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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 23 37
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -25
Permanent jobs citing C++ 30 67 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 11.36% 6.71% 6.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.32% 14.29% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 29 44 23
10th Percentile £32,000 £43,750 £45,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,188 £76,875
90th Percentile - £85,000 £97,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +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 114 469 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 43.18% 46.95% 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 84 346 204
10th Percentile £30,375 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,438 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -1.96% +15.91%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £93,125 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +13.64%

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 9 May 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 9 (30.00%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
General
1 14 (46.67%) Electronics
2 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Military
4 1 (3.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Developer
1 9 (30.00%) Lead
1 9 (30.00%) Robotics Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Senior
2 6 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Android Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Embedded Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Embedded Software Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Graduate
5 3 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Graduate
5 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Agile C# Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Graduate PHP Developer
6 2 (6.67%) PHP Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) Middleware
2 4 (13.33%) .NET
3 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (10.00%) CSS
3 3 (10.00%) jQuery
4 1 (3.33%) COM
4 1 (3.33%) Django
4 1 (3.33%) Google JAX
4 1 (3.33%) JAX
4 1 (3.33%) PyTorch
4 1 (3.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (53.33%) Algorithms
2 10 (33.33%) Robotics
3 6 (20.00%) FPGA
4 5 (16.67%) Life Science
4 5 (16.67%) Verilog
5 2 (6.67%) Blockchain
5 2 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Software Engineering
2 12 (40.00%) OO
3 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (30.00%) Control Theory
4 9 (30.00%) Project Management
5 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 5 (16.67%) Android Development
6 5 (16.67%) CAD
6 5 (16.67%) Physics
6 5 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 5 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (16.67%) Signal Processing
7 3 (10.00%) Agile
7 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.00%) MVC
8 2 (6.67%) Cryptography
8 2 (6.67%) Mathematics
8 2 (6.67%) OOP
9 1 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 1 (3.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 18 (60.00%) C
2 13 (43.33%) C#
3 8 (26.67%) Java
4 4 (13.33%) Python
4 4 (13.33%) Rust
5 3 (10.00%) PHP
6 2 (6.67%) Go
6 2 (6.67%) Solidity
6 2 (6.67%) SQL
7 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
7 1 (3.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft