C++ Software Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer - C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in Cambridgeshire is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 92 124
Rank change year-on-year 0 +32 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 10 28 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.65% 1.83% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 2.10% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 16
10th Percentile £57,000 £49,000 £32,750
25th Percentile - £56,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +60.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £71,500 - £78,750
East of England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,438 1,332 2,249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 87.06% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,111 624 972
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,525
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -5 9 £60,000 - 10
C++ Software Engineer
East of England

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) C++
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) C
2 8 (80.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) Yocto
3 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (60.00%) Multithreading
3 6 (60.00%) C#
4 5 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 5 (50.00%) Embedded C++
4 5 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (50.00%) OpenEmbedded
4 5 (50.00%) GStreamer
4 5 (50.00%) FFmpeg
4 5 (50.00%) Open Source
4 5 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) AWS
6 1 (10.00%) CAD
6 1 (10.00%) Electronics
6 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (10.00%) Device Driver
6 1 (10.00%) Games
6 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (10.00%) MFC
6 1 (10.00%) OOP

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Games
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Yocto
2 5 (50.00%) FFmpeg
2 5 (50.00%) GStreamer
2 5 (50.00%) OpenEmbedded
3 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (10.00%) MFC
3 1 (10.00%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Multithreading
3 5 (50.00%) Open Source
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) CAD
5 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Multithreaded Programming
5 1 (10.00%) MVVM
5 1 (10.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) OOD
5 1 (10.00%) OOP
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (80.00%) C
3 6 (60.00%) C#
4 5 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 5 (50.00%) Embedded C++
5 1 (10.00%) Bash
5 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform