C++ Jobs in Portsmouth

C++
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 23 57
Rank change year-on-year -10 +34 +5
Permanent jobs citing C++ 22 35 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.33% 6.40% 1.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.46% 23.18% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3 33 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,000 £53,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £75,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +66.67% -
75th Percentile £55,375 £82,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,400 - £68,125
Hampshire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +33.33%

All Programming Languages
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 126 151 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 30.51% 27.61% 43.69%
Number of salaries quoted 73 136 136
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile - £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -4.35% -14.81%
75th Percentile £56,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,750 £82,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £54,700 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.55% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Portsmouth

C++
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for C++ in Portsmouth

C++
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Portsmouth

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) OrCAD
Communications & Networking
1 16 (72.73%) Software-Defined Radio
1 16 (72.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) MagicDraw
2 1 (4.55%) CMake
2 1 (4.55%) Eclipse
General
1 16 (72.73%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 17 (77.27%) Software Engineer
2 16 (72.73%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (72.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Development Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Test Development Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Embedded C++ Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) XML
2 2 (9.09%) .NET
2 2 (9.09%) .NET Core
2 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.55%) POCO
3 1 (4.55%) Qt
3 1 (4.55%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 16 (72.73%) e-Learning
1 16 (72.73%) Embedded Systems
1 16 (72.73%) MicroBlaze
1 16 (72.73%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Linux
2 16 (72.73%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Agile
2 17 (77.27%) Software Engineering
3 16 (72.73%) Digital Signal Processing
3 16 (72.73%) Innovative Thinking
3 16 (72.73%) Signal Processing
4 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.09%) CAD
5 2 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.09%) SysML
5 2 (9.09%) UML
6 1 (4.55%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.55%) DevSecOps
6 1 (4.55%) Mathematics
6 1 (4.55%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.55%) OO
6 1 (4.55%) OOP
6 1 (4.55%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (72.73%) C
2 4 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (9.09%) Pascal
3 2 (9.09%) VB
4 1 (4.55%) Embedded C++
4 1 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) SC Cleared
1 17 (77.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (72.73%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Atlassian
1 1 (4.55%) Intel