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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 15 February 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
15 Feb 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
56 |
62 |
65 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+6 |
+3 |
-5 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
7,322 |
8,311 |
7,863 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.83% |
4.73% |
4.47% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
8.79% |
8.50% |
8.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
5,926 |
6,848 |
6,557 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
-5.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£28,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£85,000 |
£86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.76% |
- |
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 |
83,331 |
97,813 |
94,072 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
54.99% |
55.65% |
53.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
68,886 |
82,193 |
80,596 |
| UK median annual salary |
£51,892 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+3.78% |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£29,750 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 |
+6 |
6,782 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
1,827 |
| UK excluding London |
+4 |
4,538 |
£47,500 |
- |
1,427 |
| London |
+20 |
2,666 |
£70,000 |
+7.69% |
523 |
| South East |
+2 |
1,812 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
400 |
| South West |
-1 |
678 |
£45,000 |
-2.17% |
221 |
| North of England |
+25 |
642 |
£45,000 |
- |
237 |
| East of England |
-20 |
558 |
£52,500 |
- |
284 |
| Midlands |
+7 |
424 |
£40,750 |
+1.88% |
164 |
| North West |
+20 |
334 |
£46,528 |
+0.60% |
112 |
| Scotland |
-1 |
324 |
£45,500 |
+13.75% |
66 |
| Yorkshire |
+18 |
219 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
87 |
| West Midlands |
-15 |
214 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
96 |
| East Midlands |
+31 |
209 |
£40,000 |
- |
68 |
| North East |
+19 |
89 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
39 |
| Wales |
+28 |
61 |
£37,000 |
-10.30% |
41 |
| Northern Ireland |
-11 |
44 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
16 |
For the 6 months to 15 February 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 |
3,549 (48.47%) |
Java |
| 2 |
3,421 (46.72%) |
Software Engineering |
| 3 |
3,300 (45.07%) |
Python |
| 4 |
3,079 (42.05%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,398 (32.75%) |
C |
| 6 |
2,269 (30.99%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 7 |
2,190 (29.91%) |
Linux |
| 8 |
1,939 (26.48%) |
Degree |
| 9 |
1,617 (22.08%) |
SQL |
| 10 |
1,456 (19.89%) |
Finance |
| 11 |
1,434 (19.58%) |
Computer Science |
| 12 |
1,359 (18.56%) |
JavaScript |
| 13 |
1,156 (15.79%) |
Windows |
| 14 |
1,138 (15.54%) |
OO |
| 15 |
1,109 (15.15%) |
.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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