C++ Job Trends in Cambridge

C++
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 25 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 55 25 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 8.37% 7.96% 7.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.90% 15.72% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 49 21 38
10th Percentile £53,500 £25,000 £42,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 - £85,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.00% +4.17%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 178 159 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.09% 50.64% 50.76%
Number of salaries quoted 122 111 338
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,850 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% -5.84% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.82% -8.33% -4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Cambridge

C++
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridge over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.27%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) AWS
2 1 (1.82%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) MySQL
1 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Git
General
1 10 (18.18%) Electronics
2 4 (7.27%) Finance
3 3 (5.45%) Tech for Good
4 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.82%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Publishing
5 1 (1.82%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 20 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 15 (27.27%) C++ Software Engineer
2 15 (27.27%) Senior
3 11 (20.00%) Developer
4 9 (16.36%) C++ Developer
4 9 (16.36%) Robotics Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Senior Support Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Software Support Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Support Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Lead
6 6 (10.91%) Rust Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Rust Software Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) FPGA Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Graduate
7 4 (7.27%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 3 (5.45%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.64%) C++ Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) .NET
2 4 (7.27%) Middleware
3 2 (3.64%) CSS
3 2 (3.64%) Qt
3 2 (3.64%) WebRTC
4 1 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (1.82%) HTML
4 1 (1.82%) HTML5
4 1 (1.82%) jQuery
4 1 (1.82%) React
4 1 (1.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.82%) Robotics
2 9 (16.36%) Algorithms
3 8 (14.55%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (7.27%) FPGA
4 4 (7.27%) PCIe
5 1 (1.82%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.27%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Linux
3 2 (3.64%) Android
4 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Software Engineering
2 9 (16.36%) Low Latency
3 7 (12.73%) Collaborative Engineering
3 7 (12.73%) DevOps
3 7 (12.73%) Mathematics
3 7 (12.73%) Physics
3 7 (12.73%) Presales
4 6 (10.91%) Automated Trading
4 6 (10.91%) High-Frequency Trading
4 6 (10.91%) Ultra-Low Latency
5 5 (9.09%) Signal Processing
6 4 (7.27%) Control Theory
6 4 (7.27%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (7.27%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (7.27%) OO
6 4 (7.27%) Project Management
6 4 (7.27%) Schematic Capture
6 4 (7.27%) Software Testing
7 3 (5.45%) Computer Science
8 2 (3.64%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) C#
2 11 (20.00%) C
3 7 (12.73%) Rust
4 6 (10.91%) Python
5 4 (7.27%) MATLAB
6 3 (5.45%) Go
7 2 (3.64%) Java
8 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.82%) PHP
8 1 (1.82%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) PhD
3 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Firmware
2 1 (1.82%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (7.27%) Altera
2 1 (1.82%) Huawei