Senior C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer - C++
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 740 785
Rank change year-on-year +67 +45 -146
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Software Engineer 98 22 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.036% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.040% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 90 15 52
10th Percentile £53,625 £51,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +30.61% +28.95%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +4.35% -9.80% +34.21%

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 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
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 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

Senior 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 Senior C++ Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +34 30 £80,000 - 5
South West +4 26 £55,000 +10.00%
Scotland -42 23 £60,000 +14.29% 1
North of England - 13 £60,000 -
North West - 9 £60,000 -
East of England +20 4 £65,000 -7.14% 4
North East - 4 £60,000 -
Midlands +18 2 £51,250 - 2
East Midlands -11 2 £51,250 - 1
Senior C++ Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (100.00%) C++
1 98 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 39 (39.80%) Linux
3 30 (30.61%) Degree
4 29 (29.59%) C
5 27 (27.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (27.55%) Computer Science
6 25 (25.51%) Agile
7 23 (23.47%) Windows
7 23 (23.47%) Network Security
8 21 (21.43%) Security Cleared
9 19 (19.39%) Military
9 19 (19.39%) Mentoring
9 19 (19.39%) Algorithms
10 18 (18.37%) SC Cleared
10 18 (18.37%) Mathematics
11 17 (17.35%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (16.33%) Aviation
12 16 (16.33%) Subversion
12 16 (16.33%) Qt
12 16 (16.33%) CMake
12 16 (16.33%) Configuration Management
12 16 (16.33%) Automotive
12 16 (16.33%) MFC
12 16 (16.33%) STL
12 16 (16.33%) XML
12 16 (16.33%) OO
13 12 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (8.16%) Distributed Systems

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (5.10%) SaaS
2 1 (1.02%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.47%) Network Security
2 1 (1.02%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.02%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (16.33%) CMake
1 16 (16.33%) Subversion
2 1 (1.02%) JIRA
General
1 19 (19.39%) Military
2 16 (16.33%) Automotive
2 16 (16.33%) Aviation
3 12 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.04%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.02%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.02%) Electronics
6 1 (1.02%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.33%) MFC
1 16 (16.33%) Qt
1 16 (16.33%) STL
1 16 (16.33%) XML
2 2 (2.04%) DPDK
3 1 (1.02%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.02%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) Algorithms
2 17 (17.35%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (8.16%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.04%) CCTV
4 2 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 39 (39.80%) Linux
2 23 (23.47%) Windows
3 8 (8.16%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.02%) CentOS
4 1 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (27.55%) Computer Science
3 25 (25.51%) Agile
4 19 (19.39%) Mentoring
5 18 (18.37%) Mathematics
6 16 (16.33%) Configuration Management
6 16 (16.33%) OO
6 16 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (7.14%) Multithreading
7 7 (7.14%) OOD
8 6 (6.12%) Customer Service
8 6 (6.12%) Linux Kernel Development
8 6 (6.12%) SDLC
9 5 (5.10%) Fintech
9 5 (5.10%) Regtech
9 5 (5.10%) Trade Surveillance
10 4 (4.08%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (4.08%) Microservices
10 4 (4.08%) SOA
11 2 (2.04%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 98 (100.00%) C++
2 29 (29.59%) C
3 7 (7.14%) C#
4 3 (3.06%) Java
5 1 (1.02%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.02%) Python
5 1 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (30.61%) Degree
2 27 (27.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 18 (18.37%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) ISO 9000