Senior C++ Developer Jobs in London

Senior C++ Developer
England > London

The median Senior C++ Developer salary in London is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 496 600
Rank change year-on-year +140 +104 +163
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Developer 44 11 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.047% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.050% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 17
10th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £75,500
25th Percentile £101,875 - £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £125,000 £122,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £130,000 - £140,000
90th Percentile - £132,500 £156,000
England median annual salary £120,000 £85,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -15.00% -20.00%

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 11,467 22,216 33,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.11% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,483 16,715 24,685
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,112 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior C++ Developer in London

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior C++ Developer in London

Senior C++ Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C++ Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 - 6 £127,500 - 5
Senior C++ Developer
England

Senior C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior C++ Developer in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) C++
2 41 (93.18%) Low Latency
2 41 (93.18%) Linux
2 41 (93.18%) Python
3 37 (84.09%) Hedge funds
4 36 (81.82%) Equities
5 22 (50.00%) Multithreading
6 20 (45.45%) Algorithms
7 17 (38.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 17 (38.64%) Finance
7 17 (38.64%) OOP
8 16 (36.36%) Front Office
9 15 (34.09%) Data Structures
9 15 (34.09%) Order Management
10 14 (31.82%) Management Information System
10 14 (31.82%) OO
10 14 (31.82%) Test Automation
11 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
12 5 (11.36%) Derivative
12 5 (11.36%) Banking
13 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
13 4 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
13 4 (9.09%) Multicast
14 3 (6.82%) pytest
14 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
14 3 (6.82%) QA
14 3 (6.82%) Continuous Integration
14 3 (6.82%) Degree
14 3 (6.82%) JIRA
14 3 (6.82%) Agile

Senior 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 4 (9.09%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (38.64%) Finance
2 16 (36.36%) Front Office
3 5 (11.36%) Banking
4 2 (4.55%) Advertising
4 2 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (38.64%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (6.82%) pytest
4 1 (2.27%) Flask
4 1 (2.27%) Motif
4 1 (2.27%) React
4 1 (2.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (84.09%) Hedge funds
2 36 (81.82%) Equities
3 20 (45.45%) Algorithms
4 15 (34.09%) Data Structures
5 14 (31.82%) Management Information System
6 5 (11.36%) Derivative
7 3 (6.82%) Fixed Income
7 3 (6.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (2.27%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (2.27%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 41 (93.18%) Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (93.18%) Low Latency
2 22 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 17 (38.64%) OOP
4 15 (34.09%) Order Management
5 14 (31.82%) OO
5 14 (31.82%) Test Automation
6 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
7 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.82%) Agile
8 3 (6.82%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (6.82%) Software Engineering
8 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (6.82%) Workflow
9 2 (4.55%) Analytics
9 2 (4.55%) Curve Construction
9 2 (4.55%) High-Frequency Trading
9 2 (4.55%) Physics
9 2 (4.55%) Risk Management
9 2 (4.55%) Stochastic Calculus
9 2 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (100.00%) C++
2 41 (93.18%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) Bash
3 1 (2.27%) C
3 1 (2.27%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.82%) Degree
2 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.55%) PhD
3 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.27%) Bloomberg
1 1 (2.27%) Reuters