C++ Job Trends in England

C++
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 102 132
Rank change year-on-year -100 +30 -4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 572 1,353 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.09% 2.80% 2.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.62% 8.28% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 412 646 945
10th Percentile £39,281 £40,000 £41,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £115,000 £137,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,176 16,338 18,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.47% 33.84% 38.25%
Number of salaries quoted 7,682 9,608 15,921
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £38,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

C++ job vacancy trend in England

C++
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 2026. 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
London -33 230 £102,500 +13.89% 153
South East -88 119 £60,000 -4.00% 237
East of England -29 85 £55,000 - 119
North of England -54 58 £46,500 -19.41% 64
South West -67 58 £55,000 +10.00% 110
Yorkshire -25 31 £45,000 -10.00% 20
Midlands -67 22 £55,000 - 46
North West -37 19 £57,500 -2.41% 32
West Midlands -35 13 £55,000 - 17
East Midlands -38 9 £49,000 +3.16% 29
North East -4 8 £56,500 -29.38% 12
C++
UK

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (2.80%) Kinematics
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
3 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.35%) Confluence
3 2 (0.35%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.35%) IIS
3 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.35%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.87%) Simulink
3 2 (0.35%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.17%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.17%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 48 (8.39%) Azure
2 45 (7.87%) AWS
3 16 (2.80%) GCP
4 13 (2.27%) GitHub
5 4 (0.70%) Amazon S3
5 4 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (0.70%) Serverless
6 3 (0.52%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (0.52%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.35%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (0.35%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (0.35%) Google Play
7 2 (0.35%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.35%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.35%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.52%) TCP/IP
2 28 (4.90%) Multicast
3 21 (3.67%) Wireless
4 19 (3.32%) Software-Defined Radio
5 10 (1.75%) HTTP
6 8 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.05%) DNS
8 5 (0.87%) Internet
8 5 (0.87%) Modbus
9 4 (0.70%) 3G
9 4 (0.70%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.70%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.70%) GPRS
9 4 (0.70%) GSM
9 4 (0.70%) RS-232
9 4 (0.70%) RS-485
9 4 (0.70%) RTP
9 4 (0.70%) SSL
9 4 (0.70%) VoIP
9 4 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.97%) MySQL
3 6 (1.05%) ClickHouse
4 5 (0.87%) KDB
5 4 (0.70%) GIS
6 3 (0.52%) Redis
7 2 (0.35%) Big Data
7 2 (0.35%) Kdb+
7 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.17%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.17%) Metadata
8 1 (0.17%) Power BI
8 1 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.17%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.17%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 33 (5.77%) Git
2 25 (4.37%) JIRA
3 23 (4.02%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.05%) GitLab
6 5 (0.87%) IDA Disassembler
7 4 (0.70%) MLflow
8 3 (0.52%) CMake
8 3 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.35%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.35%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.35%) Subversion
9 2 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.35%) TestRail
9 2 (0.35%) Xcode
9 2 (0.35%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.17%) GCC
10 1 (0.17%) GDB
10 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 157 (27.45%) Finance
2 77 (13.46%) Social Skills
3 65 (11.36%) Electronics
4 54 (9.44%) Front Office
5 46 (8.04%) Banking
6 45 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (7.52%) Manufacturing
8 28 (4.90%) Investment Banking
8 28 (4.90%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.32%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.27%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.75%) Automotive
11 10 (1.75%) Marketing
11 10 (1.75%) Retail
12 8 (1.40%) Aeronautics
12 8 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.22%) Law
13 7 (1.22%) Military
14 6 (1.05%) Games
Job Titles
1 217 (37.94%) Software Engineer
2 186 (32.52%) Developer
3 122 (21.33%) C++ Developer
4 117 (20.45%) Senior
5 110 (19.23%) C++ Software Engineer
6 57 (9.97%) Embedded Engineer
7 47 (8.22%) Software Developer
8 44 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
9 42 (7.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 39 (6.82%) Lead
11 36 (6.29%) Senior Developer
12 35 (6.12%) Graduate
12 35 (6.12%) Linux Developer
12 35 (6.12%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 33 (5.77%) C++ Software Developer
14 32 (5.59%) Quantitative Developer
15 29 (5.07%) Python Developer
15 29 (5.07%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
16 28 (4.90%) Senior C++ Developer
17 25 (4.37%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 34 (5.94%) FIX Protocol
3 30 (5.24%) .NET
4 27 (4.72%) Qt
5 21 (3.67%) RESTful
6 18 (3.15%) CSS
7 17 (2.97%) jQuery
7 17 (2.97%) Middleware
8 13 (2.27%) ASP.NET
8 13 (2.27%) pytest
9 12 (2.10%) React
10 9 (1.57%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.57%) Kafka
10 9 (1.57%) WebSockets
11 7 (1.22%) gRPC
11 7 (1.22%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.22%) REST
11 7 (1.22%) STL
11 7 (1.22%) ZeroMQ
12 6 (1.05%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 94 (16.43%) Algorithms
2 43 (7.52%) Embedded Systems
3 37 (6.47%) Derivative
4 34 (5.94%) Equities
5 33 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
6 30 (5.24%) Data Structures
7 29 (5.07%) Cloud Native
8 26 (4.55%) Robotics
9 25 (4.37%) Hedge funds
10 22 (3.85%) Fixed Income
10 22 (3.85%) FPGA
11 18 (3.15%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (2.80%) Legacy Code
14 13 (2.27%) e-Learning
15 11 (1.92%) Driving Licence
15 11 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (1.92%) MicroBlaze
15 11 (1.92%) RISC-V
16 10 (1.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 193 (33.74%) Linux
2 37 (6.47%) Windows
3 23 (4.02%) Embedded Linux
4 16 (2.80%) Android
5 13 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.22%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (1.05%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.70%) Unix
9 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.52%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.35%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (48.78%) Software Engineering
2 120 (20.98%) Agile
3 105 (18.36%) Computer Science
4 94 (16.43%) Low Latency
5 79 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (11.54%) AI
7 56 (9.79%) Mathematics
8 53 (9.27%) OO
9 51 (8.92%) Machine Learning
9 51 (8.92%) OOP
10 50 (8.74%) Test Automation
11 47 (8.22%) SDLC
12 41 (7.17%) DevOps
13 34 (5.94%) Multithreading
14 33 (5.77%) CI/CD
15 31 (5.42%) Physics
15 31 (5.42%) Signal Processing
16 29 (5.07%) Mentoring
17 28 (4.90%) Embedded Software Development
17 28 (4.90%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 197 (34.44%) Python
2 190 (33.22%) C
3 116 (20.28%) Java
4 111 (19.41%) C#
5 67 (11.71%) SQL
6 39 (6.82%) Rust
7 32 (5.59%) Embedded C++
8 31 (5.42%) Go
9 23 (4.02%) TypeScript
10 22 (3.85%) Embedded C
11 17 (2.97%) PHP
12 16 (2.80%) JavaScript
13 15 (2.62%) Bash
14 9 (1.57%) MATLAB
15 8 (1.40%) Kotlin
15 8 (1.40%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.05%) VB
17 5 (0.87%) Fortran
17 5 (0.87%) Objective-C
17 5 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 142 (24.83%) Degree
2 85 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 57 (9.97%) SC Cleared
4 56 (9.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (6.82%) DV Cleared
5 39 (6.82%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.85%) PhD
7 16 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.35%) HND
8 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.90%) QA
2 4 (0.70%) ECSS
2 4 (0.70%) MISRA
3 3 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.52%) EMIR
3 3 (0.52%) NIST
4 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.17%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 56 (9.79%) Firmware
2 48 (8.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 20 (3.50%) Docker
4 14 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.45%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) KVM
5 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.70%) Ansible
2 4 (0.70%) Grafana
2 4 (0.70%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.52%) Kubeflow
3 3 (0.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.17%) Nagios
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.17%) Puppet
4 1 (0.17%) WMI
Vendors
1 14 (2.45%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.27%) Palantir
3 12 (2.10%) Red Hat
4 10 (1.75%) EMC
4 10 (1.75%) SAP
5 6 (1.05%) Google
6 5 (0.87%) Apple
7 4 (0.70%) Oracle
8 2 (0.35%) Ericsson
8 2 (0.35%) ESRI
8 2 (0.35%) Foundry
8 2 (0.35%) Lotus
8 2 (0.35%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.35%) Mavenir
8 2 (0.35%) Nokia
8 2 (0.35%) Siemens
8 2 (0.35%) Solarflare
8 2 (0.35%) VMware
8 2 (0.35%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.17%) OpenAI