C++ Job Trends in Glasgow

C++
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow citing C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	65	59	64
Rank change year-on-year	-6	+5	-6
Permanent jobs citing C++	16	24	16
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow	1.01%	3.01%	1.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category	7.27%	7.77%	5.05%
Number of salaries quoted	13	23	3
10^th Percentile	-	£63,750	£46,100
25^th Percentile	£65,000	£73,750	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£85,000	£80,000	£47,000
Median % change year-on-year	+6.25%	+70.21%	-27.69%
75^th Percentile	-	£85,000	£53,875
90^th Percentile	-	-	£57,700
Scotland median annual salary	£67,500	£67,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-	+12.50%	+4.35%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing coding skills in Glasgow.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	220	309	317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow	13.92%	38.72%	32.71%
Number of salaries quoted	129	84	159
10^th Percentile	£39,250	£35,900	£24,000
25^th Percentile	£51,250	£42,500	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£63,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-1.57%	+27.00%	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£71,500	£85,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£85,000	-	£76,700
Scotland median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-	-4.35%

C++ Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

C++ Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

C++ Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

C++ Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing C++ also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region citing C++.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Software Engineering	93.8%	15
2	Cheminformatics	25.0%	4
3	Agile	12.5%	2
3	AI	12.5%	2
3	Clean Code	12.5%	2
3	Coaching	12.5%	2
3	Collaborative Working	12.5%	2
3	Coverity	12.5%	2
3	IEC 61508	12.5%	2
3	Klocwork	12.5%	2
3	Linux	12.5%	2
3	Python	12.5%	2
3	Rational DOORS	12.5%	2
3	Requirements Management	12.5%	2
3	SC Cleared	12.5%	2
3	Security Cleared	12.5%	2
3	Technical Leadership	12.5%	2
3	Test Automation	12.5%	2
3	Thales	12.5%	2
3	UML	12.5%	2
21	Analytics	6.3%	1
21	Architectural Patterns	6.3%	1
21	C	6.3%	1
21	C#	6.3%	1
21	Chemistry	6.3%	1
21	CI/CD	6.3%	1
21	Clang	6.3%	1
21	Claude Code	6.3%	1
21	CMake	6.3%	1
21	Code Quality	6.3%	1

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	12.5%	2
2	C	6.3%	1
2	C#	6.3%	1
2	R	6.3%	1