C++ Jobs in Scotland

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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 127 72
Rank change year-on-year +35 -55 +73
Permanent jobs citing C++ 79 172 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.68% 2.57% 3.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.94% 4.59% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 62 153 144
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +13.21% +6.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £66,200 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.33% -7.69% -

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 995 3,748 1,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 33.71% 56.07% 42.62%
Number of salaries quoted 735 1,139 1,106
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,700 £80,000 £87,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Scotland

C++
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Scotland.

Salary trend for C++ in Scotland

C++
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 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 -12 22 £55,000 -8.33% 48
Lanarkshire +1 17 £66,000 - 8
Glasgow +133 16 £75,000 +21.95% 25
West Lothian +10 8 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Aberdeenshire - 5 £62,500 - 2
Fife -25 4 £51,250 +2.50%
Aberdeen +24 2 - - 9
Moray - 2 - -
Dundee +9 1 - - 16
South Ayrshire - 1 - -
C++
UK

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.27%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.59%) Azure
2 5 (6.33%) GitHub
3 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.27%) AWS
4 1 (1.27%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.66%) Modbus
2 9 (11.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.80%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.53%) Bluetooth
4 2 (2.53%) RS-232
5 1 (1.27%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (1.27%) MQTT
5 1 (1.27%) Multicast
5 1 (1.27%) RTP
5 1 (1.27%) RTSP
5 1 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.27%) MySQL
2 1 (1.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (25.32%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.53%) Git
2 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.53%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.27%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.27%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (1.27%) GitLab
3 1 (1.27%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.27%) Subversion
General
1 17 (21.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.92%) Finance
4 10 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.39%) Electronics
6 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.27%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.27%) Legal
8 1 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Military
8 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.27%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 42 (53.16%) Senior
2 36 (45.57%) Software Engineer
3 21 (26.58%) Embedded Engineer
4 17 (21.52%) Developer
5 14 (17.72%) Java Developer
6 13 (16.46%) Architect
6 13 (16.46%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 12 (15.19%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (13.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (12.66%) Firmware Engineer
9 10 (12.66%) Senior Architect
9 10 (12.66%) Senior Developer
9 10 (12.66%) Senior Firmware Engineer
9 10 (12.66%) Senior Java Developer
9 10 (12.66%) Senior Software Architect
9 10 (12.66%) Senior Systems Architect
9 10 (12.66%) Software Architect
9 10 (12.66%) Systems Architect
10 9 (11.39%) C++ Developer
10 9 (11.39%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.19%) CSS
1 12 (15.19%) HTML
2 10 (12.66%) .NET
2 10 (12.66%) .NET Framework
2 10 (12.66%) Middleware
3 7 (8.86%) MFC
4 4 (5.06%) REST
4 4 (5.06%) WebSockets
5 1 (1.27%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.27%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.27%) JSP
5 1 (1.27%) Node.js
5 1 (1.27%) OpenCV
5 1 (1.27%) OpenVINO
5 1 (1.27%) React
5 1 (1.27%) RESTful
5 1 (1.27%) WPF
5 1 (1.27%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Embedded Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Product Ownership
2 9 (11.39%) Device Driver
3 6 (7.59%) Algorithms
4 5 (6.33%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (6.33%) Robotics
5 4 (5.06%) Data Structures
5 4 (5.06%) Life Science
5 4 (5.06%) Virtual Team
6 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.53%) IoT
7 2 (2.53%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (1.27%) Digital Signage
8 1 (1.27%) GNSS
8 1 (1.27%) IPTV
8 1 (1.27%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.27%) Lidar
8 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.27%) MPEG
8 1 (1.27%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 27 (34.18%) Linux
2 16 (20.25%) Windows
3 12 (15.19%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (6.33%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (5.06%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.80%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.53%) Android
7 2 (2.53%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.27%) Rocky
8 1 (1.27%) Unix
8 1 (1.27%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (62.03%) Software Engineering
2 24 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (27.85%) Agile
3 22 (27.85%) Mentoring
4 19 (24.05%) Multithreading
4 19 (24.05%) OO
4 19 (24.05%) Software Architecture
5 16 (20.25%) CI/CD
5 16 (20.25%) Computer Science
6 14 (17.72%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (13.92%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (12.66%) Microservices
8 10 (12.66%) SOA
9 9 (11.39%) Continuous Deployment
9 9 (11.39%) Unit Testing
10 7 (8.86%) Mathematics
11 6 (7.59%) Scrum
11 6 (7.59%) Software Testing
11 6 (7.59%) Test Automation
12 5 (6.33%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 44 (55.70%) C
2 35 (44.30%) Java
3 15 (18.99%) Python
4 14 (17.72%) SQL
5 13 (16.46%) C#
6 6 (7.59%) JavaScript
6 6 (7.59%) Objective-C
7 4 (5.06%) Rust
8 2 (2.53%) Bash
8 2 (2.53%) Embedded C
8 2 (2.53%) Embedded C++
8 2 (2.53%) Kotlin
9 1 (1.27%) Ada
9 1 (1.27%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.27%) Perl
9 1 (1.27%) PHP
9 1 (1.27%) Swift
9 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (30.38%) Degree
2 11 (13.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (8.86%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.27%) IEC 62304
1 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.27%) JTAG
1 1 (1.27%) MISRA
System Software
1 16 (20.25%) Firmware
2 13 (16.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (6.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.27%) Google
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.27%) NVIDIA
1 1 (1.27%) Red Hat
1 1 (1.27%) SAP