C++ Job Trends in Berkshire

C++
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 63 99
Rank change year-on-year -47 +36 -20
Permanent jobs citing C++ 16 61 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.82% 3.70% 2.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.93% 10.37% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 15 44 33
10th Percentile £40,006 £37,025 £36,626
25th Percentile £45,008 £43,250 £47,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £112,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,715 - £82,250
South East median annual salary £61,250 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 270 588 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.82% 35.66% 39.05%
Number of salaries quoted 181 347 571
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,400 £38,130
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,188 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +14.41% -5.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% -4.35%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

C++ job vacancy trend in Berkshire

C++
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 2026. 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 +7 10 £55,000 -47.62% 9
C++
South East

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) C++ Developer
2 7 (43.75%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Junior
3 2 (12.50%) Junior Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 2 (12.50%) PMI
2 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
3 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (25.00%) Open Source
3 4 (25.00%) Parallel Programming
3 4 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (25.00%) Physics
3 4 (25.00%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) Clean Code
5 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
5 2 (12.50%) OO
5 2 (12.50%) OOD
6 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
6 1 (6.25%) System Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) Bash
2 4 (25.00%) Fortran
3 2 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (25.00%) PhD
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.25%) KVM
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) VMware