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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 141 180
Rank change year-on-year -17 +39 -21
Permanent jobs citing C++ 273 353 376
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.71% 2.42% 1.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.96% 5.91% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 184 187 294
10th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £86,875 £75,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +18.34%
75th Percentile £125,000 £127,500 £135,000
90th Percentile £149,250 £175,000 £163,375
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,230 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +5.97% -7.41%

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 4,584 5,975 8,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.77% 40.96% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,222 3,947 7,710
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,750 £49,655
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £101,250
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 25 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 25 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 +25 59 £100,000 -9.09% 36
South London +20 1 - -
West London -12 1 - - 8
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 (2.20%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.73%) Apache Pulsar
3 2 (0.73%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.73%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.72%) AWS
2 20 (7.33%) GCP
3 19 (6.96%) Azure
4 11 (4.03%) GitHub
5 5 (1.83%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.47%) Cloud Composer
6 4 (1.47%) Dagster
6 4 (1.47%) dbt
7 3 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.10%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.10%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.62%) TCP/IP
2 26 (9.52%) Multicast
3 6 (2.20%) Broadband
4 3 (1.10%) RTP
4 3 (1.10%) VoIP
5 2 (0.73%) DHCP
5 2 (0.73%) DOCSIS
5 2 (0.73%) DSL
5 2 (0.73%) GPON
5 2 (0.73%) IPv4
5 2 (0.73%) IPv6
5 2 (0.73%) PPP
5 2 (0.73%) WAN
5 2 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.37%) 4G
6 1 (0.37%) 5G
6 1 (0.37%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.37%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.56%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.83%) Metadata
3 4 (1.47%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.10%) ClickHouse
5 1 (0.37%) Big Data
5 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.37%) KDB
5 1 (0.37%) Kdb+
5 1 (0.37%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.37%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (5.13%) Git
2 13 (4.76%) JIRA
3 3 (1.10%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.73%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.73%) WinDbg
5 1 (0.37%) CMake
5 1 (0.37%) GCC
5 1 (0.37%) GDB
5 1 (0.37%) Gradle
5 1 (0.37%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 134 (49.08%) Finance
2 52 (19.05%) Front Office
3 44 (16.12%) Banking
4 27 (9.89%) Investment Banking
5 22 (8.06%) Telecoms
6 21 (7.69%) Social Skills
7 16 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.03%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.93%) Electronics
9 8 (2.93%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.93%) Games
9 8 (2.93%) Marketing
9 8 (2.93%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.20%) Advertising
10 6 (2.20%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.83%) Law
12 4 (1.47%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.47%) Automotive
13 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (46.89%) Developer
2 102 (37.36%) C++ Developer
3 99 (36.26%) Senior
4 90 (32.97%) Software Engineer
5 48 (17.58%) C++ Software Engineer
6 40 (14.65%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (14.29%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 37 (13.55%) Linux Developer
9 34 (12.45%) Senior Developer
10 32 (11.72%) Senior C++ Developer
11 26 (9.52%) Quantitative Developer
12 25 (9.16%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 24 (8.79%) Software Developer
14 23 (8.42%) C++ Software Developer
15 21 (7.69%) Python Developer
16 19 (6.96%) C++ Quantitative Developer
17 18 (6.59%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
17 18 (6.59%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
17 18 (6.59%) Senior Python Developer
17 18 (6.59%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.82%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 30 (10.99%) FIX Protocol
3 26 (9.52%) RESTful
4 16 (5.86%) Kafka
5 11 (4.03%) pytest
6 9 (3.30%) WebSockets
7 7 (2.56%) gRPC
7 7 (2.56%) REST
8 6 (2.20%) ZeroMQ
9 5 (1.83%) STL
10 4 (1.47%) Android NDK
10 4 (1.47%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.47%) React
10 4 (1.47%) Sass
11 3 (1.10%) Web Services
11 3 (1.10%) XML
12 2 (0.73%) .NET
12 2 (0.73%) OAuth
12 2 (0.73%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.73%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.68%) Algorithms
2 44 (16.12%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (12.45%) Equities
4 33 (12.09%) Derivative
5 32 (11.72%) Data Structures
6 25 (9.16%) Cloud Native
7 23 (8.42%) Hedge funds
8 19 (6.96%) Management Information System
9 18 (6.59%) Fixed Income
9 18 (6.59%) FPGA
10 14 (5.13%) Legacy Code
11 13 (4.76%) Robotics
12 10 (3.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (2.20%) Sports Betting
14 5 (1.83%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.83%) Grid Computing
15 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 118 (43.22%) Linux
2 13 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 13 (4.76%) Windows
3 10 (3.66%) Android
4 5 (1.83%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.47%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.73%) OpenWrt
6 2 (0.73%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (43.96%) Software Engineering
2 97 (35.53%) Low Latency
3 66 (24.18%) Computer Science
4 48 (17.58%) Agile
5 42 (15.38%) AI
6 30 (10.99%) OOP
7 29 (10.62%) SDLC
8 28 (10.26%) Fintech
9 27 (9.89%) Analytics
9 27 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (9.52%) Workflow
11 25 (9.16%) CI/CD
11 25 (9.16%) Multithreading
12 24 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (8.79%) Data Pipeline
12 24 (8.79%) Test Automation
13 23 (8.42%) Machine Learning
13 23 (8.42%) Microservices
14 22 (8.06%) DevOps
14 22 (8.06%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 115 (42.12%) Python
2 63 (23.08%) Java
3 60 (21.98%) C
4 51 (18.68%) Rust
5 49 (17.95%) C#
6 47 (17.22%) SQL
7 32 (11.72%) Go
8 16 (5.86%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.93%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.20%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.47%) Scala
12 3 (1.10%) Bash
12 3 (1.10%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.10%) VBA
13 2 (0.73%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.73%) VC++
14 1 (0.37%) COBOL
14 1 (0.37%) Groovy
14 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (14.29%) Degree
2 21 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 20 (7.33%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (6.23%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.49%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.93%) PhD
7 3 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CCSAS
9 1 (0.37%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.37%) GIAC
9 1 (0.37%) GPEN
9 1 (0.37%) GXPN
9 1 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.37%) OSCE
9 1 (0.37%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.59%) QA
2 3 (1.10%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.10%) EMIR
3 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.37%) MiFID
3 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
1 14 (5.13%) Virtual Servers
2 13 (4.76%) Docker
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.73%) Firmware
3 2 (0.73%) KVM
3 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (10.99%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.56%) Terraform
3 6 (2.20%) Grafana
4 4 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (4.76%) Palantir
1 13 (4.76%) Red Hat
2 8 (2.93%) SAP
3 5 (1.83%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.10%) Apple
4 3 (1.10%) Databricks
4 3 (1.10%) Google
5 2 (0.73%) Ericsson
5 2 (0.73%) Foundry
5 2 (0.73%) Mavenir
5 2 (0.73%) Nokia
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle
5 2 (0.73%) Solace
5 2 (0.73%) VMware
6 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.37%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.37%) FXall
6 1 (0.37%) HP
6 1 (0.37%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.37%) UiPath