C++ Job Trends in Surrey

C++
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 55 43
Rank change year-on-year -17 -12 +13
Permanent jobs citing C++ 37 28 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.82% 3.09% 5.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.28% 9.24% 17.43%
Number of salaries quoted 35 19 70
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,500 £44,875
25th Percentile £71,875 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £103,000 £83,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 328 303 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 16.14% 33.41% 29.07%
Number of salaries quoted 257 237 479
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Surrey

C++
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Surrey over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Surrey

C++
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
Guildford -9 32 £100,000 +42.86% 17
Epsom - 4 £100,000 -
C++
South East

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (8.11%) GitHub
1 3 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (5.41%) Google Play
2 2 (5.41%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) HTTP
1 3 (8.11%) RTP
1 3 (8.11%) Unified Communications
1 3 (8.11%) VoIP
1 3 (8.11%) Wireshark
2 2 (5.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) MongoDB
2 3 (8.11%) GIS
2 3 (8.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Git
2 3 (8.11%) Jenkins
2 3 (8.11%) JIRA
3 2 (5.41%) Android Studio
3 2 (5.41%) CMake
3 2 (5.41%) Subversion
3 2 (5.41%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.41%) Xcode
4 1 (2.70%) GitLab
4 1 (2.70%) TestRail
4 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (32.43%) Finance
2 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
2 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Military
3 2 (5.41%) Publishing
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Software Engineer
2 14 (37.84%) C++ Software Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Lead
4 9 (24.32%) Developer
5 7 (18.92%) Head of Development
5 7 (18.92%) Head of Software Development
5 7 (18.92%) Python Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Python Software Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) Development Team Leader
6 5 (13.51%) Software Development Team Leader
6 5 (13.51%) Software Team Leader
6 5 (13.51%) Team Leader
7 4 (10.81%) Python Developer
8 3 (8.11%) Broadcast Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) Lead Developer
8 3 (8.11%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Android Developer
9 2 (5.41%) Lead Software Developer
9 2 (5.41%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 2 (5.41%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) .NET
2 8 (21.62%) Qt
3 4 (10.81%) Django
3 4 (10.81%) Flask
4 3 (8.11%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (8.11%) HTML
4 3 (8.11%) Jinja
4 3 (8.11%) OAuth
4 3 (8.11%) OAuth2
4 3 (8.11%) pytest
4 3 (8.11%) REST
4 3 (8.11%) RFC 2833
4 3 (8.11%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (8.11%) WebRTC
5 2 (5.41%) Google Maps API
5 2 (5.41%) OpenGL
5 2 (5.41%) OpenSceneGraph
5 2 (5.41%) QML
5 2 (5.41%) Qt Quick
5 2 (5.41%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Algorithms
2 4 (10.81%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Ubuntu
3 2 (5.41%) Android
3 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Software Engineering
2 12 (32.43%) Fintech
3 11 (29.73%) AI
4 9 (24.32%) Machine Learning
5 6 (16.22%) Multithreading
6 4 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (8.11%) Agile
7 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.11%) Containerisation
7 3 (8.11%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (8.11%) Digital Twin
7 3 (8.11%) OO
7 3 (8.11%) OOP
7 3 (8.11%) Open Source
7 3 (8.11%) Physics
7 3 (8.11%) Reinforcement Learning
7 3 (8.11%) Sentiment Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) Software Testing
7 3 (8.11%) Speech Recognition
8 2 (5.41%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 17 (45.95%) C#
2 13 (35.14%) Python
3 12 (32.43%) C
3 12 (32.43%) SQL
4 5 (13.51%) Java
5 3 (8.11%) Bash
5 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 3 (8.11%) Julia
5 3 (8.11%) TypeScript
6 2 (5.41%) Objective-C
7 1 (2.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) Degree
2 11 (29.73%) PhD
3 10 (27.03%) Master's Degree
4 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
2 3 (8.11%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.11%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) BT
1 3 (8.11%) Fortinet
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.11%) Mitel
2 2 (5.41%) Apple
2 2 (5.41%) ESRI
2 2 (5.41%) Google
2 2 (5.41%) Mapbox
2 2 (5.41%) Xamarin