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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 7 23
Rank change year-on-year -10 +16 +2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 43 90 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 12.46% 14.31% 7.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.35% 33.58% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40 60 6
10th Percentile - £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £66,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +19.30% +18.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £77,813
90th Percentile £67,750 - £90,625
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £85,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -35.29% +19.30% +18.75%

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 104 268 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 30.14% 42.61% 40.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84 165 107
10th Percentile £30,112 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,813 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £77,350 £93,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% +9.09%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ 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 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 24 (55.81%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) AWS
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) GitHub
1 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
1 1 (2.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (58.14%) Electronics
2 3 (6.98%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Finance
4 1 (2.33%) Automotive
4 1 (2.33%) Law
4 1 (2.33%) Military
4 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.33%) Tech for Good
4 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Lead
2 24 (55.81%) Robotics Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Software Developer
5 6 (13.95%) Android Developer
5 6 (13.95%) Embedded Developer
5 6 (13.95%) Embedded Software Developer
6 2 (4.65%) C++ Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Senior
6 2 (4.65%) Software Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Architect
7 1 (2.33%) C# Developer
7 1 (2.33%) C++ Software Developer
7 1 (2.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (2.33%) IT Graduate
7 1 (2.33%) PHP Developer
7 1 (2.33%) Project Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (55.81%) Middleware
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
3 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.33%) CSS
3 1 (2.33%) Google JAX
3 1 (2.33%) JAX
3 1 (2.33%) jQuery
3 1 (2.33%) MFC
3 1 (2.33%) OpenCL
3 1 (2.33%) OpenMP
3 1 (2.33%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.33%) STL
3 1 (2.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (62.79%) Algorithms
2 26 (60.47%) Robotics
3 2 (4.65%) Blockchain
3 2 (4.65%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.65%) FPGA
3 2 (4.65%) Verilog
3 2 (4.65%) VHDL
4 1 (2.33%) ASIC
4 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) CUDA
4 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Android
2 2 (4.65%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (69.77%) Software Engineering
2 26 (60.47%) OO
3 24 (55.81%) Control Theory
3 24 (55.81%) Project Management
4 6 (13.95%) Android Development
4 6 (13.95%) Computer Science
5 5 (11.63%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (9.30%) Machine Learning
7 3 (6.98%) Mathematics
7 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (4.65%) Agile
8 2 (4.65%) Cryptography
8 2 (4.65%) Data Conversion
8 2 (4.65%) FPGA Design
8 2 (4.65%) LLM
9 1 (2.33%) DevOps
9 1 (2.33%) Low Latency
9 1 (2.33%) Microservices
9 1 (2.33%) Performance Tuning
9 1 (2.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 29 (67.44%) C
2 26 (60.47%) C#
3 8 (18.60%) Java
4 7 (16.28%) Python
5 3 (6.98%) Go
6 2 (4.65%) Rust
6 2 (4.65%) Solidity
7 1 (2.33%) Fortran
7 1 (2.33%) PHP
7 1 (2.33%) SQL
7 1 (2.33%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (2.33%) Tcl
7 1 (2.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
2 5 (11.63%) PhD
3 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) QA
1 1 (2.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft