C++ Jobs in the South East

C++
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 76 94 47
Rank change year-on-year +18 -47 +34
Permanent jobs citing C++ 549 506 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.30% 3.35% 5.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.02% 8.33% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 456 374 460
10th Percentile £37,750 £30,265 £31,437
25th Percentile £44,688 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,982 6,074 9,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.95% 40.25% 48.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,026 3,949 6,472
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,324 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,525 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
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++ within the South East 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
Hampshire +18 173 £65,000 +4.00% 63
Thames Valley -2 164 £58,000 +28.89% 83
Surrey +19 140 £60,000 -4.00% 39
Oxfordshire +13 78 £55,750 +31.18% 40
Berkshire +2 63 £58,000 -17.14% 29
West Sussex +32 24 £60,000 -2.04% 12
East Sussex +23 23 £47,500 -32.14% 5
Buckinghamshire -30 23 £70,000 +71.59% 14
Sussex -11 15 £50,000 -33.33%
Kent -2 14 £37,000 +8.82% 6
C++
England

C++
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 18 (3.28%) Apache
2 8 (1.46%) Confluence
3 3 (0.55%) Kinematics
Applications
1 42 (7.65%) Simulink
2 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.91%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.36%) Doxygen
5 1 (0.18%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 42 (7.65%) Azure
2 27 (4.92%) AWS
3 23 (4.19%) SaaS
4 11 (2.00%) GCP
5 5 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (0.91%) GitHub
6 4 (0.73%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.36%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.36%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.19%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.64%) Wireless
3 5 (0.91%) 4G
3 5 (0.91%) RS-485
4 4 (0.73%) 3G
4 4 (0.73%) Bluetooth
4 4 (0.73%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.73%) GPRS
4 4 (0.73%) LoRaWAN
4 4 (0.73%) Modbus
4 4 (0.73%) Network Security
4 4 (0.73%) RS-232
4 4 (0.73%) Wireshark
5 3 (0.55%) DHCP
5 3 (0.55%) DNS
5 3 (0.55%) Internet
6 2 (0.36%) CTI
6 2 (0.36%) RFID
6 2 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.36%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.19%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.73%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.73%) MySQL
5 2 (0.36%) Big Data
5 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 76 (13.84%) Git
2 46 (8.38%) Subversion
3 38 (6.92%) Visual Studio
4 24 (4.37%) Ant
4 24 (4.37%) CMake
4 24 (4.37%) JIRA
5 13 (2.37%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.19%) GitLab
7 10 (1.82%) Vagrant
8 9 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (1.28%) TestRail
10 5 (0.91%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.91%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.73%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.73%) Xcode
12 3 (0.55%) GDB
13 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.36%) GCC
13 2 (0.36%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 101 (18.40%) Social Skills
2 77 (14.03%) Electronics
3 50 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.92%) Military
5 37 (6.74%) Finance
6 35 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 25 (4.55%) Marketing
8 16 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.19%) Games
10 10 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.46%) Automotive
12 8 (1.46%) Aviation
13 4 (0.73%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.73%) Retail
14 3 (0.55%) Police
15 2 (0.36%) Law
16 1 (0.18%) Avionics
16 1 (0.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 260 (47.36%) Software Engineer
2 129 (23.50%) Developer
3 112 (20.40%) C++ Software Engineer
4 110 (20.04%) Senior
5 82 (14.94%) C++ Developer
6 60 (10.93%) Senior Software Engineer
7 59 (10.75%) Embedded Engineer
8 49 (8.93%) Software Developer
9 42 (7.65%) Lead
10 38 (6.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 29 (5.28%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 26 (4.74%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.37%) Electronics Engineer
13 24 (4.37%) Junior
14 22 (4.01%) Python Engineer
15 21 (3.83%) Embedded C++ Engineer
16 20 (3.64%) Graduate
17 19 (3.46%) C++ Software Developer
17 19 (3.46%) Development Engineer
18 17 (3.10%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (12.93%) .NET
2 59 (10.75%) Qt
3 30 (5.46%) STL
4 26 (4.74%) HTML
5 25 (4.55%) Hibernate
5 25 (4.55%) WPF
5 25 (4.55%) XML
6 24 (4.37%) .NET Framework
6 24 (4.37%) React
7 18 (3.28%) MFC
8 17 (3.10%) JSON
9 15 (2.73%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.73%) HTML5
9 15 (2.73%) OpenMP
10 12 (2.19%) ASP.NET
10 12 (2.19%) Unreal Engine
11 11 (2.00%) QML
12 10 (1.82%) Apache NiFi
12 10 (1.82%) Middleware
12 10 (1.82%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 134 (24.41%) Algorithms
2 35 (6.38%) Embedded Systems
3 30 (5.46%) IoT
4 29 (5.28%) FPGA
5 23 (4.19%) VHDL
6 22 (4.01%) Analogue Electronics
6 22 (4.01%) CUDA
6 22 (4.01%) Robotics
7 21 (3.83%) Device Driver
7 21 (3.83%) Satnav
8 19 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.37%) Digital Media
10 12 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.82%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.82%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.46%) Raspberry Pi
13 7 (1.28%) Augmented Reality
13 7 (1.28%) CAN bus
13 7 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 219 (39.89%) Linux
2 159 (28.96%) Windows
3 27 (4.92%) Embedded Linux
4 26 (4.74%) Unix
5 23 (4.19%) Ubuntu
6 17 (3.10%) Android
7 14 (2.55%) CentOS
8 13 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.82%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.73%) AIX
11 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.36%) Rocky
13 1 (0.18%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (60.11%) Software Engineering
2 176 (32.06%) Problem-Solving
3 161 (29.33%) Computer Science
4 149 (27.14%) Mathematics
5 124 (22.59%) Agile
6 96 (17.49%) Physics
7 84 (15.30%) Multithreading
8 73 (13.30%) Machine Learning
9 71 (12.93%) Artificial Intelligence
10 59 (10.75%) Mentoring
11 57 (10.38%) Signal Processing
12 51 (9.29%) Actionable Insight
13 50 (9.11%) Test Automation
14 49 (8.93%) OO
15 48 (8.74%) Code Quality
15 48 (8.74%) DevOps
16 40 (7.29%) Technical Leadership
17 38 (6.92%) Software Testing
18 37 (6.74%) Software Architecture
19 35 (6.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 263 (47.91%) C
2 211 (38.43%) Python
3 131 (23.86%) C#
4 125 (22.77%) Java
5 67 (12.20%) JavaScript
6 66 (12.02%) SQL
7 58 (10.56%) Fortran
8 25 (4.55%) Bash
9 24 (4.37%) MATLAB
10 15 (2.73%) Embedded C
10 15 (2.73%) Haskell
11 13 (2.37%) Embedded C++
11 13 (2.37%) Kotlin
12 12 (2.19%) XAML
13 11 (2.00%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.64%) Go
15 8 (1.46%) PowerShell
15 8 (1.46%) VB
16 7 (1.28%) C-shell
16 7 (1.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 249 (45.36%) Degree
2 176 (32.06%) Security Cleared
3 105 (19.13%) SC Cleared
4 104 (18.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (12.02%) PhD
6 56 (10.20%) Master's Degree
7 20 (3.64%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) HND
11 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.29%) QA
2 21 (3.83%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.73%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.73%) JTAG
4 3 (0.55%) GDPR
4 3 (0.55%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.18%) MISRA
5 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 40 (7.29%) Firmware
2 20 (3.64%) Docker
3 16 (2.91%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (3.64%) Terraform
2 13 (2.37%) Ansible
3 6 (1.09%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.37%) Xilinx
3 17 (3.10%) SAP
4 9 (1.64%) EMC
5 7 (1.28%) Oracle
6 6 (1.09%) Google
7 4 (0.73%) Apple
8 3 (0.55%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.36%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.36%) Splunk
10 1 (0.18%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.18%) Axosoft
10 1 (0.18%) CA
10 1 (0.18%) NCR
10 1 (0.18%) Parasoft
10 1 (0.18%) Renesas
10 1 (0.18%) VMware