C++ Jobs in England

C++
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 156 87
Rank change year-on-year +14 -69 +4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,719 2,208 4,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.03% 2.37% 3.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.25% 5.44% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,539 2,077
10th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £35,988
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +17.39%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,494 40,577 69,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.42% 43.53% 53.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,411 25,963 39,542
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in England

C++
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for C++ in England

C++
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in England

C++
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++ within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +16 547 £57,750 -3.75% 230
London -70 337 £97,500 +15.38% 348
South West +22 283 £55,000 -9.09% 150
North of England +37 214 £57,500 +2.22% 87
Midlands -1 184 £50,000 -4.76% 90
East of England +10 145 £60,000 - 174
North West +44 115 £61,000 +0.83% 57
West Midlands -8 106 £57,500 +4.55% 49
East Midlands +13 78 £49,990 +11.09% 41
Yorkshire +30 75 £47,500 +11.76% 21
North East +14 24 £55,000 +4.76% 10
C++
UK

C++
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 62 (3.61%) Apache
2 12 (0.70%) Confluence
3 11 (0.64%) nginx
4 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.17%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.17%) Hyperledger
5 3 (0.17%) Kinematics
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) WinCC
7 1 (0.058%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.058%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.058%) IIS
7 1 (0.058%) WebLogic
Applications
1 65 (3.78%) Simulink
2 9 (0.52%) GNU Octave
2 9 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.29%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.12%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.12%) Doxygen
4 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.058%) CATIA
5 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.058%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.23%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.058%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.058%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.058%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 122 (7.10%) Azure
2 121 (7.04%) AWS
3 33 (1.92%) SaaS
4 23 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (1.16%) GitHub
6 19 (1.11%) GCP
7 14 (0.81%) Pulumi
8 13 (0.76%) OpenShift
9 11 (0.64%) Sentry
10 9 (0.52%) AWS IoT
11 8 (0.47%) WhatsApp
12 5 (0.29%) Serverless
13 4 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.23%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.23%) PaaS
13 4 (0.23%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.23%) TestFlight
14 3 (0.17%) Azure App Service
14 3 (0.17%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.43%) TCP/IP
2 37 (2.15%) Wireless
3 28 (1.63%) MQTT
4 20 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (1.11%) 4G
5 19 (1.11%) Internet
6 18 (1.05%) 3G
7 17 (0.99%) 5G
7 17 (0.99%) RS-485
8 16 (0.93%) DNS
9 15 (0.87%) Network Security
10 14 (0.81%) Bluetooth
10 14 (0.81%) Ethernet
10 14 (0.81%) Firewall
10 14 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.81%) WAN
11 11 (0.64%) HTTP
11 11 (0.64%) LoRaWAN
12 8 (0.47%) Modbus
12 8 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 57 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (1.98%) MongoDB
4 25 (1.45%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.11%) MySQL
6 16 (0.93%) Redis
7 11 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.52%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.47%) Big Data
10 7 (0.41%) KDB
10 7 (0.41%) Kdb+
10 7 (0.41%) SQLite
11 5 (0.29%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.17%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.17%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.17%) Tick Data
13 2 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 146 (8.49%) Git
2 81 (4.71%) Visual Studio
3 74 (4.30%) Subversion
4 60 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 60 (3.49%) JIRA
5 32 (1.86%) CMake
6 29 (1.69%) GitLab
6 29 (1.69%) LabVIEW
7 25 (1.45%) Ant
8 16 (0.93%) Rational Rhapsody
9 15 (0.87%) Eclipse
10 13 (0.76%) GDB
10 13 (0.76%) Selenium
11 12 (0.70%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.64%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.64%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.64%) GCC
12 11 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.58%) GNU Toolchain
13 10 (0.58%) Vagrant
General
1 294 (17.10%) Social Skills
2 190 (11.05%) Electronics
3 183 (10.65%) Finance
4 171 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 93 (5.41%) Automotive
6 91 (5.29%) Manufacturing
7 71 (4.13%) Marketing
8 55 (3.20%) Telecoms
9 51 (2.97%) Front Office
10 47 (2.73%) Public Sector
11 42 (2.44%) Games
12 41 (2.39%) Aerospace
13 39 (2.27%) Military
14 34 (1.98%) Aviation
15 25 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.11%) Law
16 19 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 16 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (0.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 746 (43.40%) Software Engineer
2 462 (26.88%) Developer
3 360 (20.94%) Senior
4 286 (16.64%) C++ Developer
4 286 (16.64%) C++ Software Engineer
5 267 (15.53%) Embedded Engineer
6 224 (13.03%) Senior Software Engineer
7 192 (11.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 178 (10.35%) Lead
9 120 (6.98%) Software Developer
10 88 (5.12%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 82 (4.77%) Embedded C++ Engineer
