Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1818
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1180318051
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.615 %8.080 %
As % of the category below16.28 %17.63 %
Salaries quoted1019914580
Average minimum salary£39,957£41,561
Average salary£44,997£46,544
% change on same period last year-3.32 %
Average maximum salary£50,037£51,527
UK excluding London average salary£36,886£37,084
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads72486102410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.76 %45.84 %
Salaries quoted6262683811
Average minimum salary£37,192£38,141
Average salary£40,862£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,532£45,764
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %

C++
Demand Trend

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

C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

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

C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-111350£45,309-3.55 %
LondonUp+15076£57,990-0.65 %
South EastUp+12312£38,255-2.96 %
City of LondonUp+21699£60,741-1.04 %
East of EnglandDown-21204£39,276+2.59 %
South WestDown-21010£35,863+2.56 %
CambridgeshireDown-2744£38,056-1.75 %
CambridgeDown-2607£37,534-3.64 %
SurreyUp+9551£37,908-5.89 %
BerkshireDown-4534£38,051-9.18 %
HampshireDown-1532£37,566+2.00 %
North WestDown-11507£33,404-0.30 %
West MidlandsDown-2418£34,275-2.10 %
YorkshireUp+3395£34,582-0.72 %
East MidlandsUp+3378£35,003+5.43 %
BristolUp+2344£36,187+2.56 %
OxfordshireUp+1307£37,718-0.25 %
ScotlandUp+1293£36,688+10.86 %
ManchesterDown-4259£31,518-7.06 %
HertfordshireDown-7220£41,329+6.94 %
OxfordUp+3218£37,021-2.67 %
WiltshireUp+15197£35,979+1.52 %
GloucestershireDown-1191£36,367+9.08 %
West YorkshireDown-20184£34,490-5.21 %
CheshireDown-17173£34,175+4.32 %
ReadingDown-4152£38,353-8.57 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1151£71,450+16.59 %
SomersetDown-14146£35,010+4.19 %
West SussexUp+6142£37,607+7.10 %
South YorkshireUp+24137£33,898+0.20 %

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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++.

19152 (36.18 %)C#
28314 (32.87 %)Java
36959 (27.51 %)C
46659 (26.32 %).NET
56172 (24.40 %)Windows
65723 (22.62 %)Degree
75607 (22.17 %)Finance
85214 (20.61 %)SQL
95120 (20.24 %)OO
105062 (20.01 %)UNIX
114083 (16.14 %)SQL Server
123754 (14.84 %)Linux
133201 (12.65 %)XML
143064 (12.11 %)Oracle
152818 (11.14 %)Banking
162789 (11.03 %)Front Office
172788 (11.02 %)Derivative
182511 (9.926 %)VB
192222 (8.784 %)UML
202084 (8.238 %)Computer Science
212066 (8.167 %)Microsoft
221999 (7.902 %)VC++
231900 (7.511 %)STL
241828 (7.226 %)Mathematics
251752 (6.926 %)MFC
261685 (6.661 %)Perl
271684 (6.657 %)ASP.NET
281592 (6.293 %)OOD
291508 (5.961 %)Software Engineering
301486 (5.874 %)Games

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16659 (26.32 %).NET
23201 (12.65 %)XML
31900 (7.511 %)STL
41752 (6.926 %)MFC
51684 (6.657 %)ASP.NET
61307 (5.167 %)HTML
71110 (4.388 %)J2EE
81085 (4.289 %)WebServices
9897 (3.546 %)WinForms
10819 (3.238 %).NET Framework
11608 (2.404 %)ASP
12491 (1.941 %)CSS
13490 (1.937 %)AJAX
14482 (1.905 %)OpenGL
15475 (1.878 %)Middleware
16448 (1.771 %)ATL
17408 (1.613 %)XSLT
18357 (1.411 %)DirectX
19329 (1.301 %)JSP
20283 (1.119 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1304 (1.202 %)WebLogic
2269 (1.063 %)Apache
3206 (0.814 %)SharePoint
4145 (0.573 %)IIS
5132 (0.522 %)Tomcat
6131 (0.518 %)BizTalk Server
7121 (0.478 %)MQSeries
896 (0.380 %)SAS
974 (0.293 %)Rendezvous
1067 (0.265 %)CMS
1161 (0.241 %)WebSphere MQ
1260 (0.237 %)JBoss
1353 (0.210 %)MS Exchange
1447 (0.186 %)ColdFusion
1447 (0.186 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1536 (0.142 %)Oracle Workflow
1632 (0.127 %)ArcGIS
1728 (0.111 %)Mathematica
1827 (0.107 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1827 (0.107 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1880 (3.479 %)MS Excel
2430 (1.700 %)MATLAB
3243 (0.961 %)MS Visio
4197 (0.779 %)MS Office
5152 (0.601 %)Spreadsheet
6117 (0.463 %)Simulink
747 (0.186 %)Photoshop
842 (0.166 %)3ds Max
939 (0.154 %)MS Project
1034 (0.134 %)CA Clarity
1131 (0.123 %)Maya
1229 (0.115 %)AutoCAD
1328 (0.111 %)MS PowerPoint
1423 (0.091 %)CATIA
1516 (0.063 %)ArcInfo
1615 (0.059 %)S-PLUS
1615 (0.059 %)Doxygen
1713 (0.051 %)FrameMaker
1811 (0.043 %)Pro/ENGINEER
199 (0.036 %)PrintSoft PReS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
185 (0.336 %)Endur
245 (0.178 %)Summit
331 (0.123 %)SAP Retail
425 (0.099 %)Oracle Financials
520 (0.079 %)RMDS
520 (0.079 %)BASE24
616 (0.063 %)Oracle Applications
715 (0.059 %)Navision
812 (0.047 %)Oracle 11i
812 (0.047 %)Dynamics AX
812 (0.047 %)AWD
812 (0.047 %)SAP IS-U
911 (0.043 %)SAP Business One
911 (0.043 %)Great Plains
911 (0.043 %)SAP R/3
911 (0.043 %)FRONT ARENA
1010 (0.040 %)Sophis VALUE
118 (0.032 %)JDE OneWorld
127 (0.028 %)Murex MxG2000
127 (0.028 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11296 (5.123 %)TCP/IP
2645 (2.550 %)Internet
3378 (1.494 %)Wireless
4332 (1.312 %)GSM
5310 (1.225 %)HTTP
6140 (0.553 %)3G
7138 (0.546 %)DVB
8124 (0.490 %)Bluetooth
9118 (0.466 %)GPRS
10112 (0.443 %)VoIP
11111 (0.439 %)UMTS
12108 (0.427 %)Ethernet
13107 (0.423 %)LAN
14104 (0.411 %)SNMP
1593 (0.368 %)SMS
1690 (0.356 %)ISDN
1788 (0.348 %)Broadband
1887 (0.344 %)WAN
1978 (0.308 %)DNS
2074 (0.293 %)INAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14083 (16.14 %)SQL Server
2740 (2.925 %)RDBMS
3653 (2.581 %)SQL Server 2005
4447 (1.767 %)MySQL
5391 (1.546 %)SQL Server 2000
6210 (0.830 %)GIS
7192 (0.759 %)DB2
8172 (0.680 %)Oracle 10g
9154 (0.609 %)Oracle Reports
10144 (0.569 %)Oracle 8/8i
11109 (0.431 %)Datawarehouse
12105 (0.415 %)Oracle 9i
1383 (0.328 %)Crystal Reports
1473 (0.289 %)MS Access
1571 (0.281 %)KDB
1668 (0.269 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1767 (0.265 %)ETL
1863 (0.249 %)BusinessObjects
1962 (0.245 %)OLAP
1962 (0.245 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11414 (5.590 %)Visual Studio
2224 (0.886 %)Eclipse
3210 (0.830 %)Flash
4180 (0.712 %)ClearCase
5167 (0.660 %)VSS/SourceSafe
6151 (0.597 %)Ant
7145 (0.573 %)Subversion
8101 (0.399 %)JUnit
999 (0.391 %)NUnit
1084 (0.332 %)Rational Rose
1182 (0.324 %)Oracle Forms
1280 (0.316 %)InstallShield
1363 (0.249 %)MSI
1460 (0.237 %)LoadRunner
1552 (0.206 %)TestDirector
1650 (0.198 %)C++Builder
1742 (0.166 %)Dreamweaver
1840 (0.158 %)WinRunner
1938 (0.150 %)ClearQuest
2037 (0.146 %)LabVIEW
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15607 (22.17 %)Finance
22818 (11.14 %)Banking
32789 (11.03 %)Front Office
41486 (5.874 %)Games
51417 (5.602 %)Investment Banking
61140 (4.507 %)Pensions
71056 (4.175 %)Telecoms
8875 (3.459 %)Health
9812 (3.210 %)Education
10731 (2.890 %)Electronics
11445 (1.759 %)Government
12399 (1.577 %)3D Graphics
13392 (1.550 %)Insurance
14351 (1.388 %)Aerospace
15334 (1.320 %)Marketing
16298 (1.178 %)Automotive
17264 (1.044 %)Retail
18214 (0.846 %)Back Office
19200 (0.791 %)Financial Institution
20194 (0.767 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112627 (49.92 %)Developer
25505 (21.76 %)C++ Developer
35303 (20.96 %)Software Engineer
42388 (9.440 %)C# Developer
52230 (8.816 %)Software Developer
61763 (6.969 %)C++ Software Engineer
71676 (6.626 %)Senior Developer
81459 (5.768 %)Analyst
91378 (5.448 %)Programmer
101289 (5.096 %)Graduate
111254 (4.957 %)Java Developer
12973 (3.846 %).NET Developer
13913 (3.609 %)C++/C# Developer
14772 (3.052 %)Senior Software Engineer
15742 (2.933 %)Architect
16686 (2.712 %)Junior
17657 (2.597 %)C++ Software Developer
18648 (2.562 %)Graduate Developer
19625 (2.471 %)Consultant
20607 (2.400 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12788 (11.02 %)Derivative
22084 (8.238 %)Computer Science
31828 (7.226 %)Mathematics
41460 (5.772 %)Multithreading
51019 (4.028 %)Fixed Income
6975 (3.854 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7835 (3.301 %)Equities
8741 (2.929 %)Physics
9721 (2.850 %)Equity Derivative
10535 (2.115 %)Client/Server
11359 (1.419 %)Grid Computing
12354 (1.399 %)Device Driver
13344 (1.360 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14292 (1.154 %)N-Tier
15282 (1.115 %)Credit Derivative
16276 (1.091 %)Credit Risk
17254 (1.004 %)Market Risk
18208 (0.822 %)MPEG
19192 (0.759 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
20188 (0.743 %)VHDL
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16172 (24.40 %)Windows
25062 (20.01 %)UNIX
33754 (14.84 %)Linux
4670 (2.649 %)Solaris
5344 (1.360 %)Windows XP
6293 (1.158 %)Embedded Linux
7274 (1.083 %)Windows CE
8267 (1.056 %)Windows Mobile
9233 (0.921 %)VxWorks
10228 (0.901 %)Windows 2000
11214 (0.846 %)Windows Server 2003
12177 (0.700 %)Windows Vista
13174 (0.688 %)Symbian OS
14139 (0.549 %)Windows NT
15134 (0.530 %)AIX
16116 (0.459 %)HPUX
1792 (0.364 %)Red Hat Linux
1882 (0.324 %)Mac OS X
1963 (0.249 %)Nucleus RTOS
2044 (0.174 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15120 (20.24 %)OO
22222 (8.784 %)UML
31592 (6.293 %)OOD
41508 (5.961 %)Software Engineering
5872 (3.447 %)Project Management
6859 (3.396 %)Agile Software Development
7828 (3.273 %)Risk Management
8715 (2.827 %)Security Cleared
9674 (2.664 %)Algorithmic Trading
10643 (2.542 %)OOP
