C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer
England > London

The median C++ Developer salary in London is £122,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 428 444
Rank change year-on-year +142 +16 +166
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 106 74 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.83% 0.31% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.33% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20 37 147
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £122,500 £125,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £148,125 £135,000 £135,000
90th Percentile £176,000 £160,000 £180,000
England median annual salary £110,000 £57,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +91.30% -23.33% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,480 22,230 33,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.12% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,467 16,731 24,760
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,454 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Developer in London

C++ Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for C++ Developer in London

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ Developer in London

C++ Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +34 9 £130,000 -5.45% 7
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, C++ Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 106 (100.00%) C++
2 93 (87.74%) Low Latency
3 73 (68.87%) Linux
4 66 (62.26%) Finance
5 50 (47.17%) Python
6 46 (43.40%) Hedge funds
7 42 (39.62%) C
8 38 (35.85%) Equities
9 32 (30.19%) Multithreading
10 26 (24.53%) Algorithms
11 23 (21.70%) Fintech
12 21 (19.81%) FPGA
12 21 (19.81%) TCP/IP
13 20 (18.87%) Front Office
13 20 (18.87%) Banking
14 19 (17.92%) Data Structures
15 18 (16.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
15 18 (16.98%) Agile
16 17 (16.04%) Investment Banking
16 17 (16.04%) OOP
17 16 (15.09%) Java
17 16 (15.09%) Management Information System
18 15 (14.15%) Test Automation
18 15 (14.15%) Order Management
19 14 (13.21%) OO
20 12 (11.32%) Mathematics
21 10 (9.43%) Computer Science
22 9 (8.49%) Degree
23 8 (7.55%) SQL
23 8 (7.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 21 (19.81%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.77%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.77%) Tick Data
2 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Git
1 3 (2.83%) JIRA
2 2 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (62.26%) Finance
2 20 (18.87%) Banking
2 20 (18.87%) Front Office
3 17 (16.04%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.89%) Advertising
4 2 (1.89%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.94%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.98%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (3.77%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (2.83%) pytest
4 2 (1.89%) React
5 1 (0.94%) Flask
5 1 (0.94%) HTML
5 1 (0.94%) HTML5
5 1 (0.94%) Motif
5 1 (0.94%) Qt
5 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (43.40%) Hedge funds
2 38 (35.85%) Equities
3 26 (24.53%) Algorithms
4 21 (19.81%) FPGA
5 19 (17.92%) Data Structures
6 16 (15.09%) Management Information System
7 8 (7.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (6.60%) Derivative
9 4 (3.77%) Fixed Income
10 3 (2.83%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.94%) Equity Derivative
12 1 (0.94%) Reference Data
12 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (68.87%) Linux
2 3 (2.83%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (2.83%) Unix
3 1 (0.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (87.74%) Low Latency
2 32 (30.19%) Multithreading
3 23 (21.70%) Fintech
4 18 (16.98%) Agile
5 17 (16.04%) OOP
6 15 (14.15%) Order Management
6 15 (14.15%) Test Automation
7 14 (13.21%) OO
8 12 (11.32%) Mathematics
9 10 (9.43%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.60%) Algorithmic Trading
10 7 (6.60%) Software Engineering
10 7 (6.60%) Systematic Trading
11 6 (5.66%) Concurrent Programming
11 6 (5.66%) Memory Management
11 6 (5.66%) Physics
11 6 (5.66%) Ultra-Low Latency
12 5 (4.72%) Investment Management
12 5 (4.72%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (3.77%) Backtesting
Programming Languages
1 106 (100.00%) C++
2 50 (47.17%) Python
3 42 (39.62%) C
4 16 (15.09%) Java
5 8 (7.55%) SQL
6 3 (2.83%) Embedded C++
6 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.89%) C#
7 2 (1.89%) Rust
8 1 (0.94%) Bash
8 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (8.49%) Degree
2 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (0.94%) Bloomberg
1 1 (0.94%) DevExpress
1 1 (0.94%) Reuters