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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 71 37
Rank change year-on-year +16 -34 +6
Permanent jobs citing C++ 68 25 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.99% 2.16% 6.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.59% 10.20% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 64 15 100
10th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 -
25th Percentile £72,813 £65,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +25.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £105,000 £70,313
90th Percentile - £106,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,004
% change year-on-year +8.33% +5.26% -4.99%

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 466 245 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 20.47% 21.14% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 399 194 399
10th Percentile £43,200 £37,500 £38,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,875 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -6.78%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +6 53 £100,000 +33.33% 11
Leatherhead - 3 - - 1
Epsom - 3 £100,000 -
Chertsey - 2 £80,000 -
Staines - 2 £70,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.41%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.41%) AWS
1 3 (4.41%) Azure
1 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Purview
1 3 (4.41%) Power Automate
1 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
1 3 (4.41%) PowerApps
2 2 (2.94%) GCP
2 2 (2.94%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) MySQL
2 2 (2.94%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.94%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.94%) Pinecone
2 2 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.94%) Redis
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Git
2 4 (5.88%) GitLab
2 4 (5.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (41.18%) Finance
2 5 (7.35%) Electronics
2 5 (7.35%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (44.12%) Software Engineer
2 21 (30.88%) C++ Software Engineer
3 17 (25.00%) Head of Development
3 17 (25.00%) Head of Software Development
4 15 (22.06%) Python Engineer
4 15 (22.06%) Python Software Engineer
5 14 (20.59%) Senior
6 13 (19.12%) Lead
7 11 (16.18%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) C# Software Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Developer
9 5 (7.35%) Senior C# Software Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 4 (5.88%) Development Team Leader
10 4 (5.88%) Software Development Team Leader
10 4 (5.88%) Software Team Leader
10 4 (5.88%) Team Leader
11 3 (4.41%) IT Administrator
11 3 (4.41%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (39.71%) .NET
2 3 (4.41%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (4.41%) Qt
3 2 (2.94%) Faiss
3 2 (2.94%) FastAPI
3 2 (2.94%) Flask
3 2 (2.94%) Kafka
3 2 (2.94%) Node.js
3 2 (2.94%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.94%) REST
3 2 (2.94%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.94%) Spring
3 2 (2.94%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.94%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.47%) CSS
4 1 (1.47%) GStreamer
4 1 (1.47%) HTML
4 1 (1.47%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Algorithms
2 5 (7.35%) Data Structures
3 4 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.41%) IoT
4 3 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.94%) Acoustics
5 2 (2.94%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.94%) FPGA
5 2 (2.94%) VHDL
6 1 (1.47%) Robotics
6 1 (1.47%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (45.59%) Software Engineering
2 27 (39.71%) Fintech
3 18 (26.47%) AI
3 18 (26.47%) Machine Learning
4 8 (11.76%) Agile
4 8 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 8 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (8.82%) Prototyping
5 6 (8.82%) Signal Processing
6 5 (7.35%) Data Science
6 5 (7.35%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.88%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (5.88%) Kanban
7 4 (5.88%) Line Management
7 4 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 4 (5.88%) Scrum
7 4 (5.88%) SDLC
7 4 (5.88%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (58.82%) C#
2 30 (44.12%) Python
2 30 (44.12%) SQL
3 9 (13.24%) C
3 9 (13.24%) Java
4 5 (7.35%) Julia
5 4 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.94%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.47%) PHP
8 1 (1.47%) Rust
8 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (47.06%) Degree
2 20 (29.41%) Master's Degree
3 18 (26.47%) PhD
4 11 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (10.29%) Security Cleared
6 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.41%) HND
8 2 (2.94%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Docker
2 3 (4.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.94%) Google
2 2 (2.94%) OpenAI