C++ Jobs in the Thames Valley

C++
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 105 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 -82 +61
Permanent jobs citing C++ 165 176 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.46% 2.88% 8.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.52% 7.23% 19.75%
Number of salaries quoted 150 132 209
10th Percentile £39,000 £27,875 £34,998
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,324 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,875 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,936 2,435 3,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.91% 39.78% 45.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,584 1,423 1,910
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Oxfordshire +26 80 £55,000 +29.41% 57
Berkshire +14 62 £58,000 -22.67% 31
Buckinghamshire -29 23 £70,000 +86.37% 17
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (3.03%) Kinematics
2 2 (1.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.42%) SaaS
2 2 (1.21%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.03%) Internet
2 4 (2.42%) RFID
3 1 (0.61%) DHCP
3 1 (0.61%) DNS
3 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.61%) MQTT
3 1 (0.61%) RS-485
3 1 (0.61%) SpaceWire
3 1 (0.61%) VLAN
3 1 (0.61%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.42%) Big Data
1 4 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.61%) MySQL
2 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.64%) GitLab
1 6 (3.64%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.42%) Subversion
3 3 (1.82%) Git
4 2 (1.21%) JIRA
5 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.61%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.61%) Selenium
5 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
General
1 21 (12.73%) Electronics
2 20 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 9 (5.45%) Marketing
4 4 (2.42%) Aeronautics
5 3 (1.82%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.82%) Finance
5 3 (1.82%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.21%) Games
7 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (37.58%) Software Engineer
2 46 (27.88%) Senior
3 35 (21.21%) C++ Software Engineer
4 29 (17.58%) Developer
5 18 (10.91%) C++ Developer
6 14 (8.48%) Embedded Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) Electronics Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) Physicist
7 11 (6.67%) Research Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) Senior Developer
8 10 (6.06%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Junior
9 9 (5.45%) Senior C++ Developer
9 9 (5.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) C Developer
10 7 (4.24%) DSP Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) Embedded C Developer
10 7 (4.24%) Embedded C Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) Senior C Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.70%) .NET
2 15 (9.09%) OpenMP
2 15 (9.09%) WPF
3 9 (5.45%) OpenACC
4 4 (2.42%) EDI
4 4 (2.42%) Rendezvous
5 3 (1.82%) Qt
6 2 (1.21%) STL
6 2 (1.21%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (1.21%) XML
7 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.61%) JSON
7 1 (0.61%) LAMP
7 1 (0.61%) React
7 1 (0.61%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 60 (36.36%) Algorithms
2 15 (9.09%) CUDA
3 13 (7.88%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (6.06%) Data Structures
5 9 (5.45%) Analogue Electronics
5 9 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (4.85%) FPGA
7 6 (3.64%) IoT
7 6 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.03%) Device Driver
8 5 (3.03%) Life Science
8 5 (3.03%) Robotics
9 4 (2.42%) GNSS
9 4 (2.42%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (2.42%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.42%) VHDL
10 3 (1.82%) Verilog
11 1 (0.61%) ARM Cortex
11 1 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 54 (32.73%) Linux
2 40 (24.24%) Windows
3 26 (15.76%) Unix
4 3 (1.82%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.61%) Android
6 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (46.67%) Computer Science
2 75 (45.45%) Software Engineering
3 57 (34.55%) Mathematics
3 57 (34.55%) Physics
4 41 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (21.21%) Multithreading
6 28 (16.97%) Machine Learning
7 26 (15.76%) Parallel Programming
7 26 (15.76%) Software Testing
8 17 (10.30%) Artificial Intelligence
9 16 (9.70%) Agile
10 15 (9.09%) OO
11 14 (8.48%) Chemistry
12 12 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (7.27%) Customer Requirements
13 11 (6.67%) Monte Carlo Method
13 11 (6.67%) Multithreaded Programming
13 11 (6.67%) MVC
13 11 (6.67%) OOD
13 11 (6.67%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 92 (55.76%) C
2 75 (45.45%) Python
3 51 (30.91%) Fortran
4 29 (17.58%) C#
5 16 (9.70%) SQL
6 15 (9.09%) XAML
7 12 (7.27%) Bash
7 12 (7.27%) MATLAB
8 11 (6.67%) Java
9 6 (3.64%) Embedded C
9 6 (3.64%) Embedded C++
9 6 (3.64%) Perl
10 4 (2.42%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.42%) VB
10 4 (2.42%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.42%) VB6
11 2 (1.21%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.61%) PHP
12 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 102 (61.82%) Degree
2 47 (28.48%) PhD
3 41 (24.85%) Master's Degree
3 41 (24.85%) Security Cleared
4 26 (15.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 17 (10.30%) Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.61%) EMC
2 1 (0.61%) Renesas
2 1 (0.61%) SAP