STL Job Trends in England

Standard Template Library (STL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring STL 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 590 651 655
Rank change year-on-year +61 +4 +267
Permanent jobs citing STL 8 20 41
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.041% 0.083%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% 0.19% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 26
10th Percentile - £43,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £132,000 £84,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -3.70%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,192 10,388 12,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.85% 21.51% 24.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,759 6,104 10,139
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,087 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

STL job vacancy trend in England

STL
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing STL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing STL

STL
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for STL in England

STL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing STL 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
North West - 5 £57,500 - 1
North of England - 5 £57,500 - 1
London +47 3 £125,000 +66.67% 4
STL
UK

STL
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 1 (12.50%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) HTTP
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (12.50%) GCC
2 1 (12.50%) GDB
General
1 2 (25.00%) Front Office
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Economy
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior
3 3 (37.50%) Senior C++ Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Siemens Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Qt
2 3 (37.50%) QML
3 2 (25.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (12.50%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (12.50%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) GitOps
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) Product Operations
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Qualtrics
1 1 (12.50%) Siemens