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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 29 51
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 -36
Permanent jobs citing C++ 45 80 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.91% 5.10% 4.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.17% 13.09% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 38 56 24
10th Percentile £32,250 £43,750 £45,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 £75,938
90th Percentile £64,000 £85,000 £95,500
East of England median annual salary £66,203 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% - +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 203 611 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 40.20% 38.92% 45.93%
Number of salaries quoted 152 464 260
10th Percentile £31,375 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £44,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £61,625
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.64% +12.05%
75th Percentile £62,813 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £77,375 £92,500 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% +14.29%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +8 31 £50,000 -16.67% 181
Peterborough - 7 £60,000 - 7
Chatteris - 1 £40,000 -
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 10 (22.22%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (4.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (24.44%) RS-485
2 7 (15.56%) Bluetooth
2 7 (15.56%) Modbus
2 7 (15.56%) Profibus
2 7 (15.56%) RS-232
2 7 (15.56%) Wireless
2 7 (15.56%) ZigBee
3 1 (2.22%) LTE
3 1 (2.22%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Git
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
1 1 (2.22%) Qt Creator
General
1 23 (51.11%) Electronics
2 14 (31.11%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.78%) Manufacturing
4 7 (15.56%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Finance
6 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.22%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Military
7 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Senior
1 15 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 12 (26.67%) Developer
3 10 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 10 (22.22%) Lead
3 10 (22.22%) Robotics Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Android Developer
7 6 (13.33%) Software Developer
8 5 (11.11%) Embedded Developer
8 5 (11.11%) Embedded Software Developer
9 4 (8.89%) Electronics Engineer
9 4 (8.89%) Graduate
9 4 (8.89%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 3 (6.67%) Graduate Developer
10 3 (6.67%) IT Graduate
11 2 (4.44%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.22%) Middleware
2 4 (8.89%) .NET
3 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (6.67%) CSS
3 3 (6.67%) jQuery
4 2 (4.44%) Android SDK
4 2 (4.44%) JNI
5 1 (2.22%) COM
5 1 (2.22%) Django
5 1 (2.22%) Google JAX
5 1 (2.22%) JAX
5 1 (2.22%) MFC
5 1 (2.22%) PyTorch
5 1 (2.22%) Qt
5 1 (2.22%) STL
5 1 (2.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (35.56%) Algorithms
2 11 (24.44%) Robotics
3 9 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (11.11%) FPGA
5 4 (8.89%) Life Science
5 4 (8.89%) Verilog
6 2 (4.44%) Blockchain
6 2 (4.44%) Device Driver
7 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Android
2 7 (15.56%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (6.67%) Linux
4 1 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (62.22%) Software Engineering
2 13 (28.89%) OO
3 10 (22.22%) Control Theory
3 10 (22.22%) Project Management
4 9 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.56%) Android Development
5 7 (15.56%) Computer Science
5 7 (15.56%) TDD
5 7 (15.56%) Unit Testing
6 5 (11.11%) Prototyping
7 4 (8.89%) CAD
7 4 (8.89%) Code Coverage
7 4 (8.89%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (8.89%) Event-Driven
7 4 (8.89%) Multithreading
7 4 (8.89%) Physics
7 4 (8.89%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (8.89%) Signal Processing
8 3 (6.67%) Agile
8 3 (6.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) C
2 14 (31.11%) C#
3 12 (26.67%) Java
4 5 (11.11%) Python
5 4 (8.89%) Rust
6 3 (6.67%) PHP
7 2 (4.44%) Go
7 2 (4.44%) Solidity
7 2 (4.44%) SQL
8 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.22%) VC++
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.67%) PhD
4 1 (2.22%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (15.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) EMC
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft