STL Job Trends in London

Standard Template Library (STL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring STL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 446 448
Rank change year-on-year +67 +2 +344
Permanent jobs citing STL 2 3 26
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.017% 0.017% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.069% 0.063% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 15
10th Percentile - - £33,500
25th Percentile £110,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £75,000 £140,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -46.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £130,000 £87,500 £170,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,909 4,770 6,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.82% 26.54% 30.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,957 3,141 5,301
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £113,750 £112,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing STL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

STL job vacancy trend in London

STL
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing STL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing STL

STL
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Economy
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Product Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Qualtrics