C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer
England > London

The median C++ Developer salary in London is £125,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 422 462 596
Rank change year-on-year +40 +134 -152
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 74 196 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.31% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.57% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36 155 230
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £79,375 £62,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £135,000 £133,750 £132,500
90th Percentile £162,500 £180,000 £185,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% -11.76% +25.93%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,145 34,385 62,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.08% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,692 25,122 34,959
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024. 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 +42 3 £137,500 +17.02%
C++ Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 74 (100.00%) C++
2 47 (63.51%) Finance
3 39 (52.70%) Low Latency
4 33 (44.59%) Linux
5 25 (33.78%) C
5 25 (33.78%) Hedge funds
6 24 (32.43%) Python
7 23 (31.08%) FPGA
8 22 (29.73%) Java
9 17 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (20.27%) TCP/IP
11 14 (18.92%) Multithreading
12 13 (17.57%) Front Office
12 13 (17.57%) Quantitative Trading
13 12 (16.22%) Algorithmic Trading
14 11 (14.86%) Software Engineering
15 10 (13.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 10 (13.51%) Algorithms
15 10 (13.51%) Quantitative Research
16 9 (12.16%) Analytics
16 9 (12.16%) Computer Science
16 9 (12.16%) Agile
17 8 (10.81%) Degree
17 8 (10.81%) Concurrent Programming
17 8 (10.81%) Data Structures
18 7 (9.46%) SDLC
18 7 (9.46%) Unix
18 7 (9.46%) Order Management
18 7 (9.46%) CI/CD
19 6 (8.11%) Distributed Systems

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.35%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) AWS
1 2 (2.70%) Azure
1 2 (2.70%) GitHub
2 1 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.27%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.05%) Tick Data
2 1 (1.35%) Big Data
2 1 (1.35%) Flink
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Git
2 4 (5.41%) GitLab
2 4 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.35%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.35%) CMake
3 1 (1.35%) GCC
3 1 (1.35%) GDB
3 1 (1.35%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.35%) Mockito
General
1 47 (63.51%) Finance
2 13 (17.57%) Front Office
3 5 (6.76%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Banking
5 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.70%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (4.05%) STL
2 2 (2.70%) .NET
3 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.35%) gRPC
3 1 (1.35%) Kafka
3 1 (1.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (33.78%) Hedge funds
2 23 (31.08%) FPGA
3 10 (13.51%) Algorithms
3 10 (13.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (10.81%) Data Structures
5 6 (8.11%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (8.11%) Fixed Income
6 4 (5.41%) Derivative
6 4 (5.41%) Equities
7 3 (4.05%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (2.70%) ASIC
8 2 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.35%) Client/Server
9 1 (1.35%) Machine to Machine
9 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (44.59%) Linux
2 7 (9.46%) Unix
3 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (52.70%) Low Latency
2 17 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (18.92%) Multithreading
4 13 (17.57%) Quantitative Trading
5 12 (16.22%) Algorithmic Trading
6 11 (14.86%) Software Engineering
7 10 (13.51%) Quantitative Research
8 9 (12.16%) Agile
8 9 (12.16%) Analytics
8 9 (12.16%) Computer Science
9 8 (10.81%) Concurrent Programming
10 7 (9.46%) CI/CD
10 7 (9.46%) Order Management
10 7 (9.46%) SDLC
11 6 (8.11%) Automated Trading
11 6 (8.11%) Fintech
12 5 (6.76%) Backtesting
12 5 (6.76%) DevOps
12 5 (6.76%) Mathematics
12 5 (6.76%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 74 (100.00%) C++
2 25 (33.78%) C
3 24 (32.43%) Python
4 22 (29.73%) Java
5 5 (6.76%) C#
6 4 (5.41%) SQL
7 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
7 3 (4.05%) PHP
8 1 (1.35%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.35%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.35%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.35%) Rust
8 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.81%) Degree
2 6 (8.11%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.70%) PhD
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.35%) Meraki
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.35%) YouTube