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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 55 56
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +29
Permanent jobs citing C++ 64 167 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.27% 3.98% 4.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.41% 12.66% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 35 145 102
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,825
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%

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 561 1,319 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 28.64% 31.46% 42.91%
Number of salaries quoted 435 1,087 989
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% +7.27%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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
Portsmouth -13 22 £44,000 -41.33% 78
Southampton +34 12 £60,000 -11.11% 80
Basingstoke +3 4 - - 62
Fareham 0 3 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Havant - 3 £55,000 - 2
Winchester - 2 £65,000 -
Romsey +2 1 - -
Waterlooville -1 1 - -
Farnborough -2 1 - - 4
Yateley - 1 £70,000 - 1
Southsea - 1 - -
Petersfield - 1 - -
Gosport - 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 2 (3.13%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.56%) Wireless
2 16 (25.00%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (7.81%) TCP/IP
4 4 (6.25%) HTTP
4 4 (6.25%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) MagicDraw
2 3 (4.69%) Git
3 2 (3.13%) GitLab
3 2 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.13%) JIRA
3 2 (3.13%) Robot Framework
4 1 (1.56%) Bugzilla
4 1 (1.56%) CMake
4 1 (1.56%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.56%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.56%) Gemini Tracker
4 1 (1.56%) Hudson
4 1 (1.56%) Subversion
4 1 (1.56%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 17 (26.56%) Finance
2 6 (9.38%) Electronics
3 5 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 40 (62.50%) Software Engineer
2 25 (39.06%) Embedded Engineer
3 23 (35.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (28.13%) Senior
5 13 (20.31%) C++ Software Engineer
6 8 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (10.94%) Developer
8 6 (9.38%) Security Engineer
8 6 (9.38%) Senior Developer
8 6 (9.38%) Senior Software Developer
8 6 (9.38%) Software Developer
9 5 (7.81%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) C Software Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Embedded C Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Embedded C++ Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Mobile Engineer
10 4 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) .NET
2 7 (10.94%) XML
3 6 (9.38%) .NET Core
3 6 (9.38%) ASP.NET
4 4 (6.25%) Yocto
5 2 (3.13%) Django
5 2 (3.13%) HTML
5 2 (3.13%) OpenEmbedded
5 2 (3.13%) React
5 2 (3.13%) STL
6 1 (1.56%) POCO
6 1 (1.56%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 19 (29.69%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (25.00%) e-Learning
2 16 (25.00%) MicroBlaze
2 16 (25.00%) RISC-V
3 12 (18.75%) Algorithms
4 5 (7.81%) CCTV
5 4 (6.25%) FPGA
5 4 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (6.25%) Mobile App
5 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.69%) Robotics
7 1 (1.56%) Acoustics
7 1 (1.56%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.56%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 34 (53.13%) Linux
2 19 (29.69%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (9.38%) Android
4 4 (6.25%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.69%) Windows
6 2 (3.13%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (65.63%) Software Engineering
2 27 (42.19%) Agile
3 18 (28.13%) Signal Processing
4 16 (25.00%) Digital Signal Processing
4 16 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 14 (21.88%) Computer Science
5 14 (21.88%) Mathematics
6 13 (20.31%) Software Testing
7 11 (17.19%) Test Automation
8 7 (10.94%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (9.38%) Computer Vision
9 6 (9.38%) Data Modelling
9 6 (9.38%) SysML
9 6 (9.38%) UML
10 5 (7.81%) Machine Learning
10 5 (7.81%) Physics
11 4 (6.25%) Cryptography
11 4 (6.25%) Embedded Software Development
11 4 (6.25%) Penetration Testing
11 4 (6.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (53.13%) C
2 17 (26.56%) Python
3 11 (17.19%) Java
4 8 (12.50%) C#
5 6 (9.38%) Kotlin
6 5 (7.81%) Embedded C++
6 5 (7.81%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.25%) Embedded C
7 4 (6.25%) Objective-C
7 4 (6.25%) SQL
8 3 (4.69%) Go
8 3 (4.69%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.13%) Bash
9 2 (3.13%) Delphi
9 2 (3.13%) Pascal
9 2 (3.13%) R
9 2 (3.13%) Rust
9 2 (3.13%) Shell Script
9 2 (3.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (42.19%) Degree
2 26 (40.63%) Security Cleared
3 24 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (7.81%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (6.25%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 16 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (4.69%) Xilinx
2 2 (3.13%) NVIDIA
2 2 (3.13%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.56%) Intel