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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 141 116
Rank change year-on-year -31 -25 +14
Permanent jobs citing C++ 224 409 498
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.69% 2.42% 2.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.18% 5.72% 6.03%
Number of salaries quoted 131 241 416
10th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £54,250
25th Percentile £93,750 £65,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £90,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £162,500 £137,500 £173,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 4,327 7,150 8,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 32.74% 42.30% 44.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,992 4,734 7,214
10th Percentile £46,015 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% - +5.41%
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £127,500 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 +34 40 £125,000 +21.95% 20
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 3 (1.34%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.45%) Apache
2 1 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.71%) AWS
2 15 (6.70%) Azure
3 10 (4.46%) GCP
4 6 (2.68%) GitHub
5 3 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (1.34%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 3 (1.34%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.45%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.71%) Multicast
1 24 (10.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.89%) Broadband
3 2 (0.89%) DHCP
3 2 (0.89%) DOCSIS
3 2 (0.89%) DSL
3 2 (0.89%) GPON
3 2 (0.89%) IPv4
3 2 (0.89%) IPv6
3 2 (0.89%) PPP
3 2 (0.89%) RTP
3 2 (0.89%) VoIP
3 2 (0.89%) WAN
4 1 (0.45%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.02%) ClickHouse
2 8 (3.57%) KDB
3 4 (1.79%) Kdb+
4 3 (1.34%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.89%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.89%) Redis
5 2 (0.89%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.45%) Big Data
6 1 (0.45%) CockroachDB
6 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.45%) Metadata
6 1 (0.45%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (5.36%) JIRA
2 9 (4.02%) Git
3 3 (1.34%) GitLab
3 3 (1.34%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.89%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.45%) CMake
5 1 (0.45%) GCC
5 1 (0.45%) GDB
5 1 (0.45%) JUnit
5 1 (0.45%) Mockito
5 1 (0.45%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 117 (52.23%) Finance
2 55 (24.55%) Front Office
3 53 (23.66%) Banking
4 31 (13.84%) Investment Banking
5 20 (8.93%) Social Skills
6 19 (8.48%) Telecoms
7 14 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.91%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.91%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (4.46%) Law
10 9 (4.02%) Electronics
11 8 (3.57%) Marketing
12 6 (2.68%) Games
13 5 (2.23%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.89%) Back Office
14 2 (0.89%) Military
14 2 (0.89%) Publishing
15 1 (0.45%) Advertising
15 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 114 (50.89%) Developer
2 79 (35.27%) C++ Developer
3 71 (31.70%) Senior
4 63 (28.13%) Software Engineer
5 37 (16.52%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 36 (16.07%) Linux Developer
7 35 (15.63%) Quantitative Developer
8 29 (12.95%) Python Developer
8 29 (12.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (12.05%) Senior Developer
10 24 (10.71%) C++ Software Engineer
11 23 (10.27%) Cloud Engineer
11 23 (10.27%) Lead
12 22 (9.82%) Cloud Native Engineer
12 22 (9.82%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 22 (9.82%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
13 21 (9.38%) Senior Python Developer
13 21 (9.38%) Senior Quantitative Developer
14 20 (8.93%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 20 (8.93%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.84%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 29 (12.95%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (6.70%) RESTful
4 10 (4.46%) Kafka
4 10 (4.46%) pytest
5 7 (3.13%) WebSockets
6 6 (2.68%) gRPC
6 6 (2.68%) PyXLL
6 6 (2.68%) React
7 5 (2.23%) .NET
7 5 (2.23%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.23%) REST
8 4 (1.79%) PyTorch
8 4 (1.79%) TensorFlow
9 3 (1.34%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.34%) Android NDK
9 3 (1.34%) Node.js
10 2 (0.89%) STL
10 2 (0.89%) XML
10 2 (0.89%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.88%) Algorithms
2 36 (16.07%) Cloud Native
2 36 (16.07%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (15.63%) Derivative
4 34 (15.18%) Equities
5 28 (12.50%) Data Structures
5 28 (12.50%) Hedge funds
6 22 (9.82%) Legacy Code
7 19 (8.48%) Fixed Income
7 19 (8.48%) FPGA
7 19 (8.48%) Management Information System
8 16 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (3.57%) Grid Computing
9 8 (3.57%) Market Risk
10 6 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.79%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (1.79%) Equity Derivative
13 3 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 103 (45.98%) Linux
2 12 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (3.13%) Android
4 4 (1.79%) Windows
5 2 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.89%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (39.29%) Low Latency
2 80 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 56 (25.00%) Agile
4 40 (17.86%) Computer Science
5 36 (16.07%) AI
6 33 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (14.73%) SDLC
7 30 (13.39%) Test Automation
8 29 (12.95%) OOP
9 28 (12.50%) Machine Learning
10 24 (10.71%) Analytics
11 22 (9.82%) OO
12 21 (9.38%) DevOps
12 21 (9.38%) Mathematics
12 21 (9.38%) Open Source
12 21 (9.38%) Order Management
13 20 (8.93%) CI/CD
13 20 (8.93%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (8.93%) Workflow
14 17 (7.59%) Concurrent Programming
Programming Languages
1 113 (50.45%) Python
2 71 (31.70%) Java
3 60 (26.79%) C
4 38 (16.96%) C#
5 34 (15.18%) Rust
6 30 (13.39%) SQL
7 29 (12.95%) Go
8 14 (6.25%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.13%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.23%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.79%) Bash
11 4 (1.79%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.34%) Groovy
12 3 (1.34%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.34%) Ruby
13 1 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.45%) R
13 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.45%) VBA
13 1 (0.45%) VC++
Qualifications
1 22 (9.82%) Degree
2 17 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 14 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.91%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.34%) PhD
7 2 (0.89%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.80%) QA
2 3 (1.34%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.89%) EMIR
4 1 (0.45%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
1 14 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
2 11 (4.91%) Docker
3 3 (1.34%) Firmware
4 2 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.45%) KVM
5 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (18.75%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.23%) Terraform
3 4 (1.79%) Grafana
4 3 (1.34%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.89%) Ansible
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.45%) Puppet
6 1 (0.45%) systemd
Vendors
1 13 (5.80%) Palantir
2 11 (4.91%) Red Hat
3 8 (3.57%) SAP
4 4 (1.79%) Foundry
4 4 (1.79%) Oracle
5 3 (1.34%) Confluent
5 3 (1.34%) Cribl.io
5 3 (1.34%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.34%) Sonatype
6 2 (0.89%) Google
6 2 (0.89%) Solarflare
7 1 (0.45%) Apple
7 1 (0.45%) Databricks
7 1 (0.45%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.45%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.45%) Mavenir
7 1 (0.45%) Nokia
7 1 (0.45%) UiPath
7 1 (0.45%) VMware