C++ Jobs in London

C++
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 127 129
Rank change year-on-year -65 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 351 719 2,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.69% 2.65% 3.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.24% 5.67% 5.58%
Number of salaries quoted 266 547 898
10th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £63,125 £61,125 £61,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +2.94% +3.03%
75th Percentile £115,000 £130,000 £118,438
90th Percentile £130,000 £168,000 £152,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

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 8,288 12,679 44,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.96% 46.75% 58.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,178 10,658 18,987
10th Percentile £48,000 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £125,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in London

C++
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in London.

Salary trend for C++ in London

C++
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +8 59 £100,000 +37.93% 7
West London -8 5 £50,000 -45.65% 8
East London +25 2 £120,000 +26.32% 3
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.27%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.71%) Apache
3 4 (1.14%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.85%) CMS
4 3 (0.85%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.57%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.28%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.28%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.25%) AWS
2 33 (9.40%) Azure
3 14 (3.99%) GCP
4 7 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.42%) PaaS
5 5 (1.42%) SaaS
6 3 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.57%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle CX
7 2 (0.57%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.28%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.28%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.28%) Datadog
8 1 (0.28%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.28%) Sentry
8 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.99%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.71%) SSL
3 5 (1.42%) IPsec
3 5 (1.42%) SSH
4 4 (1.14%) Internet
5 3 (0.85%) DNS
5 3 (0.85%) Firewall
5 3 (0.85%) Network Security
6 2 (0.57%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.57%) HTTP
6 2 (0.57%) Multicast
6 2 (0.57%) PPP
7 1 (0.28%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.28%) DAB
7 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.28%) RS-232
7 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.70%) NoSQL
2 10 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.28%) MySQL
3 8 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.99%) Big Data
4 7 (1.99%) KDB
4 7 (1.99%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
5 6 (1.71%) Kdb+
6 5 (1.42%) Redis
7 4 (1.14%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.85%) TimescaleDB
9 2 (0.57%) Metadata
9 2 (0.57%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.28%) Firebird
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.28%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 13 (3.70%) Git
2 11 (3.13%) GitLab
3 10 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.14%) GDB
5 3 (0.85%) CMake
6 2 (0.57%) GCC
6 2 (0.57%) JIRA
6 2 (0.57%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.28%) Mockito
7 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.28%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.28%) TensorBoard
7 1 (0.28%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.28%) Valgrind
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) Xcode
General
1 102 (29.06%) Finance
2 58 (16.52%) Social Skills
3 29 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.98%) Front Office
5 26 (7.41%) Banking
6 12 (3.42%) Electronics
6 12 (3.42%) Games
6 12 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.56%) Automotive
8 8 (2.28%) Legal
9 5 (1.42%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.14%) Advertising
11 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.85%) Law
11 3 (0.85%) Retail
12 2 (0.57%) Aeronautics
12 2 (0.57%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.57%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.57%) Music Industry
12 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 114 (32.48%) Developer
2 104 (29.63%) Software Engineer
3 70 (19.94%) Senior
4 50 (14.25%) C++ Developer
5 45 (12.82%) Lead
5 45 (12.82%) Senior Software Engineer
6 41 (11.68%) Cloud Engineer
7 40 (11.40%) Cloud Native Engineer
7 40 (11.40%) Cloud Software Engineer
8 31 (8.83%) Quantitative Developer
9 28 (7.98%) Lead Software Engineer
10 27 (7.69%) Analyst
11 24 (6.84%) C++ Software Engineer
12 20 (5.70%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 20 (5.70%) Python Developer
12 20 (5.70%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 19 (5.41%) Qualitative Analyst
13 19 (5.41%) Quantitative Analyst
14 17 (4.84%) Low Latency C++ Developer
15 16 (4.56%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.41%) .NET
2 13 (3.70%) PyTorch
3 11 (3.13%) HTML
4 9 (2.56%) React
4 9 (2.56%) WebSockets
5 8 (2.28%) NumPy
5 8 (2.28%) Unreal Engine
6 7 (1.99%) CSS
6 7 (1.99%) Node.js
7 6 (1.71%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.71%) OpenGL
7 6 (1.71%) Qt
8 5 (1.42%) ActiveMQ
8 5 (1.42%) jQuery
8 5 (1.42%) TensorFlow
8 5 (1.42%) XML
9 4 (1.14%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (1.14%) AWS CDK
9 4 (1.14%) Kafka
9 4 (1.14%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 68 (19.37%) Distributed Systems
2 52 (14.81%) Cloud Native
3 45 (12.82%) Algorithms
4 41 (11.68%) Legacy Code
5 25 (7.12%) Hedge funds
5 25 (7.12%) IoT
6 23 (6.55%) Equities
7 20 (5.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 18 (5.13%) FPGA
9 16 (4.56%) Data Structures
10 12 (3.42%) Blockchain
11 9 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.99%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.71%) CUDA
13 6 (1.71%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.42%) Client/Server
15 4 (1.14%) Derivative
15 4 (1.14%) Device Driver
15 4 (1.14%) Fixed Income
15 4 (1.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 115 (32.76%) Linux
2 18 (5.13%) Windows
3 16 (4.56%) Android
3 16 (4.56%) Unix
4 9 (2.56%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.14%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.57%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) AIX
7 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.28%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (40.74%) Software Engineering
2 88 (25.07%) Computer Science
3 62 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (14.53%) Agile
5 49 (13.96%) Low Latency
6 42 (11.97%) Mathematics
7 39 (11.11%) Machine Learning
8 38 (10.83%) DevOps
9 37 (10.54%) SDLC
10 36 (10.26%) CI/CD
11 31 (8.83%) Data Science
12 30 (8.55%) Multithreading
13 27 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
13 27 (7.69%) Physics
14 25 (7.12%) Fintech
15 24 (6.84%) Analytics
16 22 (6.27%) Statistics
16 22 (6.27%) Test Automation
17 20 (5.70%) Infrastructure as Code
18 19 (5.41%) Automated Trading
Programming Languages
1 187 (53.28%) Python
2 113 (32.19%) C
3 103 (29.34%) Java
4 78 (22.22%) C#
5 75 (21.37%) Go
6 72 (20.51%) Rust
7 47 (13.39%) SQL
8 35 (9.97%) JavaScript
9 20 (5.70%) R
10 15 (4.27%) MATLAB
11 13 (3.70%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.70%) TypeScript
12 10 (2.85%) Bash
12 10 (2.85%) Ruby
13 8 (2.28%) PHP
14 6 (1.71%) Haskell
15 4 (1.14%) Kotlin
15 4 (1.14%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.85%) Solidity
17 2 (0.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 114 (32.48%) Degree
2 47 (13.39%) Master's Degree
3 35 (9.97%) PhD
4 26 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (4.27%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.85%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.14%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.85%) ISEB
9 2 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.57%) MCAD
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.28%) CEH
10 1 (0.28%) CISSP
10 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.28%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.99%) QA
2 3 (0.85%) GDPR
2 3 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
3 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
3 2 (0.57%) IEC 62304
3 2 (0.57%) ISO 13485
3 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.57%) NIST
4 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) JTAG
System Software
1 19 (5.41%) Docker
2 10 (2.85%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.28%) Firmware
4 6 (1.71%) Ceph
5 4 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.85%) KVM
6 3 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 67 (19.09%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.27%) Terraform
3 8 (2.28%) Ansible
4 6 (1.71%) Knative
5 5 (1.42%) Grafana
6 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.57%) Puppet
7 1 (0.28%) Istio
7 1 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) Nagios
7 1 (0.28%) Packer
7 1 (0.28%) SELinux
Vendors
1 18 (5.13%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.99%) Google
3 5 (1.42%) NVIDIA
3 5 (1.42%) Oracle
4 3 (0.85%) Apple
5 2 (0.57%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.28%) Cisco
6 1 (0.28%) F5
6 1 (0.28%) Imperva
6 1 (0.28%) Juniper
6 1 (0.28%) New Relic
6 1 (0.28%) Perforce
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.28%) SAP
6 1 (0.28%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.28%) Siemens
6 1 (0.28%) Solace
6 1 (0.28%) Splunk