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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 18 September 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
18 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
64 |
61 |
66 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-3 |
+5 |
-4 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
5,964 |
7,650 |
8,295 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.21% |
4.56% |
4.70% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
7.88% |
8.19% |
8.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4,301 |
6,143 |
6,910 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
£46,750 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
+12.30% |
-1.58% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,500 |
£30,000 |
£27,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£102,500 |
£92,500 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£46,000 |
£47,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-3.16% |
+11.76% |
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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 |
75,698 |
93,424 |
97,637 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
53.46% |
55.69% |
55.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
61,854 |
77,663 |
80,193 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£31,000 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£82,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+4.94% |
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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 18 September 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 18 September 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 |
-5 |
5,476 |
£50,500 |
-3.81% |
1,362 |
| UK excluding London |
+4 |
4,080 |
£46,000 |
-3.16% |
1,130 |
| London |
-24 |
1,799 |
£75,000 |
+7.14% |
345 |
| South East |
-2 |
1,454 |
£47,500 |
-5.00% |
311 |
| South West |
-9 |
761 |
£45,000 |
- |
225 |
| North of England |
+32 |
685 |
£45,000 |
- |
136 |
| North West |
+75 |
521 |
£45,708 |
-3.77% |
92 |
| Midlands |
+10 |
387 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
117 |
| East of England |
-10 |
378 |
£47,500 |
-5.00% |
228 |
| Scotland |
+10 |
326 |
£40,000 |
-11.11% |
78 |
| West Midlands |
+27 |
219 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
76 |
| East Midlands |
+5 |
168 |
£37,500 |
-11.76% |
39 |
| Yorkshire |
-53 |
124 |
£45,000 |
- |
37 |
| Wales |
-6 |
43 |
£37,000 |
+8.82% |
17 |
| North East |
-20 |
40 |
£44,000 |
-7.37% |
7 |
| Northern Ireland |
-14 |
39 |
£48,750 |
-2.50% |
18 |
For the 6 months to 18 September 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 |
3,005 (50.39%) |
Software Engineering |
| 2 |
2,646 (44.37%) |
Java |
| 3 |
2,629 (44.08%) |
Python |
| 4 |
2,495 (41.83%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,068 (34.67%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 6 |
1,976 (33.13%) |
C |
| 7 |
1,844 (30.92%) |
Linux |
| 8 |
1,739 (29.16%) |
Degree |
| 9 |
1,229 (20.61%) |
Computer Science |
| 10 |
1,087 (18.23%) |
JavaScript |
| 11 |
1,072 (17.97%) |
Finance |
| 12 |
942 (15.79%) |
SQL |
| 13 |
939 (15.74%) |
.NET |
| 14 |
937 (15.71%) |
Windows |
| 15 |
883 (14.81%) |
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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