C++ Job Trends in the South East

C++
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 77 104
Rank change year-on-year -43 +27 -30
Permanent jobs citing C++ 184 256 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.51% 3.57% 2.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.54% 10.72% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 142 156 339
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,625 £37,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £79,200
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,216 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.72% +10.36% -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 1,928 2,389 4,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.77% 33.34% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,481 1,554 3,726
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

C++ job vacancy trend in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

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 14 March 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
Thames Valley -41 64 £62,500 +4.17% 41
Hampshire -1 62 £70,000 - 55
Oxfordshire -11 31 £67,500 +8.00% 21
Surrey -29 31 £100,000 +42.86% 19
Berkshire -25 26 £55,000 +5.77% 15
Kent -38 13 £30,000 -52.00% 11
Isle of Wight - 10 £45,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire -9 7 £67,000 +11.67% 5
East Sussex - 3 £90,000 - 3
West Sussex -16 1 - - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.54%) Kinematics
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.59%) AWS
2 23 (12.50%) Azure
3 12 (6.52%) GCP
4 6 (3.26%) GitHub
5 5 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.63%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.63%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.63%) Serverless
7 3 (1.63%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.09%) Google Play
8 2 (1.09%) TestFlight
9 1 (0.54%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.35%) Wireless
2 4 (2.17%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (2.17%) SpaceWire
3 3 (1.63%) ATM
3 3 (1.63%) HTTP
3 3 (1.63%) RTP
3 3 (1.63%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.63%) VoIP
3 3 (1.63%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.09%) Network Security
5 1 (0.54%) Firewall
5 1 (0.54%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.26%) MySQL
2 4 (2.17%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.63%) GIS
3 3 (1.63%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.54%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 20 (10.87%) Git
2 7 (3.80%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.80%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (2.72%) GitLab
3 5 (2.72%) LabVIEW
3 5 (2.72%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.17%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.63%) JIRA
5 3 (1.63%) MLflow
5 3 (1.63%) Subversion
5 3 (1.63%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.09%) CMake
6 2 (1.09%) Xcode
7 1 (0.54%) TestRail
General
1 17 (9.24%) Finance
2 11 (5.98%) Military
3 10 (5.43%) Aerospace
4 9 (4.89%) Electronics
4 9 (4.89%) Manufacturing
4 9 (4.89%) Social Skills
5 5 (2.72%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.63%) Aviation
7 2 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.09%) Automotive
7 2 (1.09%) Games
7 2 (1.09%) Publishing
8 1 (0.54%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 104 (56.52%) Software Engineer
2 64 (34.78%) C++ Software Engineer
3 38 (20.65%) Developer
4 24 (13.04%) C++ Developer
5 21 (11.41%) Senior
6 19 (10.33%) Software Developer
7 17 (9.24%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (8.15%) Python Engineer
9 14 (7.61%) C++ Software Developer
9 14 (7.61%) Python Software Engineer
10 13 (7.07%) Lead
11 9 (4.89%) FPGA Engineer
11 9 (4.89%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 8 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
12 8 (4.35%) Graduate
13 7 (3.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 7 (3.80%) Head of Development
13 7 (3.80%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (3.80%) Principal Software Engineer
13 7 (3.80%) Software Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.50%) .NET
2 14 (7.61%) Qt
3 13 (7.07%) Unreal Engine
4 6 (3.26%) Django
5 4 (2.17%) Flask
6 3 (1.63%) CSS
6 3 (1.63%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (1.63%) Jinja
6 3 (1.63%) jQuery
6 3 (1.63%) OAuth
6 3 (1.63%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.63%) pytest
6 3 (1.63%) PyTorch
6 3 (1.63%) REST
6 3 (1.63%) RFC 2833
6 3 (1.63%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (1.63%) WebRTC
7 2 (1.09%) HTML
7 2 (1.09%) React
7 2 (1.09%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 12 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.98%) Client/Server
3 11 (5.98%) FPGA
4 8 (4.35%) VHDL
5 7 (3.80%) NVMe
5 7 (3.80%) PCIe
6 5 (2.72%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.17%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (1.63%) Animation
8 3 (1.63%) CUDA
8 3 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.63%) Life Science
8 3 (1.63%) Robotics
9 2 (1.09%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.09%) PMI
9 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.54%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.48%) Linux
2 7 (3.80%) Android
2 7 (3.80%) Windows
3 4 (2.17%) VxWorks
4 3 (1.63%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.09%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.09%) Unix
6 1 (0.54%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 31 (16.85%) Computer Science
3 24 (13.04%) Agile
4 19 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (10.33%) System Testing
5 18 (9.78%) CI/CD
6 17 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (8.15%) Test Automation
8 14 (7.61%) AI
8 14 (7.61%) DevOps
8 14 (7.61%) Machine Learning
8 14 (7.61%) Software Testing
9 12 (6.52%) Code Quality
10 11 (5.98%) Fintech
11 10 (5.43%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (5.43%) Validation
12 9 (4.89%) OOP
13 8 (4.35%) Multithreading
13 8 (4.35%) OO
13 8 (4.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 58 (31.52%) C
2 53 (28.80%) Python
3 39 (21.20%) C#
4 23 (12.50%) SQL
5 21 (11.41%) Java
6 11 (5.98%) Rust
7 7 (3.80%) Assembly Language
8 5 (2.72%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.72%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.17%) Bash
9 4 (2.17%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.63%) PHP
11 2 (1.09%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.09%) Julia
11 2 (1.09%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.09%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.09%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.54%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.54%) Fortran
12 1 (0.54%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 57 (30.98%) Degree
2 27 (14.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (10.87%) Master's Degree
4 19 (10.33%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.98%) PhD
6 9 (4.89%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.17%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.43%) QA
2 9 (4.89%) ISO 9001
3 6 (3.26%) ECSS
4 3 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) MISRA
System Software
1 14 (7.61%) Firmware
2 12 (6.52%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.98%) Docker
3 11 (5.98%) KVM
3 11 (5.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.80%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (1.63%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 12 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.63%) Ansible
2 3 (1.63%) Argo
2 3 (1.63%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.54%) WMI
Vendors
1 11 (5.98%) VMware
2 8 (4.35%) Xilinx
3 7 (3.80%) Altera
3 7 (3.80%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.63%) BT
4 3 (1.63%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.63%) Mitel
5 2 (1.09%) Apple
5 2 (1.09%) ESRI
5 2 (1.09%) Google
5 2 (1.09%) Mapbox
5 2 (1.09%) NVIDIA
5 2 (1.09%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.54%) EMC