11523 (2.068 %)Electronic Trading
12471 (1.862 %)Unit Testing
13431 (1.704 %)OOA/OOD
14370 (1.463 %)Web Development
15348 (1.376 %)SOA
16304 (1.202 %)E-Commerce
17279 (1.103 %)Requirements Analysis
18259 (1.024 %)Software Testing
19251 (0.992 %)Scrum
20234 (0.925 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19152 (36.18 %)C#
28314 (32.87 %)Java
36959 (27.51 %)C
45214 (20.61 %)SQL
52511 (9.926 %)VB
61999 (7.902 %)VC++
71685 (6.661 %)Perl
81202 (4.752 %)JavaScript
91099 (4.345 %)VB.NET
101094 (4.325 %)Python
111061 (4.194 %)VBA
12851 (3.364 %)PHP
13827 (3.269 %)Embedded C
14804 (3.178 %)Embedded C++
15578 (2.285 %)Delphi
16541 (2.139 %)VB6
17459 (1.815 %)Shell Script
18398 (1.573 %)PL/SQL
19362 (1.431 %)Assembly Language
20361 (1.427 %)Transact-SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15723 (22.62 %)Degree
2688 (2.720 %)PhD
3217 (0.858 %)Microsoft Certification
4126 (0.498 %)MCSD
5102 (0.403 %)MCAD
693 (0.368 %)MCP
785 (0.336 %)ISEB
874 (0.293 %)HND
964 (0.253 %)HNC
1053 (0.210 %)Postgraduate
1143 (0.170 %)CISSP
1224 (0.095 %)Cisco Certification
1318 (0.071 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1318 (0.071 %)MBA
1416 (0.063 %)CCNA
1515 (0.059 %)ITIL Certification
1613 (0.051 %)Oracle Certification
1712 (0.047 %)Sun Certification
1810 (0.040 %)ISTQB
199 (0.036 %)CHFI
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1463 (1.830 %)QA
276 (0.300 %)ISO9001
355 (0.217 %)SLA
440 (0.158 %)HL7
539 (0.154 %)ISO9000
635 (0.138 %)WAI
728 (0.111 %)DICOM
728 (0.111 %)TickIT
819 (0.075 %)JTAG
914 (0.055 %)MiFID
1011 (0.043 %)BS7799
118 (0.032 %)ISO14001
124 (0.016 %)Basel II
132 (0.008 %)ISO8583
132 (0.008 %)ISO27001
132 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
141 (0.004 %)ISO12207
141 (0.004 %)21 CFR Part 11
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1175 (0.692 %)Active Directory
225 (0.099 %)MSMQ
324 (0.095 %)VMware Infrastructure
421 (0.083 %)Terminal Services
516 (0.063 %)ISA Server
516 (0.063 %)NFS
615 (0.059 %)AquaLogic
710 (0.040 %)Orbix
86 (0.024 %)Cronacle
95 (0.020 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.016 %)NDS
113 (0.012 %)Snort
113 (0.012 %)Squid
122 (0.008 %)Citrix Presentation Server
122 (0.008 %)Nmap
122 (0.008 %)WebInspect
131 (0.004 %)Xen
131 (0.004 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
140 (0.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
229 (0.115 %)SCCM
321 (0.083 %)OpenView
417 (0.067 %)AutoSys
417 (0.067 %)OVSD
515 (0.059 %)CA SiteMinder
515 (0.059 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
613 (0.051 %)SCOM
613 (0.051 %)MOM
76 (0.024 %)CONTROL-M
85 (0.020 %)Nagios
94 (0.016 %)BMC PATROL
94 (0.016 %)Tivoli
103 (0.012 %)Unicenter
103 (0.012 %)Nessus
112 (0.008 %)ZENworks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13064 (12.11 %)Oracle
22066 (8.167 %)Microsoft
3871 (3.443 %)Sybase
4468 (1.850 %)Symbian
5336 (1.328 %)TIBCO
6227 (0.897 %)IBM
7125 (0.494 %)Red Hat
8124 (0.490 %)HP
9107 (0.423 %)OpenLink
10106 (0.419 %)SAP
11103 (0.407 %)Sun
12102 (0.403 %)Cisco
1396 (0.380 %)Borland
1495 (0.376 %)Reuters
1592 (0.364 %)DataSynapse
1679 (0.312 %)Citrix
1769 (0.273 %)ESRI
1865 (0.257 %)Bloomberg
1963 (0.249 %)Business Objects
2057 (0.225 %)Perforce