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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 149 171
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 -11
Permanent jobs citing C++ 268 358 392
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.70% 2.42% 1.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.91% 5.92% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 179 186 305
10th Percentile £67,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £125,000 £126,250 £135,000
90th Percentile £150,500 £173,750 £163,250
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 4,537 6,048 8,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.75% 40.91% 42.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,185 3,974 7,794
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,750
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 £110,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £129,000 £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 22 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 22 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 +15 59 £100,000 -9.09% 48
South London +24 1 - -
West London -7 1 - - 11
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 (2.24%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.75%) Apache Pulsar
3 2 (0.75%) Kinematics
3 2 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (11.94%) AWS
2 20 (7.46%) GCP
3 19 (7.09%) Azure
4 11 (4.10%) GitHub
5 5 (1.87%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.49%) Cloud Composer
6 4 (1.49%) Dagster
6 4 (1.49%) dbt
7 3 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.12%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.82%) TCP/IP
2 26 (9.70%) Multicast
3 6 (2.24%) Broadband
4 3 (1.12%) RTP
4 3 (1.12%) VoIP
5 2 (0.75%) DHCP
5 2 (0.75%) DOCSIS
5 2 (0.75%) DSL
5 2 (0.75%) GPON
5 2 (0.75%) IPv4
5 2 (0.75%) IPv6
5 2 (0.75%) PPP
5 2 (0.75%) WAN
5 2 (0.75%) 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 (2.61%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.87%) Metadata
3 4 (1.49%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.12%) 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%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.37%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.37%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 14 (5.22%) Git
2 13 (4.85%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.75%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.75%) WinDbg
5 1 (0.37%) CMake
5 1 (0.37%) GCC
5 1 (0.37%) GDB
5 1 (0.37%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 132 (49.25%) Finance
2 52 (19.40%) Front Office
3 43 (16.04%) Banking
4 27 (10.07%) Investment Banking
5 22 (8.21%) Telecoms
6 19 (7.09%) Social Skills
7 15 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.10%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.99%) Electronics
9 8 (2.99%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.99%) Games
9 8 (2.99%) Marketing
9 8 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.24%) Advertising
10 6 (2.24%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.87%) Law
12 4 (1.49%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.49%) Automotive
13 2 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (47.01%) Developer
2 101 (37.69%) C++ Developer
3 99 (36.94%) Senior
4 88 (32.84%) Software Engineer
5 46 (17.16%) C++ Software Engineer
6 40 (14.93%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (14.55%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 37 (13.81%) Linux Developer
9 34 (12.69%) Senior Developer
10 32 (11.94%) Senior C++ Developer
11 26 (9.70%) Quantitative Developer
12 25 (9.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 23 (8.58%) Software Developer
14 22 (8.21%) C++ Software Developer
15 21 (7.84%) Python Developer
16 19 (7.09%) C++ Quantitative Developer
17 18 (6.72%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
17 18 (6.72%) Linux Scripter
17 18 (6.72%) Python Engineer
17 18 (6.72%) Senior C++ Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (13.06%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 30 (11.19%) FIX Protocol
3 25 (9.33%) RESTful
4 16 (5.97%) Kafka
5 11 (4.10%) pytest
6 9 (3.36%) WebSockets
7 7 (2.61%) gRPC
7 7 (2.61%) REST
8 6 (2.24%) ZeroMQ
9 5 (1.87%) STL
10 4 (1.49%) Android NDK
10 4 (1.49%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.49%) React
10 4 (1.49%) Sass
11 3 (1.12%) XML
12 2 (0.75%) .NET
12 2 (0.75%) OAuth
12 2 (0.75%) OAuth2
12 2 (0.75%) Web Services
12 2 (0.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.28%) Algorithms
2 42 (15.67%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (12.69%) Equities
4 33 (12.31%) Derivative
5 30 (11.19%) Data Structures
6 25 (9.33%) Cloud Native
7 23 (8.58%) Hedge funds
8 19 (7.09%) Management Information System
9 18 (6.72%) Fixed Income
9 18 (6.72%) FPGA
10 14 (5.22%) Legacy Code
11 13 (4.85%) Robotics
12 10 (3.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (2.24%) Sports Betting
14 5 (1.87%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.87%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.87%) Grid Computing
15 4 (1.49%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 118 (44.03%) Linux
2 13 (4.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 13 (4.85%) Windows
3 10 (3.73%) Android
4 5 (1.87%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.75%) OpenWrt
6 2 (0.75%) Unix
7 1 (0.37%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (43.66%) Software Engineering
2 97 (36.19%) Low Latency
3 64 (23.88%) Computer Science
4 48 (17.91%) Agile
5 42 (15.67%) AI
6 30 (11.19%) OOP
7 29 (10.82%) SDLC
8 28 (10.45%) Fintech
9 27 (10.07%) Analytics
9 27 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (9.70%) Workflow
11 24 (8.96%) CI/CD
11 24 (8.96%) Data Pipeline
11 24 (8.96%) Test Automation
12 23 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (8.58%) Machine Learning
12 23 (8.58%) Microservices
12 23 (8.58%) Multithreading
13 22 (8.21%) DevOps
13 22 (8.21%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 115 (42.91%) Python
2 62 (23.13%) Java
3 60 (22.39%) C
4 49 (18.28%) C#
4 49 (18.28%) Rust
5 47 (17.54%) SQL
6 32 (11.94%) Go
7 16 (5.97%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.99%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.24%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.49%) Scala
11 3 (1.12%) Bash
11 3 (1.12%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.12%) VBA
12 2 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.75%) VC++
13 1 (0.37%) Groovy
13 1 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (13.81%) Degree
2 21 (7.84%) Master's Degree
3 20 (7.46%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (6.34%) DV Cleared
5 15 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.99%) PhD
7 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.75%) 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 (6.72%) QA
2 3 (1.12%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.12%) EMIR
3 1 (0.37%) MiFID
3 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
1 14 (5.22%) Virtual Servers
2 13 (4.85%) Docker
3 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.75%) Firmware
3 2 (0.75%) KVM
3 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (11.19%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.61%) Terraform
3 6 (2.24%) Grafana
4 4 (1.49%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (4.85%) Palantir
1 13 (4.85%) Red Hat
2 8 (2.99%) SAP
3 4 (1.49%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.12%) Apple
4 3 (1.12%) Databricks
4 3 (1.12%) Google
5 2 (0.75%) Ericsson
5 2 (0.75%) Foundry
5 2 (0.75%) Mavenir
5 2 (0.75%) Nokia
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle
5 2 (0.75%) Solace
5 2 (0.75%) VMware
6 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.37%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.37%) FXall
6 1 (0.37%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.37%) UiPath