C++ Jobs in Glasgow

C++
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 166 101
Rank change year-on-year +129 -65 -7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 16 66 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.28% 1.66% 1.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.03% 2.40% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12 62 9
10th Percentile £42,625 - £53,000
25th Percentile £68,125 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £61,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -5.38% +15.56%
75th Percentile £79,375 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +13.21% +6.00%

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 requiring coding skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 145 2,750 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 29.71% 69.03% 46.92%
Number of salaries quoted 102 350 333
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,850 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% - +6.80%
75th Percentile £75,360 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Glasgow

C++
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Glasgow.

Salary trend for C++ in Glasgow

C++
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Glasgow over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Glasgow

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) LabVIEW
1 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.25%) Android Studio
2 1 (6.25%) GitLab
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (18.75%) Electronics
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Graduate
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Firmware Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Systems Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Software Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Graduate Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Graduate Hardware Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) OpenCV
2 1 (6.25%) OpenVINO
2 1 (6.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (18.75%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Refactoring
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 2 (12.50%) Microservices
5 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
5 2 (12.50%) Network Design
5 2 (12.50%) OO
5 2 (12.50%) SOA
5 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) Benchmarking
6 1 (6.25%) Image Processing
6 1 (6.25%) Parallel Computing
6 1 (6.25%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C
2 6 (37.50%) Objective-C
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (6.25%) Bash
5 1 (6.25%) Kotlin
5 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
5 1 (6.25%) Perl
5 1 (6.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PhD
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Firmware
2 1 (6.25%) Docker