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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 142 76
Rank change year-on-year +21 -66 +6
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,660 1,436 2,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.32% 2.43% 4.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.39% 6.08% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 952 1,136
10th Percentile £38,125 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,938 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,063 £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 22,464 23,615 32,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.41% 40.01% 45.88%
Number of salaries quoted 16,334 13,300 21,054
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%
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 17 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 17 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 +17 566 £57,500 -4.17% 223
South West +23 298 £55,000 -9.84% 131
North of England +58 219 £57,500 - 65
Midlands +9 206 £50,000 -4.76% 87
Scotland -57 176 £60,000 +13.21% 44
East of England +20 146 £60,000 - 118
North West +40 121 £62,500 +4.17% 42
West Midlands +1 118 £57,500 +4.55% 35
East Midlands +24 88 £47,500 +5.56% 51
Yorkshire +30 74 £47,500 +11.76% 18
Wales +21 45 £50,000 +5.26% 10
North East +14 24 £55,000 +10.55% 5
Northern Ireland +6 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 60 (3.61%) Apache
2 17 (1.02%) Confluence
3 11 (0.66%) nginx
4 6 (0.36%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.12%) CMS
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.060%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.060%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.060%) IIS
6 1 (0.060%) WebLogic
Applications
1 85 (5.12%) Simulink
2 12 (0.72%) GNU Octave
3 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.36%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.12%) CANalyzer
6 2 (0.12%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.060%) CATIA
7 1 (0.060%) EViews
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.060%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.060%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.060%) SPSS
7 1 (0.060%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.24%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.060%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.060%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 109 (6.57%) Azure
2 81 (4.88%) AWS
3 49 (2.95%) SaaS
4 24 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (0.90%) GCP
6 14 (0.84%) GitHub
7 11 (0.66%) OpenShift
8 8 (0.48%) AWS IoT
8 8 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (0.48%) Serverless
9 6 (0.36%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (0.30%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.24%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.24%) TestFlight
12 3 (0.18%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.18%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.18%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.18%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.77%) TCP/IP
2 40 (2.41%) Wireless
3 30 (1.81%) Network Security
4 27 (1.63%) MQTT
5 24 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.39%) Ethernet
7 22 (1.33%) Modbus
8 21 (1.27%) 4G
8 21 (1.27%) 5G
8 21 (1.27%) Internet
9 18 (1.08%) Bluetooth
9 18 (1.08%) RS-485
10 17 (1.02%) 3G
11 16 (0.96%) SD-WAN
11 16 (0.96%) WAN
12 11 (0.66%) DNS
12 11 (0.66%) Firewall
12 11 (0.66%) LoRaWAN
12 11 (0.66%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (1.87%) MongoDB
4 19 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 18 (1.08%) MySQL
6 10 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (0.60%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.48%) Big Data
8 7 (0.42%) SQLite
9 4 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.24%) Power BI
10 3 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.12%) GIS
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.060%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.060%) Oracle Database 11g
12 1 (0.060%) Oracle Database 12c
12 1 (0.060%) OrientDB
12 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 154 (9.28%) Git
2 120 (7.23%) Visual Studio
3 73 (4.40%) Subversion
4 68 (4.10%) JIRA
5 58 (3.49%) Jenkins
6 45 (2.71%) LabVIEW
7 39 (2.35%) GitLab
8 29 (1.75%) CMake
9 24 (1.45%) Ant
10 16 (0.96%) Eclipse
10 16 (0.96%) Vagrant
11 15 (0.90%) Rational Rhapsody
12 13 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.72%) Selenium
14 11 (0.66%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.60%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.60%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.60%) GCC
15 10 (0.60%) GDB
15 10 (0.60%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 298 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 225 (13.55%) Electronics
3 171 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (7.11%) Manufacturing
5 108 (6.51%) Automotive
6 79 (4.76%) Finance
7 76 (4.58%) Marketing
8 62 (3.73%) Telecoms
9 59 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 46 (2.77%) Public Sector
11 40 (2.41%) Games
12 38 (2.29%) Aerospace
12 38 (2.29%) Military
13 32 (1.93%) Aviation
14 28 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.27%) Law
16 20 (1.20%) Legal
17 18 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (0.72%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 791 (47.65%) Software Engineer
2 391 (23.55%) Developer
3 375 (22.59%) Senior
4 308 (18.55%) C++ Software Engineer
5 288 (17.35%) Embedded Engineer
