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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 152 171
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 -45
Permanent jobs citing C++ 320 291 389
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.34% 2.40% 2.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.74% 5.90% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 222 153 285
10th Percentile £54,325 £62,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £151,250 £115,000
90th Percentile £134,750 £175,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 5,576 4,933 7,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.30% 40.65% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,825 3,370 5,716
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £49,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%

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 August 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 August 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 +3 61 £100,000 -32.77% 22
South London +9 7 - - 9
West London -22 3 £55,500 - 7
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 (1.88%) Apache
2 5 (1.56%) Confluence
3 4 (1.25%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
Applications
1 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.50%) AWS
2 20 (6.25%) Azure
3 17 (5.31%) GCP
4 9 (2.81%) GitHub
5 6 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (1.88%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.88%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.88%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.25%) Serverless
7 3 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.63%) Datadog
8 2 (0.63%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.69%) Multicast
2 13 (4.06%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.19%) 3GPP
3 7 (2.19%) GSM
3 7 (2.19%) LTE
3 7 (2.19%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (2.19%) RANAP
3 7 (2.19%) SS7
3 7 (2.19%) UMTS
3 7 (2.19%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.94%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.88%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (1.56%) NonStop SQL
3 4 (1.25%) Big Data
3 4 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.94%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Arrow
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.31%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.31%) Metadata
6 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.31%) Parquet
6 1 (0.31%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (9.06%) Git
2 18 (5.63%) JIRA
3 16 (5.00%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.19%) GCC
4 7 (2.19%) GDB
5 6 (1.88%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.56%) Gradle
7 2 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.63%) Selenium
7 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.63%) WinDbg
8 1 (0.31%) CMake
8 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.31%) GitLab
8 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.31%) Valgrind
General
1 164 (51.25%) Finance
2 55 (17.19%) Banking
3 44 (13.75%) Social Skills
4 36 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (9.06%) Front Office
5 29 (9.06%) Investment Banking
6 27 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.31%) Law
8 8 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.19%) Legal
10 6 (1.88%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.25%) Electronics
11 4 (1.25%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.94%) Games
13 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.63%) Aviation
13 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.63%) Military
14 1 (0.31%) Automotive
14 1 (0.31%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 113 (35.31%) Software Engineer
2 94 (29.38%) Senior
3 92 (28.75%) Developer
4 70 (21.88%) C++ Software Engineer
5 59 (18.44%) C++ Developer
6 48 (15.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 34 (10.63%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 27 (8.44%) Linux Developer
9 26 (8.13%) Lead
10 25 (7.81%) Python Engineer
11 24 (7.50%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 21 (6.56%) Senior Developer
13 19 (5.94%) Python Software Engineer
14 18 (5.63%) Quantitative Developer
15 17 (5.31%) Analyst
15 17 (5.31%) Senior C++ Developer
16 15 (4.69%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 14 (4.38%) C++ Quantitative Developer
18 13 (4.06%) Software Developer
19 12 (3.75%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 26 (8.13%) FIX Protocol
3 25 (7.81%) RESTful
4 13 (4.06%) pytest
5 12 (3.75%) React
5 12 (3.75%) STL
6 11 (3.44%) .NET
7 10 (3.13%) Terraform
7 10 (3.13%) Web Services
8 8 (2.50%) Kafka
9 7 (2.19%) OpenGL
9 7 (2.19%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.88%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.56%) Apache NiFi
11 5 (1.56%) Spring
11 5 (1.56%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.56%) Vaadin
12 4 (1.25%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.25%) Open3D
12 4 (1.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 60 (18.75%) Algorithms
2 35 (10.94%) Equities
3 32 (10.00%) Derivative
4 28 (8.75%) Hedge funds
5 25 (7.81%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (7.81%) Fixed Income
6 20 (6.25%) Data Structures
7 17 (5.31%) Robotics
8 16 (5.00%) Management Information System
9 13 (4.06%) FPGA
10 9 (2.81%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (2.81%) Reinsurance
11 8 (2.50%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (2.19%) Augmented Reality
12 7 (2.19%) Equity Derivative
12 7 (2.19%) Virtual Reality
13 6 (1.88%) PKI
14 5 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (1.25%) Distributed Computing
15 4 (1.25%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 106 (33.13%) Linux
2 17 (5.31%) Windows
3 6 (1.88%) Unix
4 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (47.50%) Software Engineering
2 115 (35.94%) Low Latency
3 77 (24.06%) Computer Science
4 52 (16.25%) Agile
5 51 (15.94%) Fintech
6 44 (13.75%) Mathematics
6 44 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (12.50%) AI
7 40 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 34 (10.63%) SDLC
9 31 (9.69%) Microservices
10 27 (8.44%) Machine Learning
10 27 (8.44%) Multithreading
10 27 (8.44%) OOP
10 27 (8.44%) Test Automation
11 25 (7.81%) Analytics
12 21 (6.56%) Continuous Integration
12 21 (6.56%) Decision-Making
13 20 (6.25%) OO
14 18 (5.63%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 161 (50.31%) Python
2 84 (26.25%) Java
3 56 (17.50%) C
3 56 (17.50%) C#
4 40 (12.50%) SQL
5 38 (11.88%) Rust
6 26 (8.13%) JavaScript
7 20 (6.25%) Go
8 14 (4.38%) R
8 14 (4.38%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.50%) Julia
9 8 (2.50%) MATLAB
10 7 (2.19%) Bash
11 6 (1.88%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.56%) Erlang
12 5 (1.56%) Google Apps Script
12 5 (1.56%) Perl
12 5 (1.56%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.25%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (16.56%) Degree
2 26 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (7.19%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.38%) DV Cleared
4 14 (4.38%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.81%) PhD
5 9 (2.81%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.19%) OSCP
7 6 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.56%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.25%) CEH
9 4 (1.25%) CREST Certified
10 3 (0.94%) CCSAM
10 3 (0.94%) GPEN
10 3 (0.94%) GXPN
10 3 (0.94%) OSCE
11 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.31%) CHECK Team Leader
11 1 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (10.63%) QA
2 7 (2.19%) GDPR
3 5 (1.56%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.31%) EMIR
7 1 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 18 (5.63%) Docker
2 5 (1.56%) KVM
2 5 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.94%) Firmware
4 2 (0.63%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.88%) Grafana
2 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.63%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.31%) Ansible
4 1 (0.31%) Argo
4 1 (0.31%) Kibana
4 1 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 9 (2.81%) FIS
1 9 (2.81%) Microsoft
1 9 (2.81%) Palantir
1 9 (2.81%) SunGard
2 8 (2.50%) Google
3 5 (1.56%) VMware
4 4 (1.25%) Databricks
4 4 (1.25%) Solace
5 3 (0.94%) Blue Prism
5 3 (0.94%) EMC
6 2 (0.63%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.63%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.63%) FactSet
6 2 (0.63%) HP
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle
7 1 (0.31%) OpenAI