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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 144 176
Rank change year-on-year -12 +32 -54
Permanent jobs citing C++ 346 306 360
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.48% 2.48% 1.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.27% 5.94% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 242 167 274
10th Percentile £55,250 £64,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +2.86%
75th Percentile £107,500 £160,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £175,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 5,514 5,152 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.62% 41.80% 40.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,842 3,550 5,910
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% - +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +7.44% -6.92%

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 2 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 2 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 0 63 £100,000 -33.33% 46
South London +7 8 - - 5
West London -23 4 £55,500 - 6
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 (1.73%) Apache
2 5 (1.45%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.45%) Confluence
3 4 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.16%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.29%) Ethereum
Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.85%) AWS
2 20 (5.78%) GCP
3 19 (5.49%) Azure
4 11 (3.18%) GitHub
5 6 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (1.73%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.73%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.73%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.16%) Cloud Composer
6 4 (1.16%) Dagster
6 4 (1.16%) dbt
6 4 (1.16%) Serverless
7 3 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.29%) Datadog
8 1 (0.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.62%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.34%) Multicast
3 7 (2.02%) 3GPP
3 7 (2.02%) GSM
3 7 (2.02%) LTE
3 7 (2.02%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (2.02%) RANAP
3 7 (2.02%) SS7
3 7 (2.02%) UMTS
3 7 (2.02%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.16%) Broadband
5 3 (0.87%) Network Security
6 1 (0.29%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.73%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (1.45%) Metadata
2 5 (1.45%) NonStop SQL
2 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.16%) Big Data
3 4 (1.16%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
4 3 (0.87%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.29%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Parquet
6 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.29%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 30 (8.67%) Git
2 20 (5.78%) JIRA
3 12 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.02%) GCC
4 7 (2.02%) GDB
5 6 (1.73%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.45%) Gradle
7 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.87%) WinDbg
8 2 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.58%) Selenium
9 1 (0.29%) CMake
9 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.29%) GitLab
9 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.29%) Valgrind
General
1 182 (52.60%) Finance
2 58 (16.76%) Banking
3 44 (12.72%) Social Skills
4 35 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (9.83%) Investment Banking
6 32 (9.25%) Front Office
7 25 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.91%) Law
9 8 (2.31%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.02%) Legal
11 6 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.16%) Electronics
12 4 (1.16%) Games
12 4 (1.16%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.58%) Advertising
13 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.58%) Aviation
13 2 (0.58%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.58%) Military
14 1 (0.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 124 (35.84%) Software Engineer
2 108 (31.21%) Senior
3 105 (30.35%) Developer
4 78 (22.54%) C++ Software Engineer
5 69 (19.94%) C++ Developer
6 53 (15.32%) Senior Software Engineer
7 38 (10.98%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 33 (9.54%) Linux Developer
9 31 (8.96%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 30 (8.67%) Python Engineer
11 27 (7.80%) Senior Developer
12 25 (7.23%) Lead
13 24 (6.94%) Python Software Engineer
14 23 (6.65%) Senior C++ Developer
15 21 (6.07%) Quantitative Developer
16 18 (5.20%) Senior Quantitative Developer
17 17 (4.91%) C++ Quantitative Developer
17 17 (4.91%) Rust Engineer
17 17 (4.91%) Software Developer
18 16 (4.62%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (11.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 27 (7.80%) RESTful
3 26 (7.51%) FIX Protocol
4 15 (4.34%) Kafka
4 15 (4.34%) pytest
5 12 (3.47%) React
5 12 (3.47%) STL
6 11 (3.18%) .NET
7 9 (2.60%) Web Services
8 7 (2.02%) OpenGL
8 7 (2.02%) PyTorch
9 6 (1.73%) TensorFlow
10 5 (1.45%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (1.45%) Spring
10 5 (1.45%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.45%) Vaadin
11 4 (1.16%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.16%) Open3D
12 3 (0.87%) Flask
12 3 (0.87%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.23%) Algorithms
2 37 (10.69%) Equities
3 32 (9.25%) Data Structures
4 31 (8.96%) Hedge funds
5 30 (8.67%) Derivative
6 29 (8.38%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (7.80%) Fixed Income
8 21 (6.07%) Robotics
9 18 (5.20%) Management Information System
10 16 (4.62%) FPGA
11 9 (2.60%) Reinsurance
12 8 (2.31%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
12 8 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (2.02%) Augmented Reality
13 7 (2.02%) Virtual Reality
14 6 (1.73%) PKI
15 5 (1.45%) Social Media
16 4 (1.16%) Anti-Piracy
16 4 (1.16%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 117 (33.82%) Linux
2 18 (5.20%) Windows
3 7 (2.02%) Unix
4 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.58%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (47.40%) Software Engineering
2 128 (36.99%) Low Latency
3 84 (24.28%) Computer Science
4 56 (16.18%) Agile
5 55 (15.90%) Fintech
6 42 (12.14%) CI/CD
6 42 (12.14%) Mathematics
6 42 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (11.27%) AI
7 39 (11.27%) SDLC
8 35 (10.12%) Multithreading
9 33 (9.54%) Analytics
9 33 (9.54%) Microservices
10 32 (9.25%) Test Automation
11 31 (8.96%) OOP
12 25 (7.23%) OO
13 24 (6.94%) Machine Learning
14 23 (6.65%) Continuous Integration
15 22 (6.36%) Process Improvement
16 21 (6.07%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 173 (50.00%) Python
2 91 (26.30%) Java
3 59 (17.05%) C
4 58 (16.76%) C#
5 48 (13.87%) Rust
6 47 (13.58%) SQL
7 25 (7.23%) JavaScript
8 21 (6.07%) Go
9 15 (4.34%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.47%) R
11 8 (2.31%) Julia
11 8 (2.31%) MATLAB
12 7 (2.02%) Bash
12 7 (2.02%) Scala
13 6 (1.73%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.45%) Erlang
14 5 (1.45%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (1.45%) PowerShell
15 4 (1.16%) Perl
16 3 (0.87%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 48 (13.87%) Degree
2 22 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 22 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.05%) DV Cleared
4 12 (3.47%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.89%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.60%) PhD
7 6 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.73%) OSCP
8 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.87%) CCSAM
9 3 (0.87%) CEH
9 3 (0.87%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.87%) GPEN
9 3 (0.87%) GXPN
9 3 (0.87%) OSCE
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.40%) QA
2 7 (2.02%) GDPR
3 5 (1.45%) ISO 20022
4 3 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.29%) EMIR
6 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (4.62%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) KVM
2 5 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.87%) Firmware
4 2 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 17 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.60%) Terraform
3 6 (1.73%) Grafana
3 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Argo
4 1 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 10 (2.89%) Palantir
2 9 (2.60%) FIS
2 9 (2.60%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.60%) SunGard
3 8 (2.31%) Google
4 5 (1.45%) Databricks
4 5 (1.45%) VMware
5 4 (1.16%) Solace
6 3 (0.87%) Blue Prism
6 3 (0.87%) EMC
7 2 (0.58%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.58%) HP
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle
8 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.29%) FactSet
8 1 (0.29%) FXall
8 1 (0.29%) OpenAI