Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 11 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 11 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C++
England > South East
6 months to
11 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 71 43 36
Rank change year-on-year -28 -7 +1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 498 1,141 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.00% 5.54% 6.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.11% 9.90% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 376 980 1,409
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,707 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,625 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +4.55% +4.76%

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 7,007 11,526 14,744
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 56.29% 56.00% 55.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,870 9,899 12,830
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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 11 April 2021.

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 11 April 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
Thames Valley -21 177 £55,000 +10.00% 67
Hampshire -33 123 £50,000 - 33
Berkshire -8 84 £55,000 - 31
Surrey -18 78 £52,500 +5.00% 34
Oxfordshire -13 74 £49,898 +16.46% 26
West Sussex -19 74 £47,500 -13.64% 16
East Sussex +22 23 £50,000 - 12
Buckinghamshire +22 19 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Kent +6 16 £45,000 - 17
Middlesex - 1 £40,000 -
C++
England

For the 6 months to 11 April 2021, IT jobs citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for C++.

1 251 (50.40%) Software Engineering
2 171 (34.34%) Degree
3 164 (32.93%) C
4 159 (31.93%) C#
5 156 (31.33%) Java
6 153 (30.72%) Python
7 148 (29.72%) Agile Software Development
8 124 (24.90%) Computer Science
9 123 (24.70%) Linux
10 94 (18.88%) SQL
11 87 (17.47%) Windows
12 82 (16.47%) Docker
13 76 (15.26%) .NET
14 75 (15.06%) Git (software)
15 74 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
16 69 (13.86%) Test Automation
17 67 (13.45%) Azure
18 65 (13.05%) OO
18 65 (13.05%) Computer Science Degree
19 61 (12.25%) Algorithms
19 61 (12.25%) JavaScript
19 61 (12.25%) AngularJS
20 56 (11.24%) Finance
20 56 (11.24%) Scrum
21 55 (11.04%) Electronics
22 52 (10.44%) Microsoft
23 48 (9.64%) Android
23 48 (9.64%) React
24 47 (9.44%) Unit Testing
24 47 (9.44%) SQL Server

C++
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.41%) Confluence
2 4 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.40%) IIS
3 2 (0.40%) SAS
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Pig
4 1 (0.20%) DNN
4 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
Applications
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.80%) Simulink
3 1 (0.20%) Quicktime
Cloud Services
1 67 (13.45%) Azure
2 32 (6.43%) AWS
3 25 (5.02%) Google Play
4 18 (3.61%) GCP
5 11 (2.21%) SaaS
6 8 (1.61%) Apigee
7 7 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.20%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.60%) GitHub
9 3 (0.60%) IaaS
9 3 (0.60%) PaaS
10 2 (0.40%) IBM Cloud
10 2 (0.40%) Serverless
10 2 (0.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.20%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.20%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.20%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.41%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.61%) Software-Defined Radio
3 12 (2.41%) Wireless
4 8 (1.61%) Ethernet
5 5 (1.00%) Bluetooth
5 5 (1.00%) HTTP
5 5 (1.00%) Internet
5 5 (1.00%) LAN
5 5 (1.00%) Network Security
5 5 (1.00%) SpaceWire
5 5 (1.00%) VSAT
6 4 (0.80%) Broadband
6 4 (0.80%) DNS
6 4 (0.80%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.60%) Firewall
8 2 (0.40%) BGP
8 2 (0.40%) FTP
8 2 (0.40%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.40%) SAN
8 2 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.44%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.02%) Redis
3 17 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.21%) Neo4j
5 15 (3.01%) Relational Database
6 14 (2.81%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.01%) Apache Cassandra
8 9 (1.81%) RethinkDB
9 7 (1.41%) Big Data
9 7 (1.41%) MySQL
10 5 (1.00%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.40%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.20%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.20%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.20%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.20%) GIS
12 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.20%) Impala
12 1 (0.20%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.20%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 75 (15.06%) Git (software)
2 29 (5.82%) JIRA
3 25 (5.02%) Visual Studio
4 21 (4.22%) Subversion
5 18 (3.61%) Eclipse
6 11 (2.21%) Jenkins
7 6 (1.20%) Bugzilla
7 6 (1.20%) CruiseControl
7 6 (1.20%) Gemini Tracker
7 6 (1.20%) Hudson
7 6 (1.20%) TestRail
7 6 (1.20%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 4 (0.80%) CMake
8 4 (0.80%) Moq
8 4 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.60%) GDB
9 3 (0.60%) Gradle
9 3 (0.60%) Selenium
9 3 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.60%) Xcode
General
1 56 (11.24%) Finance
2 55 (11.04%) Electronics
3 23 (4.62%) Manufacturing
4 22 (4.42%) Telecoms
5 16 (3.21%) Marketing
6 12 (2.41%) Games
6 12 (2.41%) Public Sector
7 8 (1.61%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.61%) Military
8 5 (1.00%) Legal
9 4 (0.80%) Automotive
9 4 (0.80%) Law
10 2 (0.40%) Retail
11 1 (0.20%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.20%) Front Office
11 1 (0.20%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 185 (37.15%) Developer
2 165 (33.13%) Software Engineer
3 67 (13.45%) C++ Software Engineer
4 47 (9.44%) C++ Developer
5 42 (8.43%) Embedded Engineer
6 38 (7.63%) Senior Software Engineer
7 37 (7.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 32 (6.43%) Mobile Developer
8 32 (6.43%) Software Developer
9 29 (5.82%) C# Developer
10 25 (5.02%) C# Software Engineer
11 20 (4.02%) .NET Developer
12 19 (3.82%) C# .NET Developer
12 19 (3.82%) Senior Developer
13 18 (3.61%) Senior C# Software Engineer
14 13 (2.61%) .NET Software Engineer
14 13 (2.61%) Computer Engineer
14 13 (2.61%) Computer Vision Engineer
14 13 (2.61%) Java Developer
15 12 (2.41%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (15.26%) .NET
2 61 (12.25%) AngularJS
3 48 (9.64%) React
4 39 (7.83%) .NET Framework
5 34 (6.83%) .NET Core
6 33 (6.63%) HTML
7 31 (6.22%) CSS
8 30 (6.02%) Node.js
9 29 (5.82%) REST
10 28 (5.62%) Qt
10 28 (5.62%) WPF
11 24 (4.82%) Entity Framework
12 23 (4.62%) RabbitMQ
13 20 (4.02%) ASP.NET
14 19 (3.82%) gRPC
15 18 (3.61%) Vue.js
16 17 (3.41%) HTML5
16 17 (3.41%) Kafka
17 16 (3.21%) LINQ
18 15 (3.01%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 61 (12.25%) Algorithms
2 35 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (6.43%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 29 (5.82%) Mobile App
5 26 (5.22%) Embedded Systems
6 22 (4.42%) Data Structures
7 20 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.82%) Device Driver
9 17 (3.41%) VHDL
10 14 (2.81%) User Experience
11 11 (2.21%) Verilog
12 10 (2.01%) Client/Server
12 10 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.81%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.81%) Derivative
13 9 (1.81%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.81%) LIMS
14 7 (1.41%) Management Information System
14 7 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
15 6 (1.20%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 123 (24.70%) Linux
2 87 (17.47%) Windows
3 48 (9.64%) Android
4 42 (8.43%) Apple iOS
5 24 (4.82%) Embedded Linux
5 24 (4.82%) Unix
6 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.00%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.80%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.20%) CentOS
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (50.40%) Software Engineering
2 148 (29.72%) Agile Software Development
3 124 (24.90%) Computer Science
4 74 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (13.86%) Test Automation
6 65 (13.05%) OO
7 56 (11.24%) Scrum
8 47 (9.44%) Unit Testing
9 44 (8.84%) DevOps
10 43 (8.63%) Continuous Integration
10 43 (8.63%) Multithreading
10 43 (8.63%) Software Testing
11 42 (8.43%) Mathematics
11 42 (8.43%) TDD
12 39 (7.83%) Microservices
13 34 (6.83%) Physics
14 31 (6.22%) Mobile Development
15 30 (6.02%) Android Development
15 30 (6.02%) OOD
16 27 (5.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 164 (32.93%) C
2 159 (31.93%) C#
3 156 (31.33%) Java
4 153 (30.72%) Python
5 94 (18.88%) SQL
6 61 (12.25%) JavaScript
7 41 (8.23%) Go
8 31 (6.22%) Objective-C
9 25 (5.02%) Embedded C++
10 20 (4.02%) Embedded C
11 18 (3.61%) VB
12 15 (3.01%) MATLAB
13 11 (2.21%) VC++
14 9 (1.81%) Perl
15 8 (1.61%) Ruby
16 7 (1.41%) F#
17 5 (1.00%) Bash Shell
17 5 (1.00%) Tcl
17 5 (1.00%) TypeScript
17 5 (1.00%) XAML
Qualifications
1 171 (34.34%) Degree
2 65 (13.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (7.63%) Security Cleared
4 26 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 20 (4.02%) PhD
6 13 (2.61%) Numerate Degree
7 6 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.60%) HNC
9 3 (0.60%) HND
9 3 (0.60%) ISEB
9 3 (0.60%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.40%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.40%) CCNA
10 2 (0.40%) CCNP
10 2 (0.40%) CISA
10 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.40%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.41%) QA
2 7 (1.41%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
3 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.20%) JTAG
System Software
1 82 (16.47%) Docker
2 24 (4.82%) Firmware
3 9 (1.81%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) GPFS
5 2 (0.40%) NFS
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (8.03%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.00%) Ansible
3 4 (0.80%) FlexNet
3 4 (0.80%) Terraform
4 2 (0.40%) Puppet
4 2 (0.40%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.40%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 2 (0.40%) vRealize
Vendors
1 52 (10.44%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.83%) Google
3 22 (4.42%) Apple
4 16 (3.21%) VMware
5 12 (2.41%) SAP
6 10 (2.01%) Xamarin
7 8 (1.61%) ANSYS
7 8 (1.61%) Bloomberg
7 8 (1.61%) Xilinx
8 6 (1.20%) Perforce
8 6 (1.20%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.00%) Cisco
10 4 (0.80%) Altera
10 4 (0.80%) IBM
10 4 (0.80%) Sun
11 3 (0.60%) Oracle
12 2 (0.40%) Agilent
12 2 (0.40%) NetApp
12 2 (0.40%) Salesforce.com
12 2 (0.40%) Veritas