C++ Jobs in the South West

C++
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 96 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 -37 -4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 285 213 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.11% 3.04% 5.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.34% 7.99% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 205 143 162
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £31,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £88,300 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,053 2,667 4,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.37% 38.06% 51.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,431 1,744 2,827
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +5.77% +9.47%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Bristol +33 99 £55,000 -15.38% 69
Gloucestershire -32 62 £60,000 -14.29% 23
Dorset +19 57 £60,000 +36.36% 17
Devon +21 31 - - 14
Somerset +4 20 £50,000 -12.47% 7
Wiltshire -15 14 £43,750 -23.91% 13
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (3.86%) Apache
2 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Simulink
2 7 (2.46%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (5.96%) AWS
2 15 (5.26%) Azure
3 7 (2.46%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.75%) SaaS
5 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.70%) GCP
6 2 (0.70%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.35%) GitHub
7 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.61%) 5G
2 15 (5.26%) SD-WAN
2 15 (5.26%) WAN
3 9 (3.16%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.81%) Internet
5 7 (2.46%) DNS
5 7 (2.46%) HTTP
5 7 (2.46%) SMTP
6 5 (1.75%) OFDM
6 5 (1.75%) Wireless
7 4 (1.40%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.70%) Link 16
8 2 (0.70%) Multicast
9 1 (0.35%) 2G
9 1 (0.35%) 3G
9 1 (0.35%) 4G
9 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.81%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.46%) SQLite
4 6 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.70%) Big Data
5 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (10.53%) Visual Studio
2 17 (5.96%) Git
3 16 (5.61%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.56%) Subversion
5 11 (3.86%) JIRA
6 10 (3.51%) LabVIEW
6 10 (3.51%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (2.46%) Eclipse
8 6 (2.11%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.11%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.11%) Selenium
9 5 (1.75%) NetBeans
9 5 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.05%) GitLab
11 2 (0.70%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.70%) IDA Disassembler
11 2 (0.70%) PetaLinux
12 1 (0.35%) GCC
12 1 (0.35%) GDB
12 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 50 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (11.58%) Electronics
4 24 (8.42%) Aviation
5 23 (8.07%) Marketing
6 22 (7.72%) Automotive
7 17 (5.96%) Telecoms
8 15 (5.26%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.91%) Finance
9 14 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.56%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.81%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.70%) Advertising
14 2 (0.70%) Avionics
15 1 (0.35%) Games
15 1 (0.35%) Law
15 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 178 (62.46%) Software Engineer
2 83 (29.12%) Senior
3 78 (27.37%) Senior Software Engineer
4 70 (24.56%) C++ Software Engineer
5 69 (24.21%) Embedded Engineer
6 62 (21.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 42 (14.74%) Developer
8 38 (13.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 37 (12.98%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 28 (9.82%) Lead
11 27 (9.47%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (7.72%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 22 (7.72%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 17 (5.96%) C++ Developer
14 14 (4.91%) Software Developer
15 12 (4.21%) Systems Engineer
16 11 (3.86%) Lead Software Engineer
17 9 (3.16%) C Software Engineer
17 9 (3.16%) Software Team Leader
17 9 (3.16%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.67%) Qt
2 17 (5.96%) STL
3 15 (5.26%) HTML
4 14 (4.91%) .NET
5 10 (3.51%) MFC
6 7 (2.46%) Apache NiFi
6 7 (2.46%) WPF
6 7 (2.46%) Yocto
7 6 (2.11%) ASP.NET
7 6 (2.11%) CSS
8 5 (1.75%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.75%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.75%) JavaFX
9 3 (1.05%) Django
9 3 (1.05%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.05%) LESS
9 3 (1.05%) Node.js
9 3 (1.05%) React
9 3 (1.05%) Spring
10 2 (0.70%) CakePHP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.49%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (9.82%) FPGA
3 26 (9.12%) Embedded Systems
4 24 (8.42%) GNSS
5 17 (5.96%) VHDL
6 13 (4.56%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.86%) Robotics
8 10 (3.51%) Hackathon
9 8 (2.81%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (2.46%) CUDA
10 7 (2.46%) IoT
10 7 (2.46%) MicroBlaze
10 7 (2.46%) PMI
10 7 (2.46%) Tandem
11 6 (2.11%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.40%) Device Driver
12 4 (1.40%) Verilog
13 3 (1.05%) ARM Cortex
13 3 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (25.61%) Linux
2 64 (22.46%) Windows
3 7 (2.46%) Unix
4 5 (1.75%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.40%) Android
6 2 (0.70%) AIX
6 2 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.70%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.70%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (72.63%) Software Engineering
2 66 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (11.93%) Computer Science
3 34 (11.93%) Multithreading
4 31 (10.88%) Agile
4 31 (10.88%) B2B
5 30 (10.53%) Defect Tracking
6 29 (10.18%) Test Automation
7 28 (9.82%) Creative Thinking
7 28 (9.82%) Requirements Analysis
8 25 (8.77%) SDLC
8 25 (8.77%) Signal Processing
9 23 (8.07%) Validation
10 21 (7.37%) CI/CD
11 20 (7.02%) Innovative Thinking
11 20 (7.02%) Software Architecture
11 20 (7.02%) UML
12 18 (6.32%) Mentoring
12 18 (6.32%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (5.96%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (40.35%) C
2 82 (28.77%) Python
3 39 (13.68%) Java
4 37 (12.98%) C#
5 27 (9.47%) MATLAB
6 20 (7.02%) SQL
7 19 (6.67%) Bash
7 19 (6.67%) JavaScript
8 18 (6.32%) Perl
9 10 (3.51%) Ada
9 10 (3.51%) Tcl
10 9 (3.16%) PHP
10 9 (3.16%) VB
11 7 (2.46%) Rust
11 7 (2.46%) SystemVerilog
12 5 (1.75%) Embedded C++
12 5 (1.75%) Fortran
13 4 (1.40%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.70%) Scala
14 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (20.00%) Degree
2 48 (16.84%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.46%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.05%) HND
8 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.35%) HNC
8 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.96%) PMO
2 5 (1.75%) IEC 61508
2 5 (1.75%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.75%) TickIT
3 4 (1.40%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.70%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 27 (9.47%) Firmware
2 23 (8.07%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.51%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.70%) Ansible
2 2 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.86%) SAP
3 10 (3.51%) Xilinx
4 7 (2.46%) Altera
4 7 (2.46%) Green Hills
4 7 (2.46%) Motorola
5 6 (2.11%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.05%) Xamarin
7 2 (0.70%) Google
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle
7 2 (0.70%) Samsung
8 1 (0.35%) Coverity
8 1 (0.35%) F5
8 1 (0.35%) IBM
8 1 (0.35%) VMware