C++ Jobs in Cambridge

C++
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 18 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -17
Permanent jobs citing C++ 35 91 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 11.67% 8.83% 7.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.91% 19.36% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 34 63 20
10th Percentile £34,375 £44,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £79,063
90th Percentile £66,000 - £100,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +9.09%

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 117 470 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 39.00% 45.59% 50.55%
Number of salaries quoted 88 365 176
10th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £44,688 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £77,875 £93,750 £91,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £51,250 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +4.17% +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

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

Salary trend for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridge over the 6 months to 5 July 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 16 (45.71%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) GitHub
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.71%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 16 (45.71%) Electronics
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Automotive
4 1 (2.86%) Health Technology
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Military
4 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.86%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Lead
1 16 (45.71%) Robotics Engineer
2 11 (31.43%) Developer
3 7 (20.00%) Software Developer
4 6 (17.14%) Android Developer
4 6 (17.14%) Embedded Developer
4 6 (17.14%) Embedded Software Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Graduate
5 3 (8.57%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (8.57%) IT Graduate
6 2 (5.71%) Agile C# Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Agile Developer
6 2 (5.71%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.71%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 2 (5.71%) PHP Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (45.71%) Middleware
2 4 (11.43%) .NET
3 3 (8.57%) ASP.NET
3 3 (8.57%) CSS
3 3 (8.57%) jQuery
4 1 (2.86%) Django
4 1 (2.86%) Google JAX
4 1 (2.86%) JAX
4 1 (2.86%) MFC
4 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
4 1 (2.86%) STL
4 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (54.29%) Algorithms
2 17 (48.57%) Robotics
3 2 (5.71%) Blockchain
3 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.86%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.86%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Android
2 2 (5.71%) Linux
2 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (57.14%) OO
3 16 (45.71%) Control Theory
3 16 (45.71%) Project Management
4 8 (22.86%) Computer Science
5 6 (17.14%) Android Development
6 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.57%) Agile
7 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (8.57%) Mathematics
7 3 (8.57%) MVC
8 2 (5.71%) Cryptography
8 2 (5.71%) Data Conversion
8 2 (5.71%) OOP
8 2 (5.71%) User Experience
9 1 (2.86%) Actionable Insight
9 1 (2.86%) DevOps
9 1 (2.86%) Machine Learning
9 1 (2.86%) Neuroscience
9 1 (2.86%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 20 (57.14%) C#
2 19 (54.29%) C
3 10 (28.57%) Java
4 5 (14.29%) Python
5 4 (11.43%) Rust
6 3 (8.57%) PHP
7 2 (5.71%) Go
7 2 (5.71%) Solidity
7 2 (5.71%) SQL
8 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.86%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (11.43%) PhD
3 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft