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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 146 213
Rank change year-on-year -2 +67 -87
Permanent jobs citing C++ 348 308 352
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.55% 2.49% 1.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.50% 5.98% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 247 167 265
10th Percentile £58,250 £64,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £107,500 £157,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £133,500 £175,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.95% +10.35% -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 5,352 5,149 9,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.88% 41.62% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,784 3,571 6,884
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -4 71 £100,000 -25.93% 19
South London +13 5 - - 3
West London -16 3 £55,250 - 8
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 (1.72%) Apache
2 5 (1.44%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.44%) Confluence
2 5 (1.44%) Kinematics
3 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (12.64%) AWS
2 21 (6.03%) GCP
3 20 (5.75%) Azure
4 12 (3.45%) GitHub
5 7 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (2.01%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.01%) Google Workspace
5 7 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.01%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.15%) Cloud Composer
6 4 (1.15%) Dagster
6 4 (1.15%) dbt
6 4 (1.15%) Serverless
7 2 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.60%) Multicast
1 16 (4.60%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.15%) 3GPP
2 4 (1.15%) Broadband
2 4 (1.15%) GSM
2 4 (1.15%) LTE
2 4 (1.15%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (1.15%) RANAP
2 4 (1.15%) SS7
2 4 (1.15%) UMTS
2 4 (1.15%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.86%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.29%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.01%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (1.44%) Metadata
3 5 (1.44%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (1.15%) Big Data
4 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
5 3 (0.86%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Arrow
7 1 (0.29%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.29%) Parquet
7 1 (0.29%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 28 (8.05%) Git
2 21 (6.03%) JIRA
3 9 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.72%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.44%) Gradle
6 4 (1.15%) GCC
6 4 (1.15%) GDB
7 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.86%) WinDbg
8 2 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.57%) Selenium
9 1 (0.29%) CMake
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) GitLab
9 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.29%) Valgrind
General
1 183 (52.59%) Finance
2 56 (16.09%) Banking
3 38 (10.92%) Social Skills
4 33 (9.48%) Front Office
4 33 (9.48%) Investment Banking
5 31 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.45%) Law
8 7 (2.01%) Games
9 6 (1.72%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.44%) Advertising
10 5 (1.44%) Legal
10 5 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.15%) Electronics
11 4 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.57%) Aviation
13 2 (0.57%) Military
13 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 131 (37.64%) Software Engineer
2 115 (33.05%) Senior
3 104 (29.89%) Developer
4 82 (23.56%) C++ Software Engineer
5 73 (20.98%) C++ Developer
6 59 (16.95%) Senior Software Engineer
7 40 (11.49%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 35 (10.06%) Linux Developer
9 33 (9.48%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 31 (8.91%) Python Engineer
11 28 (8.05%) Senior Developer
12 27 (7.76%) Python Software Engineer
13 26 (7.47%) Senior C++ Developer
14 25 (7.18%) Lead
15 18 (5.17%) Quantitative Developer
15 18 (5.17%) Software Developer
16 17 (4.89%) Rust Engineer
16 17 (4.89%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 16 (4.60%) Python Developer
17 16 (4.60%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.36%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 28 (8.05%) RESTful
3 24 (6.90%) FIX Protocol
4 16 (4.60%) pytest
5 15 (4.31%) Kafka
6 12 (3.45%) React
7 11 (3.16%) .NET
8 9 (2.59%) STL
8 9 (2.59%) Web Services
9 7 (2.01%) OpenGL
9 7 (2.01%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.72%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.44%) Apache NiFi
11 5 (1.44%) Spring
11 5 (1.44%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.44%) Vaadin
12 4 (1.15%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.15%) Open3D
13 3 (0.86%) REST
13 3 (0.86%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 68 (19.54%) Algorithms
2 37 (10.63%) Equities
3 31 (8.91%) Data Structures
4 29 (8.33%) Derivative
4 29 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (7.47%) Hedge funds
6 25 (7.18%) Fixed Income
6 25 (7.18%) Robotics
7 19 (5.46%) Management Information System
8 16 (4.60%) FPGA
9 9 (2.59%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (2.30%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (2.30%) Reinsurance
11 7 (2.01%) Augmented Reality
11 7 (2.01%) PKI
11 7 (2.01%) Sports Betting
11 7 (2.01%) Virtual Reality
12 5 (1.44%) Social Media
13 4 (1.15%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 117 (33.62%) Linux
2 21 (6.03%) Windows
3 5 (1.44%) Robot Operating System
4 4 (1.15%) Unix
5 2 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (49.71%) Software Engineering
2 130 (37.36%) Low Latency
3 80 (22.99%) Computer Science
4 62 (17.82%) Agile
5 59 (16.95%) Fintech
6 45 (12.93%) CI/CD
7 40 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (11.49%) SDLC
8 38 (10.92%) Mathematics
9 35 (10.06%) Analytics
9 35 (10.06%) Microservices
10 33 (9.48%) OOP
11 32 (9.20%) AI
12 31 (8.91%) Multithreading
12 31 (8.91%) Test Automation
13 25 (7.18%) OO
14 24 (6.90%) DevOps
15 23 (6.61%) Process Improvement
16 22 (6.32%) Workflow
17 21 (6.03%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 168 (48.28%) Python
2 96 (27.59%) Java
3 66 (18.97%) C#
4 60 (17.24%) C
5 53 (15.23%) Rust
6 49 (14.08%) SQL
7 25 (7.18%) Go
7 25 (7.18%) JavaScript
8 15 (4.31%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.59%) R
10 8 (2.30%) Julia
10 8 (2.30%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.01%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.01%) Scala
12 6 (1.72%) Bash
12 6 (1.72%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.44%) Erlang
13 5 (1.44%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.86%) Clojure
14 3 (0.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (11.78%) Degree
2 23 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.31%) DV Cleared
4 14 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.74%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.16%) PhD
7 10 (2.87%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.01%) OSCP
9 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.15%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.15%) GPEN
10 4 (1.15%) GXPN
10 4 (1.15%) OSCE
11 3 (0.86%) CCSAM
11 3 (0.86%) CEH
12 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.29%) CCSAS
13 1 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.20%) QA
2 7 (2.01%) GDPR
3 5 (1.44%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.29%) EMIR
6 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (4.02%) Docker
2 5 (1.44%) KVM
2 5 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.87%) Terraform
3 7 (2.01%) Grafana
3 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Argo
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) logstash
4 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (2.87%) Palantir
2 9 (2.59%) Google
2 9 (2.59%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.01%) FIS
3 7 (2.01%) SunGard
4 5 (1.44%) VMware
5 4 (1.15%) Databricks
6 3 (0.86%) Blue Prism
6 3 (0.86%) EMC
6 3 (0.86%) Solace
7 2 (0.57%) HP
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle
8 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.29%) FXall
8 1 (0.29%) OpenAI