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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 12 30
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +16
Permanent jobs citing C++ 44 112 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.52% 9.67% 6.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.67% 28.21% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 40 68 6
10th Percentile - £49,625 £50,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +19.30% +18.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £77,813
90th Percentile £70,700 - £90,625
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +4.17%

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 203 397 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 30.07% 34.28% 39.27%
Number of salaries quoted 164 237 150
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,688 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +14.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £73,375 £90,000 £86,375
East of England median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.83% +4.35% +4.55%

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

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -9 42 £55,000 -35.29% 28
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 23 (52.27%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.27%) AWS
1 1 (2.27%) Azure
1 1 (2.27%) GitHub
1 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) GitLab
1 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (59.09%) Electronics
2 3 (6.82%) Finance
2 3 (6.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Law
3 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.27%) Automotive
4 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.27%) Marketing
4 1 (2.27%) Military
4 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (54.55%) Lead
2 23 (52.27%) Robotics Engineer
3 9 (20.45%) Developer
4 7 (15.91%) Software Developer
5 6 (13.64%) Android Developer
5 6 (13.64%) Embedded Developer
5 6 (13.64%) Embedded Software Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) C++ Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Design Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) C# Developer
8 1 (2.27%) C++ Software Developer
8 1 (2.27%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) PHP Developer
8 1 (2.27%) Project Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (52.27%) Middleware
2 2 (4.55%) .NET
3 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.27%) CSS
3 1 (2.27%) Google JAX
3 1 (2.27%) JAX
3 1 (2.27%) jQuery
3 1 (2.27%) MFC
3 1 (2.27%) OpenCL
3 1 (2.27%) OpenMP
3 1 (2.27%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.27%) STL
3 1 (2.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (59.09%) Algorithms
2 25 (56.82%) Robotics
3 3 (6.82%) Verilog
3 3 (6.82%) VHDL
4 2 (4.55%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.55%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.55%) FPGA
5 1 (2.27%) ASIC
5 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.27%) CUDA
5 1 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Android
2 3 (6.82%) Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (68.18%) Software Engineering
2 25 (56.82%) OO
3 23 (52.27%) Control Theory
3 23 (52.27%) Project Management
4 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 6 (13.64%) Android Development
6 5 (11.36%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (9.09%) Machine Learning
8 3 (6.82%) Agile
8 3 (6.82%) Mathematics
8 3 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (4.55%) CI/CD
9 2 (4.55%) Cryptography
9 2 (4.55%) Data Conversion
9 2 (4.55%) DevOps
9 2 (4.55%) FPGA Design
9 2 (4.55%) LLM
9 2 (4.55%) Physics
10 1 (2.27%) Performance Tuning
10 1 (2.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 30 (68.18%) C
2 25 (56.82%) C#
3 8 (18.18%) Java
3 8 (18.18%) Python
4 3 (6.82%) Go
4 3 (6.82%) Rust
5 2 (4.55%) Solidity
6 1 (2.27%) Fortran
6 1 (2.27%) PHP
6 1 (2.27%) SQL
6 1 (2.27%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (2.27%) Tcl
6 1 (2.27%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) PhD
3 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (2.27%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) QA
1 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.27%) SAP