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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 150 160
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 +1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 263 350 404
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.72% 2.33% 1.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.83% 5.75% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 179 178 318
10th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £101,250 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £131,875 £122,500 £136,875
90th Percentile £152,500 £171,500 £164,125
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 4,515 6,089 9,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.49% 40.56% 42.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,185 3,948 7,797
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £49,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,418 £100,000
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 11 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 11 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 +35 63 £100,000 -6.98% 41
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 3 (1.14%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.76%) Apache Pulsar
2 2 (0.76%) Kinematics
2 2 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (11.41%) AWS
2 19 (7.22%) Azure
3 17 (6.46%) GCP
4 12 (4.56%) GitHub
5 5 (1.90%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.14%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.14%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.76%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Composer
8 1 (0.38%) Dagster
8 1 (0.38%) dbt
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.03%) TCP/IP
2 27 (10.27%) Multicast
3 3 (1.14%) Broadband
3 3 (1.14%) RTP
3 3 (1.14%) VoIP
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 (1.90%) ClickHouse
1 5 (1.90%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.14%) KDB
3 2 (0.76%) Kdb+
3 2 (0.76%) Metadata
4 1 (0.38%) Big Data
4 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
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 (5.32%) JIRA
2 12 (4.56%) Git
3 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.76%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio
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%) WinDbg
General
1 128 (48.67%) Finance
2 55 (20.91%) Front Office
3 44 (16.73%) Banking
4 27 (10.27%) Investment Banking
5 22 (8.37%) Telecoms
6 18 (6.84%) Social Skills
7 16 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.18%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.42%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.04%) Electronics
11 8 (3.04%) Marketing
11 8 (3.04%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.66%) Games
13 6 (2.28%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.90%) Advertising
15 4 (1.52%) Aeronautics
15 4 (1.52%) Automotive
16 2 (0.76%) Military
16 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (48.29%) Developer
2 100 (38.02%) C++ Developer
3 94 (35.74%) Senior
4 86 (32.70%) Software Engineer
5 44 (16.73%) C++ Software Engineer
6 39 (14.83%) Senior Software Engineer
7 36 (13.69%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 35 (13.31%) Linux Developer
9 33 (12.55%) Senior Developer
10 29 (11.03%) Quantitative Developer
10 29 (11.03%) Senior C++ Developer
11 24 (9.13%) Python Developer
11 24 (9.13%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 21 (7.98%) C++ Software Developer
12 21 (7.98%) Software Developer
13 19 (7.22%) C++ Quantitative Developer
13 19 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (7.22%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
14 18 (6.84%) Senior Python Developer
14 18 (6.84%) Senior Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.31%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 32 (12.17%) FIX Protocol
3 23 (8.75%) RESTful
4 12 (4.56%) pytest
5 10 (3.80%) Kafka
6 9 (3.42%) WebSockets
7 7 (2.66%) gRPC
7 7 (2.66%) REST
8 5 (1.90%) ZeroMQ
9 4 (1.52%) Android NDK
9 4 (1.52%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.52%) PyXLL
9 4 (1.52%) React
9 4 (1.52%) Sass
9 4 (1.52%) STL
10 3 (1.14%) .NET
10 3 (1.14%) XML
11 2 (0.76%) DPDK
11 2 (0.76%) OAuth
11 2 (0.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.01%) Algorithms
2 41 (15.59%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (13.69%) Derivative
4 35 (13.31%) Equities
5 29 (11.03%) Cloud Native
6 26 (9.89%) Data Structures
7 23 (8.75%) Hedge funds
8 20 (7.60%) Fixed Income
9 18 (6.84%) FPGA
9 18 (6.84%) Management Information System
10 16 (6.08%) Legacy Code
11 12 (4.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (3.80%) Robotics
13 6 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (2.28%) Grid Computing
14 5 (1.90%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.90%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (1.90%) Sports Betting
15 4 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 119 (45.25%) Linux
2 14 (5.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (4.94%) Windows
4 10 (3.80%) Android
5 4 (1.52%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.52%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.76%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (42.59%) Software Engineering
2 95 (36.12%) Low Latency
3 62 (23.57%) Computer Science
4 50 (19.01%) Agile
5 39 (14.83%) AI
6 31 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (11.41%) OOP
8 29 (11.03%) Fintech
8 29 (11.03%) SDLC
9 27 (10.27%) CI/CD
10 25 (9.51%) Analytics
11 24 (9.13%) Microservices
11 24 (9.13%) Test Automation
12 23 (8.75%) Workflow
13 22 (8.37%) DevOps
13 22 (8.37%) Machine Learning
13 22 (8.37%) Mathematics
13 22 (8.37%) Multithreading
14 21 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (7.60%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 111 (42.21%) Python
2 62 (23.57%) C
3 59 (22.43%) Java
4 48 (18.25%) C#
4 48 (18.25%) Rust
5 40 (15.21%) SQL
6 33 (12.55%) Go
7 15 (5.70%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.04%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.28%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.14%) Bash
10 3 (1.14%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.14%) VBA
11 2 (0.76%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.76%) VC++
12 1 (0.38%) Groovy
12 1 (0.38%) R
12 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (13.69%) Degree
2 20 (7.60%) Master's Degree
3 19 (7.22%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.08%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.32%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.66%) PhD
8 3 (1.14%) 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 18 (6.84%) QA
2 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.14%) EMIR
3 1 (0.38%) MiFID
3 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (5.70%) Docker
2 14 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
2 14 (5.32%) 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 (12.55%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.66%) Terraform
3 6 (2.28%) Grafana
4 4 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.38%) Ansible
6 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (4.94%) Red Hat
2 12 (4.56%) Palantir
3 8 (3.04%) SAP
4 4 (1.52%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.14%) Apple
5 3 (1.14%) 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%) Solace
7 1 (0.38%) UiPath