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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 101 60
Rank change year-on-year +19 -41 -3
Permanent jobs citing C++ 294 207 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.19% 2.99% 5.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.61% 7.93% 9.90%
Number of salaries quoted 209 135 169
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £31,850
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% +5.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £88,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.21%

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 3,059 2,611 4,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.16% 37.74% 51.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,421 1,698 2,831
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £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 3 May 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 3 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
Bristol +36 97 £55,000 -15.38% 60
Gloucestershire -22 65 £60,000 -11.11% 24
Dorset +20 59 £60,000 +36.36% 17
Devon +23 34 - - 10
Somerset +13 22 £50,000 -13.42% 6
Wiltshire -7 15 £43,750 -23.91% 16
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 (3.74%) Apache
2 3 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.72%) GNU Octave
1 8 (2.72%) Simulink
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.44%) AWS
2 15 (5.10%) Azure
3 7 (2.38%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.70%) SaaS
5 4 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.68%) GCP
6 2 (0.68%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.34%) GitHub
7 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.78%) 5G
2 16 (5.44%) SD-WAN
2 16 (5.44%) WAN
3 10 (3.40%) TCP/IP
4 9 (3.06%) Internet
5 8 (2.72%) DNS
5 8 (2.72%) HTTP
5 8 (2.72%) SMTP
6 6 (2.04%) OFDM
7 5 (1.70%) Wireless
7 5 (1.70%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.68%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.68%) Link 16
9 1 (0.34%) 2G
9 1 (0.34%) 3G
9 1 (0.34%) 4G
9 1 (0.34%) Multicast
9 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.72%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.38%) SQLite
4 6 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.04%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.68%) Big Data
5 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (10.20%) Visual Studio
2 22 (7.48%) Git
3 21 (7.14%) Jenkins
4 15 (5.10%) JIRA
5 14 (4.76%) Subversion
6 10 (3.40%) LabVIEW
6 10 (3.40%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (2.38%) Eclipse
8 6 (2.04%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.04%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.04%) Selenium
9 5 (1.70%) NetBeans
9 5 (1.70%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.02%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.02%) GitLab
10 3 (1.02%) IDA Disassembler
10 3 (1.02%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.68%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.68%) PetaLinux
12 1 (0.34%) GCC
General
1 53 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (11.90%) Electronics
4 24 (8.16%) Aviation
5 23 (7.82%) Marketing
6 22 (7.48%) Automotive
7 17 (5.78%) Telecoms
8 16 (5.44%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.44%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.42%) Finance
9 13 (4.42%) Public Sector
10 8 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.38%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.68%) Advertising
14 2 (0.68%) Avionics
14 2 (0.68%) Games
15 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 180 (61.22%) Software Engineer
2 84 (28.57%) Senior
3 78 (26.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 71 (24.15%) C++ Software Engineer
4 71 (24.15%) Embedded Engineer
5 63 (21.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 46 (15.65%) Developer
7 39 (13.27%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 38 (12.93%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 30 (10.20%) Lead
10 26 (8.84%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 22 (7.48%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 22 (7.48%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 19 (6.46%) C++ Developer
13 14 (4.76%) Software Developer
14 12 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.74%) C Software Engineer
15 11 (3.74%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 11 (3.74%) Lead Software Engineer
16 9 (3.06%) FPGA Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.46%) Qt
2 17 (5.78%) STL
3 14 (4.76%) .NET
3 14 (4.76%) HTML
4 10 (3.40%) MFC
5 7 (2.38%) Apache NiFi
5 7 (2.38%) WPF
5 7 (2.38%) Yocto
6 6 (2.04%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.70%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.70%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.70%) CSS
7 5 (1.70%) JavaFX
8 3 (1.02%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.02%) LESS
8 3 (1.02%) Node.js
8 3 (1.02%) React
8 3 (1.02%) Spring
9 2 (0.68%) POSIX
9 2 (0.68%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (10.20%) FPGA
3 26 (8.84%) Embedded Systems
3 26 (8.84%) GNSS
4 19 (6.46%) VHDL
5 14 (4.76%) Algorithms
6 12 (4.08%) Robotics
7 10 (3.40%) Hackathon
8 9 (3.06%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.72%) CUDA
9 8 (2.72%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.72%) Tandem
10 7 (2.38%) PMI
11 6 (2.04%) IoT
11 6 (2.04%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.36%) Device Driver
12 4 (1.36%) Verilog
13 3 (1.02%) ARM Cortex
13 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 76 (25.85%) Linux
2 66 (22.45%) Windows
3 8 (2.72%) Unix
4 5 (1.70%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.36%) Android
6 3 (1.02%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.68%) AIX
7 2 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (71.77%) Software Engineering
2 71 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (13.61%) Computer Science
4 35 (11.90%) Multithreading
5 34 (11.56%) Agile
5 34 (11.56%) B2B
6 33 (11.22%) Test Automation
7 32 (10.88%) Defect Tracking
8 30 (10.20%) Creative Thinking
8 30 (10.20%) Requirements Analysis
9 28 (9.52%) Signal Processing
10 27 (9.18%) SDLC
11 24 (8.16%) Validation
12 23 (7.82%) CI/CD
13 21 (7.14%) Innovative Thinking
13 21 (7.14%) UML
14 20 (6.80%) Mentoring
14 20 (6.80%) Software Architecture
15 19 (6.46%) Technical Leadership
16 18 (6.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (41.84%) C
2 86 (29.25%) Python
3 42 (14.29%) Java
4 37 (12.59%) C#
5 30 (10.20%) MATLAB
6 20 (6.80%) Bash
6 20 (6.80%) Perl
6 20 (6.80%) SQL
7 19 (6.46%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.74%) Tcl
9 10 (3.40%) Ada
9 10 (3.40%) VB
10 9 (3.06%) PHP
10 9 (3.06%) Rust
11 7 (2.38%) SystemVerilog
12 5 (1.70%) Embedded C++
12 5 (1.70%) Fortran
13 4 (1.36%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.68%) Go
14 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (21.77%) Degree
2 53 (18.03%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.48%) DV Cleared
3 22 (7.48%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.38%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.02%) HND
6 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.34%) HNC
7 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.12%) PMO
2 5 (1.70%) IEC 61508
2 5 (1.70%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.70%) TickIT
3 4 (1.36%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.68%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 28 (9.52%) Firmware
2 25 (8.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.40%) Docker
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.68%) Ansible
2 2 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.08%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.74%) SAP
2 11 (3.74%) Xilinx
3 8 (2.72%) Altera
3 8 (2.72%) Atlassian
3 8 (2.72%) Green Hills
3 8 (2.72%) Motorola
4 3 (1.02%) Coverity
4 3 (1.02%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.68%) Google
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle
5 2 (0.68%) Samsung
6 1 (0.34%) F5
6 1 (0.34%) IBM
6 1 (0.34%) VMware