C++ Jobs in Edinburgh

C++
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 81 113
Rank change year-on-year +28 +32 -24
Permanent jobs citing C++ 57 69 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.75% 3.28% 1.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.50% 7.42% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 51 61 23
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £62,500
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 600 930 1,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.42% 44.20% 53.62%
Number of salaries quoted 463 596 837
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,789 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.51%) Apache
2 1 (1.75%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) EViews
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.75%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.04%) AWS
2 6 (10.53%) Serverless
3 5 (8.77%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (5.26%) Amazon S3
4 3 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (5.26%) Azure
4 3 (5.26%) ChatGPT
4 3 (5.26%) GCP
4 3 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (29.82%) Network Security
2 5 (8.77%) Wireless
3 4 (7.02%) Bluetooth
3 4 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.75%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) RDBMS
1 4 (7.02%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.75%) GIS
4 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Subversion
General
1 27 (47.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (14.04%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.02%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Banking
5 1 (1.75%) Finance
5 1 (1.75%) Games
5 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (71.93%) Software Engineer
2 28 (49.12%) Senior
3 23 (40.35%) Senior Software Engineer
4 18 (31.58%) C++ Software Engineer
4 18 (31.58%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 16 (28.07%) C Software Engineer
5 16 (28.07%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 16 (28.07%) Senior C Software Engineer
6 7 (12.28%) Developer
7 6 (10.53%) Database Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Research Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Research Software Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) C Developer
8 5 (8.77%) C/C++ Developer
8 5 (8.77%) C++ Developer
8 5 (8.77%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) Senior C Developer
8 5 (8.77%) Senior C++ Developer
8 5 (8.77%) Senior Developer
9 4 (7.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) DPDK
2 1 (1.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Algorithms
2 8 (14.04%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (8.77%) Data Structures
3 5 (8.77%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.75%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.75%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.07%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Android
2 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.75%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.75%) OpenWrt
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (71.93%) Software Engineering
2 25 (43.86%) Computer Science
3 10 (17.54%) Machine Learning
4 9 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (12.28%) Mathematics
6 6 (10.53%) Agile
6 6 (10.53%) Multithreading
6 6 (10.53%) Prototyping
7 5 (8.77%) Benchmarking
7 5 (8.77%) Computer Architecture
7 5 (8.77%) Data Management
7 5 (8.77%) Parallel Programming
7 5 (8.77%) Performance Analysis
7 5 (8.77%) Workflow
8 4 (7.02%) B2B
9 3 (5.26%) CI/CD
9 3 (5.26%) Generative AI
9 3 (5.26%) Low Latency
9 3 (5.26%) Performance Optimisation
9 3 (5.26%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (78.95%) C
2 25 (43.86%) Java
3 20 (35.09%) Rust
4 18 (31.58%) Python
5 11 (19.30%) Go
6 6 (10.53%) Haskell
7 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.51%) SQL
8 1 (1.75%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.75%) Bash
8 1 (1.75%) C#
8 1 (1.75%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.75%) Perl
8 1 (1.75%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (42.11%) Degree
2 12 (21.05%) Master's Degree
2 12 (21.05%) PhD
3 11 (19.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (5.26%) Google
1 3 (5.26%) OpenAI