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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1818
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads909915571
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.716 %7.884 %
As % of the category below16.44 %17.39 %
Salaries quoted793412599
Average minimum salary£39,176£40,641
Average salary£44,069£45,682
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Average maximum salary£48,962£50,723
UK excluding London average salary£37,421£37,078
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5534589556
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.93 %45.35 %
Salaries quoted4785473747
Average minimum salary£36,751£37,474
Average salary£40,309£41,278
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,868£45,083
UK excluding London average salary£35,659£35,902
% change on same period last year-0.67 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandNo change08789£44,361-3.65 %
LondonUp+13690£56,296-2.26 %
South EastDown-21818£38,943+0.22 %
City of LondonUp+41258£59,209-2.26 %
East of EnglandDown-2945£39,822+4.89 %
South WestUp+3934£36,764+3.32 %
CambridgeshireNo change0615£39,519+3.62 %
CambridgeDown-1521£39,097+1.96 %
SurreyUp+7480£39,989+1.60 %
HampshireDown-1436£36,223-3.87 %
North WestDown-12401£33,902-2.61 %
BerkshireDown-4362£40,554-1.13 %
East MidlandsUp+11316£36,535+13.36 %
BristolUp+7316£35,940+0.92 %
West MidlandsDown-10306£34,610-1.32 %
YorkshireUp+3302£34,399-2.26 %
ManchesterDown-4229£31,281-8.75 %
ScotlandDown-1213£35,468+1.53 %
OxfordshireNo change0208£37,727+4.94 %
GloucestershireUp+3198£36,707+5.98 %
HertfordshireDown-5175£38,453+2.87 %
SomersetDown-8173£35,830+6.73 %
West YorkshireDown-7166£33,829-6.60 %
WiltshireUp+2156£38,208+7.88 %
BathDown-6143£36,099+13.06 %
OxfordNo change0139£36,966+3.38 %
CheshireDown-23125£36,038+2.43 %
West SussexNo change0120£40,066+18.97 %
North EastUp+6111£33,021-10.30 %
ReadingDown-3103£41,432+0.30 %

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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++.

17950 (36.40 %)C#
27098 (32.50 %)Java
36082 (27.85 %)C
45736 (26.26 %).NET
55258 (24.07 %)Windows
65049 (23.12 %)Degree
74675 (21.40 %)Finance
84403 (20.16 %)SQL
94384 (20.07 %)OO
104353 (19.93 %)UNIX
113440 (15.75 %)SQL Server
123324 (15.22 %)Linux
132738 (12.54 %)XML
142596 (11.89 %)Oracle
152313 (10.59 %)Front Office
162295 (10.51 %)Derivative
172281 (10.44 %)Banking
182020 (9.248 %)VB
191927 (8.822 %)UML
201921 (8.795 %)Computer Science
211740 (7.966 %)STL
221733 (7.934 %)VC++
231659 (7.595 %)Microsoft
241657 (7.586 %)Mathematics
251506 (6.895 %)ASP.NET
261486 (6.803 %)MFC
271413 (6.469 %)Perl
281412 (6.465 %)OOD
291378 (6.309 %)Games
301375 (6.295 %)Multithreading

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
15736 (26.26 %).NET
22738 (12.54 %)XML
31740 (7.966 %)STL
41506 (6.895 %)ASP.NET
51486 (6.803 %)MFC
61136 (5.201 %)HTML
7943 (4.317 %)J2EE
8882 (4.038 %)WebServices
9777 (3.557 %)WinForms
10667 (3.054 %).NET Framework
11488 (2.234 %)ASP
12453 (2.074 %)CSS
13434 (1.987 %)OpenGL
14416 (1.905 %)AJAX
15372 (1.703 %)Middleware
16352 (1.612 %)ATL
17343 (1.570 %)XSLT
18340 (1.557 %)DirectX
19280 (1.282 %)WPF
20271 (1.241 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1276 (1.264 %)WebLogic
2226 (1.035 %)Apache
3187 (0.856 %)SharePoint
4130 (0.595 %)IIS
5106 (0.485 %)MQSeries
6105 (0.481 %)Tomcat
797 (0.444 %)BizTalk Server
864 (0.293 %)Rendezvous
864 (0.293 %)SAS
956 (0.256 %)JBoss
1050 (0.229 %)CMS
1143 (0.197 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1238 (0.174 %)ColdFusion
1336 (0.165 %)WebSphere MQ
1435 (0.160 %)ArcGIS
1534 (0.156 %)MS Exchange
1629 (0.133 %)Mathematica
1726 (0.119 %)Oracle Workflow
1824 (0.110 %)CICS
1923 (0.105 %)ArcIMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1685 (3.136 %)MS Excel
2346 (1.584 %)MATLAB
3223 (1.021 %)MS Visio
4142 (0.650 %)MS Office
5112 (0.513 %)Spreadsheet
684 (0.385 %)Simulink
740 (0.183 %)AutoCAD
835 (0.160 %)Photoshop
835 (0.160 %)CA Clarity
932 (0.147 %)3ds Max
1029 (0.133 %)Maya
1125 (0.114 %)CATIA
1125 (0.114 %)MS Project
1219 (0.087 %)ArcInfo
1318 (0.082 %)MS PowerPoint
1415 (0.069 %)Doxygen
1512 (0.055 %)FrameMaker
1611 (0.050 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1710 (0.046 %)S-PLUS
188 (0.037 %)LightWave 3D
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
142 (0.192 %)Endur
232 (0.147 %)Summit
324 (0.110 %)SAP Retail
421 (0.096 %)Oracle Applications
517 (0.078 %)RMDS
616 (0.073 %)Oracle Financials
714 (0.064 %)Oracle 11i
813 (0.060 %)BASE24
912 (0.055 %)SAP IS-U
1010 (0.046 %)Sophis VALUE
119 (0.041 %)GoldMine
119 (0.041 %)Navision
119 (0.041 %)Dynamics AX
126 (0.027 %)Kondor+
126 (0.027 %)JDE OneWorld
135 (0.023 %)SAP R/3
135 (0.023 %)Great Plains
135 (0.023 %)Axapta
135 (0.023 %)FRONT ARENA
135 (0.023 %)SAP Business One
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11183 (5.416 %)TCP/IP
2523 (2.394 %)Internet
3314 (1.438 %)Wireless
4291 (1.332 %)GSM
5280 (1.282 %)HTTP
6122 (0.559 %)DVB
7112 (0.513 %)3G
8105 (0.481 %)VoIP
9103 (0.472 %)SNMP
10102 (0.467 %)GPRS
1193 (0.426 %)LAN
1291 (0.417 %)UMTS
1389 (0.407 %)WAN
1480 (0.366 %)Bluetooth
1578 (0.357 %)Ethernet
1677 (0.353 %)Broadband
1677 (0.353 %)ISDN
1766 (0.302 %)DNS
1865 (0.298 %)SMS
1964 (0.293 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13440 (15.75 %)SQL Server
2605 (2.770 %)RDBMS
3578 (2.646 %)SQL Server 2005
4404 (1.850 %)MySQL
5327 (1.497 %)SQL Server 2000
6198 (0.907 %)GIS
7133 (0.609 %)Oracle Reports
8127 (0.581 %)Oracle 8/8i
9121 (0.554 %)Oracle 10g
10115 (0.527 %)DB2
1191 (0.417 %)Oracle 9i
1285 (0.389 %)BusinessObjects
1372 (0.330 %)Crystal Reports
1471 (0.325 %)Datawarehouse
1561 (0.279 %)KDB
1660 (0.275 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1759 (0.270 %)PostgreSQL
1857 (0.261 %)ETL
1952 (0.238 %)OLAP
1952 (0.238 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11306 (5.979 %)Visual Studio
2181 (0.829 %)Eclipse
3162 (0.742 %)ClearCase
4124 (0.568 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5117 (0.536 %)Subversion
6103 (0.472 %)Ant
791 (0.417 %)JUnit
888 (0.403 %)NUnit
975 (0.343 %)Oracle Forms
1067 (0.307 %)InstallShield
1164 (0.293 %)Rational Rose
1253 (0.243 %)LoadRunner
1352 (0.238 %)MSI
1446 (0.211 %)C++Builder
1538 (0.174 %)LabVIEW
1637 (0.169 %)Dreamweaver
1735 (0.160 %)ProC
1827 (0.124 %)ClearQuest
1827 (0.124 %)Log4j
1922 (0.101 %)CodeWarrior
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14675 (21.40 %)Finance
22313 (10.59 %)Front Office
32281 (10.44 %)Banking
41378 (6.309 %)Games
51128 (5.164 %)Investment Banking
61031 (4.720 %)Pensions
7903 (4.134 %)Telecoms
8791 (3.621 %)Health
9713 (3.264 %)Education
10648 (2.967 %)Electronics
11378 (1.731 %)3D Graphics
12371 (1.699 %)Government
13350 (1.602 %)Insurance
14336 (1.538 %)Aerospace
15298 (1.364 %)Marketing
16257 (1.177 %)Automotive
17194 (0.888 %)Retail
17194 (0.888 %)Multimedia
18188 (0.861 %)Back Office
19182 (0.833 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110843 (49.64 %)Developer
24748 (21.74 %)C++ Developer
34718 (21.60 %)Software Engineer
42072 (9.486 %)C# Developer
51955 (8.951 %)Software Developer
61608 (7.362 %)C++ Software Engineer
71420 (6.501 %)Senior Developer
81172 (5.366 %)Programmer
91138 (5.210 %)Graduate
101136 (5.201 %)Analyst
11989 (4.528 %)Java Developer
12823 (3.768 %).NET Developer
13806 (3.690 %)C++/C# Developer
14729 (3.338 %)Senior Software Engineer
15673 (3.081 %)Architect
16585 (2.678 %)Graduate Developer
17578 (2.646 %)Junior
18544 (2.491 %)Consultant
19531 (2.431 %)C++ Software Developer
20516 (2.362 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12295 (10.51 %)Derivative
21921 (8.795 %)Computer Science
31657 (7.586 %)Mathematics
41375 (6.295 %)Multithreading
5884 (4.047 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6809 (3.704 %)Fixed Income
7681 (3.118 %)Equities
8675 (3.090 %)Physics
9560 (2.564 %)Equity Derivative
10475 (2.175 %)Client/Server
11298 (1.364 %)Device Driver
12269 (1.232 %)Grid Computing
13268 (1.227 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14251 (1.149 %)N-Tier
15231 (1.058 %)Credit Derivative
16224 (1.026 %)Credit Risk
17183 (0.838 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
18180 (0.824 %)MPEG
19179 (0.820 %)Market Risk
20165 (0.755 %)Firmware
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15258 (24.07 %)Windows
24353 (19.93 %)UNIX
33324 (15.22 %)Linux
4501 (2.294 %)Solaris
5310 (1.419 %)Embedded Linux
6300 (1.374 %)Windows XP
7266 (1.218 %)Windows Mobile
8238 (1.090 %)Windows CE
9192 (0.879 %)Windows 2000
10181 (0.829 %)Windows Server 2003
11158 (0.723 %)VxWorks
12148 (0.678 %)Windows Vista
13115 (0.527 %)AIX
14110 (0.504 %)Windows NT
15109 (0.499 %)Symbian OS
1678 (0.357 %)HPUX
1767 (0.307 %)Mac OS X
1861 (0.279 %)Red Hat Linux
1953 (0.243 %)Nucleus RTOS
2037 (0.169 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14384 (20.07 %)OO
21927 (8.822 %)UML
31412 (6.465 %)OOD
41334 (6.107 %)Software Engineering
5798 (3.654 %)Agile Software Development
6722 (3.306 %)Project Management
7682 (3.122 %)Risk Management
8579 (2.651 %)OOP
9557 (2.550 %)Algorithmic Trading
10477 (2.184 %)Electronic Trading
11428 (1.960 %)Unit Testing
12380 (1.740 %)OOA/OOD
13291 (1.332 %)Web Development
14262 (1.200 %)SOA
15246 (1.126 %)Requirements Analysis
16236 (1.080 %)E-Commerce
17217 (0.993 %)Data Modelling
18214 (0.980 %)Scrum
19203 (0.929 %)CAD
20201 (0.920 %)Software Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17950 (36.40 %)C#
27098 (32.50 %)Java
36082 (27.85 %)C
44403 (20.16 %)SQL
52020 (9.248 %)VB
61733 (7.934 %)VC++
71413 (6.469 %)Perl
81003 (4.592 %)JavaScript
9929 (4.253 %)VB.NET
10922 (4.221 %)Python
11829 (3.795 %)VBA
12805 (3.686 %)Embedded C
13753 (3.447 %)PHP
14689 (3.154 %)Embedded C++
15505 (2.312 %)Delphi
16478 (2.188 %)VB6
17353 (1.616 %)Assembly Language
18337 (1.543 %)PL/SQL
19331 (1.515 %)Transact-SQL
20329 (1.506 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15049 (23.12 %)Degree
2693 (3.173 %)Security Cleared
3593 (2.715 %)PhD
4164 (0.751 %)SC Cleared
5163 (0.746 %)Microsoft Certification
694 (0.430 %)MCSD
791 (0.417 %)MCAD
882 (0.375 %)ISEB
975 (0.343 %)MCP
1061 (0.279 %)HND
1153 (0.243 %)DV Cleared
1245 (0.206 %)HNC
1344 (0.201 %)Postgraduate
1431 (0.142 %)CISSP
1431 (0.142 %)BC Cleared
1528 (0.128 %)Cisco Certification
1622 (0.101 %)CCNA
1719 (0.087 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1816 (0.073 %)MBA
1816 (0.073 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1357 (1.634 %)QA
259 (0.270 %)ISO9001
337 (0.169 %)SLA
337 (0.169 %)ISO9000
436 (0.165 %)HL7
531 (0.142 %)DICOM
629 (0.133 %)TickIT
721 (0.096 %)WAI
820 (0.092 %)JTAG
913 (0.060 %)MiFID
1012 (0.055 %)BS7799
116 (0.027 %)ISO14001
123 (0.014 %)Basel II
132 (0.009 %)ISO27001
132 (0.009 %)PCI DSS
141 (0.005 %)21 CFR Part 11
141 (0.005 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1143 (0.655 %)Active Directory
235 (0.160 %)MSMQ
320 (0.092 %)Terminal Services
416 (0.073 %)NFS
515 (0.069 %)ISA Server
614 (0.064 %)AquaLogic
713 (0.060 %)VMware Infrastructure
86 (0.027 %)Nmap
86 (0.027 %)Cronacle
86 (0.027 %)Orbix
95 (0.023 %)Terminal Server
95 (0.023 %)Xen
104 (0.018 %)NDS
113 (0.014 %)Squid
122 (0.009 %)WebInspect
122 (0.009 %)Snort
122 (0.009 %)Citrix Presentation Server
131 (0.005 %)Oracle RAC
131 (0.005 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
135 (0.160 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
226 (0.119 %)SCCM
325 (0.114 %)OpenView
421 (0.096 %)OVSD
519 (0.087 %)AutoSys
615 (0.069 %)CA SiteMinder
713 (0.060 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
812 (0.055 %)CONTROL-M
812 (0.055 %)MOM
910 (0.046 %)SCOM
107 (0.032 %)Nessus
114 (0.018 %)Nagios
114 (0.018 %)BMC PATROL
114 (0.018 %)Tivoli
123 (0.014 %)Unicenter
132 (0.009 %)ZENworks
141 (0.005 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12596 (11.89 %)Oracle
21659 (7.595 %)Microsoft
3704 (3.223 %)Sybase
4394 (1.804 %)Symbian
5273 (1.250 %)TIBCO
6191 (0.874 %)IBM
7108 (0.494 %)HP
894 (0.430 %)Red Hat
993 (0.426 %)SAP
1085 (0.389 %)Business Objects
1184 (0.385 %)Borland
1278 (0.357 %)Sun
1376 (0.348 %)Cisco
1376 (0.348 %)DataSynapse
1471 (0.325 %)OpenLink
1566 (0.302 %)Citrix
1566 (0.302 %)BEA
1665 (0.298 %)Reuters
1760 (0.275 %)ESRI
1856 (0.256 %)EMC