C++ Software Engineer Jobs in England

Software Engineer - C++
UK > England

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 703 792
Rank change year-on-year +143 +89 -173
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 288 227 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.27% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 219 136 274
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +36.84%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £120,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in England

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in England.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in England

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in England

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
South East +77 111 £60,000 -14.29% 15
South West +15 71 £55,000 +25.00% 16
North of England +43 45 £60,000 +41.18% 4
Midlands +34 21 £50,000 +42.86% 13
North West +30 21 £61,000 +16.19% 3
London +72 20 £62,500 -3.85% 27
East of England +11 20 £62,500 +4.17% 18
Yorkshire +71 15 £40,000 -5.88%
West Midlands +25 12 £92,500 +164.29% 7
North East +5 9 £60,000 -7.69% 1
East Midlands -4 9 £50,000 - 6
C++ Software Engineer
UK

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 288 (100.00%) C++
1 288 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 108 (37.50%) C
3 70 (24.31%) Linux
4 69 (23.96%) Degree
5 67 (23.26%) Windows
5 67 (23.26%) Security Cleared
6 54 (18.75%) Computer Science
7 48 (16.67%) SC Cleared
8 45 (15.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (14.58%) Mathematics
10 40 (13.89%) C#
11 39 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (12.85%) Agile
13 35 (12.15%) Multithreading
14 31 (10.76%) Self-Motivation
15 29 (10.07%) Python
16 28 (9.72%) Mentoring
17 26 (9.03%) SaaS
17 26 (9.03%) Manufacturing
18 25 (8.68%) Algorithms
18 25 (8.68%) Actionable Insight
19 24 (8.33%) QA
20 23 (7.99%) OO
20 23 (7.99%) Embedded Systems
20 23 (7.99%) Test Automation
20 23 (7.99%) Qt
20 23 (7.99%) Code Quality
21 22 (7.64%) Subversion
22 21 (7.29%) Military

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.69%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.03%) SaaS
2 3 (1.04%) Azure
2 3 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.69%) AWS
3 2 (0.69%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.35%) GitHub
4 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.51%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.43%) Network Security
3 5 (1.74%) VoIP
3 5 (1.74%) Wireless
4 1 (0.35%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
4 1 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.64%) Subversion
2 20 (6.94%) CMake
3 13 (4.51%) Git
4 10 (3.47%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.74%) GDB
5 5 (1.74%) Xcode
6 4 (1.39%) GCC
7 3 (1.04%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.04%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.69%) JIRA
8 2 (0.69%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
General
1 26 (9.03%) Manufacturing
2 21 (7.29%) Military
3 18 (6.25%) Automotive
3 18 (6.25%) Aviation
3 18 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 9 (3.13%) Electronics
5 6 (2.08%) Games
6 5 (1.74%) Marketing
7 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.04%) Multimedia
9 2 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.69%) Finance
9 2 (0.69%) Legal
9 2 (0.69%) Wearables
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.99%) Qt
2 18 (6.25%) MFC
2 18 (6.25%) STL
2 18 (6.25%) XML
3 16 (5.56%) OpenGL
4 14 (4.86%) .NET
5 12 (4.17%) WPF
6 8 (2.78%) DirectX
7 7 (2.43%) Yocto
8 5 (1.74%) FFmpeg
8 5 (1.74%) GStreamer
8 5 (1.74%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (1.39%) WebGL
10 3 (1.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (1.04%) RESTful
10 3 (1.04%) XMPP
11 2 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.69%) HTML
11 2 (0.69%) JavaFX
11 2 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.76%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (8.68%) Algorithms
3 23 (7.99%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (7.29%) Satnav
5 11 (3.82%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.43%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.74%) Raspberry Pi
8 4 (1.39%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (1.39%) Arduino
8 4 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.39%) IoT
8 4 (1.39%) Ray Tracing
9 3 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.69%) Blog
10 2 (0.69%) CCTV
10 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.35%) Analogue Electronics
11 1 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.35%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 70 (24.31%) Linux
2 67 (23.26%) Windows
3 15 (5.21%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (1.04%) Android
4 3 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.69%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 1 (0.35%) CentOS
6 1 (0.35%) Debian
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 54 (18.75%) Computer Science
3 42 (14.58%) Mathematics
4 39 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (12.85%) Agile
6 35 (12.15%) Multithreading
7 28 (9.72%) Mentoring
8 25 (8.68%) Actionable Insight
9 23 (7.99%) Code Quality
9 23 (7.99%) OO
9 23 (7.99%) Test Automation
10 21 (7.29%) Quality Management
11 20 (6.94%) Configuration Management
12 17 (5.90%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (4.51%) SDLC
14 11 (3.82%) CAD
15 9 (3.13%) OOD
15 9 (3.13%) Unit Testing
16 8 (2.78%) OOP
16 8 (2.78%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 288 (100.00%) C++
2 108 (37.50%) C
3 40 (13.89%) C#
4 29 (10.07%) Python
5 13 (4.51%) Java
6 11 (3.82%) SQL
7 10 (3.47%) Embedded C
8 9 (3.13%) Embedded C++
9 5 (1.74%) Bash
10 4 (1.39%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.39%) Objective-C
10 4 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.69%) Fortran
12 2 (0.69%) Go
12 2 (0.69%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.69%) Perl
12 2 (0.69%) Rust
13 1 (0.35%) VC++
Qualifications
1 69 (23.96%) Degree
2 67 (23.26%) Security Cleared
3 48 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 45 (15.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.69%) HND
6 2 (0.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.33%) QA
2 21 (7.29%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (2.08%) ISO 9000
4 3 (1.04%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.69%) TickIT
System Software
1 4 (1.39%) Firmware
2 3 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.35%) Grafana
2 1 (0.35%) Kibana
2 1 (0.35%) Podman
2 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (0.69%) Atlassian
1 2 (0.69%) Samsung
2 1 (0.35%) Apple
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.35%) NVIDIA
2 1 (0.35%) QNX