C++ Jobs in the South West

C++
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 104 61
Rank change year-on-year +22 -43 -9
Permanent jobs citing C++ 283 214 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.09% 3.06% 5.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.30% 8.03% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 204 144 162
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £31,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £88,075 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,044 2,666 4,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.28% 38.07% 51.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,421 1,745 2,820
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,758
Median % change year-on-year - +6.26% +8.96%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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
Bristol +22 98 £55,000 -15.38% 68
Gloucestershire -30 62 £60,000 -14.29% 23
Dorset +20 57 £60,000 +36.36% 17
Devon +21 30 - - 14
Somerset +7 20 £50,000 -12.47% 7
Wiltshire -18 14 £43,750 -23.91% 13
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 11 (3.89%) Apache
2 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.83%) Simulink
2 7 (2.47%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.01%) AWS
2 15 (5.30%) Azure
3 7 (2.47%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.77%) SaaS
5 4 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.71%) GCP
6 2 (0.71%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.35%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.35%) GitHub
7 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.30%) 5G
2 14 (4.95%) SD-WAN
2 14 (4.95%) WAN
3 9 (3.18%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.83%) Internet
5 7 (2.47%) DNS
5 7 (2.47%) HTTP
5 7 (2.47%) SMTP
6 5 (1.77%) OFDM
6 5 (1.77%) Wireless
7 4 (1.41%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.71%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.71%) Link 16
9 1 (0.35%) 2G
9 1 (0.35%) 3G
9 1 (0.35%) 4G
9 1 (0.35%) Multicast
9 1 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.83%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.47%) SQLite
4 6 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.12%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.71%) Big Data
5 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (10.25%) Visual Studio
2 17 (6.01%) Git
3 16 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.59%) Subversion
5 11 (3.89%) JIRA
6 10 (3.53%) LabVIEW
6 10 (3.53%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (2.47%) Eclipse
8 6 (2.12%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.12%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.12%) Selenium
9 5 (1.77%) NetBeans
9 5 (1.77%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.06%) GitLab
11 2 (0.71%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.71%) IDA Disassembler
11 2 (0.71%) PetaLinux
12 1 (0.35%) GCC
12 1 (0.35%) GDB
12 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 50 (17.67%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.31%) Electronics
4 24 (8.48%) Aviation
5 22 (7.77%) Automotive
5 22 (7.77%) Marketing
6 17 (6.01%) Telecoms
7 15 (5.30%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.59%) Finance
9 13 (4.59%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.47%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.71%) Advertising
13 2 (0.71%) Avionics
14 1 (0.35%) Games
14 1 (0.35%) Law
14 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 177 (62.54%) Software Engineer
2 81 (28.62%) Senior
3 77 (27.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 69 (24.38%) C++ Software Engineer
4 69 (24.38%) Embedded Engineer
5 62 (21.91%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 42 (14.84%) Developer
7 38 (13.43%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 37 (13.07%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
9 28 (9.89%) Lead
10 26 (9.19%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 22 (7.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 22 (7.77%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 17 (6.01%) C++ Developer
13 14 (4.95%) Software Developer
14 12 (4.24%) Systems Engineer
15 11 (3.89%) Lead Software Engineer
16 9 (3.18%) C Software Engineer
16 9 (3.18%) Software Team Leader
16 9 (3.18%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.71%) Qt
2 17 (6.01%) STL
3 15 (5.30%) HTML
4 14 (4.95%) .NET
5 10 (3.53%) MFC
6 7 (2.47%) Apache NiFi
6 7 (2.47%) WPF
6 7 (2.47%) Yocto
7 6 (2.12%) ASP.NET
7 6 (2.12%) CSS
8 5 (1.77%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.77%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.77%) JavaFX
9 3 (1.06%) Django
9 3 (1.06%) Entity Framework
9 3 (1.06%) LESS
9 3 (1.06%) Node.js
9 3 (1.06%) React
9 3 (1.06%) Spring
10 2 (0.71%) CakePHP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.61%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (9.89%) FPGA
3 25 (8.83%) Embedded Systems
4 23 (8.13%) GNSS
5 17 (6.01%) VHDL
6 13 (4.59%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.89%) Robotics
8 10 (3.53%) Hackathon
9 8 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (2.47%) CUDA
10 7 (2.47%) MicroBlaze
10 7 (2.47%) PMI
10 7 (2.47%) Tandem
11 6 (2.12%) IoT
11 6 (2.12%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.41%) Device Driver
12 4 (1.41%) Verilog
13 3 (1.06%) ARM Cortex
13 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 72 (25.44%) Linux
2 64 (22.61%) Windows
3 7 (2.47%) Unix
4 5 (1.77%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.41%) Android
6 2 (0.71%) AIX
6 2 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.71%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.71%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (72.44%) Software Engineering
2 66 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (11.66%) Computer Science
3 33 (11.66%) Multithreading
4 31 (10.95%) Agile
5 30 (10.60%) B2B
6 29 (10.25%) Defect Tracking
7 28 (9.89%) Test Automation
8 27 (9.54%) Creative Thinking
9 26 (9.19%) Requirements Analysis
10 24 (8.48%) SDLC
10 24 (8.48%) Signal Processing
11 22 (7.77%) Validation
12 21 (7.42%) CI/CD
13 20 (7.07%) UML
14 19 (6.71%) Innovative Thinking
14 19 (6.71%) Software Architecture
15 18 (6.36%) Technical Leadership
16 17 (6.01%) Mentoring
17 16 (5.65%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (40.64%) C
2 81 (28.62%) Python
3 39 (13.78%) Java
4 37 (13.07%) C#
5 27 (9.54%) MATLAB
6 20 (7.07%) SQL
7 19 (6.71%) JavaScript
8 18 (6.36%) Bash
9 17 (6.01%) Perl
10 10 (3.53%) Ada
10 10 (3.53%) Tcl
11 9 (3.18%) PHP
11 9 (3.18%) VB
12 7 (2.47%) Rust
12 7 (2.47%) SystemVerilog
13 5 (1.77%) Embedded C++
13 5 (1.77%) Fortran
14 4 (1.41%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.71%) Scala
15 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (19.79%) Degree
2 48 (16.96%) Security Cleared
3 20 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.71%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.06%) HND
8 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.35%) HNC
8 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.65%) PMO
2 5 (1.77%) IEC 61508
2 5 (1.77%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.77%) TickIT
3 4 (1.41%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.71%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 26 (9.19%) Firmware
2 23 (8.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.53%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.71%) Ansible
2 2 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.89%) SAP
3 10 (3.53%) Xilinx
4 7 (2.47%) Altera
4 7 (2.47%) Green Hills
4 7 (2.47%) Motorola
5 6 (2.12%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.06%) Xamarin
7 2 (0.71%) Google
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle
7 2 (0.71%) Samsung
8 1 (0.35%) Coverity
8 1 (0.35%) F5
8 1 (0.35%) IBM
8 1 (0.35%) VMware