Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1717
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads860814817
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.440 %7.562 %
As % of the category below16.55 %17.47 %
Salaries quoted749612027
Average minimum salary£39,306£40,980
Average salary£44,242£46,142
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum salary£49,177£51,305
UK excluding London average salary£37,456£37,059
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5199884817
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.94 %43.29 %
Salaries quoted4508070381
Average minimum salary£36,833£37,517
Average salary£40,380£41,356
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Average maximum salary£43,928£45,195
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C++ UKC++
UK

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the England region.

England C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the England region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

England C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the England region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+13631£55,920-3.33 %
South EastDown-11786£38,987+0.34 %
South WestUp+3944£36,800+3.45 %
East of EnglandDown-2915£40,021+5.65 %
North WestDown-15379£33,316-4.60 %
East MidlandsUp+9296£36,834+15.16 %
West MidlandsDown-8296£34,695-1.37 %
YorkshireNo change0295£34,362-2.22 %
North EastUp+3108£33,016-10.52 %
South CoastUp+516£55,625+77.21 %
MidlandsUp+189£42,100+22.14 %
C++ UKC++
UK

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C++.

17660 (36.60 %)C#
26815 (32.57 %)Java
35697 (27.22 %)C
45496 (26.26 %).NET
55018 (23.98 %)Windows
64815 (23.01 %)Degree
74590 (21.93 %)Finance
84224 (20.18 %)SQL
94211 (20.12 %)UNIX
104157 (19.86 %)OO
113282 (15.68 %)SQL Server
123158 (15.09 %)Linux
132619 (12.51 %)XML
142472 (11.81 %)Oracle
152281 (10.90 %)Front Office
162279 (10.89 %)Derivative
172261 (10.80 %)Banking
181897 (9.065 %)VB
191822 (8.706 %)Computer Science
201813 (8.663 %)UML
211724 (8.238 %)STL
221680 (8.028 %)VC++
231611 (7.698 %)Mathematics
241585 (7.574 %)Microsoft
251449 (6.924 %)ASP.NET
261446 (6.910 %)MFC
271372 (6.556 %)Multithreading
281326 (6.336 %)Perl
291316 (6.289 %)OOD
301274 (6.088 %)Games

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15496 (26.26 %).NET
22619 (12.51 %)XML
31724 (8.238 %)STL
41449 (6.924 %)ASP.NET
51446 (6.910 %)MFC
61053 (5.032 %)HTML
7906 (4.329 %)J2EE
8864 (4.129 %)WebServices
9755 (3.608 %)WinForms
10645 (3.082 %).NET Framework
11456 (2.179 %)ASP
12429 (2.050 %)CSS
13408 (1.950 %)OpenGL
14392 (1.873 %)AJAX
15366 (1.749 %)Middleware
16333 (1.591 %)XSLT
17332 (1.586 %)ATL
18305 (1.457 %)DirectX
19283 (1.352 %)WPF
20266 (1.271 %)WCF
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1272 (1.300 %)WebLogic
2211 (1.008 %)Apache
3186 (0.889 %)SharePoint
4126 (0.602 %)IIS
5103 (0.492 %)MQSeries
690 (0.430 %)BizTalk Server
787 (0.416 %)Tomcat
865 (0.311 %)Rendezvous
961 (0.291 %)SAS
1053 (0.253 %)JBoss
1148 (0.229 %)CMS
1244 (0.210 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1336 (0.172 %)ColdFusion
1434 (0.162 %)WebSphere MQ
1531 (0.148 %)MS Exchange
1630 (0.143 %)ArcGIS
1724 (0.115 %)CICS
1823 (0.110 %)Oracle Workflow
1922 (0.105 %)SmartSockets
2021 (0.100 %)TIBCO EMS
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1644 (3.077 %)MS Excel
2326 (1.558 %)MATLAB
3215 (1.027 %)MS Visio
4118 (0.564 %)MS Office
5108 (0.516 %)Spreadsheet
677 (0.368 %)Simulink
742 (0.201 %)AutoCAD
835 (0.167 %)CA Clarity
934 (0.162 %)3ds Max
1032 (0.153 %)Photoshop
1130 (0.143 %)Maya
1225 (0.119 %)CATIA
1320 (0.096 %)ArcInfo
1419 (0.091 %)MS Project
1419 (0.091 %)MS PowerPoint
1515 (0.072 %)Doxygen
1611 (0.053 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1710 (0.048 %)FrameMaker
189 (0.043 %)S-PLUS
198 (0.038 %)LightWave 3D
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (0.172 %)Endur
136 (0.172 %)Summit
222 (0.105 %)SAP Retail
319 (0.091 %)Oracle Applications
417 (0.081 %)RMDS
515 (0.072 %)Oracle Financials
612 (0.057 %)Oracle 11i
612 (0.057 %)BASE24
612 (0.057 %)SAP IS-U
710 (0.048 %)Sophis VALUE
89 (0.043 %)GoldMine
96 (0.029 %)Kondor+
96 (0.029 %)Sophis RISQUE
96 (0.029 %)JDE OneWorld
105 (0.024 %)FRONT ARENA
105 (0.024 %)Siebel Analytics
114 (0.019 %)AWD
114 (0.019 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
114 (0.019 %)SunGard Panorama
114 (0.019 %)Monis
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11110 (5.304 %)TCP/IP
2499 (2.384 %)Internet
3297 (1.419 %)Wireless
4285 (1.362 %)GSM
5263 (1.257 %)HTTP
6124 (0.593 %)DVB
7109 (0.521 %)3G
8102 (0.487 %)GPRS
995 (0.454 %)VoIP
1094 (0.449 %)UMTS
1184 (0.401 %)WAN
1281 (0.387 %)SNMP
1373 (0.349 %)LAN
1469 (0.330 %)Ethernet
1567 (0.320 %)Broadband
1666 (0.315 %)SMTP
1764 (0.306 %)DNS
1862 (0.296 %)ISDN
1960 (0.287 %)SMS
2059 (0.282 %)Bluetooth
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13282 (15.68 %)SQL Server
2570 (2.724 %)SQL Server 2005
3561 (2.681 %)RDBMS
4387 (1.849 %)MySQL
5313 (1.496 %)SQL Server 2000
6189 (0.903 %)GIS
7125 (0.597 %)Oracle 8/8i
8120 (0.573 %)Oracle Reports
9113 (0.540 %)Oracle 10g
10103 (0.492 %)DB2
1185 (0.406 %)Oracle 9i
1279 (0.378 %)BusinessObjects
1369 (0.330 %)Crystal Reports
1463 (0.301 %)KDB
1559 (0.282 %)Datawarehouse
1657 (0.272 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1756 (0.268 %)PostgreSQL
1852 (0.248 %)ETL
1950 (0.239 %)Informix
1950 (0.239 %)OLAP
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11237 (5.911 %)Visual Studio
2167 (0.798 %)Eclipse
3152 (0.726 %)ClearCase
4110 (0.526 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5109 (0.521 %)Subversion
698 (0.468 %)Ant
789 (0.425 %)JUnit
789 (0.425 %)NUnit
870 (0.334 %)Oracle Forms
967 (0.320 %)InstallShield
1061 (0.291 %)Rational Rose
1152 (0.248 %)MSI
1245 (0.215 %)C++Builder
1339 (0.186 %)LabVIEW
1438 (0.182 %)LoadRunner
1438 (0.182 %)ProC
1535 (0.167 %)Dreamweaver
1629 (0.139 %)Log4j
1722 (0.105 %)ClearQuest
1820 (0.096 %)PVCS
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14590 (21.93 %)Finance
22281 (10.90 %)Front Office
32261 (10.80 %)Banking
41274 (6.088 %)Games
51120 (5.352 %)Investment Banking
6997 (4.764 %)Pensions
7882 (4.215 %)Telecoms
8765 (3.656 %)Health
9682 (3.259 %)Education
10613 (2.929 %)Electronics
11370 (1.768 %)3D Graphics
12352 (1.682 %)Government
13341 (1.629 %)Insurance
14329 (1.572 %)Aerospace
15283 (1.352 %)Marketing
16254 (1.214 %)Automotive
17190 (0.908 %)Back Office
18188 (0.898 %)Retail
19182 (0.870 %)Multimedia
20174 (0.831 %)Manufacturing
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110520 (50.27 %)Developer
24587 (21.92 %)C++ Developer
34425 (21.14 %)Software Engineer
42025 (9.676 %)C# Developer
51874 (8.955 %)Software Developer
61500 (7.168 %)C++ Software Engineer
71375 (6.570 %)Senior Developer
81130 (5.400 %)Graduate
91109 (5.299 %)Programmer
101092 (5.218 %)Analyst
11967 (4.621 %)Java Developer
12799 (3.818 %).NET Developer
13772 (3.689 %)C++/C# Developer
14682 (3.259 %)Senior Software Engineer
15661 (3.159 %)Architect
16592 (2.829 %)Graduate Developer
17570 (2.724 %)Junior
18513 (2.451 %)Consultant
19486 (2.322 %)C++ Software Developer
20474 (2.265 %)Team Leader
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12279 (10.89 %)Derivative
21822 (8.706 %)Computer Science
31611 (7.698 %)Mathematics
41372 (6.556 %)Multithreading
5884 (4.224 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6802 (3.832 %)Fixed Income
7686 (3.278 %)Equities
8651 (3.111 %)Physics
9557 (2.662 %)Equity Derivative
10457 (2.184 %)Client/Server
11282 (1.348 %)Device Driver
12264 (1.262 %)Grid Computing
13263 (1.257 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14246 (1.176 %)N-Tier
15227 (1.085 %)Credit Derivative
16222 (1.061 %)Credit Risk
17175 (0.836 %)Market Risk
18167 (0.798 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
19146 (0.698 %)Firmware
20141 (0.674 %)DTV
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15018 (23.98 %)Windows
24211 (20.12 %)UNIX
33158 (15.09 %)Linux
4461 (2.203 %)Solaris
5287 (1.371 %)Windows XP
6268 (1.281 %)Embedded Linux
7250 (1.195 %)Windows Mobile
8188 (0.898 %)Windows 2000
9185 (0.884 %)Windows CE
10176 (0.841 %)Windows Server 2003
11149 (0.712 %)VxWorks
12138 (0.659 %)Windows Vista
13113 (0.540 %)AIX
14106 (0.507 %)Windows NT
1592 (0.440 %)Symbian OS
1673 (0.349 %)HPUX
1762 (0.296 %)Red Hat Linux
1860 (0.287 %)Mac OS X
1950 (0.239 %)Nucleus RTOS
2037 (0.177 %)zOS
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14157 (19.86 %)OO
21813 (8.663 %)UML
31316 (6.289 %)OOD
41256 (6.002 %)Software Engineering
5758 (3.622 %)Agile Software Development
6682 (3.259 %)Risk Management
7676 (3.230 %)Project Management
8561 (2.681 %)OOP
9549 (2.623 %)Algorithmic Trading
10472 (2.255 %)Electronic Trading
11418 (1.997 %)Unit Testing
12365 (1.744 %)OOA/OOD
13265 (1.266 %)Web Development
14253 (1.209 %)SOA
15237 (1.133 %)Requirements Analysis
16229 (1.094 %)E-Commerce
17210 (1.003 %)Data Modelling
18206 (0.984 %)Scrum
19200 (0.956 %)CAD
20187 (0.894 %)Software Testing
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17660 (36.60 %)C#
26815 (32.57 %)Java
35697 (27.22 %)C
44224 (20.18 %)SQL
51897 (9.065 %)VB
61680 (8.028 %)VC++
71326 (6.336 %)Perl
8938 (4.482 %)JavaScript
9871 (4.162 %)VB.NET
10868 (4.148 %)Python
11806 (3.851 %)VBA
12774 (3.699 %)Embedded C
13697 (3.331 %)PHP
14644 (3.077 %)Embedded C++
15467 (2.232 %)Delphi
16454 (2.169 %)VB6
17324 (1.548 %)PL/SQL
18319 (1.524 %)Transact-SQL
19314 (1.500 %)Assembly Language
20306 (1.462 %)Shell Script
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14815 (23.01 %)Degree
2645 (3.082 %)Security Cleared
3570 (2.724 %)PhD
4163 (0.779 %)Microsoft Certification
5138 (0.659 %)SC Cleared
694 (0.449 %)MCSD
792 (0.440 %)MCAD
878 (0.373 %)ISEB
976 (0.363 %)MCP
1059 (0.282 %)HND
1152 (0.248 %)DV Cleared
1242 (0.201 %)HNC
1338 (0.182 %)Postgraduate
1430 (0.143 %)CISSP
1529 (0.139 %)BC Cleared
1628 (0.134 %)Cisco Certification
1722 (0.105 %)CCNA
1819 (0.091 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1917 (0.081 %)Sun Certification
2016 (0.076 %)MBA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1328 (1.567 %)QA
256 (0.268 %)ISO9001
336 (0.172 %)SLA
435 (0.167 %)ISO9000
532 (0.153 %)HL7
631 (0.148 %)DICOM
729 (0.139 %)TickIT
819 (0.091 %)JTAG
918 (0.086 %)WAI
1013 (0.062 %)MiFID
1112 (0.057 %)BS7799
126 (0.029 %)ISO14001
133 (0.014 %)Basel II
142 (0.010 %)ISO27001
142 (0.010 %)PCI DSS
151 (0.005 %)21 CFR Part 11
151 (0.005 %)GAMP
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1141 (0.674 %)Active Directory
235 (0.167 %)MSMQ
320 (0.096 %)Terminal Services
416 (0.076 %)NFS
514 (0.067 %)ISA Server
514 (0.067 %)AquaLogic
612 (0.057 %)VMware Infrastructure
76 (0.029 %)Cronacle
85 (0.024 %)Xen
85 (0.024 %)Nmap
85 (0.024 %)Orbix
85 (0.024 %)Terminal Server
94 (0.019 %)NDS
103 (0.014 %)Squid
112 (0.010 %)WebInspect
112 (0.010 %)Snort
112 (0.010 %)Citrix Presentation Server
121 (0.005 %)Oracle RAC
121 (0.005 %)Samba
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
134 (0.162 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
225 (0.119 %)OpenView
324 (0.115 %)SCCM
421 (0.100 %)OVSD
519 (0.091 %)AutoSys
616 (0.076 %)CONTROL-M
714 (0.067 %)CA SiteMinder
812 (0.057 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
911 (0.053 %)MOM
1010 (0.048 %)SCOM
116 (0.029 %)Nessus
125 (0.024 %)Tivoli
134 (0.019 %)BMC PATROL
134 (0.019 %)Nagios
143 (0.014 %)Unicenter
152 (0.010 %)ZENworks
161 (0.005 %)Data Guard
161 (0.005 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12472 (11.81 %)Oracle
21585 (7.574 %)Microsoft
3679 (3.245 %)Sybase
4345 (1.649 %)Symbian
5268 (1.281 %)TIBCO
6185 (0.884 %)IBM
796 (0.459 %)HP
891 (0.435 %)Red Hat
985 (0.406 %)SAP
1079 (0.378 %)Business Objects
1174 (0.354 %)Sun
1174 (0.354 %)DataSynapse
1273 (0.349 %)Cisco
1370 (0.334 %)Borland
1468 (0.325 %)Citrix
1567 (0.320 %)BEA
1666 (0.315 %)Reuters
1666 (0.315 %)OpenLink
1755 (0.263 %)Bloomberg
1853 (0.253 %)EMC