C++ Job Trends in London

C++
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 150 138
Rank change year-on-year -21 -12 +30
Permanent jobs citing C++ 247 370 437
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.69% 2.38% 2.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.59% 5.84% 5.01%
Number of salaries quoted 163 186 346
10th Percentile £65,500 £52,397 £56,250
25th Percentile £88,750 £67,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £101,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.11% +26.56%
75th Percentile £132,500 £120,000 £137,500
90th Percentile £152,500 £153,750 £166,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -10.71%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,420 6,332 8,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.20% 40.74% 43.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,105 4,061 7,561
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

C++ job vacancy trend in London

C++
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in London

C++
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++ within the London region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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 +27 56 £100,000 - 48
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.81%) Apache Pulsar
1 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.40%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.93%) AWS
2 18 (7.29%) Azure
3 15 (6.07%) GCP
4 11 (4.45%) GitHub
5 5 (2.02%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.21%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.81%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.74%) TCP/IP
2 27 (10.93%) Multicast
3 3 (1.21%) RTP
3 3 (1.21%) VoIP
4 2 (0.81%) Broadband
4 2 (0.81%) DHCP
4 2 (0.81%) DOCSIS
4 2 (0.81%) DSL
4 2 (0.81%) GPON
4 2 (0.81%) IPv4
4 2 (0.81%) IPv6
4 2 (0.81%) PPP
4 2 (0.81%) WAN
4 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.40%) 4G
5 1 (0.40%) 5G
5 1 (0.40%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.40%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) ClickHouse
2 4 (1.62%) KDB
3 3 (1.21%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.81%) Kdb+
4 2 (0.81%) Tick Data
5 1 (0.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.40%) Metadata
5 1 (0.40%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.40%) Power BI
5 1 (0.40%) Redis
5 1 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (5.67%) JIRA
2 10 (4.05%) Git
3 2 (0.81%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.81%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.40%) CMake
4 1 (0.40%) GCC
4 1 (0.40%) GDB
4 1 (0.40%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (46.56%) Finance
2 57 (23.08%) Front Office
3 44 (17.81%) Banking
4 27 (10.93%) Investment Banking
5 23 (9.31%) Telecoms
6 19 (7.69%) Social Skills
7 18 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.64%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.24%) Electronics
10 8 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.24%) Marketing
11 7 (2.83%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.43%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.43%) Games
13 4 (1.62%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.62%) Automotive
14 2 (0.81%) Military
15 1 (0.40%) Back Office
15 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 125 (50.61%) Developer
2 96 (38.87%) C++ Developer
3 86 (34.82%) Senior
4 74 (29.96%) Software Engineer
5 37 (14.98%) C++ Software Engineer
6 36 (14.57%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 35 (14.17%) Linux Developer
8 34 (13.77%) Senior Software Engineer
9 32 (12.96%) Senior Developer
10 31 (12.55%) Quantitative Developer
11 27 (10.93%) Python Developer
12 26 (10.53%) Senior C++ Developer
13 21 (8.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 20 (8.10%) Senior Python Developer
14 20 (8.10%) Senior Quantitative Developer
15 19 (7.69%) C++ Quantitative Developer
15 19 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
15 19 (7.69%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
16 18 (7.29%) C++ Software Developer
16 18 (7.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (14.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 32 (12.96%) FIX Protocol
3 20 (8.10%) RESTful
4 12 (4.86%) pytest
5 9 (3.64%) WebSockets
6 8 (3.24%) Kafka
7 7 (2.83%) gRPC
7 7 (2.83%) REST
8 6 (2.43%) PyXLL
9 4 (1.62%) Android NDK
9 4 (1.62%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.62%) React
9 4 (1.62%) Sass
9 4 (1.62%) ZeroMQ
10 3 (1.21%) STL
10 3 (1.21%) XML
11 2 (0.81%) .NET
11 2 (0.81%) OAuth
11 2 (0.81%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.84%) Algorithms
2 36 (14.57%) Derivative
3 35 (14.17%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (14.17%) Equities
4 28 (11.34%) Cloud Native
5 25 (10.12%) Hedge funds
6 23 (9.31%) Data Structures
7 21 (8.50%) Fixed Income
8 18 (7.29%) FPGA
8 18 (7.29%) Management Information System
9 16 (6.48%) Legacy Code
10 13 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (2.83%) Grid Computing
12 6 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (2.02%) AI Agents
13 5 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (2.02%) Distributed Computing
14 4 (1.62%) Market Risk
14 4 (1.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 117 (47.37%) Linux
2 14 (5.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (4.45%) Windows
4 10 (4.05%) Android
5 4 (1.62%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.81%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (40.08%) Software Engineering
2 92 (37.25%) Low Latency
3 56 (22.67%) Computer Science
4 50 (20.24%) Agile
5 36 (14.57%) AI
6 31 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (12.15%) OOP
8 26 (10.53%) SDLC
9 25 (10.12%) Analytics
9 25 (10.12%) Test Automation
10 24 (9.72%) Machine Learning
10 24 (9.72%) Mathematics
11 23 (9.31%) CI/CD
11 23 (9.31%) Fintech
12 22 (8.91%) Workflow
13 21 (8.50%) DevOps
14 20 (8.10%) Microservices
15 19 (7.69%) OO
16 18 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
16 18 (7.29%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 108 (43.72%) Python
2 58 (23.48%) Java
3 56 (22.67%) C
4 47 (19.03%) C#
5 39 (15.79%) Rust
6 35 (14.17%) SQL
7 31 (12.55%) Go
8 15 (6.07%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.24%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.43%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.21%) Bash
11 3 (1.21%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.21%) VBA
12 2 (0.81%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.81%) VC++
13 1 (0.40%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.40%) Groovy
13 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (13.77%) Degree
2 20 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 17 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (6.88%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.67%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.83%) PhD
7 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.48%) QA
2 3 (1.21%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.21%) EMIR
3 1 (0.40%) MiFID
3 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (6.07%) Docker
2 14 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (5.67%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.81%) Firmware
3 2 (0.81%) KVM
3 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (13.77%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.43%) Terraform
3 5 (2.02%) Grafana
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.21%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (5.26%) Red Hat
2 12 (4.86%) Palantir
3 8 (3.24%) SAP
4 4 (1.62%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.21%) Apple
5 3 (1.21%) Google
6 2 (0.81%) Ericsson
6 2 (0.81%) Foundry
6 2 (0.81%) Mavenir
6 2 (0.81%) Nokia
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle
6 2 (0.81%) Solarflare
6 2 (0.81%) VMware
7 1 (0.40%) Databricks
7 1 (0.40%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.40%) UiPath