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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +15
Permanent jobs citing C++ 70 30 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 8.51% 11.67% 6.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.18% 26.55% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58 29 44
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - - £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -20.00% +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 211 113 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 25.64% 43.97% 47.33%
Number of salaries quoted 143 84 346
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £81,250 £71,563 £80,001
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,500 £93,125
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -16.67% -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 6 May 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:

Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.71%) AWS
2 1 (1.43%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.71%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.43%) MySQL
2 1 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.43%) Git
2 1 (1.43%) Poetry
2 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (10.00%) Electronics
2 4 (5.71%) Finance
2 4 (5.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.71%) Tech for Good
3 3 (4.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.43%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.43%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 31 (44.29%) Software Engineer
2 22 (31.43%) C++ Software Engineer
3 19 (27.14%) Senior
4 18 (25.71%) Developer
5 15 (21.43%) C++ Developer
6 13 (18.57%) Rust Engineer
6 13 (18.57%) Rust Software Engineer
6 13 (18.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (18.57%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (11.43%) Junior
7 8 (11.43%) Software Developer
8 7 (10.00%) C++ Software Developer
9 6 (8.57%) Junior C++ Developer
9 6 (8.57%) Junior Developer
10 5 (7.14%) Junior Software Developer
10 5 (7.14%) Robotics Engineer
10 5 (7.14%) Scientific Software Developer
10 5 (7.14%) Senior Support Engineer
10 5 (7.14%) Software Support Engineer
10 5 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.14%) .NET
2 2 (2.86%) Qt
2 2 (2.86%) WebRTC
3 1 (1.43%) Anaconda
3 1 (1.43%) CSS
3 1 (1.43%) jQuery
3 1 (1.43%) NumPy
3 1 (1.43%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.43%) WPF
3 1 (1.43%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) Embedded Systems
1 8 (11.43%) Robotics
2 5 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.71%) FPGA
3 4 (5.71%) PCIe
4 1 (1.43%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.57%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) Linux
3 1 (1.43%) Android
3 1 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (54.29%) Software Engineering
2 16 (22.86%) Low Latency
3 13 (18.57%) Automated Trading
3 13 (18.57%) High-Frequency Trading
3 13 (18.57%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (10.00%) Mathematics
5 6 (8.57%) Physics
6 5 (7.14%) Collaborative Engineering
6 5 (7.14%) DevOps
6 5 (7.14%) Presales
6 5 (7.14%) Signal Processing
6 5 (7.14%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.71%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (5.71%) Schematic Capture
7 4 (5.71%) Test Automation
8 3 (4.29%) OOP
8 3 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (2.86%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.43%) Rust
2 14 (20.00%) C
3 12 (17.14%) C#
4 10 (14.29%) Python
5 5 (7.14%) MATLAB
6 3 (4.29%) Embedded C
6 3 (4.29%) Embedded C++
6 3 (4.29%) Go
7 1 (1.43%) Haskell
7 1 (1.43%) Java
7 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.43%) OCaml
7 1 (1.43%) PHP
7 1 (1.43%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) PhD
3 3 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 7 (10.00%) Firmware
2 1 (1.43%) Docker
2 1 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (5.71%) Altera
2 1 (1.43%) Oracle