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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 83 104
Rank change year-on-year -34 +21 -45
Permanent jobs citing C++ 63 290 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.81% 3.14% 3.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.12% 9.44% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 32 208 139
10th Percentile £32,875 £43,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £38,438 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.84% +10.91%
75th Percentile £67,813 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,750 £88,750
England median annual salary £66,219 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.37% -14.29% -

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 1,029 3,071 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.53% 33.30% 37.89%
Number of salaries quoted 795 2,438 1,720
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,700
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,807 £66,250 £70,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Bristol -6 23 £55,000 - 63
Devon +4 15 - - 16
Gloucestershire +17 8 £50,750 -13.62% 54
Dorset -5 7 £48,750 -18.75% 12
Somerset -4 5 £52,500 +5.00% 15
Wiltshire +35 3 £65,000 +48.57% 10
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 3 (4.76%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) 3ds Max
1 1 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Ripple
1 3 (4.76%) Ripple XRP
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) AWS
2 5 (7.94%) Azure
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) 5G
1 4 (6.35%) SD-WAN
1 4 (6.35%) WAN
1 4 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.17%) DNS
2 2 (3.17%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.17%) VPN
3 1 (1.59%) GSM
3 1 (1.59%) HTTP
3 1 (1.59%) Internet
3 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.59%) Wideband
3 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.17%) SQLite
3 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.94%) Git
3 4 (6.35%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.17%) GDB
4 2 (3.17%) GitLab
4 2 (3.17%) Subversion
5 1 (1.59%) CMake
5 1 (1.59%) GCC
5 1 (1.59%) gcov
5 1 (1.59%) JUnit
5 1 (1.59%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (1.59%) WiX
General
1 26 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Electronics
3 8 (12.70%) Finance
4 5 (7.94%) Marketing
5 3 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.76%) Digital Economy
5 3 (4.76%) Financial Institution
5 3 (4.76%) Games
5 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.76%) Law
5 3 (4.76%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Automotive
6 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.59%) Military
7 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 19 (30.16%) Senior
3 12 (19.05%) Developer
4 11 (17.46%) Senior Software Engineer
5 9 (14.29%) Software Developer
6 8 (12.70%) FPGA Engineer
6 8 (12.70%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 8 (12.70%) Senior VHDL Engineer
6 8 (12.70%) VHDL Engineer
7 7 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
7 7 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Lead
8 5 (7.94%) Software Team Leader
8 5 (7.94%) Team Leader
9 4 (6.35%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) .NET
2 5 (7.94%) HTML
3 4 (6.35%) .NET Core
3 4 (6.35%) .NET Framework
3 4 (6.35%) ASP.NET
3 4 (6.35%) Entity Framework
3 4 (6.35%) REST
4 3 (4.76%) OpenCL
4 3 (4.76%) React
5 2 (3.17%) Unreal Engine
5 2 (3.17%) XML
6 1 (1.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (1.59%) DirectX
6 1 (1.59%) HTML5
6 1 (1.59%) jQuery
6 1 (1.59%) JSON
6 1 (1.59%) Node.js
6 1 (1.59%) OpenGL
6 1 (1.59%) Pandas
6 1 (1.59%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) GNSS
2 11 (17.46%) Algorithms
3 9 (14.29%) FPGA
4 8 (12.70%) Data Structures
4 8 (12.70%) MicroBlaze
4 8 (12.70%) Satnav
4 8 (12.70%) VHDL
5 4 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (6.35%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (4.76%) Blockchain
6 3 (4.76%) CUDA
6 3 (4.76%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
6 3 (4.76%) Device Driver
6 3 (4.76%) PCIe
6 3 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.17%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (3.17%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (1.59%) Mixed Reality
Operating Systems
1 23 (36.51%) Linux
2 20 (31.75%) Windows
3 9 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 4 (6.35%) Android
5 1 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.79%) Software Engineering
2 25 (39.68%) Computer Science
3 23 (36.51%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (30.16%) Test Automation
5 16 (25.40%) Mentoring
6 14 (22.22%) Agile
7 13 (20.63%) Requirements Analysis
8 12 (19.05%) B2B
8 12 (19.05%) Defect Tracking
9 11 (17.46%) Mathematics
10 10 (15.87%) Signal Processing
11 8 (12.70%) Creative Thinking
11 8 (12.70%) FPGA Design
11 8 (12.70%) Refactoring
11 8 (12.70%) Scrum
11 8 (12.70%) Software Architecture
11 8 (12.70%) Software Testing
11 8 (12.70%) System Integration Testing
11 8 (12.70%) User Experience
11 8 (12.70%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 29 (46.03%) C
2 27 (42.86%) Python
3 18 (28.57%) Java
4 10 (15.87%) C#
5 9 (14.29%) Tcl
6 8 (12.70%) MATLAB
6 8 (12.70%) Perl
6 8 (12.70%) Rust
6 8 (12.70%) VB
7 7 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 6 (9.52%) SQL
9 5 (7.94%) Go
10 4 (6.35%) TypeScript
11 2 (3.17%) Embedded C
11 2 (3.17%) Embedded C++
11 2 (3.17%) PHP
12 1 (1.59%) Ada
12 1 (1.59%) Bash
12 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (36.51%) Degree
2 11 (17.46%) Security Cleared
3 7 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.94%) PhD
5 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) PMO
1 4 (6.35%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.59%) HL7
2 1 (1.59%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.59%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) Firmware
2 8 (12.70%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (7.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.76%) Ansible
3 1 (1.59%) Kibana
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) Xilinx
2 8 (12.70%) Altera
2 8 (12.70%) Green Hills
3 4 (6.35%) Intel
4 3 (4.76%) Graphcore
5 2 (3.17%) EMC
6 1 (1.59%) Adobe
6 1 (1.59%) IBM
6 1 (1.59%) InterSystems
6 1 (1.59%) Oracle
6 1 (1.59%) QNX
6 1 (1.59%) SAP