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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 132 226
Rank change year-on-year +3 +94 -74
Permanent jobs citing C++ 349 327 328
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.73% 2.64% 1.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.78% 6.50% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 239 182 243
10th Percentile £59,750 £62,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £80,813 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +12.43%
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 5,151 5,034 9,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.55% 40.63% 40.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,644 3,746 7,582
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £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 £130,000
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 13 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 13 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 +1 83 £100,000 -13.04% 55
South London +8 1 - - 4
West London -24 1 - - 5
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 (1.72%) Kinematics
2 5 (1.43%) Apache
2 5 (1.43%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.86%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (13.18%) AWS
2 25 (7.16%) GCP
3 22 (6.30%) Azure
4 15 (4.30%) GitHub
5 7 (2.01%) OpenShift
6 6 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (1.72%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.72%) Google Workspace
6 6 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.15%) Cloud Composer
7 4 (1.15%) Dagster
7 4 (1.15%) dbt
8 3 (0.86%) Serverless
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.45%) TCP/IP
2 22 (6.30%) Multicast
3 4 (1.15%) Broadband
4 3 (0.86%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) 4G
5 1 (0.29%) 5G
5 1 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.29%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
5 1 (0.29%) RTP
5 1 (0.29%) SS7
5 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.01%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.43%) NonStop SQL
2 5 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
3 4 (1.15%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.15%) Metadata
4 3 (0.86%) Big Data
4 3 (0.86%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Pinecone
6 1 (0.29%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.29%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 22 (6.30%) Git
2 18 (5.16%) JIRA
3 5 (1.43%) Gradle
3 5 (1.43%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.86%) WinDbg
5 2 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.57%) Selenium
6 1 (0.29%) CMake
6 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.29%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 176 (50.43%) Finance
2 52 (14.90%) Banking
3 38 (10.89%) Front Office
4 30 (8.60%) Investment Banking
5 27 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (6.59%) Social Skills
7 20 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.58%) Games
10 8 (2.29%) Law
11 6 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.43%) Advertising
12 5 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.15%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.15%) Automotive
13 4 (1.15%) Electronics
13 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.29%) Legal
15 1 (0.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 132 (37.82%) Developer
2 127 (36.39%) Senior
3 118 (33.81%) Software Engineer
4 102 (29.23%) C++ Developer
5 85 (24.36%) C++ Software Engineer
6 56 (16.05%) Senior Software Engineer
7 42 (12.03%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 41 (11.75%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 39 (11.17%) Linux Developer
10 36 (10.32%) Senior Developer
11 33 (9.46%) Senior C++ Developer
12 31 (8.88%) Software Developer
13 26 (7.45%) Python Engineer
14 23 (6.59%) Python Software Engineer
15 21 (6.02%) Lead
16 20 (5.73%) C++ Software Developer
16 20 (5.73%) Quantitative Developer
16 20 (5.73%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 19 (5.44%) Python Developer
17 19 (5.44%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (13.47%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 38 (10.89%) RESTful
3 25 (7.16%) FIX Protocol
4 18 (5.16%) Kafka
5 15 (4.30%) pytest
6 8 (2.29%) Web Services
7 7 (2.01%) .NET
7 7 (2.01%) OpenGL
7 7 (2.01%) REST
8 6 (1.72%) React
8 6 (1.72%) STL
8 6 (1.72%) WebSockets
9 5 (1.43%) gRPC
9 5 (1.43%) Open3D
9 5 (1.43%) Spring
9 5 (1.43%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.43%) Vaadin
9 5 (1.43%) ZeroMQ
10 4 (1.15%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.86%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 68 (19.48%) Algorithms
2 38 (10.89%) Equities
3 36 (10.32%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (9.74%) Data Structures
5 33 (9.46%) Derivative
6 22 (6.30%) Hedge funds
6 22 (6.30%) Management Information System
7 20 (5.73%) Fixed Income
7 20 (5.73%) Robotics
8 19 (5.44%) FPGA
9 9 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (2.29%) Sports Betting
11 7 (2.01%) Augmented Reality
11 7 (2.01%) Cloud Native
11 7 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
11 7 (2.01%) Virtual Reality
12 6 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.72%) PKI
13 5 (1.43%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 126 (36.10%) Linux
2 22 (6.30%) Windows
3 7 (2.01%) Android
3 7 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.43%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.15%) Unix
6 3 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (43.84%) Software Engineering
2 127 (36.39%) Low Latency
3 85 (24.36%) Computer Science
4 60 (17.19%) Agile
4 60 (17.19%) Fintech
5 43 (12.32%) CI/CD
6 41 (11.75%) Microservices
6 41 (11.75%) SDLC
7 35 (10.03%) OOP
8 32 (9.17%) AI
9 31 (8.88%) Mathematics
9 31 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (8.60%) DevOps
10 30 (8.60%) Multithreading
11 29 (8.31%) Analytics
11 29 (8.31%) Test Automation
12 28 (8.02%) OO
13 26 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (6.59%) Process Improvement
15 22 (6.30%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 152 (43.55%) Python
2 76 (21.78%) Java
3 65 (18.62%) C
4 58 (16.62%) C#
5 57 (16.33%) Rust
6 44 (12.61%) SQL
7 26 (7.45%) Go
8 15 (4.30%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.58%) Kotlin
9 9 (2.58%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.29%) Bash
10 8 (2.29%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.15%) Google Apps Script
11 4 (1.15%) Scala
12 3 (0.86%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.86%) Perl
12 3 (0.86%) Ruby
12 3 (0.86%) VBA
13 2 (0.57%) COBOL
13 2 (0.57%) VC++
Qualifications
1 47 (13.47%) Degree
2 21 (6.02%) Master's Degree
3 20 (5.73%) Security Cleared
4 15 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (4.30%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.72%) PhD
6 7 (2.01%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.72%) OSCP
8 4 (1.15%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.15%) CREST Certified
8 4 (1.15%) GPEN
8 4 (1.15%) GXPN
8 4 (1.15%) OSCE
9 3 (0.86%) CCSAM
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CEH
11 1 (0.29%) CCSAS
11 1 (0.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.74%) QA
2 5 (1.43%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.57%) EMIR
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (3.72%) Docker
2 5 (1.43%) Firmware
3 4 (1.15%) KVM
3 4 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.44%) Terraform
3 9 (2.58%) Grafana
4 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Argo
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
6 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 8 (2.29%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.01%) Red Hat
3 6 (1.72%) Google
4 5 (1.43%) Palantir
5 4 (1.15%) Databricks
5 4 (1.15%) VMware
6 3 (0.86%) Blue Prism
6 3 (0.86%) EMC
6 3 (0.86%) Solace
7 2 (0.57%) Apple
7 2 (0.57%) HP
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle
8 1 (0.29%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.29%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.29%) FXall
8 1 (0.29%) Mavenir
8 1 (0.29%) Nokia
8 1 (0.29%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.29%) SAP