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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 69 45
Rank change year-on-year +12 -24 +4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 62 24 134
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.00% 2.40% 5.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.58% 9.68% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 60 14 98
10th Percentile £51,250 £62,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £64,063 £42,813
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 - £81,000 £81,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 398 248 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 19.23% 24.82% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 316 196 548
10th Percentile £40,875 £37,500 £33,350
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.58%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +2 50 £100,000 +42.86% 15
Epsom - 4 £100,000 -
Chertsey - 2 £80,000 - 2
Staines -5 1 £70,000 +3.70%
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 4 (6.45%) GitHub
2 3 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure
4 1 (1.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) HTTP
1 3 (4.84%) RTP
1 3 (4.84%) Unified Communications
1 3 (4.84%) VoIP
1 3 (4.84%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.61%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) MongoDB
1 5 (8.06%) MySQL
2 1 (1.61%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.61%) Pinecone
2 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.61%) Redis
2 1 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) GitLab
2 4 (6.45%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.61%) Subversion
General
1 27 (43.55%) Finance
2 3 (4.84%) Electronics
2 3 (4.84%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.23%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.61%) Military
4 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (46.77%) Software Engineer
2 20 (32.26%) C++ Software Engineer
3 18 (29.03%) Lead
4 14 (22.58%) Python Engineer
4 14 (22.58%) Python Software Engineer
5 13 (20.97%) Head of Development
5 13 (20.97%) Head of Software Development
6 10 (16.13%) Senior
6 10 (16.13%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (12.90%) Development Team Leader
7 8 (12.90%) Software Development Team Leader
7 8 (12.90%) Software Team Leader
7 8 (12.90%) Team Leader
8 7 (11.29%) Developer
9 5 (8.06%) C# Software Engineer
10 4 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (6.45%) Python Developer
10 4 (6.45%) Senior C# Software Engineer
10 4 (6.45%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (4.84%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (41.94%) .NET
2 5 (8.06%) Flask
3 4 (6.45%) Django
3 4 (6.45%) Qt
3 4 (6.45%) REST
4 3 (4.84%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (4.84%) Jinja
4 3 (4.84%) OAuth
4 3 (4.84%) OAuth2
4 3 (4.84%) pytest
4 3 (4.84%) RFC 2833
4 3 (4.84%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (4.84%) WebRTC
5 2 (3.23%) HTML
6 1 (1.61%) CSS
6 1 (1.61%) Node.js
6 1 (1.61%) scikit-learn
6 1 (1.61%) Spring
6 1 (1.61%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.61%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.23%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Robotics
4 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Linux
2 3 (4.84%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) Software Engineering
2 26 (41.94%) Fintech
3 18 (29.03%) AI
4 15 (24.19%) Machine Learning
5 8 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (11.29%) Agile
7 6 (9.68%) Signal Processing
8 5 (8.06%) Computer Science
8 5 (8.06%) Software Testing
9 4 (6.45%) CI/CD
9 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.45%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (6.45%) Kanban
9 4 (6.45%) Line Management
9 4 (6.45%) Multithreading
9 4 (6.45%) OOP
9 4 (6.45%) Open Source
9 4 (6.45%) Scrum
9 4 (6.45%) SDLC
9 4 (6.45%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 37 (59.68%) C#
2 28 (45.16%) SQL
3 25 (40.32%) Python
4 9 (14.52%) C
5 5 (8.06%) Java
6 4 (6.45%) Julia
7 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.61%) PHP
8 1 (1.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 26 (41.94%) Degree
2 18 (29.03%) Master's Degree
3 15 (24.19%) PhD
4 11 (17.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
6 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (11.29%) Docker
2 3 (4.84%) Firmware
2 3 (4.84%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.84%) Argo
Vendors
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.84%) BT
2 3 (4.84%) Fortinet
2 3 (4.84%) Mitel
3 1 (1.61%) Google
3 1 (1.61%) OpenAI