C++ Jobs in London

C++
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 153 123
Rank change year-on-year -70 -30 -17
Permanent jobs citing C++ 330 840 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.40% 2.44% 3.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.48% 4.92% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 244 648 938
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £51,579
25th Percentile £66,875 £60,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £84,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% -11.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £125,000 £121,250 £132,500
90th Percentile £148,500 £153,000 £185,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
London

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,474 17,061 40,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.15% 49.60% 60.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,597 12,637 18,873
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £128,750 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in London

C++
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in London.

Salary trend for C++ in London

C++
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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 +13 63 £102,500 +36.67% 18
West London -13 4 £50,000 -13.04% 22
South London -5 3 £62,500 +38.89% 9
East London +18 1 £120,000 +41.18% 5
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.64%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.82%) Apache
3 3 (0.91%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.91%) Hyperledger
4 2 (0.61%) WinCC
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.27%) AWS
2 28 (8.48%) Azure
3 12 (3.64%) Pulumi
4 9 (2.73%) Sentry
5 6 (1.82%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.52%) GCP
6 5 (1.52%) GitHub
6 5 (1.52%) PaaS
6 5 (1.52%) SaaS
7 4 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.91%) Azure App Service
8 3 (0.91%) Azure Functions
8 3 (0.91%) Serverless
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.61%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.61%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.52%) DNS
3 4 (1.21%) Network Security
3 4 (1.21%) VoIP
4 3 (0.91%) Firewall
4 3 (0.91%) HTTP
5 2 (0.61%) Internet
5 2 (0.61%) SSL
6 1 (0.30%) FTP
6 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.30%) Multicast
6 1 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.94%) NoSQL
2 13 (3.94%) Redis
3 9 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.12%) KDB
4 7 (2.12%) Kdb+
4 7 (2.12%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.82%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.52%) Big Data
6 5 (1.52%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.21%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.91%) MySQL
8 3 (0.91%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.91%) Tick Data
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 16 (4.85%) Git
1 16 (4.85%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.94%) GitLab
3 5 (1.52%) JIRA
4 4 (1.21%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.91%) GDB
6 2 (0.61%) Gradle
6 2 (0.61%) Maven
6 2 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.30%) Ant
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.30%) git-flow
7 1 (0.30%) JUnit
7 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
7 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.30%) Xcode
7 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 114 (34.55%) Finance
2 52 (15.76%) Social Skills
3 49 (14.85%) Front Office
4 32 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.24%) Banking
6 11 (3.33%) Games
7 7 (2.12%) Electronics
7 7 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.52%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.21%) Wearables
10 3 (0.91%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.91%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.61%) Advertising
11 2 (0.61%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.61%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.61%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (40.30%) Developer
2 78 (23.64%) Software Engineer
3 71 (21.52%) Senior
4 69 (20.91%) C++ Developer
5 38 (11.52%) Lead
6 34 (10.30%) Quantitative Developer
7 30 (9.09%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 29 (8.79%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (6.97%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (6.67%) Cloud Native Engineer
10 22 (6.67%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 22 (6.67%) Java Developer
11 21 (6.36%) C++ Software Engineer
12 20 (6.06%) Senior Developer
13 19 (5.76%) Analyst
14 17 (5.15%) Python Developer
15 15 (4.55%) C++ Quantitative Developer
15 15 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
16 14 (4.24%) C++/Java Developer
17 13 (3.94%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.39%) .NET
2 13 (3.94%) React
3 12 (3.64%) FastAPI
4 11 (3.33%) FIX Protocol
5 9 (2.73%) PyTorch
6 8 (2.42%) Django
7 5 (1.52%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.52%) HTML
7 5 (1.52%) OpenGL
7 5 (1.52%) Qt
7 5 (1.52%) RESTful
7 5 (1.52%) Web Services
8 4 (1.21%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.21%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (1.21%) DirectX
8 4 (1.21%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.21%) Kafka
8 4 (1.21%) STL
8 4 (1.21%) TensorFlow
8 4 (1.21%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.24%) Hedge funds
2 42 (12.73%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (12.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 34 (10.30%) FPGA
5 33 (10.00%) Equities
6 30 (9.09%) Algorithms
7 27 (8.18%) Cloud Native
8 24 (7.27%) Legacy Code
9 15 (4.55%) Fixed Income
10 14 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (3.94%) Data Structures
12 11 (3.33%) Derivative
13 10 (3.03%) PKI
14 9 (2.73%) IoT
15 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (2.12%) CUDA
16 7 (2.12%) Robotics
17 6 (1.82%) Mobile App
17 6 (1.82%) Ray Tracing
17 6 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 115 (34.85%) Linux
2 16 (4.85%) Unix
2 16 (4.85%) Windows
3 13 (3.94%) Android
4 11 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.12%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.82%) Debian
7 5 (1.52%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.30%) AIX
9 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.30%) VMS
9 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (40.30%) Software Engineering
2 79 (23.94%) Computer Science
3 68 (20.61%) Low Latency
4 61 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (13.94%) Mathematics
6 45 (13.64%) Agile
7 39 (11.82%) Multithreading
8 35 (10.61%) DevOps
9 31 (9.39%) CI/CD
10 29 (8.79%) Physics
11 27 (8.18%) Analytics
11 27 (8.18%) SDLC
12 26 (7.88%) Data Science
13 24 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence
13 24 (7.27%) Machine Learning
13 24 (7.27%) OO
14 23 (6.97%) Quantitative Research
15 22 (6.67%) Algorithmic Trading
16 21 (6.36%) Fintech
17 20 (6.06%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 189 (57.27%) Python
2 111 (33.64%) Java
3 97 (29.39%) C
4 64 (19.39%) C#
5 52 (15.76%) SQL
6 47 (14.24%) Rust
7 40 (12.12%) Go
8 16 (4.85%) Bash
8 16 (4.85%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.03%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.73%) R
11 7 (2.12%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.12%) TypeScript
12 6 (1.82%) Scala
13 5 (1.52%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.21%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.21%) Perl
14 4 (1.21%) Ruby
15 3 (0.91%) Solidity
15 3 (0.91%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (31.21%) Degree
2 46 (13.94%) Master's Degree
3 31 (9.39%) PhD
4 28 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.24%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.73%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.21%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.61%) HNC
8 2 (0.61%) HND
8 2 (0.61%) ISEB
8 2 (0.61%) MCAD
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CEH
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.91%) QA
2 2 (0.61%) GDPR
2 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
2 2 (0.61%) IEC 62304
2 2 (0.61%) ISO 13485
2 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.61%) NIST
2 2 (0.61%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.30%) JTAG
System Software
1 28 (8.48%) Docker
2 6 (1.82%) Firmware
3 4 (1.21%) Ceph
3 4 (1.21%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.30%) OpenSIPS
5 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 53 (16.06%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.45%) Grafana
3 16 (4.85%) Terraform
4 8 (2.42%) Ansible
5 4 (1.21%) Knative
5 4 (1.21%) Progress Chef
5 4 (1.21%) Puppet
6 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.61%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.61%) Kibana
7 2 (0.61%) Wonderware InTouch
8 1 (0.30%) Istio
8 1 (0.30%) logstash
8 1 (0.30%) Nagios
8 1 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.30%) Podman
8 1 (0.30%) Salt
Vendors
1 27 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.24%) Google
3 6 (1.82%) NVIDIA
4 5 (1.52%) Oracle
4 5 (1.52%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.21%) Apple
6 3 (0.91%) Facebook
6 3 (0.91%) Siemens
7 2 (0.61%) AVEVA
7 2 (0.61%) Rockwell
7 2 (0.61%) Splunk
7 2 (0.61%) Wonderware
8 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.30%) F5
8 1 (0.30%) Imperva
8 1 (0.30%) Meraki
8 1 (0.30%) New Relic
8 1 (0.30%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.30%) Vertica
8 1 (0.30%) VMware