 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
52 |
| Wales |
-19 |
38 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
17 |
| North East |
-30 |
36 |
£47,500 |
-5.00% |
23 |
| Northern Ireland |
-22 |
14 |
£42,500 |
- |
17 |
For the 6 months to 21 January 2020, 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 |
2,699 (51.92%) |
Software Engineering |
| 2 |
2,435 (46.84%) |
Python |
| 3 |
2,357 (45.34%) |
Java |
| 4 |
2,125 (40.88%) |
C# |
| 5 |
1,697 (32.65%) |
C |
| 6 |
1,529 (29.42%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 7 |
1,432 (27.55%) |
Degree |
| 8 |
1,402 (26.97%) |
Linux |
| 9 |
1,181 (22.72%) |
Computer Science |
| 10 |
1,147 (22.07%) |
Finance |
| 11 |
1,081 (20.80%) |
JavaScript |
| 12 |
896 (17.24%) |
SQL |
| 13 |
865 (16.64%) |
Windows |
| 14 |
830 (15.97%) |
.NET |
| 15 |
679 (13.06%) |
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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