Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 18 January 2022

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 18 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C++
England > South East
6 months to
18 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 70 60 40
Rank change year-on-year -10 -20 -6
Permanent jobs citing C++ 738 450 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.16% 4.58% 5.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.01% 7.85% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 422 332 1,130
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,300 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -

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 9,214 5,735 12,651
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.99% 58.37% 54.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,589 5,013 10,910
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,275
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 18 January 2022.

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 18 January 2022. 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 -6 270 £55,000 - 75
Hampshire -12 238 £45,000 -10.00% 50
Berkshire +11 130 £55,000 -6.38% 28
Oxfordshire 0 116 £55,000 +4.76% 36
Surrey -12 109 £57,500 +2.22% 31
Kent -16 55 £55,000 +22.22% 8
West Sussex -23 36 £47,500 - 12
Buckinghamshire -49 24 £52,500 -4.55% 11
East Sussex -17 13 £40,000 -38.46% 11
Sussex -1 6 £60,000 +14.29%
Isle of Wight - 6 £40,000 - 1
Middlesex -2 2 - -
C++
England

For the 6 months to 18 January 2022, 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++.

1 467 (63.28%) Software Engineering
2 414 (56.10%) C
3 362 (49.05%) Python
4 331 (44.85%) C#
5 302 (40.92%) Linux
6 288 (39.02%) Computer Science
7 281 (38.08%) Degree
8 264 (35.77%) Agile Software Development
9 236 (31.98%) Java
10 169 (22.90%) JavaScript
11 156 (21.14%) Social Skills
12 131 (17.75%) Git (software)
13 130 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
14 128 (17.34%) DevOps
15 127 (17.21%) Mathematics
16 126 (17.07%) Test Automation
16 126 (17.07%) Algorithms
17 124 (16.80%) Continuous Integration
18 120 (16.26%) Multithreading
19 118 (15.99%) SQL
20 113 (15.31%) Computer Science Degree
21 111 (15.04%) Software Testing
22 108 (14.63%) Windows
23 106 (14.36%) AWS
24 103 (13.96%) OO
25 94 (12.74%) Azure
26 90 (12.20%) .NET
26 90 (12.20%) Jenkins
27 88 (11.92%) JIRA
28 81 (10.98%) QA

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 38 (5.15%) Confluence
2 8 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.95%) Apache
4 4 (0.54%) IIS
5 2 (0.27%) SAS
6 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Revit
1 10 (1.36%) SOLIDWORKS
2 9 (1.22%) Windchill
3 6 (0.81%) Simulink
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.14%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 8 (1.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 106 (14.36%) AWS
2 94 (12.74%) Azure
3 61 (8.27%) Serverless
4 28 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
4 28 (3.79%) GCP
4 28 (3.79%) OpenShift
5 24 (3.25%) GitHub
6 11 (1.49%) SaaS
7 10 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (1.36%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (1.08%) Slack
9 5 (0.68%) Boomi
10 3 (0.41%) Apigee
10 3 (0.41%) IBM Cloud
11 2 (0.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.27%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.27%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.27%) CloudFront
11 2 (0.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.52%) TCP/IP
2 19 (2.57%) 3G
3 17 (2.30%) Network Security
4 12 (1.63%) Ethernet
5 11 (1.49%) Wireless
6 7 (0.95%) MQTT
6 7 (0.95%) PPP
6 7 (0.95%) Software-Defined Radio
7 6 (0.81%) 3GPP
8 5 (0.68%) HTTP
8 5 (0.68%) IPsec
8 5 (0.68%) NAS
8 5 (0.68%) SpaceWire
8 5 (0.68%) SSL
9 4 (0.54%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.54%) FTP
9 4 (0.54%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.54%) Internet
9 4 (0.54%) Modbus
9 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.76%) MySQL
2 39 (5.28%) SQL Server
3 36 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.71%) Redis
5 14 (1.90%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.36%) Couchbase
6 10 (1.36%) GIS
7 8 (1.08%) Big Data
7 8 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.81%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.41%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.27%) Metadata
10 2 (0.27%) Power BI
10 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.27%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.14%) DB2
11 1 (0.14%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 131 (17.75%) Git (software)
2 90 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 88 (11.92%) JIRA
4 53 (7.18%) Visual Studio
5 24 (3.25%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.85%) Subversion
7 16 (2.17%) CMake
8 14 (1.90%) GCC
9 10 (1.36%) Eclipse
9 10 (1.36%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
9 10 (1.36%) Xcode
10 9 (1.22%) Bugzilla
10 9 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (1.08%) CruiseControl
11 8 (1.08%) Gemini Tracker
11 8 (1.08%) Hudson
11 8 (1.08%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 7 (0.95%) GoogleTest
12 7 (0.95%) NeoLoad
12 7 (0.95%) TestRail
General
1 156 (21.14%) Social Skills
2 75 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (7.32%) Electronics
4 53 (7.18%) Finance
5 48 (6.50%) Telecoms
6 23 (3.12%) Marketing
7 20 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.71%) Military
8 16 (2.17%) Aerospace
8 16 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.03%) Games
10 11 (1.49%) Automotive
11 10 (1.36%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.95%) Retail
13 6 (0.81%) Legal
13 6 (0.81%) Public Sector
14 5 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.41%) Law
16 2 (0.27%) Advertising
16 2 (0.27%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 392 (53.12%) Software Engineer
2 194 (26.29%) Developer
3 123 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 121 (16.40%) C++ Software Engineer
5 104 (14.09%) Embedded Engineer
6 103 (13.96%) Software Developer
7 98 (13.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 43 (5.83%) Junior
9 40 (5.42%) Principal Engineer
9 40 (5.42%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 37 (5.01%) Analyst
11 33 (4.47%) C Software Engineer
11 33 (4.47%) C++ Developer
12 32 (4.34%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 32 (4.34%) Graduate
12 32 (4.34%) Principal Software Engineer
13 30 (4.07%) Junior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.93%) Electronics Engineer
15 26 (3.52%) Analyst Developer
15 26 (3.52%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (12.20%) .NET
2 81 (10.98%) React
3 69 (9.35%) AngularJS
4 63 (8.54%) HTML
5 54 (7.32%) STL
6 52 (7.05%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 52 (7.05%) WPF
7 50 (6.78%) REST
8 46 (6.23%) CSS
8 46 (6.23%) HTML5
9 41 (5.56%) MFC
10 35 (4.74%) COM
10 35 (4.74%) XML
11 32 (4.34%) Velocity
12 26 (3.52%) Java EE
12 26 (3.52%) Spring
12 26 (3.52%) Spring Boot
13 23 (3.12%) CSS3
14 21 (2.85%) OpenCV
15 19 (2.57%) Vue.js
Miscellaneous
1 126 (17.07%) Algorithms
2 61 (8.27%) Embedded Systems
2 61 (8.27%) Self-Motivation
3 57 (7.72%) Data Structures
4 53 (7.18%) User Experience
5 52 (7.05%) FPGA
6 38 (5.15%) Virtual Team
7 30 (4.07%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.79%) Mobile App
9 25 (3.39%) VHDL
10 23 (3.12%) Device Driver
11 22 (2.98%) ASIC
12 21 (2.85%) Renewable Energy
13 14 (1.90%) Robotics
14 13 (1.76%) 3D Graphics
15 11 (1.49%) Animation
15 11 (1.49%) Client/Server
16 10 (1.36%) Lidar
16 10 (1.36%) Life Science
16 10 (1.36%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 302 (40.92%) Linux
2 108 (14.63%) Windows
3 44 (5.96%) Unix
4 42 (5.69%) Embedded Linux
5 34 (4.61%) CentOS
6 15 (2.03%) Android
7 11 (1.49%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.49%) Mac OS
8 10 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (1.36%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.95%) Debian
9 7 (0.95%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.68%) VxWorks
11 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
12 3 (0.41%) Robot Operating System
12 3 (0.41%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.14%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (63.28%) Software Engineering
2 288 (39.02%) Computer Science
3 264 (35.77%) Agile Software Development
4 130 (17.62%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (17.34%) DevOps
6 127 (17.21%) Mathematics
7 126 (17.07%) Test Automation
8 124 (16.80%) Continuous Integration
9 120 (16.26%) Multithreading
10 111 (15.04%) Software Testing
11 103 (13.96%) OO
12 78 (10.57%) Scrum
13 77 (10.43%) Risk Management
14 76 (10.30%) SDLC
15 73 (9.89%) Artificial Intelligence
16 66 (8.94%) TDD
17 64 (8.67%) Mentoring
17 64 (8.67%) Physics
18 63 (8.54%) Data Science
19 61 (8.27%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 414 (56.10%) C
2 362 (49.05%) Python
3 331 (44.85%) C#
4 236 (31.98%) Java
5 169 (22.90%) JavaScript
6 118 (15.99%) SQL
7 57 (7.72%) Embedded C
8 43 (5.83%) Go
9 41 (5.56%) Perl
10 35 (4.74%) MATLAB
11 34 (4.61%) Embedded C++
12 33 (4.47%) Bash
13 28 (3.79%) T-SQL
14 27 (3.66%) Shell Script
15 25 (3.39%) Objective-C
16 19 (2.57%) PHP
17 18 (2.44%) R
18 16 (2.17%) TypeScript
19 14 (1.90%) Fortran
20 10 (1.36%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 281 (38.08%) Degree
2 113 (15.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (5.01%) Security Cleared
4 28 (3.79%) PhD
5 23 (3.12%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.57%) HND
7 13 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.08%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.27%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.27%) OSCP
11 1 (0.14%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (10.98%) QA
2 19 (2.57%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.08%) Def Stans
4 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.41%) IEC 61508
5 3 (0.41%) IEC 62304
5 3 (0.41%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.27%) MISRA
7 1 (0.14%) GDPR
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 81 (10.98%) Firmware
2 37 (5.01%) Docker
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) NFS
3 2 (0.27%) Samba
3 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (4.47%) Ansible
2 31 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.30%) Grafana
4 15 (2.03%) Terraform
5 10 (1.36%) Opscode Chef
5 10 (1.36%) Opsview
6 8 (1.08%) PTC Integrity
7 2 (0.27%) FlexNet
7 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (8.13%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.69%) Oracle
3 34 (4.61%) Red Hat
4 17 (2.30%) New Relic
5 16 (2.17%) EMC
6 13 (1.76%) Google
6 13 (1.76%) Sophos
7 10 (1.36%) Rockwell
8 9 (1.22%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.22%) Cadence
8 9 (1.22%) Intel
8 9 (1.22%) PTC
9 8 (1.08%) Sparx
9 8 (1.08%) VMware
10 7 (0.95%) AppDynamics
10 7 (0.95%) Dynatrace
10 7 (0.95%) Micro Focus
11 6 (0.81%) Citrix
12 5 (0.68%) Apple
12 5 (0.68%) Siemens