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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 37 35
Rank change year-on-year -50 -2 +15
Permanent jobs citing C++ 15 75 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.90% 6.08% 6.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.35% 16.23% 17.53%
Number of salaries quoted 14 39 43
10th Percentile £71,500 £40,000 £41,700
25th Percentile £75,000 £41,250 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.74% +10.91% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £121,250 - £79,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 204 462 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 12.29% 37.47% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 166 275 263
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.31% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £72,500
South East median annual salary £57,125 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.79% +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 3 January 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 3 January 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 -1 15 £95,000 +52.00% 17
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 2 (13.33%) Google Play
1 2 (13.33%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
1 4 (26.67%) Jenkins
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
2 2 (13.33%) Android Studio
2 2 (13.33%) CMake
2 2 (13.33%) Subversion
2 2 (13.33%) TestRail
2 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio
2 2 (13.33%) Xcode
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (13.33%) Military
2 2 (13.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) C++ Software Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 3 (20.00%) Python Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Python Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Android Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Applications Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Head of Development
4 2 (13.33%) Head of Software Development
4 2 (13.33%) iOS Android Developer
4 2 (13.33%) iOS Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Software Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Scientific Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) Qt
2 5 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (13.33%) Google Maps API
3 2 (13.33%) HTML
3 2 (13.33%) OpenGL
3 2 (13.33%) OpenSceneGraph
3 2 (13.33%) QML
3 2 (13.33%) Qt Quick
3 2 (13.33%) Vulkan
3 2 (13.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) 3D Graphics
2 4 (26.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Machine Learning
2 7 (46.67%) Software Engineering
3 6 (40.00%) AI
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (26.67%) Mathematical Modelling
4 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
4 4 (26.67%) Multithreading
5 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Digital Twin
5 3 (20.00%) Fintech
5 3 (20.00%) Reinforcement Learning
6 2 (13.33%) Android Development
6 2 (13.33%) Batch Scripting
6 2 (13.33%) Cross-Platform Development
6 2 (13.33%) iOS Development
6 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (13.33%) MVVM
6 2 (13.33%) Parallel Programming
6 2 (13.33%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) C
3 4 (26.67%) Bash
3 4 (26.67%) Java
3 4 (26.67%) Julia
3 4 (26.67%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (13.33%) Objective-C
5 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Degree
2 10 (66.67%) PhD
3 8 (53.33%) Master's Degree
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Apple
1 2 (13.33%) ESRI
1 2 (13.33%) Google
1 2 (13.33%) Mapbox
1 2 (13.33%) Xamarin