C/C++ Software Engineer Jobs

C/C++ Software Engineer
UK

The median C/C++ Software Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 838 938 1149
Rank change year-on-year +100 +211 -318
Permanent jobs requiring a C/C++ Software Engineer 56 55 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.052% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.057% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 41 43 56
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -5.26%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

C/C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for C/C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C/C++ Software Engineer.

Salary trend for C/C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C/C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C/C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Software Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C/C++ Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
UK excluding London +10 53 £60,000 +41.18% 16
England +110 38 £60,000 +36.36% 15
Work from Home +65 21 £60,000 +33.33% 7
Scotland -54 14 £60,000 +26.32% 2
North of England +37 10 £60,000 +41.18% 1
South West -15 9 £60,000 -7.69% 6
East of England +21 8 £60,000 - 1
Midlands - 7 £50,000 - 5
North East - 6 £60,000 -
East Midlands - 6 £50,000 - 1
South East +30 3 £67,500 +12.50%
North West - 3 £60,000 - 1
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
London +128 1 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Yorkshire +80 1 £45,000 +5.88%
West Midlands - 1 - - 4

C/C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, C/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 featuring C/C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 56 (100.00%) C
1 56 (100.00%) C++
1 56 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (42.86%) Linux
3 23 (41.07%) Network Security
4 15 (26.79%) Degree
5 13 (23.21%) Embedded Systems
6 12 (21.43%) Computer Science
7 11 (19.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (17.86%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (14.29%) Embedded C
9 8 (14.29%) Embedded C++
9 8 (14.29%) C#
10 7 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (10.71%) Open Source
11 6 (10.71%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (10.71%) Social Skills
12 5 (8.93%) OpenEmbedded
12 5 (8.93%) Yocto
12 5 (8.93%) GStreamer
12 5 (8.93%) FFmpeg
12 5 (8.93%) Mathematics
12 5 (8.93%) Multithreading
13 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
13 4 (7.14%) Firmware
13 4 (7.14%) Wireless
13 4 (7.14%) DPDK
14 3 (5.36%) Electronics
14 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing

C/C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 23 (41.07%) Network Security
2 4 (7.14%) Wireless
3 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
General
1 11 (19.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.36%) Electronics
3 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) FFmpeg
1 5 (8.93%) GStreamer
1 5 (8.93%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (8.93%) Yocto
2 4 (7.14%) DPDK
3 1 (1.79%) GTK
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (17.86%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (10.71%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (5.36%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.57%) CCTV
6 1 (1.79%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.79%) FPGA
6 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.79%) PKI
6 1 (1.79%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 24 (42.86%) Linux
2 7 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Debian
3 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 6 (10.71%) Open Source
4 5 (8.93%) Mathematics
4 5 (8.93%) Multithreading
5 3 (5.36%) Physics
6 2 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (3.57%) Computer Vision
6 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (3.57%) DevOps
6 2 (3.57%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (3.57%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.57%) Value Proposition
7 1 (1.79%) CI/CD
7 1 (1.79%) Continuous Delivery
7 1 (1.79%) Customer Experience
7 1 (1.79%) Key Management
7 1 (1.79%) Open Source Development
7 1 (1.79%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (1.79%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 56 (100.00%) C
1 56 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (14.29%) C#
2 8 (14.29%) Embedded C
2 8 (14.29%) Embedded C++
3 3 (5.36%) Java
4 2 (3.57%) Bash
4 2 (3.57%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) Degree
2 10 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.36%) PhD
5 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Firmware