Senior C++ Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior C++ Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior C++ Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 738 838
Rank change year-on-year +1 +100 -162
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Developer 19 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.028% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.031% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 7
10th Percentile £47,250 £45,000 £41,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £72,750
90th Percentile - £78,125 £74,550
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £122,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% -34.69% +28.95%

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 66,712 54,809 67,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.23% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,259 31,113 42,994
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior C++ Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior C++ Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior C++ Developer
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 Senior C++ Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 +29 9 £85,000 -2.86% 2
Scotland -60 5 £65,000 +13.04%
South West - 3 £56,500 - 1
Midlands +7 2 £50,000 +5.26% 1
East Midlands -15 2 £50,000 - 1
Senior C++ Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Senior C++ Developer 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 Senior C++ Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) C++
2 15 (78.95%) C
3 6 (31.58%) Linux
4 5 (26.32%) JIRA
4 5 (26.32%) Git
4 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) Confluence
5 4 (21.05%) Relational Database
5 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
5 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (21.05%) RDBMS
6 3 (15.79%) Python
6 3 (15.79%) Java
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.79%) Scrum
6 3 (15.79%) Test Automation
6 3 (15.79%) Coverity
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
6 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.79%) Atlassian
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
6 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 3 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
6 3 (15.79%) Component Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (15.79%) Rust
6 3 (15.79%) SonarQube

Senior C++ Developer 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 5 (26.32%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) RDBMS
1 4 (21.05%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 3 (15.79%) Bitbucket
2 3 (15.79%) Jenkins
2 3 (15.79%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Qt
1 2 (10.53%) STL
1 2 (10.53%) XML
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
2 3 (15.79%) Agile
2 3 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
2 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (15.79%) Component Testing
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
2 3 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
2 3 (15.79%) Scrum
2 3 (15.79%) Test Automation
2 3 (15.79%) User Stories
3 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C++
2 15 (78.95%) C
3 3 (15.79%) Java
3 3 (15.79%) Python
3 3 (15.79%) Rust
4 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Atlassian
1 3 (15.79%) Coverity