12 78 (4.54%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 69 (4.01%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 60 (3.49%) C++ Software Developer
15 54 (3.14%) Junior
16 50 (2.91%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 45 (2.62%) Lead Developer
18 44 (2.56%) Embedded Developer
19 43 (2.50%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (8.96%) .NET
2 90 (5.24%) Qt
3 68 (3.96%) STL
4 66 (3.84%) HTML
5 53 (3.08%) React
6 48 (2.79%) Yocto
7 44 (2.56%) REST
8 43 (2.50%) .NET Framework
8 43 (2.50%) WPF
9 35 (2.04%) MFC
10 34 (1.98%) XML
11 33 (1.92%) Apache NiFi
12 32 (1.86%) ASP.NET
13 27 (1.57%) Hibernate
13 27 (1.57%) Web Services
14 26 (1.51%) AngularJS
14 26 (1.51%) CSS
14 26 (1.51%) Middleware
15 25 (1.45%) OpenGL
16 23 (1.34%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 198 (11.52%) Algorithms
2 120 (6.98%) Embedded Systems
3 101 (5.88%) FPGA
4 97 (5.64%) IoT
5 76 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (3.08%) Hedge funds
7 52 (3.03%) Robotics
8 50 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
8 50 (2.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 49 (2.85%) VHDL
10 41 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
11 39 (2.27%) CUDA
12 34 (1.98%) Equities
13 31 (1.80%) Device Driver
14 26 (1.51%) Analogue Electronics
14 26 (1.51%) Cloud Native
14 26 (1.51%) GNSS
15 25 (1.45%) Verilog
16 24 (1.40%) Mobile App
17 23 (1.34%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 588 (34.21%) Linux
2 276 (16.06%) Windows
3 95 (5.53%) Embedded Linux
4 70 (4.07%) Unix
5 55 (3.20%) Android
6 32 (1.86%) Ubuntu
7 28 (1.63%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.05%) AIX
9 17 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.81%) CentOS
11 12 (0.70%) Windows 10
12 11 (0.64%) Debian
12 11 (0.64%) Windows Server
13 8 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
14 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.12%) FreeBSD
15 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.12%) Rocky
15 2 (0.12%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 983 (57.18%) Software Engineering
2 376 (21.87%) Problem-Solving
3 325 (18.91%) Computer Science
4 301 (17.51%) Agile
5 239 (13.90%) Mathematics
6 186 (10.82%) Multithreading
7 149 (8.67%) Mentoring
8 144 (8.38%) Physics
9 124 (7.21%) OO
9 124 (7.21%) Test Automation
10 121 (7.04%) DevOps
11 113 (6.57%) Artificial Intelligence
11 113 (6.57%) Machine Learning
12 106 (6.17%) SDLC
13 83 (4.83%) Signal Processing
13 83 (4.83%) Software Testing
14 77 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
15 74 (4.30%) CI/CD
15 74 (4.30%) Code Quality
15 74 (4.30%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 774 (45.03%) C
2 629 (36.59%) Python
3 375 (21.82%) C#
4 347 (20.19%) Java
5 191 (11.11%) SQL
6 169 (9.83%) JavaScript
7 83 (4.83%) MATLAB
8 73 (4.25%) Bash
9 67 (3.90%) Embedded C
10 66 (3.84%) Fortran
11 55 (3.20%) Rust
12 51 (2.97%) Go
13 50 (2.91%) Embedded C++
14 44 (2.56%) VB
15 31 (1.80%) Perl
16 29 (1.69%) COBOL
16 29 (1.69%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 29 (1.69%) PowerShell
17 26 (1.51%) Ada
18 25 (1.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 506 (29.44%) Degree
2 275 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 147 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 145 (8.44%) SC Cleared
5 106 (6.17%) Master's Degree
6 105 (6.11%) PhD
7 49 (2.85%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.64%) HND
9 10 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.29%) Postgraduate
12 4 (0.23%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.23%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.17%) HNC
14 2 (0.12%) MCAD
15 1 (0.058%) CEH
15 1 (0.058%) CISSP
15 1 (0.058%) ISEB
15 1 (0.058%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (2.97%) QA
2 22 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
3 17 (0.99%) GDPR
4 16 (0.93%) PMO
5 12 (0.70%) MISRA
6 10 (0.58%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.47%) MISRA C
8 7 (0.41%) AUTOSAR
8 7 (0.41%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.29%) IEC 61508
9 5 (0.29%) ISO 13485
9 5 (0.29%) TickIT
10 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.23%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.23%) JTAG
11 3 (0.17%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.17%) NIST
12 2 (0.12%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.12%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 148 (8.61%) Firmware
2 89 (5.18%) Embedded Firmware
3 78 (4.54%) Docker
4 3 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) OpenSIPS
5 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.058%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.058%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.058%) QEMU
6 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 81 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.15%) Terraform
3 24 (1.40%) Ansible
4 21 (1.22%) Grafana
5 5 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.29%) Puppet
6 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.12%) Kibana
7 2 (0.12%) Packer
7 2 (0.12%) Podman
7 2 (0.12%) Wonderware InTouch
8 1 (0.058%) Consul
8 1 (0.058%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.058%) Istio
8 1 (0.058%) logstash
8 1 (0.058%) Nagios
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.058%) Salt
Vendors
1 123 (7.16%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.56%) SAP
3 34 (1.98%) Xilinx
4 32 (1.86%) Google
5 29 (1.69%) Micro Focus
6 27 (1.57%) Oracle
7 12 (0.70%) Atlassian
7 12 (0.70%) EMC
7 12 (0.70%) Red Hat
8 10 (0.58%) Cadence
8 10 (0.58%) Synopsys
9 8 (0.47%) Apple
10 7 (0.41%) Altera
10 7 (0.41%) Cisco
10 7 (0.41%) Green Hills
10 7 (0.41%) Motorola
11 6 (0.35%) BT
11 6 (0.35%) HP
11 6 (0.35%) NVIDIA
11 6 (0.35%) Remedy