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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 155 92
Rank change year-on-year +10 -63 -1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,703 2,296 4,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.02% 2.41% 3.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.18% 5.51% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 1,593 2,099
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £35,250
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 £76,250 £90,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £122,500 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -4.41% +18.26%

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 27,575 41,646 69,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.75% 43.69% 53.18%
Number of salaries quoted 22,592 26,545 40,001
10th Percentile £35,475 £40,000 £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 £107,500 £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 18 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 18 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 +6 535 £58,000 -3.33% 220
London -60 345 £100,000 +17.65% 352
South West +20 281 £55,000 -9.84% 153
North of England +28 212 £57,500 - 82
Midlands -3 177 £50,000 -4.76% 102
East of England +18 144 £60,000 - 155
North West +39 112 £61,000 -1.21% 47
West Midlands +5 102 £58,750 +6.82% 52
Yorkshire +17 77 £47,500 +11.76% 28
East Midlands +9 75 £49,990 +11.09% 50
North East +11 23 £55,000 +4.76% 8
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 61 (3.58%) Apache
2 13 (0.76%) nginx
3 11 (0.65%) Confluence
4 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.18%) Ethereum
5 3 (0.18%) Hyperledger
5 3 (0.18%) Kinematics
6 2 (0.12%) CMS
6 2 (0.12%) WinCC
7 1 (0.059%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.059%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.059%) IIS
7 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 59 (3.46%) Simulink
2 8 (0.47%) GNU Octave
2 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.23%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.12%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.12%) Doxygen
4 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
5 1 (0.059%) CATIA
5 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.059%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.059%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.23%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.059%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.059%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 121 (7.11%) AWS
2 120 (7.05%) Azure
3 34 (2.00%) SaaS
4 24 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.35%) GCP
6 20 (1.17%) GitHub
7 16 (0.94%) Pulumi
8 13 (0.76%) OpenShift
8 13 (0.76%) Sentry
9 9 (0.53%) AWS IoT
10 7 (0.41%) WhatsApp
11 5 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.29%) Serverless
12 4 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.23%) PaaS
12 4 (0.23%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.23%) TestFlight
13 3 (0.18%) Azure App Service
13 3 (0.18%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.46%) TCP/IP
2 35 (2.06%) Wireless
3 29 (1.70%) MQTT
4 20 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (1.12%) Internet
6 18 (1.06%) 4G
7 17 (1.00%) 3G
7 17 (1.00%) 5G
7 17 (1.00%) DNS
7 17 (1.00%) RS-485
8 16 (0.94%) Network Security
9 15 (0.88%) Bluetooth
9 15 (0.88%) Ethernet
9 15 (0.88%) Firewall
10 14 (0.82%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.82%) WAN
11 11 (0.65%) HTTP
11 11 (0.65%) LoRaWAN
12 8 (0.47%) Modbus
13 7 (0.41%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 59 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (2.00%) MongoDB
4 25 (1.47%) NoSQL
5 20 (1.17%) MySQL
6 19 (1.12%) Redis
7 12 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.53%) Big Data
8 9 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.41%) KDB
9 7 (0.41%) Kdb+
9 7 (0.41%) SQLite
10 5 (0.29%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.18%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.18%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.18%) Tick Data
12 2 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 146 (8.57%) Git
2 82 (4.82%) Visual Studio
3 73 (4.29%) Subversion
4 59 (3.46%) Jenkins
4 59 (3.46%) JIRA
5 32 (1.88%) CMake
6 29 (1.70%) GitLab
6 29 (1.70%) LabVIEW
7 25 (1.47%) Ant
8 17 (1.00%) Rational Rhapsody
9 15 (0.88%) Eclipse
9 15 (0.88%) Selenium
10 13 (0.76%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.76%) GDB
11 12 (0.70%) Bitbucket
11 12 (0.70%) GCC
12 11 (0.65%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.59%) GNU Toolchain
14 9 (0.53%) Xcode
General
1 289 (16.97%) Social Skills
2 185 (10.86%) Finance
3 182 (10.69%) Electronics
4 165 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (5.23%) Automotive
5 89 (5.23%) Manufacturing
6 75 (4.40%) Marketing
7 55 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 52 (3.05%) Front Office
9 47 (2.76%) Public Sector
10 46 (2.70%) Aerospace
11 43 (2.52%) Games
12 37 (2.17%) Military
13 32 (1.88%) Aviation
14 21 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.17%) Law
15 20 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (0.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 732 (42.98%) Software Engineer
2 451 (26.48%) Developer
3 366 (21.49%) Senior
4 280 (16.44%) C++ Developer
4 280 (16.44%) C++ Software Engineer
5 255 (14.97%) Embedded Engineer
6 226 (13.27%) Senior Software Engineer
7 183 (10.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 181 (10.63%) Lead
9 114 (6.69%) Software Developer
10 86 (5.05%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 79 (4.64%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 74 (4.35%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 62 (3.64%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 55 (3.23%) C++ Software Developer
15 53 (3.11%) Junior
16 49 (2.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 45 (2.64%) Lead Developer
18 43 (2.52%) Lead Software Engineer
18 43 (2.52%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (8.98%) .NET
2 87 (5.11%) Qt
3 69 (4.05%) STL
4 65 (3.82%) HTML
5 52 (3.05%) React
6 49 (2.88%) Yocto
7 45 (2.64%) WPF
8 43 (2.52%) REST
9 40 (2.35%) .NET Framework
10 35 (2.06%) MFC
11 33 (1.94%) Apache NiFi
11 33 (1.94%) XML
12 32 (1.88%) ASP.NET
13 28 (1.64%) Web Services
14 27 (1.59%) Hibernate
15 26 (1.53%) Middleware
16 25 (1.47%) CSS
16 25 (1.47%) OpenGL
17 24 (1.41%) AngularJS
18 23 (1.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 190 (11.16%) Algorithms
2 118 (6.93%) Embedded Systems
3 97 (5.70%) IoT
4 96 (5.64%) FPGA
5 73 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
6 55 (3.23%) Hedge funds
7 52 (3.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 51 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
9 48 (2.82%) Robotics
10 43 (2.52%) VHDL
11 42 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
12 38 (2.23%) CUDA
13 34 (2.00%) Equities
14 32 (1.88%) Device Driver
15 27 (1.59%) Cloud Native
16 25 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
16 25 (1.47%) Data Structures
16 25 (1.47%) GNSS
16 25 (1.47%) Mobile App
17 24 (1.41%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 578 (33.94%) Linux
2 271 (15.91%) Windows
3 90 (5.28%) Embedded Linux
4 64 (3.76%) Unix
5 53 (3.11%) Android
6 29 (1.70%) Apple iOS
6 29 (1.70%) Ubuntu
7 18 (1.06%) AIX
8 16 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.70%) CentOS
10 11 (0.65%) Debian
10 11 (0.65%) Windows 10
10 11 (0.65%) Windows Server
11 9 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
12 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.18%) FreeBSD
13 3 (0.18%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.12%) Rocky
15 1 (0.059%) Kali Linux
15 1 (0.059%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 970 (56.96%) Software Engineering
2 372 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
3 321 (18.85%) Computer Science
4 301 (17.67%) Agile
5 233 (13.68%) Mathematics
6 186 (10.92%) Multithreading
7 147 (8.63%) Mentoring
8 139 (8.16%) Physics
9 125 (7.34%) OO
10 122 (7.16%) Test Automation
11 120 (7.05%) DevOps
12 108 (6.34%) Machine Learning
13 106 (6.22%) Artificial Intelligence
14 104 (6.11%) SDLC
15 80 (4.70%) Software Testing
16 78 (4.58%) CI/CD
17 76 (4.46%) Technical Leadership
18 75 (4.40%) Signal Processing
19 74 (4.35%) Open Source
20 70 (4.11%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 758 (44.51%) C
2 630 (36.99%) Python
3 375 (22.02%) C#
4 335 (19.67%) Java
5 185 (10.86%) SQL
6 167 (9.81%) JavaScript
7 79 (4.64%) MATLAB
8 75 (4.40%) Bash
9 64 (3.76%) Embedded C
9 64 (3.76%) Fortran
10 56 (3.29%) Rust
11 52 (3.05%) Go
12 49 (2.88%) Embedded C++
13 42 (2.47%) VB
14 32 (1.88%) Perl
14 32 (1.88%) PowerShell
15 29 (1.70%) Ada
15 29 (1.70%) COBOL
15 29 (1.70%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 26 (1.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 498 (29.24%) Degree
2 262 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 143 (8.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 139 (8.16%) SC Cleared
5 106 (6.22%) PhD
6 102 (5.99%) Master's Degree
7 44 (2.58%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (0.65%) HND
9 7 (0.41%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.29%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.18%) HNC
13 2 (0.12%) MCAD
13 2 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.059%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.11%) QA
2 22 (1.29%) Software Quality Assurance
3 17 (1.00%) GDPR
4 16 (0.94%) PMO
5 13 (0.76%) MISRA
6 10 (0.59%) 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
11 3 (0.18%) IEC 61131
11 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.18%) JTAG
11 3 (0.18%) NIST
12 2 (0.12%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.12%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 146 (8.57%) Firmware
2 87 (5.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 80 (4.70%) Docker
4 3 (0.18%) OpenSIPS
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.059%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.059%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.059%) QEMU
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 87 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.06%) Terraform
3 23 (1.35%) Grafana
4 22 (1.29%) Ansible
5 7 (0.41%) Puppet
6 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.29%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.12%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.12%) Kibana
8 2 (0.12%) Packer
8 2 (0.12%) Podman
8 2 (0.12%) Wonderware InTouch
9 1 (0.059%) Consul
9 1 (0.059%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.059%) Istio
9 1 (0.059%) logstash
9 1 (0.059%) Nagios
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.059%) Salt
Vendors
1 120 (7.05%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.52%) SAP
3 37 (2.17%) Google
4 29 (1.70%) Micro Focus
5 28 (1.64%) Oracle
5 28 (1.64%) Xilinx
6 12 (0.70%) Red Hat
7 11 (0.65%) Atlassian
7 11 (0.65%) EMC
8 10 (0.59%) Cadence
8 10 (0.59%) Synopsys
9 8 (0.47%) Apple
10 7 (0.41%) Cisco
11 6 (0.35%) Altera
11 6 (0.35%) BT
11 6 (0.35%) Green Hills
11 6 (0.35%) HP
11 6 (0.35%) Motorola
11 6 (0.35%) NVIDIA
11 6 (0.35%) Remedy