6 254 (15.30%) Senior Software Engineer
7 241 (14.52%) C++ Developer
8 203 (12.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 145 (8.73%) Lead
10 131 (7.89%) Software Developer
11 101 (6.08%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 96 (5.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 89 (5.36%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 71 (4.28%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 63 (3.80%) C++ Software Developer
16 59 (3.55%) C Software Engineer
16 59 (3.55%) C/C++ Software Engineer
17 57 (3.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
18 54 (3.25%) Electronics Engineer
18 54 (3.25%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (10.54%) .NET
2 84 (5.06%) Qt
3 78 (4.70%) HTML
4 69 (4.16%) WPF
5 65 (3.92%) STL
6 64 (3.86%) .NET Framework
7 52 (3.13%) REST
8 45 (2.71%) CSS
9 44 (2.65%) Yocto
10 37 (2.23%) MFC
10 37 (2.23%) React
11 34 (2.05%) WinForms
12 33 (1.99%) Apache NiFi
13 32 (1.93%) XML
14 31 (1.87%) ASP.NET
15 29 (1.75%) Hibernate
15 29 (1.75%) Web Services
16 27 (1.63%) Middleware
17 26 (1.57%) SOAP
18 23 (1.39%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 188 (11.33%) Algorithms
2 125 (7.53%) Embedded Systems
3 89 (5.36%) IoT
4 74 (4.46%) FPGA
5 72 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
6 52 (3.13%) VHDL
7 48 (2.89%) Robotics
8 34 (2.05%) GNSS
9 31 (1.87%) CUDA
10 30 (1.81%) Device Driver
11 25 (1.51%) Analogue Electronics
11 25 (1.51%) Verilog
12 23 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.27%) Satnav
15 20 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.14%) ARM Cortex
17 18 (1.08%) Data Structures
18 16 (0.96%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 553 (33.31%) Linux
2 301 (18.13%) Windows
3 109 (6.57%) Embedded Linux
4 54 (3.25%) Unix
5 51 (3.07%) Android
6 32 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 22 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (1.27%) AIX
9 20 (1.20%) CentOS
10 15 (0.90%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.66%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.66%) Windows 10
12 9 (0.54%) Windows Server
13 8 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
14 5 (0.30%) Debian
14 5 (0.30%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 2 (0.12%) FreeBSD
16 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.12%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,017 (61.27%) Software Engineering
2 373 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
3 336 (20.24%) Computer Science
4 309 (18.61%) Agile
5 212 (12.77%) Mathematics
6 173 (10.42%) Multithreading
7 151 (9.10%) Mentoring
8 134 (8.07%) OO
9 125 (7.53%) Test Automation
10 124 (7.47%) Artificial Intelligence
10 124 (7.47%) Machine Learning
11 119 (7.17%) Physics
12 108 (6.51%) SDLC
13 106 (6.39%) DevOps
14 102 (6.14%) Signal Processing
15 82 (4.94%) Software Testing
16 75 (4.52%) Code Quality
17 71 (4.28%) Collaborative Working
18 67 (4.04%) Open Source
18 67 (4.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 823 (49.58%) C
2 500 (30.12%) Python
3 433 (26.08%) C#
4 303 (18.25%) Java
5 178 (10.72%) SQL
6 166 (10.00%) JavaScript
7 88 (5.30%) MATLAB
8 79 (4.76%) Embedded C
9 67 (4.04%) Fortran
10 66 (3.98%) Bash
11 59 (3.55%) Embedded C++
12 52 (3.13%) VB
13 34 (2.05%) Perl
14 32 (1.93%) Go
14 32 (1.93%) Rust
15 29 (1.75%) COBOL
15 29 (1.75%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 26 (1.57%) TypeScript
17 25 (1.51%) Ada
17 25 (1.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 503 (30.30%) Degree
2 295 (17.77%) Security Cleared
3 155 (9.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 148 (8.92%) SC Cleared
5 83 (5.00%) PhD
6 75 (4.52%) Master's Degree
7 56 (3.37%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.54%) HND
9 7 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.060%) HNC
12 1 (0.060%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.060%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.49%) QA
2 21 (1.27%) Software Quality Assurance
3 20 (1.20%) PMO
4 16 (0.96%) GDPR
5 13 (0.78%) MISRA
6 9 (0.54%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.48%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
8 7 (0.42%) ISO 13485
8 7 (0.42%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.30%) IEC 61508
9 5 (0.30%) TickIT
10 4 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.24%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.24%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.24%) JTAG
11 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
12 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.060%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.060%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 165 (9.94%) Firmware
2 92 (5.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 56 (3.37%) Docker
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.060%) QEMU
6 1 (0.060%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 33 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.87%) Terraform
3 28 (1.69%) Ansible
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.12%) Puppet
6 1 (0.060%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.060%) Podman
Vendors
1 106 (6.39%) Microsoft
2 49 (2.95%) Xilinx
3 45 (2.71%) SAP
4 32 (1.93%) Oracle
5 29 (1.75%) Micro Focus
6 17 (1.02%) Google
7 13 (0.78%) Atlassian
8 12 (0.72%) EMC
9 10 (0.60%) Cadence
9 10 (0.60%) Synopsys
10 8 (0.48%) Altera
10 8 (0.48%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.48%) Motorola
11 7 (0.42%) Cisco
11 7 (0.42%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.36%) BT
12 6 (0.36%) HP
12 6 (0.36%) Remedy
13 4 (0.24%) Computacenter
13 4 (0.24%) Twitter