C++
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 56 | 80 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | +24 | +34 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 23 | 56 | 69 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 2.51% | 3.68% | 3.27% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.35% | 9.33% | 7.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 50 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,125 | £45,000 | £43,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £55,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £53,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +13.21% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,938 | £68,750 | £61,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,250 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +13.21% | +6.00% |
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 362 | 600 | 931 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 39.43% | 39.47% | 44.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 254 | 462 | 596 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £39,789 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,610 | £50,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £63,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +14.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,688 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,474 | £91,934 | £95,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £58,033 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh.
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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.
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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: