C++ Job Trends in Southampton

C++
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 28 54
Rank change year-on-year +3 +26 -2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 32 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 4.74% 3.18% 2.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.82% 11.24% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 20 9 25
10th Percentile £51,625 £46,250 £38,200
25th Percentile £53,438 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £80,000 £74,000
Hampshire median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -4.17%

All Programming Languages
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 170 89 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 25.19% 28.34% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 136 78 312
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £38,188 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,750 £73,750
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Southampton

C++
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Southampton over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Southampton

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 6 (18.75%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Git
1 6 (18.75%) GitLab
1 6 (18.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (12.50%) Electronics
2 2 (6.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 14 (43.75%) Embedded Engineer
3 13 (40.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) FPGA Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Lead
7 3 (9.38%) Lead Software Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Electronics Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) DSP Engineer
9 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Algorithms
2 7 (21.88%) FPGA
3 6 (18.75%) PCIe
3 6 (18.75%) Verilog
3 6 (18.75%) VHDL
4 4 (12.50%) IoT
5 2 (6.25%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.13%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.13%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (68.75%) DevOps
3 20 (62.50%) Computer Science
4 10 (31.25%) Signal Processing
5 9 (28.13%) Digital Signal Processing
6 8 (25.00%) Software Testing
7 7 (21.88%) Agile
7 7 (21.88%) Software Architecture
8 6 (18.75%) AI
8 6 (18.75%) Embedded Software Development
8 6 (18.75%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (18.75%) Kanban
8 6 (18.75%) Scrum
8 6 (18.75%) Validation
9 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Engineering
9 5 (15.63%) FPGA Design
9 5 (15.63%) Model Validation
9 5 (15.63%) Systems Engineering
9 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) C
2 19 (59.38%) Python
3 9 (28.13%) MATLAB
4 8 (25.00%) Embedded C
5 7 (21.88%) C#
6 6 (18.75%) Embedded C++
7 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
8 3 (9.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) Degree
2 19 (59.38%) Master's Degree
3 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
4 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
5 5 (15.63%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) Firmware
2 3 (9.38%) Docker
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes