C++ Jobs in Edinburgh

C++
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 83 113
Rank change year-on-year +28 +30 -21
Permanent jobs citing C++ 55 68 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.59% 3.20% 1.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.02% 7.18% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 49 60 24
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,813 £43,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,375 £58,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £62,500
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 610 947 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.82% 44.63% 53.93%
Number of salaries quoted 467 605 816
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £38,738
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (3.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.82%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.82%) EViews
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.82%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.55%) AWS
2 6 (10.91%) Serverless
3 5 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.45%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (5.45%) Amazon S3
4 3 (5.45%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (5.45%) Azure
4 3 (5.45%) ChatGPT
4 3 (5.45%) GCP
4 3 (5.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Network Security
2 5 (9.09%) Wireless
3 4 (7.27%) Bluetooth
3 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.82%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) RDBMS
1 4 (7.27%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (3.64%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.82%) GIS
4 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Git
2 1 (1.82%) Subversion
General
1 27 (49.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (14.55%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.27%) Legal
5 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Banking
5 1 (1.82%) Finance
5 1 (1.82%) Games
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (70.91%) Software Engineer
2 26 (47.27%) Senior
3 21 (38.18%) Senior Software Engineer
4 16 (29.09%) C++ Software Engineer
4 16 (29.09%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (25.45%) C Software Engineer
5 14 (25.45%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (25.45%) Senior C Software Engineer
6 7 (12.73%) Developer
7 6 (10.91%) Database Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Research Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Research Software Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) C Developer
8 5 (9.09%) C/C++ Developer
8 5 (9.09%) C++ Developer
8 5 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) Senior C Developer
8 5 (9.09%) Senior C++ Developer
8 5 (9.09%) Senior Developer
9 4 (7.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) DPDK
2 1 (1.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Algorithms
2 8 (14.55%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (9.09%) Data Structures
3 5 (9.09%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.82%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.82%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (29.09%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Android
2 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.82%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.82%) OpenWrt
2 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (70.91%) Software Engineering
2 25 (45.45%) Computer Science
3 10 (18.18%) Machine Learning
4 9 (16.36%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (12.73%) Mathematics
6 6 (10.91%) Agile
6 6 (10.91%) Multithreading
6 6 (10.91%) Prototyping
7 5 (9.09%) Benchmarking
7 5 (9.09%) Computer Architecture
7 5 (9.09%) Data Management
7 5 (9.09%) Parallel Programming
7 5 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
7 5 (9.09%) Workflow
8 4 (7.27%) B2B
9 3 (5.45%) CI/CD
9 3 (5.45%) Generative AI
9 3 (5.45%) Low Latency
9 3 (5.45%) Performance Optimisation
9 3 (5.45%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (78.18%) C
2 25 (45.45%) Java
3 20 (36.36%) Rust
4 18 (32.73%) Python
5 11 (20.00%) Go
6 6 (10.91%) Haskell
7 2 (3.64%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.64%) SQL
8 1 (1.82%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.82%) Bash
8 1 (1.82%) C#
8 1 (1.82%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.82%) Perl
8 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (43.64%) Degree
2 12 (21.82%) Master's Degree
2 12 (21.82%) PhD
3 11 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (5.45%) Google
1 3 (5.45%) OpenAI