C++ Jobs in the South East

C++
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 75 93
Rank change year-on-year -54 +18 -49
Permanent jobs citing C++ 203 584 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.13% 3.35% 3.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.20% 11.57% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 109 475 349
10th Percentile £39,500 £36,550 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,375 £76,250
90th Percentile £81,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £66,225 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.38% -11.11% -

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,475 5,048 5,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.96% 28.99% 40.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,697 4,033 3,705
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £68,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £82,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South East.

Salary trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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
Thames Valley -29 76 £52,000 -5.45% 540
Hampshire -6 64 £62,500 +4.17% 219
Berkshire -1 31 £50,000 - 321
Oxfordshire -4 30 £62,500 +13.64% 96
Surrey -40 24 £70,000 +16.67% 155
Kent +42 19 £60,000 +62.16% 121
Buckinghamshire +27 15 £60,000 -14.29% 130
East Sussex +13 9 - - 60
West Sussex +23 7 £55,000 -8.33% 68
Isle of Wight - 2 £45,000 - 1
Middlesex - 1 - - 1
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (1.48%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.99%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.46%) Simulink
2 4 (1.97%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.99%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.84%) Azure
2 20 (9.85%) AWS
3 18 (8.87%) Amazon EKS
3 18 (8.87%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.48%) GitHub
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.49%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.36%) Wireless
2 16 (7.88%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.97%) HTTP
4 4 (1.97%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.97%) VPN
5 2 (0.99%) Network Security
6 1 (0.49%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.87%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (5.42%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.97%) Metabase
3 4 (1.97%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.48%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.48%) Metadata
4 3 (1.48%) Pinecone
4 3 (1.48%) Weaviate
5 2 (0.99%) Big Data
5 2 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.99%) GIS
5 2 (0.99%) MySQL
5 2 (0.99%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.49%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.49%) Power BI
6 1 (0.49%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 25 (12.32%) Git
2 9 (4.43%) Subversion
3 7 (3.45%) MagicDraw
4 6 (2.96%) JIRA
5 4 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.97%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.48%) CMake
6 3 (1.48%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.48%) MLflow
7 2 (0.99%) GitLab
7 2 (0.99%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.99%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.49%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.49%) CruiseControl
8 1 (0.49%) GDB
8 1 (0.49%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.49%) Hudson
8 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.49%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 34 (16.75%) Aerospace
2 31 (15.27%) Electronics
3 29 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (11.33%) Finance
6 21 (10.34%) Social Skills
7 13 (6.40%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.97%) Aviation
9 4 (1.97%) Marketing
10 3 (1.48%) Military
11 2 (0.99%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.99%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 72 (35.47%) Software Engineer
2 55 (27.09%) Senior
3 38 (18.72%) Developer
4 34 (16.75%) Software Developer
5 29 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
6 26 (12.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 19 (9.36%) Senior Software Engineer
8 17 (8.37%) C++ Software Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) Lead
10 10 (4.93%) Graduate
10 10 (4.93%) Senior Developer
10 10 (4.93%) Senior Software Developer
11 8 (3.94%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 8 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (2.96%) Junior
12 6 (2.96%) Security Engineer
13 5 (2.46%) FPGA Engineer
13 5 (2.46%) Hardware Engineer
13 5 (2.46%) Junior Software Engineer
13 5 (2.46%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (17.24%) .NET
2 26 (12.81%) Node.js
3 22 (10.84%) HTML
4 20 (9.85%) Pandas
5 16 (7.88%) Qt
6 9 (4.43%) ASP.NET
7 8 (3.94%) XML
8 7 (3.45%) .NET Core
8 7 (3.45%) React
9 4 (1.97%) Kafka
9 4 (1.97%) Yocto
10 3 (1.48%) PyTorch
10 3 (1.48%) scikit-learn
10 3 (1.48%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.48%) WinForms
10 3 (1.48%) WPF
11 2 (0.99%) CSS
11 2 (0.99%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.99%) Redux
11 2 (0.99%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.21%) Embedded Systems
2 33 (16.26%) Algorithms
3 18 (8.87%) Cyberattack
4 16 (7.88%) e-Learning
4 16 (7.88%) MicroBlaze
4 16 (7.88%) RISC-V
5 15 (7.39%) FPGA
5 15 (7.39%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.96%) VHDL
7 5 (2.46%) CCTV
7 5 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.46%) Robotics
8 4 (1.97%) Acoustics
8 4 (1.97%) CPLD
8 4 (1.97%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.48%) 3D Graphics
10 2 (0.99%) ASIC
10 2 (0.99%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 82 (40.39%) Linux
2 25 (12.32%) Android
3 19 (9.36%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (6.90%) Unix
5 6 (2.96%) Windows
6 4 (1.97%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.99%) Rocky
8 1 (0.49%) Debian
8 1 (0.49%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (49.26%) Software Engineering
2 73 (35.96%) Mathematics
3 62 (30.54%) Computer Science
4 54 (26.60%) Agile
5 41 (20.20%) Physics
5 41 (20.20%) Software Testing
6 36 (17.73%) OO
7 33 (16.26%) Test Automation
8 32 (15.76%) Artificial Intelligence
8 32 (15.76%) Machine Learning
9 24 (11.82%) CI/CD
10 23 (11.33%) Validation
11 22 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
11 22 (10.84%) Signal Processing
12 21 (10.34%) Statistics
12 21 (10.34%) Verification and Validation
13 20 (9.85%) Line Management
13 20 (9.85%) OOP
14 19 (9.36%) Containerisation
14 19 (9.36%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 120 (59.11%) C
2 113 (55.67%) Python
3 64 (31.53%) Java
4 51 (25.12%) C#
5 44 (21.67%) JavaScript
6 40 (19.70%) Rust
7 37 (18.23%) SQL
8 34 (16.75%) MATLAB
9 22 (10.84%) Go
9 22 (10.84%) R
10 19 (9.36%) TypeScript
11 18 (8.87%) PHP
12 17 (8.37%) Ruby
13 16 (7.88%) Dart
14 13 (6.40%) Fortran
15 12 (5.91%) Bash
16 9 (4.43%) Embedded C++
17 8 (3.94%) Embedded C
18 6 (2.96%) Kotlin
19 5 (2.46%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 106 (52.22%) Degree
2 66 (32.51%) Security Cleared
3 39 (19.21%) SC Cleared
4 32 (15.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (15.76%) DV Cleared
5 25 (12.32%) Master's Degree
6 24 (11.82%) PhD
7 8 (3.94%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.97%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.97%) Dell Certification
9 4 (1.97%) MCP
9 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.49%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
1 2 (0.99%) Def Stans
1 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.99%) QA
2 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.49%) ECSS
System Software
1 24 (11.82%) Docker
1 24 (11.82%) Firmware
2 18 (8.87%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.99%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 24 (11.82%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.36%) Terraform
3 18 (8.87%) Ansible
4 3 (1.48%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.49%) Grafana
5 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (3.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.46%) EMC
3 4 (1.97%) Agilent
3 4 (1.97%) Dell
3 4 (1.97%) Siemens
4 3 (1.48%) NVIDIA
4 3 (1.48%) Red Hat
4 3 (1.48%) SAP
4 3 (1.48%) Xilinx
5 2 (0.99%) Cadence
6 1 (0.49%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.49%) Intel
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle