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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 10 December 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| C++ UK |
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6 months to
10 Dec 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
59 |
61 |
66 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+2 |
+5 |
-5 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ |
7,375 |
8,594 |
8,188 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
4.61% |
4.81% |
4.43% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
8.37% |
8.72% |
8.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6,099 |
6,986 |
7,003 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
+5.26% |
-5.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£85,000 |
£86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
+5.88% |
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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 |
88,072 |
98,528 |
98,035 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
55.01% |
55.20% |
53.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
73,188 |
81,342 |
84,409 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,208 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+0.42% |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£29,250 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£84,600 |
£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 10 December 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 10 December 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 |
+1 |
6,912 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
1,663 |
| UK excluding London |
-1 |
4,505 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
1,262 |
| London |
+12 |
2,804 |
£70,000 |
+12.00% |
521 |
| South East |
+1 |
1,774 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
367 |
| South West |
+8 |
760 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
219 |
| North of England |
+23 |
613 |
£45,000 |
- |
156 |
| East of England |
-18 |
578 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
283 |
| Midlands |
-15 |
385 |
£40,000 |
- |
119 |
| North West |
-1 |
319 |
£45,000 |
- |
86 |
| Scotland |
-9 |
294 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
74 |
| Yorkshire |
+14 |
208 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
50 |
| East Midlands |
+20 |
201 |
£40,000 |
+14.29% |
59 |
| West Midlands |
-53 |
184 |
£41,000 |
+9.33% |
59 |
| North East |
+5 |
86 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
20 |
| Northern Ireland |
+7 |
57 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
11 |
| Wales |
-23 |
47 |
£34,000 |
-20.00% |
35 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
1 |
£45,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 10 December 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 |
3,574 (48.46%) |
Java |
| 2 |
3,296 (44.69%) |
Python |
| 3 |
3,230 (43.80%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
3,028 (41.06%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,307 (31.28%) |
C |
| 6 |
2,236 (30.32%) |
Linux |
| 7 |
2,101 (28.49%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 8 |
1,895 (25.69%) |
Degree |
| 9 |
1,709 (23.17%) |
SQL |
| 10 |
1,580 (21.42%) |
Finance |
| 11 |
1,461 (19.81%) |
Computer Science |
| 12 |
1,328 (18.01%) |
JavaScript |
| 13 |
1,219 (16.53%) |
Windows |
| 14 |
1,113 (15.09%) |
.NET |
| 15 |
1,103 (14.96%) |
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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