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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 126 227
Rank change year-on-year -4 +101 -74
Permanent jobs citing C++ 354 340 330
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.74% 2.69% 1.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.76% 6.61% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 241 184 243
10th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £81,938 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +12.43%
75th Percentile - £135,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £175,000 £149,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.72% +10.35% -14.29%

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 5,235 5,142 9,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.69% 40.74% 40.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,697 3,810 7,600
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £128,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +1 85 £100,000 -13.04% 57
South London +5 1 - - 3
West London -24 1 - - 3
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 6 (1.69%) Apache Spark
1 6 (1.69%) Kinematics
2 5 (1.41%) Apache
3 4 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Pulsar
4 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.12%) AWS
2 29 (8.19%) GCP
3 26 (7.34%) Azure
4 16 (4.52%) GitHub
5 7 (1.98%) OpenShift
6 6 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (1.69%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.69%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.13%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.13%) Dagster
7 4 (1.13%) dbt
8 3 (0.85%) Serverless
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.28%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.63%) TCP/IP
2 22 (6.21%) Multicast
3 4 (1.13%) Broadband
4 3 (0.85%) Network Security
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) 5G
5 1 (0.28%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.28%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
5 1 (0.28%) RTP
5 1 (0.28%) SS7
5 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.98%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.41%) Metadata
2 5 (1.41%) Semantic Layer
3 4 (1.13%) Big Data
3 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.13%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.85%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.28%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.28%) Power BI
6 1 (0.28%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.28%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 22 (6.21%) Git
2 17 (4.80%) JIRA
3 5 (1.41%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.13%) Gradle
5 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.85%) WinDbg
6 2 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.56%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) CMake
7 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.28%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 178 (50.28%) Finance
2 53 (14.97%) Banking
3 39 (11.02%) Front Office
4 30 (8.47%) Investment Banking
5 28 (7.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (6.21%) Social Skills
7 20 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.54%) Games
10 8 (2.26%) Law
11 6 (1.69%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.41%) Advertising
12 5 (1.41%) Electronics
12 5 (1.41%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.41%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.13%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.13%) Automotive
14 2 (0.56%) Marketing
14 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 134 (37.85%) Developer
2 130 (36.72%) Senior
3 119 (33.62%) Software Engineer
4 103 (29.10%) C++ Developer
5 86 (24.29%) C++ Software Engineer
6 57 (16.10%) Senior Software Engineer
7 43 (12.15%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 41 (11.58%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 39 (11.02%) Linux Developer
10 36 (10.17%) Senior Developer
11 33 (9.32%) Senior C++ Developer
12 32 (9.04%) Software Developer
13 26 (7.34%) Python Engineer
14 23 (6.50%) Python Software Engineer
15 21 (5.93%) C++ Software Developer
15 21 (5.93%) Lead
15 21 (5.93%) Quantitative Developer
16 20 (5.65%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 19 (5.37%) Python Developer
17 19 (5.37%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (13.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 40 (11.30%) RESTful
3 26 (7.34%) FIX Protocol
4 21 (5.93%) Kafka
5 15 (4.24%) pytest
6 10 (2.82%) REST
7 8 (2.26%) gRPC
7 8 (2.26%) WebSockets
8 7 (1.98%) .NET
8 7 (1.98%) OpenGL
8 7 (1.98%) Web Services
9 6 (1.69%) React
9 6 (1.69%) STL
9 6 (1.69%) ZeroMQ
10 5 (1.41%) Open3D
11 4 (1.13%) Apache NiFi
11 4 (1.13%) Spring
11 4 (1.13%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.13%) Vaadin
12 3 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (19.49%) Algorithms
2 39 (11.02%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (10.45%) Equities
4 34 (9.60%) Data Structures
5 33 (9.32%) Derivative
6 22 (6.21%) Hedge funds
6 22 (6.21%) Management Information System
7 21 (5.93%) Fixed Income
8 20 (5.65%) Robotics
9 19 (5.37%) FPGA
10 9 (2.54%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (2.26%) Sports Betting
12 7 (1.98%) Augmented Reality
12 7 (1.98%) Virtual Reality
13 6 (1.69%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
13 6 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 128 (36.16%) Linux
2 23 (6.50%) Windows
3 9 (2.54%) Android
4 7 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.41%) Robot Operating System
6 4 (1.13%) Unix
7 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (43.50%) Software Engineering
2 127 (35.88%) Low Latency
3 89 (25.14%) Computer Science
4 61 (17.23%) Agile
4 61 (17.23%) Fintech
5 44 (12.43%) Microservices
6 43 (12.15%) CI/CD
7 41 (11.58%) SDLC
8 36 (10.17%) AI
9 35 (9.89%) OOP
10 32 (9.04%) DevOps
11 31 (8.76%) Mathematics
12 30 (8.47%) Analytics
12 30 (8.47%) Multithreading
12 30 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (8.19%) Test Automation
14 27 (7.63%) OO
15 25 (7.06%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (6.78%) Machine Learning
17 23 (6.50%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 155 (43.79%) Python
2 74 (20.90%) Java
3 68 (19.21%) C
4 61 (17.23%) C#
5 56 (15.82%) Rust
6 48 (13.56%) SQL
7 28 (7.91%) Go
8 15 (4.24%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.82%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.54%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.26%) Bash
11 8 (2.26%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.13%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (1.13%) Scala
13 3 (0.85%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.85%) Perl
13 3 (0.85%) R
13 3 (0.85%) Ruby
13 3 (0.85%) VBA
14 2 (0.56%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 50 (14.12%) Degree
2 23 (6.50%) Master's Degree
3 20 (5.65%) Security Cleared
4 19 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (4.24%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.67%) PhD
7 7 (1.98%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.41%) OSCP
10 4 (1.13%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.13%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.13%) GPEN
10 4 (1.13%) GXPN
10 4 (1.13%) OSCE
11 3 (0.85%) CCSAM
12 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.28%) CCSAS
13 1 (0.28%) CEH
13 1 (0.28%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.34%) QA
2 4 (1.13%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.56%) EMIR
5 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (4.52%) Docker
2 5 (1.41%) Firmware
3 4 (1.13%) KVM
3 4 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.39%) Terraform
3 9 (2.54%) Grafana
4 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) logstash
Vendors
1 8 (2.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.98%) Red Hat
3 6 (1.69%) Google
3 6 (1.69%) Palantir
4 5 (1.41%) Databricks
5 4 (1.13%) VMware
6 3 (0.85%) Blue Prism
6 3 (0.85%) EMC
6 3 (0.85%) Solace
7 2 (0.56%) Apple
7 2 (0.56%) Ericsson
7 2 (0.56%) HP
7 2 (0.56%) Mavenir
7 2 (0.56%) Nokia
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle
7 2 (0.56%) SAP
8 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.28%) FXall
8 1 (0.28%) OpenAI