Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 10 May 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 10 May 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C++
Central London > City of London
6 months to
10 May 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 115 72 68
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 +29
Permanent jobs citing C++ 127 283 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.57% 3.76% 4.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.12% 6.74% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 113 247 376
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £140,000 £128,750
Central London median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +3.45% -3.33%

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
City of London
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,082 4,200 6,264
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London 62.46% 55.81% 61.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,843 3,757 5,674
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the City of London

C++
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the City of London.

Salary trend for C++ in the City of London

C++
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 May 2021.

Salary histogram for C++ in the City of London

C++
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the City of London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
Moorgate - 1 £50,000 -
C++
Central London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2021, IT jobs citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for C++.

1 79 (62.20%) Python
2 72 (56.69%) Finance
3 61 (48.03%) Linux
4 50 (39.37%) Java
4 50 (39.37%) Software Engineering
5 49 (38.58%) C#
6 37 (29.13%) SQL
6 37 (29.13%) Agile Software Development
7 29 (22.83%) Jenkins
7 29 (22.83%) Low Latency
8 26 (20.47%) Degree
8 26 (20.47%) AWS
9 25 (19.69%) DevOps
10 24 (18.90%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (18.11%) OOP
11 23 (18.11%) Docker
12 22 (17.32%) Azure
12 22 (17.32%) Unix
12 22 (17.32%) Kubernetes
13 21 (16.54%) OO
13 21 (16.54%) Algorithms
14 20 (15.75%) JavaScript
14 20 (15.75%) TDD
14 20 (15.75%) Data Structures
15 19 (14.96%) Social Skills
16 18 (14.17%) Microservices
16 18 (14.17%) BDD
16 18 (14.17%) Computer Science
16 18 (14.17%) Django
17 17 (13.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

C++
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.94%) Confluence
2 1 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.79%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.79%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) 3ds Max
1 4 (3.15%) Maya
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.15%) Photoshop
1 4 (3.15%) ZBrush
2 1 (0.79%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) FINCAD Analytics
2 1 (0.79%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.47%) AWS
2 22 (17.32%) Azure
3 14 (11.02%) GCP
4 12 (9.45%) Serverless
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.57%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.57%) IaaS
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.79%) DigitalOcean
7 1 (0.79%) GitHub
7 1 (0.79%) Linode
7 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (18.90%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (11.02%) Relational Database
3 13 (10.24%) SQL Server
4 11 (8.66%) MongoDB
5 10 (7.87%) Amazon DynamoDB
5 10 (7.87%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.94%) Blockchain
6 5 (3.94%) MySQL
7 3 (2.36%) Big Data
8 2 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (22.83%) Jenkins
2 10 (7.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 10 (7.87%) SonarQube
3 8 (6.30%) Git (software)
4 5 (3.94%) JIRA
5 3 (2.36%) GitLab
6 2 (1.57%) Checkstyle
6 2 (1.57%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 72 (56.69%) Finance
2 19 (14.96%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.60%) Front Office
3 16 (12.60%) Games
4 10 (7.87%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Retail
6 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.94%) Advertising
8 4 (3.15%) Banking
8 4 (3.15%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.57%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.57%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Back Office
10 1 (0.79%) Electronics
10 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 80 (62.99%) Developer
2 28 (22.05%) Python Developer
3 25 (19.69%) C++ Developer
4 22 (17.32%) Senior Developer
5 20 (15.75%) Quantitative Developer
6 11 (8.66%) Technical Leader
7 9 (7.09%) Java Developer
7 9 (7.09%) Senior C++ Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Analyst
8 7 (5.51%) Lead Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) .NET Developer
10 5 (3.94%) C++/Java Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Front Office Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Full Stack Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Pricing Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Senior Quantitative Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Team Leader
11 4 (3.15%) Front Office C++ Developer
11 4 (3.15%) Quantitative Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.17%) Django
2 16 (12.60%) Node.js
3 14 (11.02%) Pandas
4 12 (9.45%) STL
5 10 (7.87%) .NET
5 10 (7.87%) OAuth
5 10 (7.87%) OAuth2
5 10 (7.87%) OpenID
6 9 (7.09%) React
7 8 (6.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 7 (5.51%) .NET Core
9 6 (4.72%) Unreal Engine
10 5 (3.94%) AngularJS
11 4 (3.15%) HTML
11 4 (3.15%) HTML5
11 4 (3.15%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (3.15%) Spring
12 3 (2.36%) ASP.NET
12 3 (2.36%) CSS
12 3 (2.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.54%) Algorithms
2 20 (15.75%) Data Structures
3 17 (13.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (13.39%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (11.81%) Equities
5 14 (11.02%) Fixed Income
6 12 (9.45%) Hedge funds
6 12 (9.45%) Spread Betting
7 5 (3.94%) Credit Risk
7 5 (3.94%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.15%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (3.15%) Animation
8 4 (3.15%) Market Risk
9 3 (2.36%) Derivative
9 3 (2.36%) Exotic Derivative
9 3 (2.36%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.57%) Bitcoin
10 2 (1.57%) User Experience
10 2 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.79%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 61 (48.03%) Linux
2 22 (17.32%) Unix
3 12 (9.45%) Windows
4 2 (1.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (39.37%) Software Engineering
2 37 (29.13%) Agile Software Development
3 29 (22.83%) Low Latency
4 25 (19.69%) DevOps
5 23 (18.11%) OOP
6 21 (16.54%) OO
7 20 (15.75%) TDD
8 18 (14.17%) BDD
8 18 (14.17%) Computer Science
8 18 (14.17%) Microservices
9 16 (12.60%) Machine Learning
9 16 (12.60%) Mathematics
10 14 (11.02%) Algorithmic Trading
10 14 (11.02%) OOD
10 14 (11.02%) Test Automation
11 13 (10.24%) Validation
12 12 (9.45%) Data Protection
12 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (9.45%) Scrum
12 12 (9.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 79 (62.20%) Python
2 50 (39.37%) Java
3 49 (38.58%) C#
4 37 (29.13%) SQL
5 20 (15.75%) JavaScript
6 16 (12.60%) C
7 6 (4.72%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.15%) R
8 4 (3.15%) Rust
9 3 (2.36%) Bash Shell
9 3 (2.36%) Java 8
9 3 (2.36%) Ruby
10 2 (1.57%) Go
10 2 (1.57%) PHP
10 2 (1.57%) Solidity
11 1 (0.79%) F#
11 1 (0.79%) Groovy
11 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.79%) Scala
11 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (20.47%) Degree
2 13 (10.24%) Master's Degree
3 9 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (6.30%) PhD
5 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.36%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) CCNA
6 1 (0.79%) CCNP
6 1 (0.79%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (0.79%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.66%) GDPR
1 11 (8.66%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) Dodd-Frank
2 3 (2.36%) EMIR
2 3 (2.36%) ISO 20022
2 3 (2.36%) MiFID
3 2 (1.57%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (18.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (17.32%) Kubernetes
2 15 (11.81%) Puppet
3 8 (6.30%) Terraform
4 3 (2.36%) Ansible
4 3 (2.36%) Opscode Chef
5 2 (1.57%) Nagios
5 2 (1.57%) Packer
6 1 (0.79%) Istio
6 1 (0.79%) Salt
Vendors
1 14 (11.02%) Oracle
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.15%) IBM
4 3 (2.36%) Google
5 2 (1.57%) Broadcom
5 2 (1.57%) VMware
6 1 (0.79%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.79%) FIS
6 1 (0.79%) SAP
6 1 (0.79%) SunGard
6 1 (0.79%) Sybase
6 1 (0.79%) TIBCO