C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer - C++
England > South East

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 358 307
Rank change year-on-year +83 -51 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 111 50 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.66% 0.33% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.37% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 83 31 144
10th Percentile £37,850 £55,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £59,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +26.32%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £82,500 - £85,000
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
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 15,697 13,541 19,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 90.51% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,361 8,490 12,618
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++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the South East

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the South East

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the South East

C++ Software Engineer
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++ Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hampshire +5 37 £75,000 +11.11% 6
Thames Valley +41 35 £60,000 -25.00% 4
Surrey +21 32 £65,000 +64.56%
Berkshire +44 23 £60,000 -25.00% 1
Oxfordshire +22 11 £50,000 -37.50% 3
Sussex - 6 £31,250 -
East Sussex +18 5 £42,500 -39.29%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £70,000 -
C++ Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 South East region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 111 (100.00%) C++
1 111 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 47 (42.34%) C
3 44 (39.64%) Degree
3 44 (39.64%) Security Cleared
4 42 (37.84%) SC Cleared
5 41 (36.94%) Windows
6 40 (36.04%) Computer Science
7 37 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (25.23%) Linux
9 27 (24.32%) Mathematics
10 26 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (22.52%) Actionable Insight
12 24 (21.62%) Agile
13 23 (20.72%) Mentoring
14 21 (18.92%) Algorithms
14 21 (18.92%) Software Quality Assurance
14 21 (18.92%) Satnav
14 21 (18.92%) Code Quality
14 21 (18.92%) Subversion
14 21 (18.92%) Quality Management
14 21 (18.92%) QA
14 21 (18.92%) Test Automation
14 21 (18.92%) SaaS
15 20 (18.02%) Military
16 19 (17.12%) OO
17 18 (16.22%) STL
17 18 (16.22%) Qt
18 17 (15.32%) XML
18 17 (15.32%) MFC

C++ Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (18.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.60%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (18.92%) Subversion
2 17 (15.32%) CMake
3 7 (6.31%) Git
4 2 (1.80%) GDB
General
1 20 (18.02%) Military
2 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.70%) Electronics
4 1 (0.90%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.22%) Qt
1 18 (16.22%) STL
2 17 (15.32%) MFC
2 17 (15.32%) XML
3 11 (9.91%) .NET
4 2 (1.80%) HTML
4 2 (1.80%) HTML5
4 2 (1.80%) React
4 2 (1.80%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.92%) Algorithms
1 21 (18.92%) Satnav
2 5 (4.50%) Raspberry Pi
3 4 (3.60%) Arduino
3 4 (3.60%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.80%) CCTV
5 1 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.90%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 41 (36.94%) Windows
2 28 (25.23%) Linux
3 3 (2.70%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.90%) CentOS
4 1 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.90%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 40 (36.04%) Computer Science
3 27 (24.32%) Mathematics
4 26 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (22.52%) Actionable Insight
6 24 (21.62%) Agile
7 23 (20.72%) Mentoring
8 21 (18.92%) Code Quality
8 21 (18.92%) Quality Management
8 21 (18.92%) Test Automation
9 19 (17.12%) OO
10 17 (15.32%) Configuration Management
10 17 (15.32%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (14.41%) Multithreading
12 6 (5.41%) OOP
13 5 (4.50%) Artificial Intelligence
13 5 (4.50%) Coaching
14 4 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 4 (3.60%) Process Improvement
14 4 (3.60%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 111 (100.00%) C++
2 47 (42.34%) C
3 11 (9.91%) Python
4 9 (8.11%) C#
5 5 (4.50%) SQL
6 4 (3.60%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (39.64%) Degree
1 44 (39.64%) Security Cleared
2 42 (37.84%) SC Cleared
3 37 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.92%) QA
1 21 (18.92%) Software Quality Assurance