C++ Job Trends in Scotland

C++
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 64 71
Rank change year-on-year -49 +7 +55
Permanent jobs citing C++ 47 86 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.70% 2.64% 4.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.71% 8.12% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43 47 96
10th Percentile - £45,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £48,125 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile - £71,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.34% -1.54%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 700 1,059 934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.38% 32.54% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 232 565 767
10th Percentile £28,025 £31,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,077 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,100 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.45%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

C++ job vacancy trend in Scotland

C++
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Scotland

C++
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Glasgow +5 24 £80,000 +70.21%
Edinburgh -5 18 £51,000 -15.00% 26
South Ayrshire - 2 £48,598 -
West Lothian -6 1 £65,000 -1.89% 8
C++
UK

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.38%) AWS
1 3 (6.38%) Azure
1 3 (6.38%) GCP
2 2 (4.26%) AWS IoT
3 1 (2.13%) Datadog
3 1 (2.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.66%) Bluetooth
2 12 (25.53%) RS-232
3 11 (23.40%) Wireless
4 3 (6.38%) Ethernet
5 2 (4.26%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (4.26%) Modbus
5 2 (4.26%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (2.13%) CockroachDB
1 1 (2.13%) Couchbase
1 1 (2.13%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.13%) MySQL
1 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Git
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.13%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (2.13%) Rational Statemate
General
1 13 (27.66%) Electronics
2 4 (8.51%) Finance
3 3 (6.38%) Legal
3 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Agriculture
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Avionics
4 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.26%) Marketing
4 2 (4.26%) Military
4 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (36.17%) Architect
2 17 (36.17%) Firmware Architect
2 17 (36.17%) Software Engineer
3 14 (29.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) Senior
5 5 (10.64%) Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Firmware Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) C++ Developer
7 3 (6.38%) Software Architect
8 2 (4.26%) Development Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Development Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Blockchain Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Lead
9 1 (2.13%) Principal Software Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Kafka
1 1 (2.13%) Memcached
1 1 (2.13%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.26%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (4.26%) Blockchain
2 2 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (4.26%) IoT
3 1 (2.13%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Android
1 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.13%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (51.06%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (48.94%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (46.81%) Software Engineering
4 18 (38.30%) Mentoring
5 5 (10.64%) Agile
6 4 (8.51%) SDLC
7 3 (6.38%) Computer Science
8 2 (4.26%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (4.26%) Code Quality
8 2 (4.26%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (4.26%) Data Acquisition
8 2 (4.26%) Data Science
8 2 (4.26%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (4.26%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (4.26%) Hazard Analysis
8 2 (4.26%) Mobile Development
8 2 (4.26%) Programme Management
8 2 (4.26%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (4.26%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 19 (40.43%) C
2 5 (10.64%) Python
3 4 (8.51%) C#
4 2 (4.26%) Ada
4 2 (4.26%) Bash
4 2 (4.26%) Java
5 1 (2.13%) Embedded C
5 1 (2.13%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.13%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.13%) Rust
5 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) JTAG
System Software
1 34 (72.34%) Firmware
2 13 (27.66%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Google
1 2 (4.26%) NVIDIA
1 2 (4.26%) SAP
2 1 (2.13%) Green Hills
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle
2 1 (2.13%) Splunk
2 1 (2.13%) Sybase