C++ Developer Jobs in the South East

C++ Developer
England > South East

The median C++ Developer salary in the South East is £60,000 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 310 386 454
Rank change year-on-year +76 +68 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 82 22 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.49% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 55 22 32
10th Percentile £38,125 £42,500 £37,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -38.82% +70.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 -
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,875 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% -11.76% +25.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,671 13,511 19,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.53% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,327 8,466 12,622
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the South East 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
Surrey +37 34 £60,000 +16.50% 4
Thames Valley +33 18 £70,000 +35.92% 1
Hampshire -7 16 £57,500 +17.95% 3
Buckinghamshire - 12 £85,000 - 1
West Sussex - 7 £42,500 - 1
Kent 0 5 £41,250 -31.25%
Oxfordshire +11 4 £65,000 +44.44%
Berkshire +27 2 - -
Sussex - 2 £60,000 -
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, C++ Developer 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 South East region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 82 (100.00%) C++
2 37 (45.12%) Security Cleared
3 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
4 29 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (34.15%) SQL
6 27 (32.93%) Java
6 27 (32.93%) Linux
7 26 (31.71%) Windows
8 25 (30.49%) SC Cleared
9 24 (29.27%) Test Automation
9 24 (29.27%) Multithreading
9 24 (29.27%) Actionable Insight
9 24 (29.27%) Ant
9 24 (29.27%) Hibernate
10 23 (28.05%) System Testing
11 21 (25.61%) Algorithms
11 21 (25.61%) Agile
12 19 (23.17%) C#
13 17 (20.73%) Mathematics
13 17 (20.73%) SDLC
14 16 (19.51%) C
14 16 (19.51%) .NET
15 14 (17.07%) Software Engineering
15 14 (17.07%) Qt
16 12 (14.63%) Azure
16 12 (14.63%) OOP
17 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
18 10 (12.20%) ASP.NET
19 9 (10.98%) Machine Learning
20 8 (9.76%) Entity Framework

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.44%) Apache
1 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.63%) Azure
2 4 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.66%) AWS
3 3 (3.66%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (29.27%) Ant
2 5 (6.10%) JIRA
3 3 (3.66%) Bitbucket
3 3 (3.66%) Git
4 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.22%) GDB
General
1 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.54%) Finance
3 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (29.27%) Hibernate
2 16 (19.51%) .NET
3 14 (17.07%) Qt
4 10 (12.20%) ASP.NET
5 8 (9.76%) .NET Framework
5 8 (9.76%) Entity Framework
6 6 (7.32%) LINQ
7 5 (6.10%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (4.88%) .NET Core
8 4 (4.88%) Blazor
8 4 (4.88%) HTML
8 4 (4.88%) HTML5
8 4 (4.88%) STL
8 4 (4.88%) WPF
9 3 (3.66%) CSS
9 3 (3.66%) CSS3
9 3 (3.66%) Highcharts JS
9 3 (3.66%) REST
9 3 (3.66%) WCF
9 3 (3.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.61%) Algorithms
2 7 (8.54%) Robotics
3 1 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (32.93%) Linux
2 26 (31.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (29.27%) Actionable Insight
2 24 (29.27%) Multithreading
2 24 (29.27%) Test Automation
3 23 (28.05%) System Testing
4 21 (25.61%) Agile
5 17 (20.73%) Mathematics
5 17 (20.73%) SDLC
6 14 (17.07%) Software Engineering
7 12 (14.63%) OOP
8 9 (10.98%) Machine Learning
9 6 (7.32%) MVC
10 5 (6.10%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (6.10%) CAE
10 5 (6.10%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
10 5 (6.10%) Computer Science
10 5 (6.10%) Finite Element Analysis
10 5 (6.10%) Parallel Computing
10 5 (6.10%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (6.10%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 82 (100.00%) C++
2 28 (34.15%) SQL
3 27 (32.93%) Java
4 19 (23.17%) C#
5 16 (19.51%) C
6 5 (6.10%) Python
7 3 (3.66%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.66%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.66%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (45.12%) Security Cleared
2 25 (30.49%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.76%) Degree
4 5 (6.10%) Master's Degree
4 5 (6.10%) PhD
5 4 (4.88%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft