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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 65 | 53 | 80 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | +27 | +34 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 22 | 55 | 72 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 2.40% | 3.70% | 3.58% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.63% | 9.52% | 8.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 49 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £55,000 | £44,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £53,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +13.21% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £58,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,250 | £100,000 | £91,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £62,500 | £60,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +13.21% | +0.95% |
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 | 332 | 578 | 885 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 36.24% | 38.87% | 44.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 223 | 451 | 559 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £39,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £50,000 | £48,091 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,625 | £75,000 | £79,375 |
| 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 18 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: