C++ Job Trends in Southampton

C++
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton citing C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	26	40	35
Rank change year-on-year	+14	-5	-1
Permanent jobs citing C++	47	7	31
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton	4.53%	1.56%	4.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category	24.61%	6.93%	12.81%
Number of salaries quoted	34	6	21
10^th Percentile	£46,250	-	£40,000
25^th Percentile	-	£52,500	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-16.67%	-	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£65,000	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£79,625	£77,500	-
Hampshire median annual salary	£65,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+18.18%	-8.33%	+4.35%

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 citing coding skills in Southampton.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	191	101	242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton	18.42%	22.54%	32.61%
Number of salaries quoted	166	86	199
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,625	£32,700
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£37,500	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£56,250	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+6.67%	+7.14%	+4.48%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£62,500	£60,250
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£65,000	£71,900
Hampshire median annual salary	£62,500	£57,500	£58,500
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	-1.71%	+9.35%

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++ Salary Trend in Southampton

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 31 October 2026.

C++ Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, job vacancies citing C++ also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Southampton region citing C++.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Software Engineering	80.9%	38
2	C	70.2%	33
3	5G	48.9%	23
4	Wireless	44.7%	21
5	Degree	25.5%	12
5	DevOps	25.5%	12
5	Python	25.5%	12
5	Signal Processing	25.5%	12
9	Computer Science	19.1%	9
9	Multithreading	19.1%	9
9	Security Cleared	19.1%	9
12	Master's Degree	17.0%	8
12	Test Automation	17.0%	8
14	AI	12.8%	6
14	Linux	12.8%	6
16	Collaborative Culture	10.6%	5
16	Collaborative Engineering	10.6%	5
16	Digital Signal Processing	10.6%	5
16	DV Cleared	10.6%	5
16	Embedded C	10.6%	5
16	Embedded C++	10.6%	5
16	MATLAB	10.6%	5
16	SC Cleared	10.6%	5
24	Agile	8.5%	4
24	C#	8.5%	4
24	CI/CD	8.5%	4
24	Kalman Filter	8.5%	4
24	Simulink	8.5%	4
24	Validation	8.5%	4
30	5G NR	6.4%	3

C++ Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	C	70.2%	33
2	Python	25.5%	12
3	Embedded C	10.6%	5
3	Embedded C++	10.6%	5
3	MATLAB	10.6%	5
6	C#	8.5%	4
7	JavaScript	6.4%	3
7	SystemVerilog	6.4%	3
9	TypeScript	4.3%	2