C++ Software Engineer Jobs in London

Software Engineer - C++
England > London

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in London is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 561 785
Rank change year-on-year +72 +224 -230
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 20 68 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19 53 65
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,050 £48,750
25th Percentile £46,000 £56,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -23.53% +13.33%
75th Percentile £85,625 £120,000 £127,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £138,750 £130,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +36.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 22,176 33,447 64,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 24,574 34,911
10th Percentile £38,084 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in London

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in London.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in London

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in London

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +50 1 £80,000 +19.40% 1
South London -1 1 £49,000 +8.89%
West London -10 1 £62,500 +8.70% 3
C++ Software Engineer
England

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) C++
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) Linux
2 10 (50.00%) Python
3 9 (45.00%) C
4 7 (35.00%) Degree
5 5 (25.00%) Multithreading
5 5 (25.00%) Games
5 5 (25.00%) Virtual Team
6 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (20.00%) Ray Tracing
6 4 (20.00%) Post-Production
6 4 (20.00%) Objective-C
6 4 (20.00%) Windows
6 4 (20.00%) 3D Graphics
6 4 (20.00%) OpenGL
6 4 (20.00%) DirectX
6 4 (20.00%) CAD
6 4 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (20.00%) 3D Rendering
6 4 (20.00%) Image Processing
6 4 (20.00%) Qt
7 3 (15.00%) RESTful
7 3 (15.00%) Android Development
7 3 (15.00%) iOS Development
7 3 (15.00%) Apple iOS
7 3 (15.00%) XMPP
7 3 (15.00%) Multimedia
7 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (15.00%) Video Conferencing

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (15.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) Xcode
General
1 5 (25.00%) Games
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Multimedia
4 2 (10.00%) Wearables
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) DirectX
1 4 (20.00%) OpenGL
1 4 (20.00%) Qt
2 3 (15.00%) RESTful
2 3 (15.00%) XMPP
3 2 (10.00%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (5.00%) ATL
4 1 (5.00%) COM
4 1 (5.00%) GTK
4 1 (5.00%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 4 (20.00%) 3D Graphics
2 4 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (20.00%) Ray Tracing
3 3 (15.00%) IoT
3 3 (15.00%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (5.00%) Hedge funds
5 1 (5.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (20.00%) Windows
3 3 (15.00%) Android
3 3 (15.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.00%) Debian
4 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Multithreading
3 4 (20.00%) 3D Rendering
3 4 (20.00%) CAD
3 4 (20.00%) Image Processing
3 4 (20.00%) Post-Production
4 3 (15.00%) Android Development
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.00%) Cross-Platform Development
4 3 (15.00%) iOS Development
4 3 (15.00%) Secure Coding
4 3 (15.00%) User Experience
5 2 (10.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (10.00%) Low Latency
5 2 (10.00%) Microservices
5 2 (10.00%) OO
5 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.00%) Epics
6 1 (5.00%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C++
2 10 (50.00%) Python
3 9 (45.00%) C
4 4 (20.00%) Objective-C
5 2 (10.00%) C#
5 2 (10.00%) Go
5 2 (10.00%) Rust
5 2 (10.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (10.00%) SQL
6 1 (5.00%) Bash
6 1 (5.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Grafana
1 1 (5.00%) Kibana
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Apple
1 1 (5.00%) NVIDIA