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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 19 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
19 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
59 |
63 |
62 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+4 |
-1 |
-2 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
7,633 |
8,312 |
8,640 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.63% |
4.76% |
4.52% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
8.34% |
8.60% |
8.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6,235 |
6,830 |
7,487 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+10.53% |
- |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£92,500 |
£85,000 |
£86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
+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 |
91,556 |
96,643 |
100,918 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
55.57% |
55.29% |
52.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
76,173 |
79,233 |
87,041 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£48,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+3.09% |
+2.11% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£29,000 |
£28,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£41,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+3.66% |
+2.50% |
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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 19 October 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 19 October 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 |
+8 |
7,174 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
1,683 |
| UK excluding London |
0 |
4,738 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
1,304 |
| London |
+8 |
2,832 |
£70,000 |
+12.00% |
498 |
| South East |
+3 |
1,800 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
390 |
| South West |
+11 |
899 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
201 |
| East of England |
-16 |
643 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
284 |
| North of England |
+13 |
618 |
£45,000 |
- |
199 |
| Midlands |
-17 |
389 |
£41,000 |
+9.33% |
112 |
| North West |
-11 |
315 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
115 |
| Scotland |
-9 |
286 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
74 |
| Yorkshire |
+14 |
219 |
£45,000 |
- |
63 |
| East Midlands |
+6 |
205 |
£42,500 |
+21.43% |
51 |
| West Midlands |
-53 |
184 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
61 |
| North East |
+16 |
84 |
£50,000 |
+33.33% |
21 |
| Wales |
-18 |
55 |
£34,000 |
-20.00% |
31 |
| Northern Ireland |
+23 |
53 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
14 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
1 |
£45,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 19 October 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 |
3,799 (49.77%) |
Java |
| 2 |
3,335 (43.69%) |
Python |
| 3 |
3,268 (42.81%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
3,124 (40.93%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,427 (31.80%) |
C |
| 6 |
2,290 (30.00%) |
Linux |
| 7 |
2,104 (27.56%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 8 |
2,081 (27.26%) |
Degree |
| 9 |
1,845 (24.17%) |
SQL |
| 10 |
1,750 (22.93%) |
Finance |
| 11 |
1,536 (20.12%) |
Computer Science |
| 12 |
1,427 (18.70%) |
JavaScript |
| 13 |
1,275 (16.70%) |
Windows |
| 14 |
1,213 (15.89%) |
OO |
| 15 |
1,208 (15.83%) |
.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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