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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 27 22
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +22
Permanent jobs citing C++ 105 40 100
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 6.74% 6.98% 5.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.50% 18.78% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 84 36 70
10th Percentile £41,875 £35,625 £44,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £65,000 -
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £66,206 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.95% +1.86% +8.33%

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 280 213 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 17.97% 37.17% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 206 162 487
10th Percentile £38,625 £31,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £51,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.71% -18.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £71,250 £90,500
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +2 91 £75,000 +36.36% 61
Peterborough -3 9 £61,500 - 3
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:

Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.86%) AWS
2 2 (1.90%) Azure
3 1 (0.95%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.57%) Bluetooth
1 9 (8.57%) Modbus
1 9 (8.57%) Profibus
1 9 (8.57%) RS-232
1 9 (8.57%) RS-485
1 9 (8.57%) Wireless
1 9 (8.57%) ZigBee
2 4 (3.81%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.95%) MySQL
2 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) LabVIEW
1 3 (2.86%) PetaLinux
2 2 (1.90%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.95%) Poetry
General
1 20 (19.05%) Electronics
2 13 (12.38%) Manufacturing
3 12 (11.43%) Social Skills
4 9 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.86%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.86%) Tech for Good
6 2 (1.90%) Finance
6 2 (1.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.95%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.95%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 66 (62.86%) Software Engineer
2 47 (44.76%) Senior
3 39 (37.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 29 (27.62%) C++ Software Engineer
5 23 (21.90%) Embedded Engineer
6 20 (19.05%) Developer
7 19 (18.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 16 (15.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 15 (14.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 14 (13.33%) C++ Developer
11 13 (12.38%) Rust Engineer
11 13 (12.38%) Rust Software Engineer
11 13 (12.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (8.57%) Junior
12 9 (8.57%) Software Developer
13 8 (7.62%) C++ Software Developer
14 7 (6.67%) Junior C++ Developer
14 7 (6.67%) Junior Developer
15 6 (5.71%) FPGA Engineer
15 6 (5.71%) Junior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) Yocto
2 5 (4.76%) Qt
3 3 (2.86%) .NET
4 2 (1.90%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.90%) WebRTC
4 2 (1.90%) WPF
5 1 (0.95%) Anaconda
5 1 (0.95%) CSS
5 1 (0.95%) jQuery
5 1 (0.95%) Middleware
5 1 (0.95%) NumPy
5 1 (0.95%) OpenCV
5 1 (0.95%) React
5 1 (0.95%) STL
5 1 (0.95%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.95%) Torch
5 1 (0.95%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (23.81%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (15.24%) Algorithms
3 12 (11.43%) Robotics
4 9 (8.57%) FPGA
5 7 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.81%) PCIe
7 3 (2.86%) Device Driver
7 3 (2.86%) IoT
8 2 (1.90%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.90%) Verilog
8 2 (1.90%) VHDL
9 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.95%) Media Streaming
9 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.29%) Linux
2 10 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (8.57%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (4.76%) Windows
5 4 (3.81%) Robot Operating System
6 3 (2.86%) Android
7 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (76.19%) Software Engineering
2 14 (13.33%) Low Latency
3 13 (12.38%) Automated Trading
3 13 (12.38%) High-Frequency Trading
3 13 (12.38%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 11 (10.48%) Computer Science
5 10 (9.52%) TDD
5 10 (9.52%) Unit Testing
6 9 (8.57%) AI
6 9 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (8.57%) Signal Processing
7 7 (6.67%) Collaborative Engineering
7 7 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (6.67%) Software Testing
8 6 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (5.71%) Mathematics
9 5 (4.76%) Embedded Software Development
9 5 (4.76%) Physics
10 4 (3.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (3.81%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (36.19%) C
2 22 (20.95%) Python
2 22 (20.95%) Rust
3 14 (13.33%) C#
4 8 (7.62%) MATLAB
5 5 (4.76%) Embedded C
5 5 (4.76%) Embedded C++
6 3 (2.86%) Go
6 3 (2.86%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.95%) Haskell
7 1 (0.95%) Java
7 1 (0.95%) OCaml
7 1 (0.95%) PHP
7 1 (0.95%) SQL
7 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (18.10%) Degree
2 6 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.81%) PhD
4 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.90%) HND
6 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.95%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.81%) QA
System Software
1 19 (18.10%) Firmware
2 11 (10.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (3.81%) Altera
2 2 (1.90%) Xilinx
3 1 (0.95%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle