C++ Job Trends in the East of England

C++
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 84 36
Rank change year-on-year +34 -48 +32
Permanent jobs citing C++ 215 100 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.71% 2.93% 4.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.87% 13.70% 17.92%
Number of salaries quoted 167 73 110
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £28,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% +5.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,250 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,082 730 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.65% 21.41% 24.05%
Number of salaries quoted 832 584 615
10th Percentile £35,250 £28,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -15.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -3.85%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

C++ job vacancy trend in the East of England

C++
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Cambridgeshire +12 146 £70,000 +27.27% 142
Hertfordshire -7 33 £55,000 -9.09% 34
Essex -28 26 £60,000 +137.62% 15
Bedfordshire - 7 £67,500 - 10
Norfolk - 2 £65,000 - 1
Suffolk - 1 £85,000 - 3
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Simulink
2 3 (1.40%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.12%) AWS
2 10 (4.65%) Azure
3 3 (1.40%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.65%) Wireless
2 9 (4.19%) Bluetooth
2 9 (4.19%) Modbus
2 9 (4.19%) Profibus
2 9 (4.19%) RS-232
2 9 (4.19%) RS-485
2 9 (4.19%) ZigBee
3 7 (3.26%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.79%) Firewall
4 6 (2.79%) FTP
4 6 (2.79%) HTTP
4 6 (2.79%) LAN
4 6 (2.79%) SMTP
4 6 (2.79%) SNMP
4 6 (2.79%) VPN
4 6 (2.79%) WAN
5 1 (0.47%) 5G
5 1 (0.47%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.47%) LTE
5 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.72%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.40%) MySQL
2 3 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.26%) Git
2 6 (2.79%) Moq
3 4 (1.86%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.40%) PetaLinux
4 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.93%) JIRA
5 2 (0.93%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.47%) Poetry
General
1 35 (16.28%) Electronics
2 33 (15.35%) Manufacturing
3 29 (13.49%) Social Skills
4 23 (10.70%) Aerospace
5 15 (6.98%) Automotive
6 12 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.58%) Finance
7 11 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.65%) Tech for Good
9 9 (4.19%) Aviation
9 9 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.79%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Games
11 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.40%) Swedish Language
12 2 (0.93%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Legal
13 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 135 (62.79%) Software Engineer
2 77 (35.81%) Senior
3 63 (29.30%) Senior Software Engineer
4 60 (27.91%) C++ Software Engineer
5 30 (13.95%) Embedded Engineer
6 25 (11.63%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 24 (11.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 21 (9.77%) Junior
9 18 (8.37%) Developer
9 18 (8.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 15 (6.98%) Robotics Software Engineer
10 15 (6.98%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 12 (5.58%) Linux Engineer
11 12 (5.58%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.65%) Consultant
13 9 (4.19%) Lead
13 9 (4.19%) Lead Software Engineer
13 9 (4.19%) Real Time Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Rust Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Rust Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.58%) .NET
2 8 (3.72%) Yocto
3 7 (3.26%) CSS
3 7 (3.26%) jQuery
4 6 (2.79%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.79%) ASP.NET
4 6 (2.79%) Entity Framework
4 6 (2.79%) HTML
4 6 (2.79%) LDAP
4 6 (2.79%) XML
4 6 (2.79%) XSLT
5 5 (2.33%) Middleware
6 3 (1.40%) CarPlay
6 3 (1.40%) Qt
7 2 (0.93%) PyTorch
7 2 (0.93%) STL
7 2 (0.93%) WPF
8 1 (0.47%) NumPy
8 1 (0.47%) OpenCV
8 1 (0.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 41 (19.07%) Robotics
2 29 (13.49%) Embedded Systems
3 25 (11.63%) Algorithms
4 15 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.65%) Client/Server
5 10 (4.65%) FPGA
6 8 (3.72%) IoT
7 7 (3.26%) Device Driver
8 6 (2.79%) Acoustics
8 6 (2.79%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.33%) Verilog
10 4 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.40%) Analogue Electronics
11 3 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.40%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.40%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 58 (26.98%) Linux
2 19 (8.84%) Windows
3 18 (8.37%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (4.19%) FreeRTOS
5 7 (3.26%) Android
6 4 (1.86%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.86%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (1.40%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (73.95%) Software Engineering
2 39 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (13.49%) Computer Science
4 25 (11.63%) AI
5 23 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (7.91%) Unit Testing
7 16 (7.44%) TDD
8 15 (6.98%) Software Testing
9 14 (6.51%) OO
10 13 (6.05%) OOP
11 12 (5.58%) Low Latency
11 12 (5.58%) Multithreading
12 11 (5.12%) Agile
13 10 (4.65%) Prototyping
13 10 (4.65%) Test Automation
14 9 (4.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (4.19%) Mathematics
14 9 (4.19%) Validation
15 8 (3.72%) MVVM
15 8 (3.72%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 63 (29.30%) C
2 59 (27.44%) Python
3 40 (18.60%) C#
4 25 (11.63%) Rust
5 19 (8.84%) SQL
6 16 (7.44%) Java
7 14 (6.51%) Embedded C++
8 11 (5.12%) Embedded C
9 10 (4.65%) JavaScript
10 9 (4.19%) MATLAB
11 7 (3.26%) PHP
11 7 (3.26%) TypeScript
12 6 (2.79%) Bash
12 6 (2.79%) Perl
12 6 (2.79%) PowerShell
12 6 (2.79%) XAML
13 4 (1.86%) Ada
13 4 (1.86%) Clojure
13 4 (1.86%) Erlang
13 4 (1.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 54 (25.12%) Degree
2 18 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.51%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.79%) CEH
4 6 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (2.79%) CREST Certified
4 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.93%) HND
6 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.40%) QA
3 2 (0.93%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 20 (9.30%) Firmware
2 12 (5.58%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (3.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.79%) QRadar
2 2 (0.93%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.79%) Splunk
3 3 (1.40%) Apple
4 2 (0.93%) EMC
4 2 (0.93%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle