C++ Jobs in the UK excluding London

C++
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 144 78
Rank change year-on-year +23 -66 +2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,629 1,487 2,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.31% 2.43% 4.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.22% 6.05% 8.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 984 1,158
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,565 24,572 32,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.98% 40.08% 46.18%
Number of salaries quoted 16,409 13,865 21,406
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

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

C++
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
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++ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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 +21 556 £57,500 -8.00% 236
South West +13 294 £55,000 -9.84% 143
North of England +49 216 £57,500 - 82
Midlands +15 195 £50,000 -4.76% 92
Scotland -58 174 £60,000 +13.21% 51
East of England +16 144 £60,000 - 165
North West +51 116 £61,750 +2.92% 54
West Midlands -3 113 £57,500 +2.22% 42
East Midlands +16 82 £49,990 +11.09% 50
Yorkshire +44 76 £47,500 +11.76% 19
Wales +22 47 £50,000 +11.11% 7
North East +9 24 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Northern Ireland +3 5 - - 5
C++
UK

C++
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 61 (3.74%) Apache
2 15 (0.92%) Confluence
3 11 (0.68%) nginx
4 6 (0.37%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.12%) CMS
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.061%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.061%) IIS
6 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 74 (4.54%) Simulink
2 10 (0.61%) GNU Octave
2 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.12%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.12%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.061%) CATIA
6 1 (0.061%) EViews
6 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.061%) SPSS
6 1 (0.061%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.25%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 108 (6.63%) Azure
2 76 (4.67%) AWS
3 49 (3.01%) SaaS
4 24 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (0.98%) GCP
6 14 (0.86%) GitHub
7 11 (0.68%) OpenShift
8 8 (0.49%) AWS IoT
8 8 (0.49%) Serverless
9 7 (0.43%) Power Platform
10 6 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.37%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.25%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.25%) TestFlight
13 3 (0.18%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.18%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.18%) ChatGPT
14 2 (0.12%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.12%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.01%) TCP/IP
2 42 (2.58%) Wireless
3 28 (1.72%) MQTT
3 28 (1.72%) Network Security
4 24 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.41%) Modbus
6 20 (1.23%) 4G
6 20 (1.23%) 5G
6 20 (1.23%) Ethernet
6 20 (1.23%) Internet
7 18 (1.10%) Bluetooth
7 18 (1.10%) RS-485
8 17 (1.04%) 3G
9 16 (0.98%) SD-WAN
9 16 (0.98%) WAN
10 12 (0.74%) DNS
11 11 (0.68%) Firewall
11 11 (0.68%) LoRaWAN
12 9 (0.55%) Wireshark
13 8 (0.49%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (3.87%) SQL Server
2 48 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (1.90%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.17%) MySQL
5 16 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 11 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.49%) Big Data
9 7 (0.43%) SQLite
10 4 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (0.25%) Power BI
10 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.12%) GIS
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.061%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.061%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle Database 11g
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle9i Database
13 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 152 (9.33%) Git
2 113 (6.94%) Visual Studio
3 75 (4.60%) Subversion
4 70 (4.30%) JIRA
5 55 (3.38%) Jenkins
6 45 (2.76%) LabVIEW
7 35 (2.15%) GitLab
8 31 (1.90%) CMake
9 24 (1.47%) Ant
10 16 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
11 15 (0.92%) Eclipse
12 13 (0.80%) Selenium
12 13 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.74%) Vagrant
14 11 (0.68%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.61%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.61%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.61%) GDB
15 10 (0.61%) GNU Toolchain
16 9 (0.55%) GCC
General
1 285 (17.50%) Social Skills
2 223 (13.69%) Electronics
3 170 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.06%) Manufacturing
5 104 (6.38%) Automotive
6 75 (4.60%) Finance
7 72 (4.42%) Marketing
8 59 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (3.62%) Telecoms
9 45 (2.76%) Public Sector
10 40 (2.46%) Games
11 39 (2.39%) Military
12 37 (2.27%) Aerospace
13 34 (2.09%) Aviation
14 28 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.35%) Law
16 19 (1.17%) Legal
17 18 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (0.74%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 779 (47.82%) Software Engineer
2 387 (23.76%) Developer
3 380 (23.33%) Senior
4 302 (18.54%) C++ Software Engineer
5 287 (17.62%) Embedded Engineer
6 255 (15.65%) Senior Software Engineer
7 236 (14.49%) C++ Developer
8 203 (12.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 149 (9.15%) Lead
10 125 (7.67%) Software Developer
11 100 (6.14%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 98 (6.02%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 89 (5.46%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 71 (4.36%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 59 (3.62%) C++ Software Developer
16 57 (3.50%) C Software Engineer
16 57 (3.50%) C/C++ Software Engineer
17 56 (3.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
18 52 (3.19%) Electronics Engineer
18 52 (3.19%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (10.87%) .NET
2 86 (5.28%) Qt
3 83 (5.10%) HTML
4 72 (4.42%) WPF
5 66 (4.05%) .NET Framework
5 66 (4.05%) STL
6 52 (3.19%) REST
7 48 (2.95%) CSS
8 47 (2.89%) Yocto
9 39 (2.39%) React
10 38 (2.33%) MFC
11 35 (2.15%) WinForms
11 35 (2.15%) XML
12 33 (2.03%) Apache NiFi
13 29 (1.78%) ASP.NET
13 29 (1.78%) Web Services
14 27 (1.66%) Hibernate
15 26 (1.60%) SOAP
16 23 (1.41%) Middleware
16 23 (1.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 186 (11.42%) Algorithms
2 126 (7.73%) Embedded Systems
3 93 (5.71%) IoT
4 72 (4.42%) FPGA
5 71 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (3.07%) VHDL
7 46 (2.82%) Robotics
8 33 (2.03%) CUDA
9 32 (1.96%) GNSS
10 31 (1.90%) Device Driver
11 25 (1.53%) Analogue Electronics
11 25 (1.53%) Verilog
12 23 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
13 22 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.29%) Satnav
15 18 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
16 17 (1.04%) Data Structures
16 17 (1.04%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 538 (33.03%) Linux
2 296 (18.17%) Windows
3 101 (6.20%) Embedded Linux
4 56 (3.44%) Unix
5 46 (2.82%) Android
6 28 (1.72%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.29%) AIX
8 18 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 17 (1.04%) Apple iOS
10 16 (0.98%) CentOS
11 11 (0.68%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.68%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
13 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
14 5 (0.31%) Debian
15 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.18%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 2 (0.12%) FreeBSD
16 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.12%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (61.63%) Software Engineering
2 360 (22.10%) Problem-Solving
3 316 (19.40%) Computer Science
4 303 (18.60%) Agile
5 211 (12.95%) Mathematics
6 175 (10.74%) Multithreading
7 153 (9.39%) Mentoring
8 136 (8.35%) OO
9 120 (7.37%) Test Automation
10 115 (7.06%) Physics
11 111 (6.81%) Machine Learning
12 109 (6.69%) Artificial Intelligence
13 104 (6.38%) SDLC
14 98 (6.02%) DevOps
15 90 (5.52%) Signal Processing
16 77 (4.73%) Software Testing
17 72 (4.42%) Technical Leadership
18 71 (4.36%) Code Quality
19 70 (4.30%) Open Source
20 69 (4.24%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 818 (50.21%) C
2 486 (29.83%) Python
3 433 (26.58%) C#
4 297 (18.23%) Java
5 170 (10.44%) SQL
6 166 (10.19%) JavaScript
7 83 (5.10%) MATLAB
8 74 (4.54%) Embedded C
9 65 (3.99%) Fortran
10 61 (3.74%) Bash
11 55 (3.38%) Embedded C++
12 52 (3.19%) VB
13 35 (2.15%) Rust
14 31 (1.90%) Go
14 31 (1.90%) Perl
15 29 (1.78%) COBOL
15 29 (1.78%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 29 (1.78%) TypeScript
16 27 (1.66%) Ada
17 23 (1.41%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 484 (29.71%) Degree
2 271 (16.64%) Security Cleared
3 144 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 141 (8.66%) SC Cleared
5 87 (5.34%) PhD
6 75 (4.60%) Master's Degree
7 50 (3.07%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (0.55%) HND
10 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.061%) HNC
14 1 (0.061%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.62%) QA
2 21 (1.29%) Software Quality Assurance
3 18 (1.10%) PMO
4 16 (0.98%) GDPR
5 12 (0.74%) MISRA
6 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.49%) MISRA C
7 7 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
7 7 (0.43%) ISO 13485
7 7 (0.43%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.31%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.31%) TickIT
9 4 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.25%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.25%) JTAG
10 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
11 2 (0.12%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.061%) NIST
System Software
1 163 (10.01%) Firmware
2 93 (5.71%) Embedded Firmware
3 56 (3.44%) Docker
4 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.061%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 33 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.66%) Terraform
3 22 (1.35%) Ansible
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.12%) Puppet
6 1 (0.061%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.061%) Podman
Vendors
1 102 (6.26%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.76%) SAP
3 39 (2.39%) Xilinx
4 31 (1.90%) Oracle
5 29 (1.78%) Micro Focus
6 16 (0.98%) Google
7 13 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 12 (0.74%) EMC
9 10 (0.61%) Cadence
9 10 (0.61%) Synopsys
10 8 (0.49%) Altera
10 8 (0.49%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.49%) Motorola
11 7 (0.43%) Cisco
11 7 (0.43%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.37%) BT
12 6 (0.37%) HP
12 6 (0.37%) Remedy
13 4 (0.25%) Apple
13 4 (0.25%) Computacenter