C/C++ Software Engineer Jobs in England

C/C++ Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C/C++ Software Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 784 894 1081
Rank change year-on-year +110 +187 -283
Permanent jobs requiring a C/C++ Software Engineer 38 47 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.050% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.055% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 23 35 44
10th Percentile £45,500 £41,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -5.26%

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

C/C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C/C++ Software Engineer in England

C/C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for C/C++ Software Engineer in England

C/C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C/C++ Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C/C++ Software Engineer in England

C/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/C++ Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
North of England +37 10 £60,000 +41.18% 1
South West -15 9 £60,000 -7.69% 6
East of England +21 8 £60,000 - 1
Midlands - 7 £50,000 - 5
North East - 6 £60,000 -
East Midlands - 6 £50,000 - 1
South East +30 3 £67,500 +12.50%
North West - 3 £60,000 - 1
London +128 1 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Yorkshire +80 1 £45,000 +5.88%
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
C/C++ Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, C/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/C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) C
1 38 (100.00%) C++
1 38 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (34.21%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (31.58%) Linux
4 8 (21.05%) Embedded C
4 8 (21.05%) Embedded C++
5 7 (18.42%) Network Security
5 7 (18.42%) Embedded Linux
6 6 (15.79%) Open Source
6 6 (15.79%) C#
6 6 (15.79%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
7 5 (13.16%) FFmpeg
7 5 (13.16%) OpenEmbedded
7 5 (13.16%) Yocto
7 5 (13.16%) GStreamer
7 5 (13.16%) Multithreading
7 5 (13.16%) Mathematics
7 5 (13.16%) Degree
8 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
8 4 (10.53%) Wireless
8 4 (10.53%) Firmware
9 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
9 3 (7.89%) PhD
9 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
9 3 (7.89%) Algorithms
9 3 (7.89%) Physics
10 2 (5.26%) Computer Science
10 2 (5.26%) QA

C/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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.42%) Network Security
2 4 (10.53%) Wireless
3 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Electronics
3 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) FFmpeg
1 5 (13.16%) GStreamer
1 5 (13.16%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (13.16%) Yocto
2 1 (2.63%) GTK
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (15.79%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (7.89%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.26%) CCTV
5 1 (2.63%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.63%) FPGA
5 1 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.63%) PKI
5 1 (2.63%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Linux
2 7 (18.42%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.63%) Debian
3 1 (2.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (15.79%) Open Source
3 5 (13.16%) Mathematics
3 5 (13.16%) Multithreading
4 3 (7.89%) Physics
5 2 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (5.26%) Computer Science
5 2 (5.26%) Computer Vision
5 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (5.26%) DevOps
5 2 (5.26%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (5.26%) Value Proposition
6 1 (2.63%) CI/CD
6 1 (2.63%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (2.63%) Customer Experience
6 1 (2.63%) Key Management
6 1 (2.63%) Open Source Development
6 1 (2.63%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (2.63%) Signal Processing
6 1 (2.63%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (100.00%) C
1 38 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (21.05%) Embedded C
2 8 (21.05%) Embedded C++
3 6 (15.79%) C#
4 2 (5.26%) Bash
4 2 (5.26%) Python
5 1 (2.63%) Java
5 1 (2.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.89%) PhD
4 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Firmware