C++ Jobs in Berkshire

C++
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 95 114
Rank change year-on-year +8 +19 -61
Permanent jobs citing C++ 37 67 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.27% 2.18% 2.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.45% 7.03% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 35 53 58
10th Percentile £31,750 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,120 £39,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £75,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 354 953 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 21.72% 30.98% 42.33%
Number of salaries quoted 220 726 813
10th Percentile £40,216 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,188 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -5.17% +5.45%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Berkshire.

Salary trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. 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
Reading +35 19 £55,565 +15.76% 17
Bracknell +11 4 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Slough - 1 £60,000 - 4
Wokingham - 1 £65,000 - 4
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (5.41%) Apache
1 2 (5.41%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) VPN
2 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.70%) Modbus
2 1 (2.70%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) Metabase
1 4 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (8.11%) Pinecone
2 3 (8.11%) Weaviate
3 2 (5.41%) Hadoop
3 2 (5.41%) Metadata
3 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
3 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) MLflow
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Electronics
3 6 (16.22%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.11%) Marketing
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (56.76%) Software Engineer
2 15 (40.54%) Senior
3 8 (21.62%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Graduate
4 5 (13.51%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Junior
4 5 (13.51%) Junior Software Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Principal Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Principal Software Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Technical Support
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Mathematical Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.62%) Node.js
2 4 (10.81%) Flutter
3 3 (8.11%) PyTorch
3 3 (8.11%) React
3 3 (8.11%) scikit-learn
3 3 (8.11%) TensorFlow
4 2 (5.41%) Kafka
4 2 (5.41%) NumPy
4 2 (5.41%) Pandas
5 1 (2.70%) OpenCV
5 1 (2.70%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Algorithms
2 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.81%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (5.41%) Acoustics
4 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.70%) CUDA
5 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.70%) FPGA
5 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.70%) Robotics
5 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (54.05%) Linux
2 13 (35.14%) Unix
3 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.70%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Computer Science
1 23 (62.16%) Software Engineering
2 18 (48.65%) Physics
3 17 (45.95%) Mathematics
4 10 (27.03%) Software Testing
5 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (24.32%) SDLC
6 8 (21.62%) Open Source
6 8 (21.62%) Parallel Programming
6 8 (21.62%) Performance Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (13.51%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (13.51%) Machine Learning
9 4 (10.81%) Decision-Making
9 4 (10.81%) Experimental Design
9 4 (10.81%) Microservices
9 4 (10.81%) Roadmaps
10 3 (8.11%) Data Pipeline
10 3 (8.11%) Generative AI
10 3 (8.11%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (89.19%) Python
2 16 (43.24%) C
3 11 (29.73%) Fortran
3 11 (29.73%) SQL
4 10 (27.03%) Bash
5 8 (21.62%) Java
6 6 (16.22%) C#
7 4 (10.81%) Go
7 4 (10.81%) MATLAB
7 4 (10.81%) Perl
7 4 (10.81%) R
7 4 (10.81%) Ruby
7 4 (10.81%) Rust
8 1 (2.70%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 25 (67.57%) Degree
2 13 (35.14%) Master's Degree
3 12 (32.43%) PhD
4 8 (21.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (21.62%) DV Cleared
4 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
4 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) A+ Certification
5 4 (10.81%) Dell Certification
5 4 (10.81%) MCP
5 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (8.11%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.70%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Docker
2 2 (5.41%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.81%) Terraform
3 3 (8.11%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Dell
3 3 (8.11%) SAP