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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 77 120
Rank change year-on-year +19 +43 -30
Permanent jobs citing C++ 53 71 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.58% 3.53% 1.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.27% 8.04% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 47 63 20
10th Percentile £45,750 £42,700 £33,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £44,375 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,250 £55,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,000 £64,875
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 572 883 1,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.60% 43.89% 53.78%
Number of salaries quoted 446 555 876
10th Percentile £44,375 £39,781 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,091 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,108 £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% +13.99%

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 21 May 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 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) EViews
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) AWS
2 6 (11.32%) Serverless
3 5 (9.43%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (5.66%) Amazon S3
4 3 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (5.66%) Azure
4 3 (5.66%) ChatGPT
4 3 (5.66%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.96%) Network Security
2 5 (9.43%) Wireless
3 4 (7.55%) Bluetooth
3 4 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.89%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.77%) RDBMS
2 2 (3.77%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.89%) GIS
3 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) Subversion
General
1 22 (41.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.55%) Legal
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Banking
5 1 (1.89%) Finance
5 1 (1.89%) Games
5 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (77.36%) Software Engineer
2 27 (50.94%) Senior
3 24 (45.28%) Senior Software Engineer
4 19 (35.85%) C++ Software Engineer
4 19 (35.85%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 17 (32.08%) C Software Engineer
5 17 (32.08%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 17 (32.08%) Senior C Software Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Database Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Embedded Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Research Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Research Software Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) C Developer
8 3 (5.66%) C/C++ Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior C Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) DPDK
2 1 (1.89%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Algorithms
2 8 (15.09%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (9.43%) Data Structures
3 5 (9.43%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.89%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.89%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.64%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Android
2 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.89%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.89%) OpenWrt
2 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (77.36%) Software Engineering
2 24 (45.28%) Computer Science
3 10 (18.87%) Machine Learning
4 9 (16.98%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (13.21%) Mathematics
6 6 (11.32%) Agile
6 6 (11.32%) Multithreading
6 6 (11.32%) Prototyping
7 5 (9.43%) Benchmarking
7 5 (9.43%) Computer Architecture
7 5 (9.43%) Data Management
7 5 (9.43%) Parallel Programming
7 5 (9.43%) Performance Analysis
7 5 (9.43%) Workflow
8 4 (7.55%) B2B
9 3 (5.66%) CI/CD
9 3 (5.66%) Concurrent Programming
9 3 (5.66%) Low Latency
9 3 (5.66%) Performance Optimisation
9 3 (5.66%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (81.13%) C
2 22 (41.51%) Java
3 19 (35.85%) Rust
4 16 (30.19%) Python
5 11 (20.75%) Go
6 6 (11.32%) Haskell
7 1 (1.89%) Assembly Language
7 1 (1.89%) Bash
7 1 (1.89%) C#
7 1 (1.89%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.89%) Perl
7 1 (1.89%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (45.28%) Degree
2 12 (22.64%) Master's Degree
2 12 (22.64%) PhD
3 11 (20.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (5.66%) Google
1 3 (5.66%) OpenAI