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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 166 160
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 -38
Permanent jobs citing C++ 298 264 399
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.23% 2.24% 2.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.46% 5.65% 5.06%
Number of salaries quoted 204 136 278
10th Percentile £54,475 £67,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £77,313 £85,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £107,500 £157,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £134,250 £175,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 5,458 4,675 7,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.57% 39.64% 41.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,733 3,161 5,444
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,500 £80,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.73% -2.42% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £116,250 £135,000 £137,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +16 61 £100,000 -33.33% 35
South London +5 7 - - 7
West London -15 3 £55,500 - 25
North London - 1 £62,500 - 5
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 (2.01%) Apache
2 5 (1.68%) Confluence
3 3 (1.01%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 40 (13.42%) AWS
2 21 (7.05%) Azure
3 18 (6.04%) GCP
4 8 (2.68%) GitHub
5 6 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (2.01%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.01%) Google Workspace
5 6 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.01%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.34%) Serverless
7 3 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.67%) Datadog
8 2 (0.67%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.03%) Multicast
2 11 (3.69%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.35%) 3GPP
3 7 (2.35%) GSM
3 7 (2.35%) LTE
3 7 (2.35%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (2.35%) RANAP
3 7 (2.35%) SS7
3 7 (2.35%) UMTS
3 7 (2.35%) Wireshark
4 3 (1.01%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) BGP
5 1 (0.34%) DHCP
5 1 (0.34%) DNS
5 1 (0.34%) IPv4
5 1 (0.34%) IPv6
5 1 (0.34%) MPLS
5 1 (0.34%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
5 1 (0.34%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.01%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (1.34%) Big Data
2 4 (1.34%) NonStop SQL
3 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.01%) Semantic Layer
4 2 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.67%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Arrow
5 1 (0.34%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.34%) Metadata
5 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.34%) Parquet
5 1 (0.34%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.34%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 27 (9.06%) Git
2 17 (5.70%) JIRA
3 16 (5.37%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.35%) GCC
4 7 (2.35%) GDB
5 5 (1.68%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.34%) Gradle
7 2 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.67%) Selenium
7 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.34%) CMake
8 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.34%) GitLab
8 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.34%) Valgrind
8 1 (0.34%) WinDbg
General
1 146 (48.99%) Finance
2 48 (16.11%) Banking
3 43 (14.43%) Social Skills
4 33 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (8.05%) Front Office
6 24 (8.05%) Investment Banking
7 16 (5.37%) Law
8 8 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.35%) Legal
10 6 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.34%) Electronics
11 4 (1.34%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.67%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.67%) Aviation
12 2 (0.67%) Military
12 2 (0.67%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.67%) Publishing
13 1 (0.34%) Automotive
13 1 (0.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 105 (35.23%) Software Engineer
2 87 (29.19%) Senior
3 85 (28.52%) Developer
4 64 (21.48%) C++ Software Engineer
5 56 (18.79%) C++ Developer
6 44 (14.77%) Senior Software Engineer
7 31 (10.40%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 25 (8.39%) Lead
9 23 (7.72%) Linux Developer
10 22 (7.38%) Python Engineer
11 20 (6.71%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 20 (6.71%) Senior Developer
12 16 (5.37%) Python Software Engineer
12 16 (5.37%) Quantitative Developer
12 16 (5.37%) Senior C++ Developer
13 15 (5.03%) Analyst
14 13 (4.36%) Senior Quantitative Developer
15 12 (4.03%) C++ Quantitative Developer
16 11 (3.69%) Java Engineer
16 11 (3.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.74%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 25 (8.39%) FIX Protocol
3 23 (7.72%) RESTful
4 12 (4.03%) pytest
4 12 (4.03%) React
4 12 (4.03%) STL
5 10 (3.36%) .NET
5 10 (3.36%) Terraform
6 9 (3.02%) Web Services
7 7 (2.35%) OpenGL
7 7 (2.35%) PyTorch
8 6 (2.01%) TensorFlow
9 5 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
9 5 (1.68%) Kafka
9 5 (1.68%) REST
10 4 (1.34%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.34%) Spring
10 4 (1.34%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.34%) Vaadin
11 3 (1.01%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.79%) Algorithms
2 32 (10.74%) Equities
3 31 (10.40%) Derivative
4 28 (9.40%) Hedge funds
5 23 (7.72%) Fixed Income
6 20 (6.71%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (5.03%) Data Structures
7 15 (5.03%) Management Information System
8 14 (4.70%) Robotics
9 11 (3.69%) FPGA
10 10 (3.36%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (3.02%) Reinsurance
12 8 (2.68%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (2.35%) Augmented Reality
13 7 (2.35%) Equity Derivative
13 7 (2.35%) Virtual Reality
14 6 (2.01%) PKI
15 4 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
15 4 (1.34%) Product Ownership
15 4 (1.34%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 100 (33.56%) Linux
2 16 (5.37%) Windows
3 5 (1.68%) Unix
4 2 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (48.32%) Software Engineering
2 107 (35.91%) Low Latency
3 73 (24.50%) Computer Science
4 50 (16.78%) Fintech
5 48 (16.11%) Agile
6 44 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (13.76%) Mathematics
8 39 (13.09%) AI
9 36 (12.08%) CI/CD
10 33 (11.07%) SDLC
11 31 (10.40%) Microservices
12 25 (8.39%) Machine Learning
12 25 (8.39%) OOP
13 24 (8.05%) Test Automation
14 23 (7.72%) Decision-Making
15 21 (7.05%) Multithreading
16 20 (6.71%) Continuous Integration
17 19 (6.38%) Analytics
18 18 (6.04%) Containerisation
18 18 (6.04%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 155 (52.01%) Python
2 77 (25.84%) Java
3 54 (18.12%) C
4 49 (16.44%) C#
5 38 (12.75%) SQL
6 30 (10.07%) Rust
7 25 (8.39%) JavaScript
8 19 (6.38%) Go
9 14 (4.70%) R
9 14 (4.70%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.68%) Julia
10 8 (2.68%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.35%) Bash
12 6 (2.01%) Kotlin
12 6 (2.01%) Perl
13 5 (1.68%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (1.68%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.68%) Ruby
14 4 (1.34%) Embedded C
14 4 (1.34%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 52 (17.45%) Degree
2 29 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (8.05%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.70%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.03%) Master's Degree
6 9 (3.02%) SC Cleared
7 8 (2.68%) OSCP
8 6 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.01%) PhD
9 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.68%) CEH
9 5 (1.68%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.01%) CCSAM
10 3 (1.01%) GPEN
10 3 (1.01%) GXPN
10 3 (1.01%) OSCE
11 2 (0.67%) CHECK Team Leader
11 2 (0.67%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (0.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.07%) QA
2 7 (2.35%) GDPR
3 5 (1.68%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.34%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.34%) MiFID
System Software
1 19 (6.38%) Docker
2 5 (1.68%) KVM
2 5 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.01%) Firmware
4 2 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 21 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.01%) Grafana
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.67%) Ansible
3 2 (0.67%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.34%) Argo
4 1 (0.34%) Kibana
4 1 (0.34%) logstash
4 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (3.02%) FIS
1 9 (3.02%) Palantir
1 9 (3.02%) SunGard
2 8 (2.68%) Google
2 8 (2.68%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.68%) VMware
4 3 (1.01%) EMC
4 3 (1.01%) Solace
5 2 (0.67%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.67%) Blue Prism
5 2 (0.67%) Databricks
5 2 (0.67%) Dynatrace
5 2 (0.67%) FactSet
6 1 (0.34%) Arista
6 1 (0.34%) Ciena
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco
6 1 (0.34%) HP
6 1 (0.34%) Juniper
6 1 (0.34%) Nokia
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle