C++ Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 29 13
Rank change year-on-year +17 -16 +32
Permanent jobs citing C++ 134 44 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 7.40% 6.51% 8.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.31% 19.13% 26.86%
Number of salaries quoted 116 41 78
10th Percentile £38,125 £42,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -24.14% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% -

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 369 230 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.39% 34.02% 32.98%
Number of salaries quoted 306 177 283
10th Percentile £40,464 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,813 £40,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,500 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -5.41% -3.48%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

C++ job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

C++
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

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 August 2026. 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 +7 114 £75,000 +36.36% 189
Peterborough - 15 £45,000 - 2
C++
East of England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (2.99%) AWS
1 4 (2.99%) Azure
2 3 (2.24%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.72%) Bluetooth
1 9 (6.72%) Modbus
1 9 (6.72%) Profibus
1 9 (6.72%) RS-232
1 9 (6.72%) RS-485
1 9 (6.72%) Wireless
1 9 (6.72%) ZigBee
2 6 (4.48%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.75%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) LabVIEW
1 3 (2.24%) PetaLinux
1 3 (2.24%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.75%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) Poetry
General
1 19 (14.18%) Manufacturing
2 18 (13.43%) Electronics
2 18 (13.43%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (4.48%) Aviation
5 3 (2.24%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.24%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.24%) Tech for Good
6 2 (1.49%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.75%) Finance
7 1 (0.75%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 85 (63.43%) Software Engineer
2 64 (47.76%) Senior
3 53 (39.55%) Senior Software Engineer
4 40 (29.85%) C++ Software Engineer
5 25 (18.66%) Embedded Engineer
6 21 (15.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 21 (15.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 18 (13.43%) Developer
7 18 (13.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 15 (11.19%) Junior
8 15 (11.19%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 13 (9.70%) Rust Engineer
9 13 (9.70%) Rust Software Engineer
10 12 (8.96%) C++ Developer
11 8 (5.97%) Robotics Software Engineer
11 8 (5.97%) Software Developer
12 7 (5.22%) C++ Software Developer
12 7 (5.22%) Junior C++ Developer
12 7 (5.22%) Junior Developer
13 6 (4.48%) Senior C++ Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) .NET
1 6 (4.48%) ASP.NET
1 6 (4.48%) HTML
1 6 (4.48%) Yocto
2 4 (2.99%) Qt
3 3 (2.24%) Middleware
4 2 (1.49%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.49%) STL
4 2 (1.49%) WebRTC
4 2 (1.49%) WPF
5 1 (0.75%) Anaconda
5 1 (0.75%) CSS
5 1 (0.75%) jQuery
5 1 (0.75%) NumPy
5 1 (0.75%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.75%) React
5 1 (0.75%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.75%) Torch
5 1 (0.75%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.91%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (13.43%) Robotics
3 15 (11.19%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (10.45%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.73%) Device Driver
5 5 (3.73%) FPGA
6 4 (2.99%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.24%) IoT
7 3 (2.24%) Media Streaming
7 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.49%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.49%) Verilog
8 2 (1.49%) VHDL
9 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (23.13%) Linux
2 13 (9.70%) Windows
3 12 (8.96%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (6.72%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (2.99%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (2.24%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (76.87%) Software Engineering
2 20 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.94%) AI
3 16 (11.94%) Unit Testing
4 15 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (9.70%) Automated Trading
5 13 (9.70%) Computer Science
5 13 (9.70%) High-Frequency Trading
5 13 (9.70%) Low Latency
5 13 (9.70%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 11 (8.21%) Software Testing
7 10 (7.46%) TDD
8 7 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (5.22%) Mathematics
8 7 (5.22%) Motion Planning
8 7 (5.22%) Robotic Control
9 6 (4.48%) Collaborative Engineering
9 6 (4.48%) OOP
10 5 (3.73%) Signal Processing
11 4 (2.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (31.34%) C
2 29 (21.64%) Python
3 26 (19.40%) Rust
4 14 (10.45%) C#
5 9 (6.72%) JavaScript
6 7 (5.22%) SQL
7 5 (3.73%) Embedded C
7 5 (3.73%) Embedded C++
8 4 (2.99%) MATLAB
9 3 (2.24%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.75%) Go
10 1 (0.75%) Haskell
10 1 (0.75%) Java
10 1 (0.75%) OCaml
10 1 (0.75%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (18.66%) Degree
2 6 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.24%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.49%) HND
5 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.99%) QA
System Software
1 15 (11.19%) Firmware
2 11 (8.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (5.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft
1 2 (1.49%) Xilinx
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle