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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 +16
Permanent jobs citing C++ 46 79 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.08% 9.00% 7.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.99% 22.51% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 42 28 26
10th Percentile - £41,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £84,200 £79,500 £91,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -

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 177 351 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.56% 39.98% 42.99%
Number of salaries quoted 129 171 269
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £81,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 45 £60,000 -14.29% 35
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (28.26%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.17%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
1 1 (2.17%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (36.96%) Electronics
2 4 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (4.35%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Tech for Good
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.17%) Publishing
4 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Robotics Engineer
2 15 (32.61%) Lead
3 11 (23.91%) Software Engineer
4 10 (21.74%) Senior
5 7 (15.22%) C++ Software Engineer
6 6 (13.04%) Senior Support Engineer
6 6 (13.04%) Software Support Engineer
6 6 (13.04%) Support Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) C++ Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Graduate
8 3 (6.52%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Design Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Robotics Software Engineer
10 1 (2.17%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
10 1 (2.17%) Embedded Engineer
10 1 (2.17%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 1 (2.17%) Senior Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (28.26%) Middleware
2 6 (13.04%) .NET
3 1 (2.17%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (2.17%) CSS
3 1 (2.17%) HTML
3 1 (2.17%) HTML5
3 1 (2.17%) OpenCL
3 1 (2.17%) OpenMP
3 1 (2.17%) Qt
3 1 (2.17%) React
3 1 (2.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (43.48%) Robotics
2 15 (32.61%) Algorithms
3 6 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (6.52%) FPGA
4 3 (6.52%) Verilog
4 3 (6.52%) VHDL
5 1 (2.17%) ASIC
5 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.17%) CUDA
5 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.17%) IoT
5 1 (2.17%) Life Science
5 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.17%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Android
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (54.35%) Software Engineering
2 13 (28.26%) Control Theory
2 13 (28.26%) OO
2 13 (28.26%) Project Management
3 7 (15.22%) DevOps
3 7 (15.22%) Physics
4 6 (13.04%) Collaborative Engineering
4 6 (13.04%) Mathematics
4 6 (13.04%) Presales
5 4 (8.70%) AI
5 4 (8.70%) Low Latency
6 3 (6.52%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.52%) Machine Learning
6 3 (6.52%) Signal Processing
7 2 (4.35%) FPGA Design
7 2 (4.35%) Roadmaps
7 2 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (2.17%) CI/CD
8 1 (2.17%) Data Pipeline
8 1 (2.17%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 20 (43.48%) C#
2 19 (41.30%) C
3 6 (13.04%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) Fortran
4 1 (2.17%) Go
4 1 (2.17%) Java
4 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.17%) Rust
4 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.17%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (2.17%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) PhD
3 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Firmware
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (2.17%) Altera
1 1 (2.17%) Huawei