Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the Hertfordshire 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
Rank1815
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads181373
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.190 %
As % of the category below16.50 %21.17 %
Salaries quoted161308
Average minimum salary£34,601£32,842
Average salary£38,736£37,324
% change on same period last year+3.78 %
Average maximum salary£42,871£41,805
UK excluding London average salary£37,456£37,059
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10971762
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.948 %0.899 %
Salaries quoted9701498
Average minimum salary£37,327£33,838
Average salary£40,783£37,197
% change on same period last year+9.64 %
Average maximum salary£44,240£40,555
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C++ East of EnglandC++
East of England

C++
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
StevenageUp+2039£34,657-25.62 %
WatfordDown-1828£40,296+15.36 %
St AlbansDown-108£38,429-0.99 %
RoystonUp+25£36,000+4.09 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-95£35,000+35.17 %
LetchworthUp+35£37,000+9.62 %
HoddesdonNew entry-4£35,250-
Potters BarNew entry-3£40,000-
RickmansworthNew entry-2£46,500-
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-1--
TringDown-41£39,000+25.80 %
C++ East of EnglandC++
East of England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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++.

1172 (40.57 %)Java
2159 (37.50 %)C
3150 (35.38 %)C#
4131 (30.90 %).NET
5114 (26.89 %)Windows
689 (20.99 %)Degree
770 (16.51 %)SQL
869 (16.27 %)SQL Server
959 (13.92 %)UML
1058 (13.68 %)Oracle
1155 (12.97 %)UNIX
1252 (12.26 %)XML
1252 (12.26 %)OO
1351 (12.03 %)VB
1447 (11.08 %)TCP/IP
1545 (10.61 %)J2EE
1642 (9.906 %)Linux
1740 (9.434 %)Mathematics
1740 (9.434 %)Computer Science
1838 (8.962 %)Multithreading
1936 (8.491 %)Embedded C++
2034 (8.019 %)HTML
2132 (7.547 %)Security Cleared
2231 (7.311 %)Pharmaceutical
2330 (7.075 %)CSS
2429 (6.840 %)Finance
2528 (6.604 %)STL
2627 (6.368 %)ASP.NET
2726 (6.132 %)Microsoft
2726 (6.132 %)OOD

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1131 (30.90 %).NET
252 (12.26 %)XML
345 (10.61 %)J2EE
434 (8.019 %)HTML
530 (7.075 %)CSS
628 (6.604 %)STL
727 (6.368 %)ASP.NET
816 (3.774 %)POSIX
915 (3.538 %)Flash
1013 (3.066 %)OpenGL
1013 (3.066 %)DirectX
1112 (2.830 %)AJAX
1112 (2.830 %)JSP
1211 (2.594 %)MFC
1211 (2.594 %)MVC
1211 (2.594 %)CORBA
1310 (2.358 %)Spring
149 (2.123 %)ADO
149 (2.123 %)WebServices
158 (1.887 %)COM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (0.943 %)Apache
23 (0.708 %)JBoss
31 (0.236 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (0.236 %)Tomcat
31 (0.236 %)SharePoint
31 (0.236 %)ColdFusion
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (4.245 %)MATLAB
215 (3.538 %)MS Excel
312 (2.830 %)AutoCAD
46 (1.415 %)MS Visio
55 (1.179 %)Simulink
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.179 %)BASE24
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
147 (11.08 %)TCP/IP
210 (2.358 %)Internet
210 (2.358 %)Wireless
37 (1.651 %)GSM
37 (1.651 %)UMTS
46 (1.415 %)WLAN
46 (1.415 %)ISDN
46 (1.415 %)WiMAX
46 (1.415 %)LTE
46 (1.415 %)X.25
55 (1.179 %)LAN
62 (0.472 %)SAN
71 (0.236 %)CTI
71 (0.236 %)SSL
71 (0.236 %)ASN.1
71 (0.236 %)3G
71 (0.236 %)ATM
71 (0.236 %)GPRS
71 (0.236 %)FTP
71 (0.236 %)RIP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
169 (16.27 %)SQL Server
218 (4.245 %)RDBMS
316 (3.774 %)MS Access
411 (2.594 %)Data Mining
411 (2.594 %)Text Mining
58 (1.887 %)MySQL
67 (1.651 %)SQL Server 2005
67 (1.651 %)SQL Server 2000
67 (1.651 %)DB2
72 (0.472 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.472 %)Informix
81 (0.236 %)OLTP
81 (0.236 %)DTS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (3.774 %)Visual Studio
211 (2.594 %)Eclipse
34 (0.943 %)MSI
43 (0.708 %)InstallShield
43 (0.708 %)ClearQuest
43 (0.708 %)Rational Robot
52 (0.472 %)Ant
52 (0.472 %)Dreamweaver
52 (0.472 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.236 %)ClearCase
61 (0.236 %)WinRunner
61 (0.236 %)C++Builder
61 (0.236 %)TestPartner
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (7.311 %)Pharmaceutical
229 (6.840 %)Finance
326 (6.132 %)Health
422 (5.189 %)Pensions
520 (4.717 %)Military
619 (4.481 %)Games
715 (3.538 %)Construction
814 (3.302 %)3D Graphics
913 (3.066 %)Electronics
1012 (2.830 %)Manufacturing
1111 (2.594 %)Publishing
1210 (2.358 %)Multimedia
139 (2.123 %)Chemicals
139 (2.123 %)Government
148 (1.887 %)Aerospace
148 (1.887 %)Marketing
157 (1.651 %)Electric
165 (1.179 %)Banking
174 (0.943 %)Retail
174 (0.943 %)Education
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1124 (29.25 %)Developer
2123 (29.01 %)Software Engineer
355 (12.97 %)C++ Software Engineer
451 (12.03 %)Software Developer
550 (11.79 %)Senior Software Engineer
631 (7.311 %)Programmer
729 (6.840 %)Senior Developer
729 (6.840 %)Graduate
827 (6.368 %)Senior C++ Software Engineer
926 (6.132 %)C++ Developer
926 (6.132 %)C# Developer
926 (6.132 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1023 (5.425 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
1121 (4.953 %)Development Manager
1219 (4.481 %)Java Developer
1219 (4.481 %)Support Engineer
1219 (4.481 %)Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1318 (4.245 %)Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1318 (4.245 %)C++ Team Leader
1318 (4.245 %)Team Leader
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (9.434 %)Mathematics
140 (9.434 %)Computer Science
238 (8.962 %)Multithreading
320 (4.717 %)Robotics
416 (3.774 %)MPEG
515 (3.538 %)Life Science
611 (2.594 %)Physics
79 (2.123 %)Streaming Video
87 (1.651 %)Client/Server
96 (1.415 %)EFT
105 (1.179 %)French Language
114 (0.943 %)German Language
114 (0.943 %)Chemistry
122 (0.472 %)Cybernetics
122 (0.472 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
122 (0.472 %)VHDL
122 (0.472 %)Spanish Language
131 (0.236 %)IVR
131 (0.236 %)Tandem
131 (0.236 %)Speech Recognition
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1114 (26.89 %)Windows
255 (12.97 %)UNIX
342 (9.906 %)Linux
46 (1.415 %)Solaris
54 (0.943 %)Windows CE
54 (0.943 %)VxWorks
62 (0.472 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.236 %)pSOS
71 (0.236 %)SUSE
71 (0.236 %)Debian
71 (0.236 %)AIX
71 (0.236 %)HPUX
71 (0.236 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.236 %)Windows NT
71 (0.236 %)NetWare
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
159 (13.92 %)UML
252 (12.26 %)OO
326 (6.132 %)OOD
424 (5.660 %)Agile Software Development
523 (5.425 %)OOA/OOD
622 (5.189 %)Scrum
717 (4.009 %)OOP
814 (3.302 %)Software Engineering
913 (3.066 %)SysML
913 (3.066 %)Automated Testing
1012 (2.830 %)Content Management
1012 (2.830 %)Configuration Management
1012 (2.830 %)Project Management
1111 (2.594 %)Business Intelligence
1111 (2.594 %)Asset Management
1210 (2.358 %)Performance Testing
139 (2.123 %)Risk Assessment
139 (2.123 %)CMMI
139 (2.123 %)Six Sigma
148 (1.887 %)Logistics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1172 (40.57 %)Java
2159 (37.50 %)C
3150 (35.38 %)C#
470 (16.51 %)SQL
551 (12.03 %)VB
636 (8.491 %)Embedded C++
722 (5.189 %)Ada
722 (5.189 %)JavaScript
820 (4.717 %)VB.NET
918 (4.245 %)PHP
1016 (3.774 %)Embedded C
1016 (3.774 %)VB6
1114 (3.302 %)ActionScript
128 (1.887 %)Python
136 (1.415 %)Delphi
145 (1.179 %)Perl
145 (1.179 %)PL/SQL
154 (0.943 %)VC++
162 (0.472 %)Fortran
162 (0.472 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
189 (20.99 %)Degree
232 (7.547 %)Security Cleared
314 (3.302 %)PhD
44 (0.943 %)SC Cleared
51 (0.236 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.236 %)HND
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (4.717 %)QA
29 (2.123 %)JTAG
31 (0.236 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.236 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.236 %)Tivoli
11 (0.236 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
158 (13.68 %)Oracle
226 (6.132 %)Microsoft
318 (4.245 %)QNX
412 (2.830 %)Adobe
412 (2.830 %)Symbian
511 (2.594 %)Quark
66 (1.415 %)Autodesk
66 (1.415 %)Cisco
74 (0.943 %)IBM
82 (0.472 %)Sybase
82 (0.472 %)Macromedia
82 (0.472 %)Red Hat
91 (0.236 %)Brocade
91 (0.236 %)Citrix
91 (0.236 %)Novell
91 (0.236 %)Borland