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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 103 | 73 | 71 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -30 | -2 | +46 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 48 | 86 | 100 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | 1.73% | 2.60% | 4.19% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.98% | 8.03% | 10.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 45 | 49 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £45,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £47,500 | £44,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £66,250 | £66,875 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71,250 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +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 | 688 | 1,071 | 959 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 24.75% | 32.42% | 40.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 256 | 566 | 762 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £31,875 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £78,760 | £69,950 | £72,433 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,125 | £79,569 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
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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.
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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 15 November 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 15 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 | +2 | 22 | £80,000 | +70.21% | 4 |
| Edinburgh | 0 | 21 | £51,000 | -15.00% | 28 |
| West Lothian | -6 | 2 | £65,000 | - | 4 |
| South Ayrshire | - | 2 | £48,598 | - | |
| C++ UK |
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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: