C++ Jobs in the South West

C++
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 24 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 83 54
Rank change year-on-year +28 -29 +19
Permanent jobs citing C++ 251 189 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.56% 3.69% 5.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.32% 9.20% 12.86%
Number of salaries quoted 116 135 209
10th Percentile £38,625 £35,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,550 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,884 2,055 3,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.71% 40.14% 44.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 1,458 2,402
10th Percentile £33,850 £35,733 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 24 October 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 October 2024. 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
Dorset +29 72 £60,000 +11.63% 11
Devon +39 51 £70,000 +27.27% 6
Bristol +16 49 £65,000 +1.56% 53
Gloucestershire -30 36 £60,000 - 32
Wiltshire -3 28 £67,500 -3.57% 4
Somerset -18 11 £50,000 +20.48% 4
Cornwall +3 4 £41,250 +33.06% 7
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 32 (12.75%) WinCC
2 3 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) GNU Octave
2 3 (1.20%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.55%) AWS
2 10 (3.98%) Azure
3 5 (1.99%) AWS CodeCommit
3 5 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (0.40%) GCP
5 1 (0.40%) GitHub
5 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.56%) HTTP
2 21 (8.37%) Internet
3 18 (7.17%) TCP/IP
4 10 (3.98%) Wireshark
5 6 (2.39%) 5G
5 6 (2.39%) DNS
5 6 (2.39%) SD-WAN
5 6 (2.39%) SMTP
5 6 (2.39%) WAN
6 4 (1.59%) OFDM
7 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.40%) Link 16
7 1 (0.40%) RS-232
7 1 (0.40%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.80%) MySQL
1 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (9.16%) Git
2 19 (7.57%) Visual Studio
3 13 (5.18%) LabVIEW
3 13 (5.18%) NetBeans
4 10 (3.98%) IDA Disassembler
4 10 (3.98%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (3.59%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.59%) JIRA
6 6 (2.39%) Subversion
7 5 (1.99%) CppUnit
7 5 (1.99%) JUnit
8 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.80%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.40%) GCC
9 1 (0.40%) GitLab
9 1 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 62 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.96%) Aerospace
2 25 (9.96%) Electronics
3 20 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.97%) Legal
4 15 (5.98%) Manufacturing
5 13 (5.18%) Automotive
6 10 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.98%) Military
7 8 (3.19%) Finance
8 7 (2.79%) Games
9 6 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.99%) Marketing
10 5 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.20%) Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Retail
12 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.40%) Advertising
13 1 (0.40%) Aviation
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (65.74%) Software Engineer
2 47 (18.73%) C++ Software Engineer
3 44 (17.53%) Embedded Engineer
4 41 (16.33%) Senior
5 23 (9.16%) C Software Engineer
5 23 (9.16%) Senior Software Engineer
6 19 (7.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 19 (7.57%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (5.98%) .NET Software Engineer
7 15 (5.98%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 14 (5.58%) Lead
9 13 (5.18%) Robotics Software Engineer
10 12 (4.78%) Software Team Leader
10 12 (4.78%) Team Leader
11 11 (4.38%) C# Software Engineer
11 11 (4.38%) Embedded C Engineer
12 10 (3.98%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 10 (3.98%) Security Researcher
13 9 (3.59%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 8 (3.19%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (21.12%) HTML
2 52 (20.72%) .NET
3 44 (17.53%) .NET Framework
4 42 (16.73%) Blazor
5 34 (13.55%) CSS
6 33 (13.15%) WPF
7 32 (12.75%) ASP.NET
8 13 (5.18%) JavaFX
9 12 (4.78%) XML
10 8 (3.19%) Node.js
10 8 (3.19%) React
11 6 (2.39%) gRPC
11 6 (2.39%) OAuth
12 5 (1.99%) NestJS
13 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
14 2 (0.80%) DPDK
14 2 (0.80%) GraphQL
14 2 (0.80%) REST
14 2 (0.80%) Vue
15 1 (0.40%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.52%) Robotics
2 22 (8.76%) Embedded Systems
3 19 (7.57%) Algorithms
4 12 (4.78%) GNSS
5 11 (4.38%) Acoustics
5 11 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.98%) Arduino
6 10 (3.98%) ARM Cortex
6 10 (3.98%) FPGA
7 8 (3.19%) PMI
8 7 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.79%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.79%) Cyberattack
9 6 (2.39%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.39%) MicroBlaze
9 6 (2.39%) VHDL
10 5 (1.99%) Tandem
11 4 (1.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 51 (20.32%) Linux
2 20 (7.97%) Windows
3 15 (5.98%) Unix
4 10 (3.98%) Kali Linux
5 8 (3.19%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (69.72%) Software Engineering
2 76 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (20.72%) SDLC
4 47 (18.73%) UML
5 46 (18.33%) Mathematics
5 46 (18.33%) Software Testing
6 35 (13.94%) Computer Science
7 34 (13.55%) Agile
8 33 (13.15%) Artificial Intelligence
9 32 (12.75%) Mathematical Modelling
10 27 (10.76%) Requirements Analysis
11 24 (9.56%) Unit Testing
12 23 (9.16%) OO
13 22 (8.76%) Signal Processing
14 21 (8.37%) Project Management
15 20 (7.97%) CI/CD
15 20 (7.97%) Machine Learning
16 15 (5.98%) Configuration Management
16 15 (5.98%) Requirements Management
16 15 (5.98%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 146 (58.17%) C
2 117 (46.61%) Python
3 86 (34.26%) C#
4 62 (24.70%) JavaScript
5 52 (20.72%) Java
6 26 (10.36%) Perl
7 22 (8.76%) MATLAB
8 21 (8.37%) Bash
9 20 (7.97%) Embedded C++
10 19 (7.57%) SQL
11 14 (5.58%) Embedded C
12 13 (5.18%) Fortran
13 9 (3.59%) Go
14 7 (2.79%) PowerShell
14 7 (2.79%) Ruby
15 6 (2.39%) Rust
16 3 (1.20%) Objective-C
17 2 (0.80%) Tcl
17 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
17 2 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 96 (38.25%) Degree
2 80 (31.87%) Security Cleared
3 37 (14.74%) SC Cleared
4 33 (13.15%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.19%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.80%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.96%) ISO 9001
2 16 (6.37%) IEC 61131
3 10 (3.98%) Def Stans
3 10 (3.98%) IEC 61508
4 8 (3.19%) TickIT
5 7 (2.79%) QA
6 5 (1.99%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (10.36%) Firmware
2 24 (9.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 15 (5.98%) Docker
4 4 (1.59%) Lustre
4 4 (1.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.20%) Ansible
2 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (12.75%) Siemens
2 15 (5.98%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.80%) Altera
3 2 (0.80%) Coverity
3 2 (0.80%) Green Hills
3 2 (0.80%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.40%) Motorola
4 1 (0.40%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.40%) Samsung
4 1 (0.40%) SAP
4 1 (0.40%) VMware