Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the London 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
Rank1718
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads36316968
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.138 %3.556 %
As % of the category below17.31 %17.98 %
Salaries quoted29825411
Average minimum salary£49,030£51,216
Average salary£55,920£57,849
% change on same period last year-3.33 %
Average maximum salary£62,811£64,482
UK excluding London average salary£37,456£37,059
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2097638761
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.13 %19.78 %
Salaries quoted1771331087
Average minimum salary£44,704£44,608
Average salary£49,181£49,425
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Average maximum salary£53,658£54,242
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonUp+41246£58,653-3.94 %
Docklands, LondonUp+194£69,938+7.18 %
Canary WharfDown-450£62,800-7.32 %
EalingDown-223£50,250-6.56 %
LutonUp+322£28,029-38.90 %
WimbledonUp+2715£41,333+29.16 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+1714£38,036-3.70 %
CroydonUp+169£31,333-11.52 %
FelthamDown-57£37,500+20.00 %
HounslowNew entry-7£51,429-
SurbitonNew entry-6£29,500-
UxbridgeUp+95£39,125-1.00 %
TwickenhamNew entry-2£40,000-
RainhamNew entry-2£27,500-
RomfordDown-72£27,500-
New MaldenDown-41£43,000+11.48 %
HarrowUp+21£28,000-26.89 %
IsleworthNew entry-1£39,000-
ClaphamUp+41£45,000+22.72 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13648 (38.58 %)Finance
23588 (37.94 %)C#
33458 (36.57 %)Java
42670 (28.24 %)UNIX
52261 (23.91 %).NET
62259 (23.89 %)Front Office
72257 (23.87 %)Derivative
82217 (23.45 %)SQL
92175 (23.00 %)Banking
102074 (21.93 %)Windows
111981 (20.95 %)OO
121738 (18.38 %)Degree
131331 (14.08 %)C
141268 (13.41 %)XML
151211 (12.81 %)SQL Server
161192 (12.61 %)Oracle
171170 (12.37 %)STL
181148 (12.14 %)Linux
191099 (11.62 %)Investment Banking
201011 (10.69 %)Multithreading
21877 (9.275 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
22796 (8.418 %)Fixed Income
23722 (7.635 %)VC++
24716 (7.572 %)Perl
25703 (7.434 %)VBA
26660 (6.980 %)Equities
26660 (6.980 %)Computer Science
27654 (6.916 %)VB
27654 (6.916 %)Risk Management
28651 (6.885 %)OOD

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12261 (23.91 %).NET
21268 (13.41 %)XML
31170 (12.37 %)STL
4514 (5.436 %)ASP.NET
5485 (5.129 %)MFC
6439 (4.643 %)WinForms
7435 (4.600 %)J2EE
8400 (4.230 %)WebServices
9343 (3.627 %)HTML
10245 (2.591 %)Middleware
11237 (2.506 %).NET Framework
12173 (1.830 %)Spring
13156 (1.650 %)ASP
14155 (1.639 %)ATL
15151 (1.597 %)XSLT
16144 (1.523 %)CSS
17132 (1.396 %)OpenGL
18112 (1.184 %)J2SE
19110 (1.163 %)AJAX
20102 (1.079 %)JSP
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1149 (1.576 %)WebLogic
292 (0.973 %)MQSeries
292 (0.973 %)SharePoint
374 (0.783 %)BizTalk Server
463 (0.666 %)Rendezvous
561 (0.645 %)Apache
638 (0.402 %)Tomcat
734 (0.360 %)SAS
734 (0.360 %)SharePoint Server 2007
833 (0.349 %)CMS
926 (0.275 %)IIS
1022 (0.233 %)SmartSockets
1121 (0.222 %)TIBCO EMS
1219 (0.201 %)JBoss
1317 (0.180 %)WebSphere MQ
1416 (0.169 %)ColdFusion
1514 (0.148 %)ArcGIS
1514 (0.148 %)ArcIMS
1514 (0.148 %)ArcSDE
1611 (0.116 %)MS Exchange
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1236 (2.496 %)MS Excel
2107 (1.132 %)Spreadsheet
3102 (1.079 %)MATLAB
475 (0.793 %)MS Visio
541 (0.434 %)MS Office
625 (0.264 %)CA Clarity
720 (0.212 %)Photoshop
814 (0.148 %)ArcInfo
814 (0.148 %)Doxygen
913 (0.137 %)MS Project
1010 (0.106 %)AutoCAD
119 (0.095 %)3ds Max
127 (0.074 %)MS PowerPoint
127 (0.074 %)Maya
133 (0.032 %)Quicktime
142 (0.021 %)Adobe Illustrator
142 (0.021 %)PrintSoft PReS
151 (0.011 %)InfoPath
151 (0.011 %)S-PLUS
151 (0.011 %)Paint Shop Pro
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (0.381 %)Endur
230 (0.317 %)Summit
317 (0.180 %)RMDS
415 (0.159 %)Oracle Financials
510 (0.106 %)Sophis VALUE
66 (0.063 %)Kondor+
75 (0.053 %)Oracle Applications
75 (0.053 %)FRONT ARENA
75 (0.053 %)Sophis RISQUE
84 (0.042 %)SunGard Panorama
84 (0.042 %)Monis
93 (0.032 %)Murex MxG2000
93 (0.032 %)Eagle PACE
102 (0.021 %)Global One
102 (0.021 %)Hyperion Enterprise
102 (0.021 %)JDE OneWorld
102 (0.021 %)HFM
111 (0.011 %)SimCorp Dimension
111 (0.011 %)Oracle EBS
111 (0.011 %)HiPortfolio
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1446 (4.717 %)TCP/IP
2186 (1.967 %)Internet
369 (0.730 %)HTTP
438 (0.402 %)Broadband
534 (0.360 %)Wireless
629 (0.307 %)DVB
726 (0.275 %)3G
726 (0.275 %)LAN
726 (0.275 %)SMS
726 (0.275 %)VoIP
825 (0.264 %)FTP
922 (0.233 %)SAN
1021 (0.222 %)GSM
1119 (0.201 %)WAN
1217 (0.180 %)GPRS
1217 (0.180 %)PBX
1217 (0.180 %)RTP
1316 (0.169 %)2G
1414 (0.148 %)2.5G
1414 (0.148 %)SSL
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11211 (12.81 %)SQL Server
2378 (3.997 %)RDBMS
3342 (3.617 %)SQL Server 2005
4179 (1.893 %)SQL Server 2000
5135 (1.428 %)MySQL
667 (0.709 %)Oracle 10g
756 (0.592 %)BusinessObjects
854 (0.571 %)Oracle Reports
854 (0.571 %)SQL Server Integration Services
951 (0.539 %)KDB
1042 (0.444 %)OLAP
1138 (0.402 %)Oracle OLAP
1237 (0.391 %)GIS
1336 (0.381 %)Oracle 8/8i
1434 (0.360 %)Oracle 9i
1533 (0.349 %)PostgreSQL
1631 (0.328 %)ETL
1631 (0.328 %)DTS
1728 (0.296 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1826 (0.275 %)Datawarehouse
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1215 (2.274 %)Visual Studio
2108 (1.142 %)ClearCase
373 (0.772 %)JUnit
373 (0.772 %)Eclipse
467 (0.709 %)Ant
561 (0.645 %)NUnit
632 (0.338 %)Subversion
730 (0.317 %)MSI
730 (0.317 %)VSS/SourceSafe
829 (0.307 %)Log4j
922 (0.233 %)Oracle Forms
1016 (0.169 %)ProC
1114 (0.148 %)Dreamweaver
1213 (0.137 %)Rational Rose
1213 (0.137 %)InstallShield
