C++
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring C++ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 96 | 93 | 62 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -31 | +75 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 59 | 110 | 117 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 2.31% | 2.55% | 4.40% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 8.83% | 6.02% | 11.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 54 | 75 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,000 | £41,750 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £45,000 | £42,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £63,000 | £56,509 | £56,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.49% | +0.46% | -2.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71,250 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -4.00% | -1.73% |
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 | 668 | 1,826 | 1,032 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 26.16% | 42.33% | 38.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 237 | 700 | 827 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £34,875 | £35,733 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £42,875 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +0.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £67,747 | £71,966 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £78,750 | £80,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -3.85% | +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
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C++.
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Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 September 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 18 September 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 | -5 | 26 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 13 |
| Glasgow | +59 | 24 | £80,000 | +68.42% | 5 |
| Lanarkshire | -7 | 3 | £66,000 | - | |
| Aberdeen | +12 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Fife | 0 | 2 | £51,250 | +2.50% | 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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