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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 150 147
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +15
Permanent jobs citing C++ 262 360 418
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.74% 2.36% 1.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.86% 5.82% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 177 183 326
10th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £76,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,000 £101,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.17% +26.56%
75th Percentile £132,500 £120,000 £137,500
90th Percentile £152,500 £168,500 £168,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,225 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.70% +5.96% -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 4,473 6,182 9,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.70% 40.48% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,154 3,987 7,817
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £49,898
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +36 63 £100,000 -2.44% 61
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 (0.76%) Apache Pulsar
1 2 (0.76%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.76%) Kinematics
1 2 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.69%) AWS
2 19 (7.25%) Azure
3 16 (6.11%) GCP
4 12 (4.58%) GitHub
5 5 (1.91%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.15%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.45%) TCP/IP
2 27 (10.31%) Multicast
3 3 (1.15%) RTP
3 3 (1.15%) VoIP
4 2 (0.76%) Broadband
4 2 (0.76%) DHCP
4 2 (0.76%) DOCSIS
4 2 (0.76%) DSL
4 2 (0.76%) GPON
4 2 (0.76%) IPv4
4 2 (0.76%) IPv6
4 2 (0.76%) PPP
4 2 (0.76%) WAN
4 2 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.38%) 4G
5 1 (0.38%) 5G
5 1 (0.38%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.38%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.91%) ClickHouse
1 5 (1.91%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.15%) KDB
3 2 (0.76%) Kdb+
4 1 (0.38%) Big Data
4 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.38%) Metadata
4 1 (0.38%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.38%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Redis
4 1 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.38%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (5.34%) JIRA
2 11 (4.20%) Git
3 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.76%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.38%) CMake
4 1 (0.38%) GCC
4 1 (0.38%) GDB
4 1 (0.38%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (47.33%) Finance
2 57 (21.76%) Front Office
3 45 (17.18%) Banking
4 28 (10.69%) Investment Banking
5 23 (8.78%) Telecoms
6 18 (6.87%) Social Skills
7 17 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.20%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.44%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.05%) Electronics
11 8 (3.05%) Marketing
11 8 (3.05%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.29%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.29%) Games
13 5 (1.91%) Advertising
14 4 (1.53%) Aeronautics
14 4 (1.53%) Automotive
15 2 (0.76%) Military
15 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (48.85%) Developer
2 100 (38.17%) C++ Developer
3 94 (35.88%) Senior
4 83 (31.68%) Software Engineer
5 42 (16.03%) C++ Software Engineer
6 38 (14.50%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 38 (14.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 37 (14.12%) Linux Developer
8 34 (12.98%) Senior Developer
9 31 (11.83%) Quantitative Developer
10 29 (11.07%) Senior C++ Developer
11 26 (9.92%) Python Developer
12 24 (9.16%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 20 (7.63%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 20 (7.63%) C++ Software Developer
13 20 (7.63%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
13 20 (7.63%) Senior Python Developer
13 20 (7.63%) Senior Quantitative Developer
13 20 (7.63%) Software Developer
14 19 (7.25%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.74%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 32 (12.21%) FIX Protocol
3 22 (8.40%) RESTful
4 12 (4.58%) pytest
5 9 (3.44%) WebSockets
6 8 (3.05%) Kafka
7 7 (2.67%) gRPC
7 7 (2.67%) REST
8 5 (1.91%) PyXLL
9 4 (1.53%) Android NDK
9 4 (1.53%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.53%) React
9 4 (1.53%) Sass
9 4 (1.53%) ZeroMQ
10 3 (1.15%) .NET
10 3 (1.15%) STL
10 3 (1.15%) XML
11 2 (0.76%) OAuth
11 2 (0.76%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.08%) Algorithms
2 37 (14.12%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (13.74%) Derivative
3 36 (13.74%) Equities
4 29 (11.07%) Cloud Native
5 24 (9.16%) Data Structures
5 24 (9.16%) Hedge funds
6 20 (7.63%) Fixed Income
7 19 (7.25%) FPGA
7 19 (7.25%) Management Information System
8 16 (6.11%) Legacy Code
9 12 (4.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (3.82%) Robotics
11 6 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (2.29%) Grid Computing
12 5 (1.91%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.91%) Distributed Computing
13 4 (1.53%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 120 (45.80%) Linux
2 14 (5.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 12 (4.58%) Windows
4 10 (3.82%) Android
5 4 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.53%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.76%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (41.98%) Software Engineering
2 95 (36.26%) Low Latency
3 59 (22.52%) Computer Science
4 53 (20.23%) Agile
5 41 (15.65%) AI
6 31 (11.83%) OOP
6 31 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (10.69%) Fintech
7 28 (10.69%) SDLC
8 27 (10.31%) Test Automation
9 26 (9.92%) CI/CD
10 24 (9.16%) Machine Learning
11 23 (8.78%) Analytics
11 23 (8.78%) Microservices
12 22 (8.40%) Mathematics
12 22 (8.40%) Workflow
13 21 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (7.63%) DevOps
14 20 (7.63%) OO
15 19 (7.25%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 113 (43.13%) Python
2 62 (23.66%) C
3 59 (22.52%) Java
4 48 (18.32%) C#
5 45 (17.18%) Rust
6 39 (14.89%) SQL
7 32 (12.21%) Go
8 15 (5.73%) TypeScript
9 8 (3.05%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.29%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.15%) Bash
11 3 (1.15%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.15%) VBA
12 2 (0.76%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.76%) VC++
13 1 (0.38%) Groovy
13 1 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 36 (13.74%) Degree
2 20 (7.63%) Master's Degree
3 19 (7.25%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.11%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.34%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.67%) PhD
8 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.38%) CCSAS
10 1 (0.38%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.38%) GIAC
10 1 (0.38%) GPEN
10 1 (0.38%) GXPN
10 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.38%) OSCE
10 1 (0.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.11%) QA
2 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.15%) EMIR
3 1 (0.38%) MiFID
3 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (5.73%) Docker
2 14 (5.34%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (5.34%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.76%) Firmware
3 2 (0.76%) KVM
3 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (12.60%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.67%) Terraform
3 6 (2.29%) Grafana
4 4 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.38%) Ansible
6 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (4.96%) Red Hat
2 12 (4.58%) Palantir
3 8 (3.05%) SAP
4 4 (1.53%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.15%) Apple
5 3 (1.15%) Google
6 2 (0.76%) Ericsson
6 2 (0.76%) Foundry
6 2 (0.76%) Mavenir
6 2 (0.76%) Nokia
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle
6 2 (0.76%) Solarflare
6 2 (0.76%) VMware
7 1 (0.38%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.38%) Databricks
7 1 (0.38%) FXall
7 1 (0.38%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.38%) UiPath