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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 162 165
Rank change year-on-year -32 +3 -43
Permanent jobs citing C++ 285 257 399
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 2.17% 2.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.11% 5.56% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 190 132 267
10th Percentile £54,250 £67,500 £49,200
25th Percentile £75,438 £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 £155,625 £115,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £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 5,581 4,626 7,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.88% 39.12% 41.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,750 3,118 5,217
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% -1.56% -1.54%

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 23 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 23 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 +7 53 £100,000 -33.33% 70
South London +6 7 - - 6
East London -3 4 - - 3
West London -19 3 £55,500 - 33
North London - 2 £62,500 - 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 (2.11%) Apache
2 5 (1.75%) Confluence
3 2 (0.70%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 36 (12.63%) AWS
2 22 (7.72%) Azure
3 18 (6.32%) GCP
4 9 (3.16%) GitHub
4 9 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (1.75%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.75%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.75%) OpenShift
6 5 (1.75%) Serverless
7 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.40%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.40%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.05%) Datadog
9 2 (0.70%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.61%) Multicast
2 11 (3.86%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.46%) 3GPP
3 7 (2.46%) GSM
3 7 (2.46%) LTE
3 7 (2.46%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (2.46%) RANAP
3 7 (2.46%) SS7
3 7 (2.46%) UMTS
3 7 (2.46%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.70%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) BGP
5 1 (0.35%) DHCP
5 1 (0.35%) DNS
5 1 (0.35%) IPv4
5 1 (0.35%) IPv6
5 1 (0.35%) MPLS
5 1 (0.35%) SSH
5 1 (0.35%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.81%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (1.40%) Big Data
3 4 (1.40%) NonStop SQL
3 4 (1.40%) Power BI
4 3 (1.05%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.05%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.35%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.35%) KDB
6 1 (0.35%) Metadata
6 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.35%) Parquet
6 1 (0.35%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 29 (10.18%) Git
2 17 (5.96%) JIRA
3 16 (5.61%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.46%) GCC
4 7 (2.46%) GDB
5 4 (1.40%) Gradle
5 4 (1.40%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.70%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.70%) GitLab
7 2 (0.70%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) CMake
8 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.35%) Valgrind
8 1 (0.35%) WinDbg
General
1 140 (49.12%) Finance
2 50 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 48 (16.84%) Banking
4 36 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (8.77%) Investment Banking
6 22 (7.72%) Front Office
7 20 (7.02%) Law
8 11 (3.86%) Legal
9 8 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.40%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.40%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.40%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.05%) Military
13 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.70%) Aviation
13 2 (0.70%) Public Speaking
13 2 (0.70%) Publishing
14 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 103 (36.14%) Software Engineer
2 87 (30.53%) Senior
3 79 (27.72%) Developer
4 61 (21.40%) C++ Software Engineer
5 51 (17.89%) C++ Developer
6 41 (14.39%) Senior Software Engineer
7 29 (10.18%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 24 (8.42%) Python Engineer
9 21 (7.37%) Lead
10 19 (6.67%) Linux Developer
11 18 (6.32%) Senior Developer
12 17 (5.96%) Python Software Engineer
13 16 (5.61%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 14 (4.91%) Analyst
14 14 (4.91%) Quantitative Developer
14 14 (4.91%) Senior C++ Developer
15 11 (3.86%) Java Engineer
15 11 (3.86%) Senior Quantitative Developer
16 10 (3.51%) C++ Quantitative Developer
17 9 (3.16%) Business Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (9.12%) FIX Protocol
3 19 (6.67%) RESTful
4 12 (4.21%) pytest
4 12 (4.21%) React
5 11 (3.86%) STL
5 11 (3.86%) Terraform
6 9 (3.16%) .NET
6 9 (3.16%) Web Services
7 7 (2.46%) OpenGL
7 7 (2.46%) PyTorch
8 6 (2.11%) TensorFlow
9 5 (1.75%) Apache NiFi
9 5 (1.75%) Kafka
9 5 (1.75%) REST
10 4 (1.40%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.40%) Spring
10 4 (1.40%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.40%) Vaadin
11 3 (1.05%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 50 (17.54%) Algorithms
2 30 (10.53%) Derivative
2 30 (10.53%) Equities
3 26 (9.12%) Hedge funds
4 22 (7.72%) Fixed Income
5 17 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (5.61%) Management Information System
7 13 (4.56%) Data Structures
8 10 (3.51%) Distributed Architecture
8 10 (3.51%) Robotics
9 9 (3.16%) FPGA
9 9 (3.16%) Reinsurance
10 7 (2.46%) Augmented Reality
10 7 (2.46%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (2.46%) Equity Derivative
10 7 (2.46%) Virtual Reality
11 6 (2.11%) PKI
12 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.40%) Reference Data
13 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 94 (32.98%) Linux
2 14 (4.91%) Windows
3 5 (1.75%) Unix
4 2 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (50.53%) Software Engineering
2 105 (36.84%) Low Latency
3 71 (24.91%) Computer Science
4 48 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (16.14%) Agile
5 46 (16.14%) AI
6 40 (14.04%) Fintech
7 39 (13.68%) CI/CD
7 39 (13.68%) Mathematics
8 32 (11.23%) SDLC
9 30 (10.53%) Machine Learning
10 28 (9.82%) Microservices
11 27 (9.47%) OOP
12 24 (8.42%) Decision-Making
13 23 (8.07%) Test Automation
14 22 (7.72%) Analytics
15 20 (7.02%) Collaborative Culture
15 20 (7.02%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (7.02%) Multithreading
16 18 (6.32%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 156 (54.74%) Python
2 84 (29.47%) Java
3 47 (16.49%) C#
4 45 (15.79%) C
5 41 (14.39%) SQL
6 28 (9.82%) JavaScript
6 28 (9.82%) Rust
7 19 (6.67%) Go
8 14 (4.91%) R
9 13 (4.56%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.81%) Julia
10 8 (2.81%) MATLAB
11 6 (2.11%) Bash
12 5 (1.75%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.75%) Perl
12 5 (1.75%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.40%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.40%) Embedded C++
13 4 (1.40%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (1.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 49 (17.19%) Degree
2 29 (10.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (8.42%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.91%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.51%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.51%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.81%) OSCP
7 6 (2.11%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.75%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.75%) CEH
9 4 (1.40%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.40%) PhD
10 2 (0.70%) CCSAM
10 2 (0.70%) CHECK Team Leader
10 2 (0.70%) CHECK Team Member
10 2 (0.70%) CISSP
10 2 (0.70%) GPEN
10 2 (0.70%) GXPN
10 2 (0.70%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.53%) QA
2 7 (2.46%) GDPR
3 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) MiFID
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (6.32%) Docker
2 5 (1.75%) KVM
2 5 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.70%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.75%) Grafana
2 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.40%) EnCase
3 4 (1.40%) FTK
4 3 (1.05%) Ansible
5 2 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.35%) Argo
6 1 (0.35%) Kibana
6 1 (0.35%) logstash
6 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (4.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.16%) FIS
2 9 (3.16%) Google
2 9 (3.16%) Palantir
2 9 (3.16%) SunGard
3 5 (1.75%) VMware
4 4 (1.40%) Cellebrite
4 4 (1.40%) Nuix
4 4 (1.40%) Relativity
5 3 (1.05%) Solace
6 2 (0.70%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.70%) Blue Prism
6 2 (0.70%) Cisco
6 2 (0.70%) Databricks
6 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.70%) FactSet
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle
7 1 (0.35%) Ciena
7 1 (0.35%) Juniper
7 1 (0.35%) Nokia