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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 127 220
Rank change year-on-year -3 +93 -63
Permanent jobs citing C++ 344 350 337
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.71% 2.76% 1.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.67% 6.70% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 235 185 246
10th Percentile £61,500 £62,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +14.71%
75th Percentile - £135,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £175,000 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.72% +10.35% -14.29%

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 5,157 5,226 9,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.61% 41.20% 40.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,641 3,859 7,616
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £127,500
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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +5 82 £100,000 -13.04% 70
South London +3 1 - - 3
West London -35 1 - - 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 (1.74%) Apache Spark
1 6 (1.74%) Kinematics
2 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.87%) Apache
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.66%) AWS
2 29 (8.43%) GCP
3 26 (7.56%) Azure
4 15 (4.36%) GitHub
5 7 (2.03%) OpenShift
6 6 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (1.74%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.74%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.16%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.16%) Dagster
7 4 (1.16%) dbt
8 2 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.14%) TCP/IP
2 22 (6.40%) Multicast
3 5 (1.45%) Broadband
4 3 (0.87%) Network Security
5 2 (0.58%) RTP
5 2 (0.58%) VoIP
6 1 (0.29%) 4G
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.29%) DOCSIS
6 1 (0.29%) DSL
6 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.29%) GPON
6 1 (0.29%) IPv4
6 1 (0.29%) IPv6
6 1 (0.29%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
6 1 (0.29%) PPP
6 1 (0.29%) SS7
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.03%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.45%) Metadata
2 5 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
3 4 (1.16%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.16%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (0.58%) Big Data
4 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.29%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.29%) Power BI
5 1 (0.29%) SQLPlus
5 1 (0.29%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 21 (6.10%) Git
2 16 (4.65%) JIRA
3 5 (1.45%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.16%) Gradle
5 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.87%) WinDbg
6 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.29%) CMake
7 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.29%) GitLab
7 1 (0.29%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
7 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 176 (51.16%) Finance
2 52 (15.12%) Banking
3 41 (11.92%) Front Office
4 30 (8.72%) Investment Banking
5 27 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (6.40%) Social Skills
7 21 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (4.36%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.62%) Games
10 7 (2.03%) Law
11 6 (1.74%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.74%) Electronics
11 6 (1.74%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.45%) Advertising
13 4 (1.16%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.16%) Automotive
14 3 (0.87%) Marketing
14 3 (0.87%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 135 (39.24%) Developer
2 124 (36.05%) Senior
3 111 (32.27%) Software Engineer
4 104 (30.23%) C++ Developer
5 80 (23.26%) C++ Software Engineer
6 52 (15.12%) Senior Software Engineer
7 41 (11.92%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 40 (11.63%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 39 (11.34%) Linux Developer
10 36 (10.47%) Senior Developer
11 33 (9.59%) Senior C++ Developer
12 32 (9.30%) Software Developer
13 23 (6.69%) Python Engineer
14 22 (6.40%) Python Software Engineer
15 21 (6.10%) C++ Software Developer
15 21 (6.10%) Lead
15 21 (6.10%) Quantitative Developer
16 20 (5.81%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 19 (5.52%) Python Developer
17 19 (5.52%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (13.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 39 (11.34%) RESTful
3 26 (7.56%) FIX Protocol
4 19 (5.52%) Kafka
5 14 (4.07%) pytest
6 9 (2.62%) REST
7 8 (2.33%) gRPC
7 8 (2.33%) WebSockets
8 7 (2.03%) Web Services
9 6 (1.74%) OpenGL
9 6 (1.74%) STL
9 6 (1.74%) ZeroMQ
10 5 (1.45%) .NET
10 5 (1.45%) Open3D
11 4 (1.16%) Spring
11 4 (1.16%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.16%) Vaadin
11 4 (1.16%) XML
12 3 (0.87%) Android NDK
12 3 (0.87%) React
Miscellaneous
1 68 (19.77%) Algorithms
2 40 (11.63%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (10.47%) Equities
4 34 (9.88%) Data Structures
5 32 (9.30%) Derivative
6 22 (6.40%) Hedge funds
6 22 (6.40%) Management Information System
7 20 (5.81%) Fixed Income
7 20 (5.81%) Robotics
8 19 (5.52%) FPGA
9 11 (3.20%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (2.33%) Sports Betting
12 7 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.74%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.74%) Augmented Reality
13 6 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.74%) PKI
13 6 (1.74%) Virtual Reality
14 5 (1.45%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 128 (37.21%) Linux
2 22 (6.40%) Windows
3 9 (2.62%) Android
4 8 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.45%) Robot Operating System
6 4 (1.16%) Unix
7 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.29%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (42.44%) Software Engineering
2 124 (36.05%) Low Latency
3 86 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 58 (16.86%) Agile
4 58 (16.86%) Fintech
5 41 (11.92%) CI/CD
6 40 (11.63%) Microservices
7 39 (11.34%) SDLC
8 36 (10.47%) AI
9 34 (9.88%) OOP
10 32 (9.30%) DevOps
11 31 (9.01%) Multithreading
12 29 (8.43%) Analytics
12 29 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (8.43%) Test Automation
13 28 (8.14%) Mathematics
14 27 (7.85%) OO
15 23 (6.69%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (6.69%) Machine Learning
15 23 (6.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 145 (42.15%) Python
2 69 (20.06%) Java
3 68 (19.77%) C
4 59 (17.15%) C#
5 58 (16.86%) Rust
6 48 (13.95%) SQL
7 28 (8.14%) Go
8 12 (3.49%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.62%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.62%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.33%) Bash
10 8 (2.33%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
11 4 (1.16%) Scala
11 4 (1.16%) VBA
12 3 (0.87%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.87%) Perl
12 3 (0.87%) Ruby
12 3 (0.87%) VC++
13 2 (0.58%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 50 (14.53%) Degree
2 23 (6.69%) Master's Degree
3 19 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.07%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.78%) PhD
6 6 (1.74%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.74%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.45%) OSCP
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.16%) CREST Certified
8 4 (1.16%) GPEN
8 4 (1.16%) GXPN
8 4 (1.16%) OSCE
9 3 (0.87%) CCSAM
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CCSAS
11 1 (0.29%) CEH
11 1 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.27%) QA
2 4 (1.16%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.87%) EMIR
4 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (4.65%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Firmware
3 4 (1.16%) KVM
3 4 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.49%) Terraform
3 9 (2.62%) Grafana
4 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Argo
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 9 (2.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.33%) Red Hat
3 6 (1.74%) Google
4 5 (1.45%) Databricks
4 5 (1.45%) Palantir
5 4 (1.16%) VMware
6 3 (0.87%) Blue Prism
6 3 (0.87%) EMC
6 3 (0.87%) Oracle
6 3 (0.87%) SAP
6 3 (0.87%) Solace
7 2 (0.58%) Apple
7 2 (0.58%) Ericsson
7 2 (0.58%) HP
7 2 (0.58%) Mavenir
7 2 (0.58%) Nokia
8 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.29%) FXall
8 1 (0.29%) OpenAI