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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 51 59
Rank change year-on-year -28 +8 +34
Permanent jobs citing C++ 84 153 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.99% 4.41% 3.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.79% 13.86% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 68 62 45
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 £47,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -7.14%

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 532 1,104 910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.60% 31.82% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 416 489 723
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,825 £33,563
25th Percentile £39,438 £46,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -6 44 £60,000 -4.00% 45
Essex +13 20 £45,000 +80.00% 22
Hertfordshire -8 14 £40,000 -40.74% 34
Bedfordshire +17 6 £77,500 +63.16% 9
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (15.48%) Kinematics
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Simulink
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.52%) Azure
2 7 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.76%) Internet
2 2 (2.38%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.19%) Broadband
3 1 (1.19%) DHCP
3 1 (1.19%) DOCSIS
3 1 (1.19%) DSL
3 1 (1.19%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.19%) GPON
3 1 (1.19%) IPv4
3 1 (1.19%) IPv6
3 1 (1.19%) LTE
3 1 (1.19%) PPP
3 1 (1.19%) RTP
3 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.19%) VoIP
3 1 (1.19%) WAN
3 1 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.52%) MySQL
1 8 (9.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Git
1 1 (1.19%) JIRA
1 1 (1.19%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (22.62%) Electronics
2 14 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.10%) Finance
4 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.57%) Games
7 2 (2.38%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.19%) Automotive
8 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.19%) Publishing
8 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (26.19%) Software Engineer
2 17 (20.24%) Robotics Engineer
2 17 (20.24%) Senior
3 15 (17.86%) Lead
4 11 (13.10%) Developer
4 11 (13.10%) Graduate
5 9 (10.71%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (9.52%) Graduate Developer
7 7 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) Embedded Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) Senior Support Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) Software Support Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) Support Engineer
9 5 (5.95%) Azure Developer
9 5 (5.95%) C# Developer
9 5 (5.95%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 5 (5.95%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 5 (5.95%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 5 (5.95%) PHP Developer
9 5 (5.95%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.48%) Middleware
2 10 (11.90%) .NET
3 9 (10.71%) CSS
4 8 (9.52%) jQuery
5 4 (4.76%) ASP.NET
6 3 (3.57%) OpenGL
6 3 (3.57%) Vulkan
7 1 (1.19%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (1.19%) HTML
7 1 (1.19%) HTML5
7 1 (1.19%) NumPy
7 1 (1.19%) OpenCL
7 1 (1.19%) OpenMP
7 1 (1.19%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.19%) React
7 1 (1.19%) SciPy
7 1 (1.19%) Vue
7 1 (1.19%) XML
7 1 (1.19%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.81%) Robotics
2 19 (22.62%) Algorithms
3 6 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (5.95%) IoT
5 4 (4.76%) CUDA
5 4 (4.76%) FPGA
5 4 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.76%) Verilog
5 4 (4.76%) VHDL
6 3 (3.57%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (3.57%) Arduino
6 3 (3.57%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (1.19%) ASIC
7 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.19%) GNSS
7 1 (1.19%) Life Science
7 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.19%) PCIe
7 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.00%) Linux
2 8 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (7.14%) Windows
4 1 (1.19%) Android
4 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.19%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (51.19%) Software Engineering
2 18 (21.43%) OO
3 15 (17.86%) Agile
3 15 (17.86%) Computer Science
4 13 (15.48%) Control Theory
4 13 (15.48%) Physics
4 13 (15.48%) Project Management
5 12 (14.29%) AI
6 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (10.71%) Mathematics
8 8 (9.52%) MVC
8 8 (9.52%) OOP
8 8 (9.52%) Validation
9 7 (8.33%) DevOps
10 6 (7.14%) Collaborative Engineering
10 6 (7.14%) Embedded Software Development
10 6 (7.14%) Innovative Thinking
10 6 (7.14%) Presales
11 5 (5.95%) Signal Processing
12 4 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 41 (48.81%) C
2 28 (33.33%) C#
3 17 (20.24%) Python
4 15 (17.86%) Java
5 8 (9.52%) PHP
6 6 (7.14%) Embedded C
6 6 (7.14%) Embedded C++
6 6 (7.14%) SQL
7 5 (5.95%) MATLAB
8 4 (4.76%) JavaScript
9 3 (3.57%) Assembly Language
9 3 (3.57%) GLSL
9 3 (3.57%) Objective-C
9 3 (3.57%) Swift
10 1 (1.19%) Fortran
10 1 (1.19%) Go
10 1 (1.19%) Rust
10 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.19%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (1.19%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 32 (38.10%) Degree
2 10 (11.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.76%) PhD
6 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.19%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (3.57%) Firmware
2 1 (1.19%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (1.19%) Altera
1 1 (1.19%) EMC
1 1 (1.19%) Huawei
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft