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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 158 162
Rank change year-on-year -49 +4 -44
Permanent jobs citing C++ 277 261 401
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.08% 2.23% 2.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.98% 5.75% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 182 134 264
10th Percentile £55,050 £67,500 £49,650
25th Percentile £76,938 £85,000 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +23.94% -4.05%
75th Percentile £107,500 £154,063 £115,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £175,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year - +6.56% -6.15%

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 5,562 4,538 7,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.60% 38.73% 41.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,704 3,032 5,168
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,280 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,438 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £135,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 29 September 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 29 September 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 48 £100,000 -32.77% 69
South London +8 7 - - 5
East London -2 5 - - 5
West London -9 3 £55,500 - 32
North London - 2 £62,500 - 4
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 (2.17%) Apache
2 5 (1.81%) Confluence
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.00%) AWS
2 22 (7.94%) Azure
3 17 (6.14%) GCP
4 10 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.25%) GitHub
6 6 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (2.17%) Serverless
7 5 (1.81%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.81%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (1.81%) Mimecast
7 5 (1.81%) OpenShift
7 5 (1.81%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.08%) Datadog
9 2 (0.72%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.36%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.78%) Multicast
2 12 (4.33%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.53%) 3GPP
3 7 (2.53%) GSM
3 7 (2.53%) LTE
3 7 (2.53%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (2.53%) RANAP
3 7 (2.53%) SS7
3 7 (2.53%) UMTS
3 7 (2.53%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.36%) BGP
4 1 (0.36%) DHCP
4 1 (0.36%) DNS
4 1 (0.36%) IPv4
4 1 (0.36%) IPv6
4 1 (0.36%) MPLS
4 1 (0.36%) Network Security
4 1 (0.36%) SSH
4 1 (0.36%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.61%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (1.81%) Power BI
4 4 (1.44%) Big Data
5 3 (1.08%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.08%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.08%) NonStop SQL
6 2 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.72%) KDB
6 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.72%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Arrow
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.36%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.36%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.36%) Metadata
7 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.36%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.36%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 29 (10.47%) Git
2 17 (6.14%) JIRA
3 16 (5.78%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.53%) GCC
4 7 (2.53%) GDB
5 4 (1.44%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.08%) Gradle
6 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.72%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.72%) GitLab
7 2 (0.72%) Selenium
8 1 (0.36%) CMake
8 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.36%) Valgrind
8 1 (0.36%) WinDbg
General
1 136 (49.10%) Finance
2 51 (18.41%) Social Skills
3 48 (17.33%) Banking
4 36 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.39%) Investment Banking
6 23 (8.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (7.94%) Front Office
8 20 (7.22%) Law
9 12 (4.33%) Legal
10 8 (2.89%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.81%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (1.81%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.44%) Tech for Good
14 3 (1.08%) Military
15 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.72%) Aviation
15 2 (0.72%) Public Speaking
15 2 (0.72%) Publishing
16 1 (0.36%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 101 (36.46%) Software Engineer
2 86 (31.05%) Senior
3 74 (26.71%) Developer
4 59 (21.30%) C++ Software Engineer
5 50 (18.05%) C++ Developer
6 39 (14.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 27 (9.75%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 24 (8.66%) Python Engineer
9 20 (7.22%) Lead
10 19 (6.86%) Linux Developer
11 18 (6.50%) Senior Developer
12 17 (6.14%) Python Software Engineer
13 16 (5.78%) Low Latency C++ Developer
14 14 (5.05%) Analyst
14 14 (5.05%) Quantitative Developer
14 14 (5.05%) Senior C++ Developer
15 11 (3.97%) Java Engineer
15 11 (3.97%) Senior Quantitative Developer
16 10 (3.61%) C++ Quantitative Developer
17 9 (3.25%) Business Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (9.39%) FIX Protocol
3 14 (5.05%) RESTful
4 12 (4.33%) pytest
4 12 (4.33%) React
5 11 (3.97%) STL
5 11 (3.97%) Terraform
6 9 (3.25%) .NET
7 7 (2.53%) OpenGL
7 7 (2.53%) PyTorch
7 7 (2.53%) Web Services
8 6 (2.17%) TensorFlow
9 5 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
9 5 (1.81%) Kafka
9 5 (1.81%) REST
10 4 (1.44%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.08%) Flask
11 3 (1.08%) Spring
11 3 (1.08%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.08%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.69%) Algorithms
2 30 (10.83%) Derivative
2 30 (10.83%) Equities
3 25 (9.03%) Hedge funds
4 22 (7.94%) Fixed Income
5 17 (6.14%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (5.78%) Management Information System
7 13 (4.69%) Data Structures
8 10 (3.61%) Distributed Architecture
9 9 (3.25%) FPGA
9 9 (3.25%) Reinsurance
9 9 (3.25%) Robotics
10 7 (2.53%) Augmented Reality
10 7 (2.53%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (2.53%) Equity Derivative
10 7 (2.53%) Virtual Reality
11 6 (2.17%) PKI
12 4 (1.44%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.44%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.44%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 91 (32.85%) Linux
2 13 (4.69%) Windows
3 5 (1.81%) Unix
4 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (52.35%) Software Engineering
2 104 (37.55%) Low Latency
3 69 (24.91%) Computer Science
4 49 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (17.33%) AI
6 46 (16.61%) Agile
7 38 (13.72%) CI/CD
7 38 (13.72%) Mathematics
8 35 (12.64%) Fintech
9 31 (11.19%) Machine Learning
10 30 (10.83%) SDLC
11 28 (10.11%) OOP
12 26 (9.39%) Microservices
13 24 (8.66%) Decision-Making
14 22 (7.94%) Analytics
14 22 (7.94%) Test Automation
15 21 (7.58%) Collaborative Culture
16 20 (7.22%) Continuous Integration
16 20 (7.22%) Multithreading
17 19 (6.86%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 153 (55.23%) Python
2 85 (30.69%) Java
3 47 (16.97%) C#
4 42 (15.16%) C
5 40 (14.44%) SQL
6 28 (10.11%) JavaScript
6 28 (10.11%) Rust
7 19 (6.86%) Go
8 14 (5.05%) R
9 13 (4.69%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.89%) Julia
10 8 (2.89%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.81%) Bash
11 5 (1.81%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.44%) Embedded C
12 4 (1.44%) Embedded C++
12 4 (1.44%) Google Apps Script
12 4 (1.44%) Perl
12 4 (1.44%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.08%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (16.97%) Degree
2 29 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (8.66%) Security Cleared
4 14 (5.05%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.61%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.25%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.89%) OSCP
8 6 (2.17%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.81%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.81%) CEH
10 3 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.08%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.08%) PhD
11 2 (0.72%) CHECK Team Leader
11 2 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (0.72%) CISA
11 2 (0.72%) CISSP
11 2 (0.72%) CSSLP
11 2 (0.72%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.83%) QA
2 7 (2.53%) GDPR
3 5 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.72%) NIST
5 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (6.50%) Docker
2 5 (1.81%) KVM
2 5 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.81%) EnCase
2 5 (1.81%) FTK
2 5 (1.81%) Grafana
2 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.08%) Ansible
4 2 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.36%) Argo
5 1 (0.36%) Kibana
5 1 (0.36%) logstash
5 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (5.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.61%) Google
3 9 (3.25%) FIS
3 9 (3.25%) Palantir
3 9 (3.25%) SunGard
4 5 (1.81%) Cellebrite
4 5 (1.81%) Nuix
4 5 (1.81%) Relativity
4 5 (1.81%) VMware
5 3 (1.08%) Solace
6 2 (0.72%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco
6 2 (0.72%) Databricks
6 2 (0.72%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.72%) FactSet
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle
6 2 (0.72%) Solarflare
7 1 (0.36%) Arista
7 1 (0.36%) Juniper
7 1 (0.36%) OpenAI