1310 (0.106 %)ClearQuest
147 (0.074 %)TestDirector
156 (0.063 %)CruiseControl
156 (0.063 %)JIRA
165 (0.053 %)LoadRunner
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13648 (38.58 %)Finance
22259 (23.89 %)Front Office
32175 (23.00 %)Banking
41099 (11.62 %)Investment Banking
5635 (6.715 %)Games
6425 (4.495 %)Education
7343 (3.627 %)Telecoms
8229 (2.422 %)Health
9189 (1.999 %)Pensions
10175 (1.851 %)Back Office
11101 (1.068 %)3D Graphics
1294 (0.994 %)Insurance
1294 (0.994 %)Financial Institution
1393 (0.984 %)Government
1460 (0.635 %)Retail
1460 (0.635 %)Multimedia
1559 (0.624 %)Marketing
1649 (0.518 %)Online Games
1747 (0.497 %)Advertising
1846 (0.486 %)Aerospace
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15989 (63.34 %)Developer
23043 (32.18 %)C++ Developer
31316 (13.92 %)C# Developer
4796 (8.418 %)Senior Developer
5752 (7.953 %)Analyst
6736 (7.783 %)Software Engineer
7660 (6.980 %)Java Developer
8507 (5.362 %)C++/C# Developer
9424 (4.484 %)Architect
10404 (4.272 %)Graduate
11391 (4.135 %)Programmer
12386 (4.082 %).NET Developer
13359 (3.797 %)Software Developer
14304 (3.215 %)Team Leader
15280 (2.961 %)Senior C++ Developer
16267 (2.824 %)C++ Software Engineer
17254 (2.686 %)C++/Java Developer
18242 (2.559 %)Junior
19228 (2.411 %)Consultant
20218 (2.305 %)C++ Programmer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12257 (23.87 %)Derivative
21011 (10.69 %)Multithreading
3877 (9.275 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4796 (8.418 %)Fixed Income
5660 (6.980 %)Equities
5660 (6.980 %)Computer Science
6599 (6.335 %)Mathematics
7556 (5.880 %)Equity Derivative
8263 (2.781 %)Interest Rate Derivative
9260 (2.750 %)Grid Computing
10225 (2.379 %)Credit Derivative
11218 (2.305 %)Physics
12207 (2.189 %)Credit Risk
13181 (1.914 %)Client/Server
14174 (1.840 %)Market Risk
15157 (1.660 %)N-Tier
1689 (0.941 %)Exotic Derivative
1765 (0.687 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1858 (0.613 %)Statistics
1951 (0.539 %)Device Driver
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12670 (28.24 %)UNIX
22074 (21.93 %)Windows
31148 (12.14 %)Linux
4277 (2.929 %)Solaris
5153 (1.618 %)Windows XP
6134 (1.417 %)Windows Server 2003
7124 (1.311 %)Windows 2000
896 (1.015 %)Windows Vista
981 (0.857 %)Windows NT
1066 (0.698 %)Symbian OS
1148 (0.508 %)AIX
1239 (0.412 %)Windows Mobile
1331 (0.328 %)Red Hat Linux
1425 (0.264 %)Windows 2000 Server
1520 (0.212 %)Embedded Linux
1617 (0.180 %)Windows Server 2008
1714 (0.148 %)HPUX
1813 (0.137 %)Windows CE
1911 (0.116 %)VMS
2010 (0.106 %)Ubuntu
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11981 (20.95 %)OO
2654 (6.916 %)Risk Management
3651 (6.885 %)OOD
4544 (5.753 %)Algorithmic Trading
5529 (5.594 %)UML
6482 (5.097 %)Agile Software Development
7471 (4.981 %)Electronic Trading
8307 (3.247 %)Project Management
9255 (2.697 %)Software Engineering
10226 (2.390 %)OOP
11200 (2.115 %)Unit Testing
12147 (1.555 %)Asset Management
13145 (1.533 %)E-Commerce
14130 (1.375 %)OOA/OOD
15125 (1.322 %)Monte Carlo Method
16122 (1.290 %)SOA
17119 (1.258 %)Scrum
18118 (1.248 %)Data Modelling
19111 (1.174 %)Workflow
20109 (1.153 %)Business Analysis
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13588 (37.94 %)C#
23458 (36.57 %)Java
32217 (23.45 %)SQL
41331 (14.08 %)C
5722 (7.635 %)VC++
6716 (7.572 %)Perl
7703 (7.434 %)VBA
8654 (6.916 %)VB
9465 (4.918 %)Python
10283 (2.993 %)JavaScript
11238 (2.517 %)VB.NET
12223 (2.358 %)Shell Script
13205 (2.168 %)PHP
14172 (1.819 %)PL/SQL
15159 (1.681 %)Transact-SQL
16135 (1.428 %)Delphi
17123 (1.301 %)Ruby
17123 (1.301 %)VB6
1877 (0.814 %)Korn
1972 (0.761 %)Embedded C++
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11738 (18.38 %)Degree
2247 (2.612 %)PhD
373 (0.772 %)Microsoft Certification
464 (0.677 %)MCAD
561 (0.645 %)MCSD
660 (0.635 %)MCP
751 (0.539 %)Security Cleared
823 (0.243 %)ISEB
916 (0.169 %)MBA
1014 (0.148 %)DV Cleared
1113 (0.137 %)CISSP
129 (0.095 %)Sun Certification
137 (0.074 %)PRINCE2 Certification
137 (0.074 %)SC Cleared
137 (0.074 %)SSCP
137 (0.074 %)MCTS
145 (0.053 %)GIAC
145 (0.053 %)Cisco Certification
145 (0.053 %)CCNA
154 (0.042 %)MCPD
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1140 (1.481 %)QA
230 (0.317 %)DICOM
322 (0.233 %)HL7
413 (0.137 %)ISO9001
413 (0.137 %)MiFID
59 (0.095 %)SLA
65 (0.053 %)TickIT
73 (0.032 %)Basel II
82 (0.021 %)ISO9000
82 (0.021 %)JTAG
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
191 (0.962 %)Active Directory
214 (0.148 %)AquaLogic
39 (0.095 %)NFS
46 (0.063 %)Cronacle
46 (0.063 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (0.053 %)Terminal Server
55 (0.053 %)Orbix
64 (0.042 %)MSMQ
73 (0.032 %)Nmap
73 (0.032 %)Squid
82 (0.021 %)Snort
82 (0.021 %)WebInspect
82 (0.021 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.011 %)Samba
91 (0.011 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
125 (0.264 %)OpenView
221 (0.222 %)OVSD
319 (0.201 %)AutoSys
417 (0.180 %)SCCM
417 (0.180 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
515 (0.159 %)CONTROL-M
611 (0.116 %)MOM
710 (0.106 %)SCOM
84 (0.042 %)Nessus
84 (0.042 %)BMC PATROL
93 (0.032 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
93 (0.032 %)Unicenter
93 (0.032 %)Tivoli
102 (0.021 %)ZENworks
111 (0.011 %)Data Guard
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11192 (12.61 %)Oracle
2572 (6.049 %)Microsoft
3560 (5.922 %)Sybase
4259 (2.739 %)TIBCO
5136 (1.438 %)Symbian
679 (0.835 %)IBM
774 (0.783 %)DataSynapse
865 (0.687 %)OpenLink
964 (0.677 %)Red Hat
1061 (0.645 %)Reuters
1156 (0.592 %)Business Objects
1253 (0.560 %)HP
1351 (0.539 %)Bloomberg
1450 (0.529 %)Murex
1546 (0.486 %)Citrix
1546 (0.486 %)Sun
1639 (0.412 %)Sophis
1734 (0.360 %)Calypso
1734 (0.360 %)BEA
1824 (0.254 %)Fidessa