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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 92 101
Rank change year-on-year -19 +9 -42
Permanent jobs citing C++ 30 59 116
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.77% 2.33% 2.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.44% 8.99% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 27 54 84
10th Percentile £58,500 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £63,000 £57,004
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +10.52% -0.86%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £62,188
90th Percentile - - £71,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -6.98%

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 466 656 2,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.99% 25.89% 44.15%
Number of salaries quoted 291 234 724
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,050 £68,114
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £79,083
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 11 September 2026.

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 11 September 2026. 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 -17 11 £85,000 +6.25% 13
West Lothian - 10 £67,500 - 2
Edinburgh -7 9 £65,000 +18.18% 15
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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Ethernet
1 9 (30.00%) RS-232
2 1 (3.33%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
General
1 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (6.67%) Electronics
2 1 (3.33%) Automotive
2 1 (3.33%) Finance
2 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 15 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 13 (43.33%) Embedded Engineer
4 9 (30.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (30.00%) Senior
4 9 (30.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (30.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Data Scientist
7 1 (3.33%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Junior
7 1 (3.33%) Junior Data Scientist
7 1 (3.33%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) Yocto
2 2 (6.67%) iOS SDK
3 1 (3.33%) GraphQL
3 1 (3.33%) gRPC
3 1 (3.33%) Kafka
3 1 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 3 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.67%) FPGA
3 2 (6.67%) VHDL
4 1 (3.33%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.33%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.33%) Robotics
4 1 (3.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) Linux
2 9 (30.00%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (6.67%) Android
3 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (30.00%) Agile
2 9 (30.00%) Scrum
3 2 (6.67%) Application Security
3 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.67%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (3.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (3.33%) Clean Code
4 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (3.33%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (3.33%) Device Driver Development
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (3.33%) Digital Twin
4 1 (3.33%) Event-Driven
4 1 (3.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 1 (3.33%) Prototyping
4 1 (3.33%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (3.33%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (3.33%) Test Planning
4 1 (3.33%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) C
2 13 (43.33%) Embedded C
3 4 (13.33%) Embedded C++
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (3.33%) C#
5 1 (3.33%) R
5 1 (3.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.33%) PhD
2 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Firmware
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Altera
1 1 (3.33%) Xilinx