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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 26 30
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing C++ 53 50 78
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 5.19% 7.90% 5.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.04% 18.05% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 47 27 45
10th Percentile £47,500 £34,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,750 £89,000
East of England median annual salary £67,500 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.95% +10.35% -

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 189 277 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 18.51% 43.76% 43.24%
Number of salaries quoted 127 170 442
10th Percentile £39,438 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,813 £44,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,793 £80,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -8.33%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +14 53 £67,500 +35.00% 45
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 6 (11.32%) Kinematics
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.55%) AWS
2 1 (1.89%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) MySQL
1 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Git
General
1 12 (22.64%) Electronics
2 4 (7.55%) Finance
3 3 (5.66%) Tech for Good
4 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Publishing
4 1 (1.89%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.89%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Software Engineer
2 14 (26.42%) Senior
3 13 (24.53%) C++ Software Engineer
4 11 (20.75%) Robotics Engineer
5 9 (16.98%) Developer
6 8 (15.09%) C++ Developer
6 8 (15.09%) Lead
7 7 (13.21%) Senior Support Engineer
7 7 (13.21%) Software Support Engineer
7 7 (13.21%) Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Rust Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Rust Software Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) FPGA Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) Graduate
9 4 (7.55%) Windows Engineer
10 3 (5.66%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
11 2 (3.77%) Robotics Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) .NET
2 6 (11.32%) Middleware
3 2 (3.77%) CSS
3 2 (3.77%) Qt
3 2 (3.77%) WebRTC
4 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.89%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (1.89%) HTML
4 1 (1.89%) HTML5
4 1 (1.89%) jQuery
4 1 (1.89%) React
4 1 (1.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Robotics
2 11 (20.75%) Algorithms
3 8 (15.09%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (7.55%) FPGA
4 4 (7.55%) PCIe
5 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Linux
3 1 (1.89%) Android
3 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) Software Engineering
2 8 (15.09%) Low Latency
3 7 (13.21%) Collaborative Engineering
3 7 (13.21%) DevOps
3 7 (13.21%) Mathematics
3 7 (13.21%) Physics
3 7 (13.21%) Presales
4 6 (11.32%) Control Theory
4 6 (11.32%) OO
4 6 (11.32%) Project Management
5 5 (9.43%) Automated Trading
5 5 (9.43%) High-Frequency Trading
5 5 (9.43%) Signal Processing
5 5 (9.43%) Ultra-Low Latency
6 4 (7.55%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (7.55%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (7.55%) Schematic Capture
6 4 (7.55%) Software Testing
7 3 (5.66%) Computer Science
8 2 (3.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) C#
2 13 (24.53%) C
3 6 (11.32%) Python
3 6 (11.32%) Rust
4 4 (7.55%) MATLAB
5 3 (5.66%) Go
6 2 (3.77%) Java
7 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.89%) PHP
7 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) PhD
3 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Firmware
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Altera
2 1 (1.89%) Huawei