C++ Jobs in Hampshire

C++
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 46 60
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 +26
Permanent jobs citing C++ 56 173 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.82% 4.43% 4.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.16% 13.65% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 43 153 103
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,250 £34,900
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,625
90th Percentile - £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £62,500 £57,750 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.23% -5.33% +16.19%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 551 1,267 1,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 27.76% 32.42% 43.27%
Number of salaries quoted 460 1,056 1,056
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year - +0.46% -0.45%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Hampshire

C++
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for C++ in Hampshire

C++
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Hampshire

C++
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
Southampton +27 17 £65,000 +8.33% 11
Basingstoke -5 4 - - 5
Portsmouth -24 4 £62,500 -16.67% 22
Fareham -6 3 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Winchester - 2 £65,000 - 1
Hook +7 1 £45,000 +8.43% 2
Romsey +4 1 - -
Waterlooville -7 1 - -
Farnborough -9 1 - - 6
Yateley - 1 £70,000 -
Southsea - 1 - -
Gosport - 1 - -
Petersfield - 1 - -
C++
South East

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

Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
2 4 (7.14%) HTTP
2 4 (7.14%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.86%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (23.21%) GitLab
1 13 (23.21%) Jenkins
2 10 (17.86%) Robot Framework
3 6 (10.71%) MagicDraw
4 3 (5.36%) Git
5 2 (3.57%) JIRA
6 1 (1.79%) Bugzilla
6 1 (1.79%) CMake
6 1 (1.79%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.79%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.79%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (1.79%) Hudson
6 1 (1.79%) Subversion
6 1 (1.79%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (19.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.36%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.36%) Law
3 3 (5.36%) Military
4 1 (1.79%) Electronics
4 1 (1.79%) Finance
4 1 (1.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 36 (64.29%) Software Engineer
2 20 (35.71%) Senior
3 17 (30.36%) C++ Software Engineer
4 12 (21.43%) Security Engineer
5 9 (16.07%) Embedded Engineer
5 9 (16.07%) Senior Software Engineer
6 8 (14.29%) Developer
7 7 (12.50%) C Software Engineer
7 7 (12.50%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 7 (12.50%) Senior Developer
8 6 (10.71%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 6 (10.71%) Senior Software Developer
8 6 (10.71%) Software Developer
9 4 (7.14%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Embedded C Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Mobile Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.86%) Django
1 10 (17.86%) React
2 7 (12.50%) XML
3 6 (10.71%) .NET
3 6 (10.71%) .NET Core
3 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET
4 4 (7.14%) Yocto
5 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.57%) HTML
5 2 (3.57%) OpenEmbedded
5 2 (3.57%) STL
6 1 (1.79%) POCO
6 1 (1.79%) Qt
6 1 (1.79%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Algorithms
2 5 (8.93%) CCTV
3 4 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.36%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (5.36%) Robotics
5 1 (1.79%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.79%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.79%) CAN bus
5 1 (1.79%) FPGA
5 1 (1.79%) GNSS
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 22 (39.29%) Linux
2 10 (17.86%) Rocky
3 5 (8.93%) Android
4 4 (7.14%) Apple iOS
5 3 (5.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (66.07%) Software Engineering
2 15 (26.79%) Mathematics
3 14 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 14 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 11 (19.64%) Agile
4 11 (19.64%) Artificial Intelligence
4 11 (19.64%) Test Automation
5 8 (14.29%) Physics
6 6 (10.71%) Computer Vision
6 6 (10.71%) Data Modelling
6 6 (10.71%) SysML
6 6 (10.71%) UML
7 5 (8.93%) CI/CD
8 4 (7.14%) Application Security
8 4 (7.14%) DevOps
8 4 (7.14%) Embedded Software Development
8 4 (7.14%) Key Management
8 4 (7.14%) Open Source
8 4 (7.14%) Prototyping
8 4 (7.14%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (44.64%) Python
2 21 (37.50%) C
3 14 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 13 (23.21%) Java
5 12 (21.43%) SQL
6 6 (10.71%) C#
7 5 (8.93%) Embedded C++
7 5 (8.93%) Kotlin
8 4 (7.14%) Embedded C
8 4 (7.14%) MATLAB
8 4 (7.14%) Objective-C
8 4 (7.14%) Rust
9 2 (3.57%) Bash
9 2 (3.57%) Delphi
9 2 (3.57%) R
9 2 (3.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (41.07%) Degree
2 14 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (10.71%) Numerate Degree
4 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (7.14%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) HAZOP
2 1 (1.79%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Ansible
1 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
1 3 (5.36%) Prometheus
1 3 (5.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (17.86%) Red Hat
2 2 (3.57%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.79%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.79%) Intel