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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 150 174
Rank change year-on-year -20 +24 -54
Permanent jobs citing C++ 327 291 385
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.37% 2.38% 1.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.86% 5.84% 4.86%
Number of salaries quoted 226 155 283
10th Percentile £54,625 £62,500 £45,250
25th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £106,875 £150,625 £115,000
90th Percentile £133,750 £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 5,583 4,981 7,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.36% 40.82% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,835 3,415 5,734
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £49,500
25th Percentile £64,250 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,617 £61,305
% change year-on-year +3.81% +2.14% -5.68%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +5 61 £100,000 -32.20% 21
South London +8 8 - - 6
West London -19 3 £55,500 - 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 (1.83%) Apache
2 5 (1.53%) Confluence
3 4 (1.22%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.23%) AWS
2 19 (5.81%) Azure
3 17 (5.20%) GCP
4 9 (2.75%) GitHub
5 6 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (1.83%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.83%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.83%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.22%) Serverless
7 3 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.61%) Datadog
8 2 (0.61%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Composer
9 1 (0.31%) Dagster
9 1 (0.31%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.59%) Multicast
2 14 (4.28%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.14%) 3GPP
3 7 (2.14%) GSM
3 7 (2.14%) LTE
3 7 (2.14%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (2.14%) RANAP
3 7 (2.14%) SS7
3 7 (2.14%) UMTS
3 7 (2.14%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.92%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Broadband
5 1 (0.31%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.83%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (1.53%) NonStop SQL
3 4 (1.22%) Big Data
3 4 (1.22%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.92%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.61%) Metadata
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Arrow
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.31%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.31%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 28 (8.56%) Git
2 18 (5.50%) JIRA
3 15 (4.59%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.14%) GCC
4 7 (2.14%) GDB
5 6 (1.83%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.53%) Gradle
7 2 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.61%) Selenium
7 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.61%) WinDbg
8 1 (0.31%) CMake
8 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.31%) GitLab
8 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) Valgrind
General
1 168 (51.38%) Finance
2 57 (17.43%) Banking
3 45 (13.76%) Social Skills
4 36 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (9.48%) Front Office
5 31 (9.48%) Investment Banking
6 27 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (5.50%) Law
8 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.14%) Legal
10 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.22%) Electronics
11 4 (1.22%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.92%) Games
13 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.61%) Aviation
13 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.61%) Military
14 1 (0.31%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.31%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 113 (34.56%) Software Engineer
2 97 (29.66%) Senior
3 96 (29.36%) Developer
4 70 (21.41%) C++ Software Engineer
5 62 (18.96%) C++ Developer
6 49 (14.98%) Senior Software Engineer
7 35 (10.70%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 29 (8.87%) Linux Developer
9 27 (8.26%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 26 (7.95%) Lead
10 26 (7.95%) Python Engineer
11 22 (6.73%) Senior Developer
12 20 (6.12%) Python Software Engineer
13 19 (5.81%) Quantitative Developer
14 18 (5.50%) Senior C++ Developer
15 17 (5.20%) Analyst
16 16 (4.89%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 15 (4.59%) C++ Quantitative Developer
18 14 (4.28%) Software Developer
19 13 (3.98%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.31%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (7.95%) FIX Protocol
3 25 (7.65%) RESTful
4 13 (3.98%) pytest
5 12 (3.67%) React
6 11 (3.36%) .NET
6 11 (3.36%) STL
7 10 (3.06%) Kafka
8 9 (2.75%) Web Services
9 7 (2.14%) OpenGL
9 7 (2.14%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.83%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.53%) Apache NiFi
11 5 (1.53%) Spring
11 5 (1.53%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.53%) Vaadin
12 4 (1.22%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.22%) Open3D
13 3 (0.92%) Flask
13 3 (0.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.65%) Algorithms
2 36 (11.01%) Equities
3 32 (9.79%) Derivative
4 29 (8.87%) Hedge funds
5 25 (7.65%) Fixed Income
6 24 (7.34%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (6.73%) Data Structures
8 18 (5.50%) Robotics
9 16 (4.89%) Management Information System
10 14 (4.28%) FPGA
11 9 (2.75%) Reinsurance
12 8 (2.45%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (2.14%) Augmented Reality
13 7 (2.14%) Equity Derivative
13 7 (2.14%) Virtual Reality
14 6 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.83%) PKI
15 4 (1.22%) Lidar
15 4 (1.22%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 108 (33.03%) Linux
2 17 (5.20%) Windows
3 6 (1.83%) Unix
4 2 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (46.79%) Software Engineering
2 118 (36.09%) Low Latency
3 76 (23.24%) Computer Science
4 53 (16.21%) Agile
5 51 (15.60%) Fintech
6 44 (13.46%) Mathematics
6 44 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (12.54%) AI
8 39 (11.93%) CI/CD
9 34 (10.40%) SDLC
10 31 (9.48%) Microservices
11 28 (8.56%) Test Automation
12 27 (8.26%) Analytics
12 27 (8.26%) Machine Learning
12 27 (8.26%) Multithreading
12 27 (8.26%) OOP
13 22 (6.73%) OO
14 21 (6.42%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (6.12%) Decision-Making
16 18 (5.50%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 164 (50.15%) Python
2 87 (26.61%) Java
3 58 (17.74%) C
4 57 (17.43%) C#
5 41 (12.54%) SQL
6 40 (12.23%) Rust
7 26 (7.95%) JavaScript
8 20 (6.12%) Go
9 14 (4.28%) R
9 14 (4.28%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.45%) Julia
10 8 (2.45%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.14%) Bash
12 6 (1.83%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.53%) Erlang
13 5 (1.53%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (1.53%) Perl
13 5 (1.53%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.22%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 51 (15.60%) Degree
2 24 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (7.03%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.98%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.75%) PhD
6 9 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.14%) OSCP
8 6 (1.83%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.53%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.22%) CEH
10 4 (1.22%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.92%) CCSAM
11 3 (0.92%) GPEN
11 3 (0.92%) GXPN
11 3 (0.92%) OSCE
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.31%) CHECK Team Leader
12 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.40%) QA
2 7 (2.14%) GDPR
3 5 (1.53%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.22%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) EMIR
7 1 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (5.20%) Docker
2 5 (1.53%) KVM
2 5 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.92%) Firmware
4 2 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 19 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.06%) Terraform
3 6 (1.83%) Grafana
3 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.31%) Ansible
5 1 (0.31%) Argo
5 1 (0.31%) Kibana
5 1 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 9 (2.75%) FIS
1 9 (2.75%) Microsoft
1 9 (2.75%) Palantir
1 9 (2.75%) SunGard
2 8 (2.45%) Google
3 5 (1.53%) Databricks
3 5 (1.53%) VMware
4 4 (1.22%) Solace
5 3 (0.92%) Blue Prism
5 3 (0.92%) EMC
6 2 (0.61%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.61%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.61%) FactSet
6 2 (0.61%) HP
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle
7 1 (0.31%) OpenAI