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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 140 137
Rank change year-on-year -20 -3 +28
Permanent jobs citing C++ 242 370 435
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.69% 2.40% 2.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.59% 5.86% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 161 189 345
10th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £55,500
25th Percentile £93,750 £65,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £132,500 £120,000 £137,500
90th Percentile £152,500 £151,500 £166,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +0.78% -7.86%

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 4,332 6,311 8,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.27% 41.00% 43.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,053 4,039 7,233
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 +42 56 £100,000 +1.27% 56
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 2 (0.83%) Apache Pulsar
1 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.41%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.92%) AWS
2 17 (7.02%) Azure
3 14 (5.79%) GCP
4 10 (4.13%) GitHub
5 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
6 2 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.83%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.98%) TCP/IP
2 27 (11.16%) Multicast
3 3 (1.24%) RTP
3 3 (1.24%) VoIP
4 2 (0.83%) Broadband
4 2 (0.83%) DHCP
4 2 (0.83%) DOCSIS
4 2 (0.83%) DSL
4 2 (0.83%) GPON
4 2 (0.83%) IPv4
4 2 (0.83%) IPv6
4 2 (0.83%) PPP
4 2 (0.83%) WAN
4 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.41%) 4G
5 1 (0.41%) 5G
5 1 (0.41%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.41%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) ClickHouse
1 5 (2.07%) KDB
2 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.83%) Kdb+
3 2 (0.83%) Tick Data
4 1 (0.41%) Big Data
4 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.41%) Power BI
4 1 (0.41%) Redis
4 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (5.79%) JIRA
2 9 (3.72%) Git
3 2 (0.83%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.83%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.41%) CMake
4 1 (0.41%) GCC
4 1 (0.41%) GDB
4 1 (0.41%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (47.11%) Finance
2 57 (23.55%) Front Office
3 45 (18.60%) Banking
4 28 (11.57%) Investment Banking
5 23 (9.50%) Telecoms
6 19 (7.85%) Social Skills
7 18 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.72%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.31%) Electronics
10 8 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.31%) Marketing
11 7 (2.89%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.07%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.65%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.65%) Automotive
13 4 (1.65%) Games
14 2 (0.83%) Military
15 1 (0.41%) Advertising
15 1 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 127 (52.48%) Developer
2 97 (40.08%) C++ Developer
3 84 (34.71%) Senior
4 70 (28.93%) Software Engineer
5 36 (14.88%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 35 (14.46%) C++ Software Engineer
6 35 (14.46%) Linux Developer
7 32 (13.22%) Quantitative Developer
7 32 (13.22%) Senior Developer
7 32 (13.22%) Senior Software Engineer
8 28 (11.57%) Python Developer
9 26 (10.74%) Senior C++ Developer
10 21 (8.68%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 20 (8.26%) Senior Python Developer
11 20 (8.26%) Senior Quantitative Developer
12 19 (7.85%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 19 (7.85%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
13 18 (7.44%) C++ Software Developer
13 18 (7.44%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (7.44%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (14.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 32 (13.22%) FIX Protocol
3 20 (8.26%) RESTful
4 12 (4.96%) pytest
5 9 (3.72%) WebSockets
6 8 (3.31%) Kafka
7 7 (2.89%) gRPC
7 7 (2.89%) REST
8 6 (2.48%) PyXLL
9 4 (1.65%) Android NDK
9 4 (1.65%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.65%) React
9 4 (1.65%) Sass
9 4 (1.65%) ZeroMQ
10 3 (1.24%) STL
10 3 (1.24%) XML
11 2 (0.83%) .NET
11 2 (0.83%) OAuth
11 2 (0.83%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.83%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (20.66%) Algorithms
2 37 (15.29%) Derivative
3 35 (14.46%) Equities
4 33 (13.64%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (11.57%) Cloud Native
6 25 (10.33%) Hedge funds
7 23 (9.50%) Data Structures
8 21 (8.68%) Fixed Income
9 18 (7.44%) FPGA
9 18 (7.44%) Management Information System
10 16 (6.61%) Legacy Code
11 13 (5.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (3.31%) Grid Computing
13 7 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (2.07%) AI Agents
15 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (2.07%) Distributed Computing
16 4 (1.65%) Market Risk
16 4 (1.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 114 (47.11%) Linux
2 14 (5.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (4.13%) Android
4 9 (3.72%) Windows
5 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.83%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (38.43%) Low Latency
1 93 (38.43%) Software Engineering
2 54 (22.31%) Computer Science
3 48 (19.83%) Agile
4 36 (14.88%) AI
5 32 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (12.40%) OOP
7 26 (10.74%) SDLC
8 25 (10.33%) Test Automation
9 24 (9.92%) Analytics
9 24 (9.92%) Machine Learning
10 23 (9.50%) Fintech
11 22 (9.09%) Mathematics
11 22 (9.09%) Workflow
12 21 (8.68%) CI/CD
13 20 (8.26%) Microservices
14 19 (7.85%) DevOps
14 19 (7.85%) OO
15 18 (7.44%) Data Pipeline
15 18 (7.44%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 108 (44.63%) Python
2 55 (22.73%) C
2 55 (22.73%) Java
3 43 (17.77%) C#
4 37 (15.29%) Rust
5 35 (14.46%) SQL
6 29 (11.98%) Go
7 15 (6.20%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.89%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.07%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.24%) VBA
11 2 (0.83%) Bash
11 2 (0.83%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.83%) VC++
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (13.22%) Degree
2 19 (7.85%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (7.02%) Master's Degree
4 16 (6.61%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.79%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.07%) PhD
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.61%) QA
2 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.24%) EMIR
3 1 (0.41%) MiFID
3 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (5.79%) Docker
1 14 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
1 14 (5.79%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.83%) Firmware
2 2 (0.83%) KVM
2 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.07%) Grafana
2 5 (2.07%) Terraform
3 3 (1.24%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.41%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (5.37%) Red Hat
2 12 (4.96%) Palantir
3 8 (3.31%) SAP
4 4 (1.65%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.24%) Apple
6 2 (0.83%) Ericsson
6 2 (0.83%) Foundry
6 2 (0.83%) Google
6 2 (0.83%) Mavenir
6 2 (0.83%) Nokia
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle
6 2 (0.83%) Solarflare
6 2 (0.83%) VMware
7 1 (0.41%) Databricks
7 1 (0.41%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.41%) UiPath