Embedded C++ Job Trends in the South East

Embedded C++
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Embedded C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 281 280
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 +154
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 2 40 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.022% 0.35% 0.038%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.12% 1.12% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 2
10th Percentile £64,250 £39,875 -
25th Percentile £66,875 £50,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +116.67% -53.85%
75th Percentile £76,875 - £32,500
90th Percentile £78,750 - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -15.38%

All Programming Languages
South East

Embedded 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 1,627 3,578 3,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 18.27% 31.47% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,169 2,153 2,377
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Embedded C++ job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded C++
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Embedded C++ in the South East

Embedded 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 Embedded C++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Surrey +20 1 £65,000 +32.65% 3
Buckinghamshire 0 1 £80,000 +88.24%
Thames Valley -18 1 £80,000 +23.08% 2
Embedded C++
England

Embedded 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) OrCAD
General
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver Development
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (50.00%) Sensor Fusion
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) PhD
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware