C++ Jobs in Cambridgeshire

C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 -16
Permanent jobs citing C++ 40 108 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.27% 6.70% 5.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.32% 17.79% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 37 79 19
10th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £64,500 - £100,500
East of England median annual salary £66,200 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% +8.33% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 231 607 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 36.21% 37.66% 41.50%
Number of salaries quoted 172 474 211
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,970 £46,250 £44,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £79,688 £78,125
90th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
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++ within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 13 July 2025. 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 +2 36 £55,000 -31.25% 93
Peterborough - 2 - - 1
C++
East of England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (42.50%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) GitHub
2 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Bluetooth
1 2 (5.00%) Modbus
1 2 (5.00%) Profibus
1 2 (5.00%) RS-232
1 2 (5.00%) RS-485
1 2 (5.00%) Wireless
1 2 (5.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 20 (50.00%) Electronics
2 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.50%) Law
5 1 (2.50%) Military
5 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Lead
1 17 (42.50%) Robotics Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Developer
3 7 (17.50%) Software Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Android Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Embedded Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Embedded Software Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Graduate
6 3 (7.50%) Graduate Developer
6 3 (7.50%) IT Graduate
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Agile C# Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Agile Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (42.50%) Middleware
2 4 (10.00%) .NET
3 3 (7.50%) ASP.NET
3 3 (7.50%) CSS
3 3 (7.50%) jQuery
4 1 (2.50%) Django
4 1 (2.50%) Google JAX
4 1 (2.50%) JAX
4 1 (2.50%) MFC
4 1 (2.50%) PyTorch
4 1 (2.50%) STL
4 1 (2.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 18 (45.00%) Robotics
3 3 (7.50%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (5.00%) Blockchain
4 2 (5.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.50%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.50%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Android
2 3 (7.50%) Linux
3 2 (5.00%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (5.00%) Windows
4 1 (2.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (65.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (52.50%) OO
3 17 (42.50%) Control Theory
3 17 (42.50%) Project Management
4 8 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (15.00%) Android Development
6 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.50%) Agile
7 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.50%) Mathematics
7 3 (7.50%) MVC
8 2 (5.00%) Code Coverage
8 2 (5.00%) Cryptography
8 2 (5.00%) Data Conversion
8 2 (5.00%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (5.00%) OOP
8 2 (5.00%) TDD
8 2 (5.00%) Unit Testing
8 2 (5.00%) User Experience
9 1 (2.50%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (57.50%) C
2 21 (52.50%) C#
3 11 (27.50%) Java
4 5 (12.50%) Python
5 4 (10.00%) Rust
6 3 (7.50%) PHP
7 2 (5.00%) Go
7 2 (5.00%) Solidity
7 2 (5.00%) SQL
8 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.50%) VC++
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (10.00%) PhD
3 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) QA
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (5.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft