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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 96 | 118 | 64 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | -54 | +84 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 75 | 165 | 179 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 2.29% | 2.53% | 4.35% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.47% | 5.13% | 11.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 61 | 135 | 144 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,000 | £41,250 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71,250 | £71,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £66,206 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.34% | -4.00% | -3.85% |
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 | 1,004 | 3,214 | 1,627 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 30.72% | 49.29% | 39.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 569 | 1,111 | 969 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,574 | £35,000 | £36,450 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £42,500 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £67,500 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £84,056 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
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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 5 July 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 5 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +8 | 25 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 91 |
| Glasgow | +102 | 23 | £75,000 | +50.00% | 42 |
| Lanarkshire | 0 | 11 | £66,000 | - | |
| Fife | -23 | 4 | £51,250 | +2.50% | 6 |
| Aberdeen | +20 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| Aberdeenshire | +11 | 2 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 2 |
| West Lothian | -3 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
| Moray | - | 2 | - | - | |
| South Ayrshire | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Dundee | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| 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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