C++
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 114 | 116 | 101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -15 | +46 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 85 | 120 | 118 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 1.74% | 3.01% | 2.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.09% | 6.00% | 5.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 47 | 112 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £32,500 | £43,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,125 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +18.18% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £75,000 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £66,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £64,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.56% | -1.54% | +4.00% |
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 | 1,199 | 2,001 | 2,172 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 24.50% | 50.11% | 49.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 641 | 904 | 1,320 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £57,500 | £57,905 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -0.70% | +10.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £72,433 | £74,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £82,548 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Scotland.
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Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.
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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 23 January 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 |
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| Edinburgh | +5 | 25 | £58,254 | -10.38% | 31 |
| West Lothian | -32 | 17 | £58,750 | +67.86% | 9 |
| Glasgow | +68 | 15 | £60,500 | -6.92% | 13 |
| Lanarkshire | - | 9 | £75,000 | - | 6 |
| Aberdeenshire | +5 | 6 | £62,500 | +140.38% | 2 |
| Fife | -24 | 4 | - | - | |
| Moray | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Dundee | +3 | 2 | £61,250 | +11.36% | 1 |
| South Ayrshire | - | 2 | - | - | |
| East Ayrshire | - | 1 | - | - | |
| C++ UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:
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