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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 20 April 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
20 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
63 |
65 |
60 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+2 |
-5 |
+5 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
8,253 |
7,831 |
9,785 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.65% |
4.54% |
4.78% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
8.29% |
8.31% |
9.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6,767 |
6,607 |
8,477 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
-5.00% |
+11.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£86,250 |
£87,500 |
| 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 |
99,559 |
94,181 |
106,355 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
56.09% |
54.58% |
51.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
83,684 |
80,447 |
91,813 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£46,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
+3.26% |
+2.22% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£78,750 |
£76,250 |
£75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£44,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.53% |
+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 20 April 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 20 April 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 |
+2 |
7,759 |
£52,500 |
+10.53% |
1,361 |
| UK excluding London |
+3 |
5,639 |
£47,500 |
+11.76% |
1,077 |
| London |
-16 |
2,540 |
£65,000 |
+4.00% |
376 |
| South East |
+4 |
2,033 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
328 |
| East of England |
+13 |
1,317 |
£52,500 |
+23.53% |
252 |
| South West |
-4 |
755 |
£46,000 |
+15.00% |
183 |
| North of England |
-24 |
677 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
116 |
| Midlands |
-4 |
446 |
£41,500 |
+3.75% |
105 |
| North West |
-42 |
356 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
46 |
| Scotland |
+9 |
328 |
£42,500 |
-5.56% |
54 |
| West Midlands |
+19 |
284 |
£40,000 |
- |
63 |
| Yorkshire |
-14 |
229 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
45 |
| East Midlands |
-29 |
161 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
41 |
| North East |
+6 |
92 |
£42,000 |
+5.00% |
25 |
| Wales |
-11 |
51 |
£42,625 |
+13.67% |
24 |
| Northern Ireland |
+14 |
43 |
£40,000 |
+6.67% |
15 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
4 |
£50,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 20 April 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 |
3,696 (44.78%) |
Software Engineering |
| 2 |
3,640 (44.11%) |
Java |
| 3 |
3,483 (42.20%) |
Python |
| 4 |
3,121 (37.82%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,850 (34.53%) |
C |
| 6 |
2,634 (31.92%) |
Linux |
| 7 |
2,457 (29.77%) |
Degree |
| 8 |
2,344 (28.40%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 9 |
1,981 (24.00%) |
Computer Science |
| 10 |
1,686 (20.43%) |
SQL |
| 11 |
1,533 (18.58%) |
JavaScript |
| 12 |
1,440 (17.45%) |
Finance |
| 13 |
1,416 (17.16%) |
Mathematics |
| 14 |
1,356 (16.43%) |
Windows |
| 15 |
1,322 (16.02%) |
OO |
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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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