Investment Banking C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer - Investment Banking
England > London

The median C++ Developer - Investment Banking salary in London is £170,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 509 574
Rank change year-on-year +118 +65 +342
Permanent jobs requiring an Investment Banking C++ Developer 20 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.004% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.004% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £119,000 - £120,000
25th Percentile - £125,000 £125,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £170,000 £130,000 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - +73.33%
75th Percentile - £135,000 £135,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £170,000 £130,000 £130,000
% change year-on-year +30.77% - +73.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,016 22,838 28,662
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 94.44% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,314 16,762 21,940
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,679 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,875 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Investment Banking C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Investment Banking C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Investment Banking C++ Developer in London

Investment Banking C++ Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Investment Banking C++ Developer in London

Investment Banking C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Investment Banking C++ Developer in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Investment Banking C++ Developer in London

Investment Banking C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Investment Banking C++ Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Investment Banking C++ Developer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) C++
1 20 (100.00%) Banking
1 20 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 19 (95.00%) Low Latency
3 16 (80.00%) Finance
4 15 (75.00%) C
4 15 (75.00%) FPGA
4 15 (75.00%) TCP/IP
4 15 (75.00%) Java
4 15 (75.00%) Linux
4 15 (75.00%) Agile
5 5 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (25.00%) Front Office
6 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (20.00%) Order Management
6 4 (20.00%) Code Quality
6 4 (20.00%) Concurrent Programming
6 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (20.00%) Multithreading
7 1 (5.00%) Fintech
7 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Python
7 1 (5.00%) Derivative

Investment Banking C++ Developer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 20 (100.00%) Banking
1 20 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 16 (80.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Front Office
4 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) FPGA
2 5 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Low Latency
2 15 (75.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 4 (20.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 4 (20.00%) Order Management
3 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.00%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C++
2 15 (75.00%) C
2 15 (75.00%) Java
3 1 (5.00%) Python