C++ Job Trends in Hertfordshire

C++
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring C++ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 46 72
Rank change year-on-year -13 +26 +24
Permanent jobs citing C++ 21 51 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.53% 3.32% 1.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.61% 18.41% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 22 11
10th Percentile £30,900 £50,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% +8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile £82,700 £71,250 £65,000
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £68,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +10.00% +4.17%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 244 277 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.43% 18.05% 24.11%
Number of salaries quoted 192 170 140
10th Percentile £28,950 £41,238 £40,000
25th Percentile £33,438 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,500 £75,075
East of England median annual salary £50,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.83% +4.35% +4.55%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Stevenage +12 7 - - 29
Watford -7 2 £85,000 - 2
Hatfield -12 1 - -
Hoddesdon - 1 - -
C++
East of England

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (14.29%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
2 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 7 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) 3GPP
2 1 (4.76%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (4.76%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 7 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Automotive
4 1 (4.76%) Electronics
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Digital Transformation
5 1 (4.76%) Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Graduate
5 1 (4.76%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (4.76%) IT Graduate
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) .NET
2 7 (33.33%) Node.js
2 7 (33.33%) Pandas
3 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.76%) CSS
3 1 (4.76%) gRPC
3 1 (4.76%) jQuery
3 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 4 (19.05%) IoT
3 3 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 3 (14.29%) Arduino
3 3 (14.29%) Raspberry Pi
3 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Robotics
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Linux
2 7 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Software Engineering
2 10 (47.62%) Agile
2 10 (47.62%) Mathematics
3 8 (38.10%) CI/CD
3 8 (38.10%) OO
3 8 (38.10%) OOP
4 7 (33.33%) Android Development
4 7 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 7 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 7 (33.33%) Kanban
4 7 (33.33%) Line Management
4 7 (33.33%) OWASP
4 7 (33.33%) Secure Coding
4 7 (33.33%) Statistics
5 6 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
6 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
7 4 (19.05%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) Java
2 14 (66.67%) Python
3 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
4 9 (42.86%) C
5 8 (38.10%) Go
6 7 (33.33%) Rust
7 3 (14.29%) Assembly Language
7 3 (14.29%) MATLAB
7 3 (14.29%) Objective-C
7 3 (14.29%) Swift
8 2 (9.52%) C#
8 2 (9.52%) PHP
9 1 (4.76%) Ada
9 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Security Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Kubernetes
2 7 (33.33%) Ansible
2 7 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft