C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer - C++
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 596 569
Rank change year-on-year +119 -27 -95
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 305 161 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.27% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.30% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 235 94 210
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £35,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +74 111 £60,000 -14.29% 10
South West +23 72 £55,000 +25.00% 10
North of England +62 45 £60,000 +41.18% 6
Scotland -39 29 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Midlands +18 24 £52,500 +50.00% 14
North West +22 21 £61,000 -11.27% 1
East of England +8 20 £62,500 +4.17% 12
Yorkshire +68 15 £40,000 -5.88% 4
West Midlands +28 15 £92,500 +164.29% 6
East Midlands +2 9 £50,000 - 7
North East - 9 £60,000 - 1
Wales - 4 £55,000 - 2
C++ Software Engineer
UK

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 305 (100.00%) C++
1 305 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 118 (38.69%) C
3 71 (23.28%) Linux
4 68 (22.30%) Degree
5 67 (21.97%) Security Cleared
6 63 (20.66%) Windows
7 57 (18.69%) Computer Science
8 50 (16.39%) C#
9 49 (16.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 45 (14.75%) SC Cleared
11 42 (13.77%) Mathematics
12 39 (12.79%) Agile
12 39 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (10.16%) Self-Motivation
14 29 (9.51%) Multithreading
15 28 (9.18%) Manufacturing
16 27 (8.85%) Mentoring
17 26 (8.52%) SaaS
17 26 (8.52%) Algorithms
17 26 (8.52%) Test Automation
18 25 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
19 24 (7.87%) Network Security
19 24 (7.87%) QA
20 23 (7.54%) Automotive
20 23 (7.54%) Embedded Systems
20 23 (7.54%) Code Quality
21 21 (6.89%) Software Quality Assurance
21 21 (6.89%) Satnav
21 21 (6.89%) Quality Management

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.66%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.52%) SaaS
2 3 (0.98%) Azure
2 3 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (0.98%) WhatsApp
3 2 (0.66%) AWS
4 1 (0.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.87%) Network Security
2 10 (3.28%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.31%) Wireless
4 2 (0.66%) VoIP
5 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (6.89%) Subversion
2 19 (6.23%) CMake
3 13 (4.26%) Git
4 11 (3.61%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.64%) GDB
6 4 (1.31%) GCC
6 4 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.31%) Xcode
7 3 (0.98%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.66%) JIRA
8 2 (0.66%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
General
1 28 (9.18%) Manufacturing
2 23 (7.54%) Automotive
3 20 (6.56%) Military
4 19 (6.23%) Aviation
5 15 (4.92%) Social Skills
6 14 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.61%) Electronics
8 6 (1.97%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.64%) Marketing
10 3 (0.98%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Finance
11 2 (0.66%) Legal
12 1 (0.33%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.23%) STL
2 18 (5.90%) Qt
3 17 (5.57%) MFC
4 16 (5.25%) XML
5 15 (4.92%) .NET
6 12 (3.93%) OpenGL
6 12 (3.93%) WPF
7 7 (2.30%) Yocto
8 5 (1.64%) FFmpeg
8 5 (1.64%) GStreamer
8 5 (1.64%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (1.31%) DirectX
9 4 (1.31%) WebGL
10 3 (0.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (0.98%) DPDK
11 2 (0.66%) HTML5
11 2 (0.66%) JavaFX
11 2 (0.66%) React
11 2 (0.66%) Redux
11 2 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.16%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (8.52%) Algorithms
3 23 (7.54%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (6.89%) Satnav
5 8 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.97%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.64%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (1.31%) Arduino
10 2 (0.66%) Blog
10 2 (0.66%) CCTV
11 1 (0.33%) Analogue Electronics
11 1 (0.33%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.33%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.33%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.33%) IoT
11 1 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 71 (23.28%) Linux
2 63 (20.66%) Windows
3 15 (4.92%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 57 (18.69%) Computer Science
3 42 (13.77%) Mathematics
4 39 (12.79%) Agile
4 39 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (9.51%) Multithreading
6 27 (8.85%) Mentoring
7 26 (8.52%) Test Automation
8 25 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
9 23 (7.54%) Code Quality
10 21 (6.89%) Quality Management
11 20 (6.56%) OO
12 19 (6.23%) Configuration Management
13 16 (5.25%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (4.59%) SDLC
15 9 (2.95%) Customer Service
15 9 (2.95%) DevOps
15 9 (2.95%) OOD
15 9 (2.95%) Unit Testing
16 8 (2.62%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 305 (100.00%) C++
2 118 (38.69%) C
3 50 (16.39%) C#
4 19 (6.23%) Python
5 15 (4.92%) Java
6 11 (3.61%) Embedded C
7 10 (3.28%) Embedded C++
8 9 (2.95%) SQL
9 4 (1.31%) Bash
9 4 (1.31%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.31%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.66%) Fortran
10 2 (0.66%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.66%) Perl
11 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (22.30%) Degree
2 67 (21.97%) Security Cleared
3 49 (16.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (14.75%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.66%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.66%) HND
6 2 (0.66%) PhD
7 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.87%) QA
2 21 (6.89%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (1.97%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.98%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.66%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (0.98%) Firmware
2 2 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) Ansible
1 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (0.98%) Samsung
2 2 (0.66%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.33%) QNX