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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 38 42
Rank change year-on-year -42 +4 +21
Permanent jobs citing C++ 24 63 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 1.35% 5.64% 4.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.99% 14.86% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 23 29 51
10th Percentile £57,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £102,500 £85,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £107,500 - £75,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £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 267 424 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 14.97% 37.96% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 213 261 412
10th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.69% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 11 February 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 11 February 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 22 £100,000 +42.86% 13
Epsom +23 2 £100,000 +233.33% 1
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 (12.50%) GitHub
1 3 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (8.33%) Google Play
2 2 (8.33%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) HTTP
1 3 (12.50%) RTP
1 3 (12.50%) Unified Communications
1 3 (12.50%) VoIP
1 3 (12.50%) Wireshark
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) MongoDB
2 3 (12.50%) GIS
2 3 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Git
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (12.50%) JIRA
3 2 (8.33%) Android Studio
3 2 (8.33%) CMake
3 2 (8.33%) Subversion
3 2 (8.33%) Visual Studio
3 2 (8.33%) Xcode
4 1 (4.17%) TestRail
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.33%) Military
3 2 (8.33%) Publishing
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Developer
2 8 (33.33%) Lead
3 5 (20.83%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Head of Development
3 5 (20.83%) Head of Software Development
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Development Team Leader
4 4 (16.67%) Python Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Software Development Team Leader
4 4 (16.67%) Software Team Leader
4 4 (16.67%) Team Leader
5 3 (12.50%) Lead Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Android Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Applications Developer
6 2 (8.33%) iOS Android Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Mobile Developer
6 2 (8.33%) Python Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (45.83%) .NET
2 6 (25.00%) Qt
3 4 (16.67%) Django
3 4 (16.67%) Flask
4 3 (12.50%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (12.50%) Jinja
4 3 (12.50%) OAuth
4 3 (12.50%) OAuth2
4 3 (12.50%) pytest
4 3 (12.50%) REST
4 3 (12.50%) RFC 2833
4 3 (12.50%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (12.50%) WebRTC
5 2 (8.33%) Google Maps API
5 2 (8.33%) HTML
5 2 (8.33%) OpenGL
5 2 (8.33%) OpenSceneGraph
5 2 (8.33%) QML
5 2 (8.33%) Qt Quick
5 2 (8.33%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Ubuntu
3 2 (8.33%) Android
3 2 (8.33%) Apple iOS
3 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
3 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Fintech
2 7 (29.17%) AI
3 5 (20.83%) Machine Learning
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (12.50%) OO
5 3 (12.50%) OOP
5 3 (12.50%) Open Source
5 3 (12.50%) Sentiment Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Speech Recognition
5 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (8.33%) Agile
6 2 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Batch Scripting
6 2 (8.33%) Digital Twin
6 2 (8.33%) Mathematics
6 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) C#
2 10 (41.67%) C
3 9 (37.50%) SQL
4 7 (29.17%) Python
5 3 (12.50%) Bash
5 3 (12.50%) Java
5 3 (12.50%) Julia
6 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (8.33%) Objective-C
6 2 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) PhD
3 5 (20.83%) Master's Degree
4 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Docker
2 3 (12.50%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (12.50%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) BT
1 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (12.50%) Mitel
2 2 (8.33%) Apple
2 2 (8.33%) ESRI
2 2 (8.33%) Google
2 2 (8.33%) Mapbox
2 2 (8.33%) Xamarin