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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 August 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
21 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
60 |
66 |
62 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+6 |
-4 |
+2 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
7,688 |
8,262 |
9,207 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.55% |
4.69% |
4.67% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
8.15% |
8.44% |
8.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6,130 |
6,946 |
8,018 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
-5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,750 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£92,500 |
£85,000 |
£86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+11.76% |
- |
+6.25% |
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 |
94,322 |
97,925 |
103,267 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
55.82% |
55.56% |
52.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
78,325 |
80,918 |
89,393 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,000 |
£28,750 |
£28,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£81,250 |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
- |
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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 August 2018.
C++
Top 17 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 August 2018.
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 |
+4 |
7,241 |
£52,500 |
+12.90% |
1,490 |
| UK excluding London |
-1 |
4,920 |
£47,500 |
+11.76% |
1,099 |
| London |
0 |
2,711 |
£67,500 |
+8.00% |
475 |
| South East |
0 |
1,828 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
325 |
| South West |
+9 |
888 |
£45,000 |
+20.00% |
186 |
| East of England |
-4 |
821 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
233 |
| North of England |
-21 |
604 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
156 |
| Midlands |
-6 |
402 |
£40,500 |
+1.25% |
115 |
| North West |
-35 |
307 |
£47,500 |
+9.20% |
77 |
| Scotland |
-6 |
287 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
50 |
| West Midlands |
-31 |
215 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
71 |
| Yorkshire |
-14 |
199 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
63 |
| East Midlands |
-12 |
185 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
44 |
| North East |
+11 |
98 |
£50,000 |
+33.33% |
16 |
| Wales |
-17 |
56 |
£36,250 |
-14.71% |
16 |
| Northern Ireland |
+7 |
45 |
£50,000 |
+33.33% |
18 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
1 |
£45,000 |
- |
1 |
For the 6 months to 21 August 2018, 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 |
3,764 (48.96%) |
Java |
| 2 |
3,392 (44.12%) |
Python |
| 3 |
3,309 (43.04%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
3,033 (39.45%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,554 (33.22%) |
C |
| 6 |
2,314 (30.10%) |
Linux |
| 7 |
2,214 (28.80%) |
Degree |
| 8 |
2,123 (27.61%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 9 |
1,817 (23.63%) |
SQL |
| 10 |
1,688 (21.96%) |
Computer Science |
| 11 |
1,604 (20.86%) |
Finance |
| 12 |
1,530 (19.90%) |
JavaScript |
| 13 |
1,295 (16.84%) |
Mathematics |
| 14 |
1,291 (16.79%) |
OO |
| 15 |
1,191 (15.49%) |
.NET |
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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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