C++ Jobs in the Thames Valley

C++
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 107 22
Rank change year-on-year +12 -85 +65
Permanent jobs citing C++ 169 170 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.51% 2.85% 8.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.85% 7.17% 19.92%
Number of salaries quoted 152 126 209
10th Percentile £39,000 £27,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,324 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,625 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,850 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.26% +18.10% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,909 2,372 3,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.40% 39.75% 45.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 1,398 1,879
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,892
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Oxfordshire +23 82 £55,000 +29.41% 49
Berkshire +22 64 £54,000 -28.00% 24
Buckinghamshire -29 23 £70,000 +103.94% 14
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.55%) Kinematics
2 2 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.96%) SaaS
2 2 (1.18%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.55%) Internet
2 5 (2.96%) RFID
3 1 (0.59%) DHCP
3 1 (0.59%) DNS
3 1 (0.59%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.59%) MQTT
3 1 (0.59%) RS-485
3 1 (0.59%) SpaceWire
3 1 (0.59%) VLAN
3 1 (0.59%) VPN
3 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) Big Data
2 4 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.59%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (5.33%) Visual Studio
2 8 (4.73%) GitLab
3 4 (2.37%) Git
3 4 (2.37%) Subversion
4 2 (1.18%) JIRA
5 1 (0.59%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (13.61%) Electronics
2 21 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (11.83%) Social Skills
4 10 (5.92%) Marketing
5 4 (2.37%) Aeronautics
5 4 (2.37%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.78%) Finance
7 2 (1.18%) Games
7 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (37.87%) Software Engineer
2 47 (27.81%) Senior
3 35 (20.71%) C++ Software Engineer
4 28 (16.57%) Developer
5 18 (10.65%) C++ Developer
6 15 (8.88%) Embedded Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Electronics Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Physicist
7 11 (6.51%) Research Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Senior Developer
8 10 (5.92%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Junior
9 9 (5.33%) Senior C++ Developer
10 8 (4.73%) Architect
10 8 (4.73%) Software Architect
11 7 (4.14%) C Developer
11 7 (4.14%) Embedded C Developer
11 7 (4.14%) Embedded C Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.06%) .NET
2 16 (9.47%) WPF
3 15 (8.88%) OpenMP
4 9 (5.33%) OpenACC
5 4 (2.37%) EDI
5 4 (2.37%) Rendezvous
6 3 (1.78%) Qt
7 2 (1.18%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.18%) STL
7 2 (1.18%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (1.18%) XML
8 1 (0.59%) JSON
8 1 (0.59%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 60 (35.50%) Algorithms
2 15 (8.88%) CUDA
3 13 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (5.92%) Analogue Electronics
4 10 (5.92%) Data Structures
5 9 (5.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (4.73%) FPGA
7 7 (4.14%) IoT
8 6 (3.55%) Robotics
8 6 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.96%) Device Driver
9 5 (2.96%) GNSS
9 5 (2.96%) Life Science
9 5 (2.96%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (2.37%) VHDL
11 3 (1.78%) Verilog
12 1 (0.59%) ARM Cortex
12 1 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 54 (31.95%) Linux
2 38 (22.49%) Windows
3 26 (15.38%) Unix
4 3 (1.78%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.59%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (46.75%) Computer Science
2 76 (44.97%) Software Engineering
3 60 (35.50%) Physics
4 58 (34.32%) Mathematics
5 42 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (20.12%) Multithreading
7 29 (17.16%) Machine Learning
8 28 (16.57%) Software Testing
9 26 (15.38%) Parallel Programming
10 19 (11.24%) Agile
10 19 (11.24%) Artificial Intelligence
11 15 (8.88%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (8.88%) OO
12 14 (8.28%) Chemistry
12 14 (8.28%) Customer Requirements
13 13 (7.69%) Monte Carlo Method
14 11 (6.51%) Multithreaded Programming
14 11 (6.51%) MVC
14 11 (6.51%) OOD
14 11 (6.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 93 (55.03%) C
2 77 (45.56%) Python
3 53 (31.36%) Fortran
4 33 (19.53%) C#
5 18 (10.65%) SQL
6 16 (9.47%) XAML
7 12 (7.10%) Bash
7 12 (7.10%) MATLAB
8 11 (6.51%) Java
9 7 (4.14%) Embedded C++
10 6 (3.55%) Embedded C
10 6 (3.55%) Perl
11 4 (2.37%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.37%) VB
11 4 (2.37%) VB.NET
11 4 (2.37%) VB6
12 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 105 (62.13%) Degree
2 47 (27.81%) PhD
3 43 (25.44%) Security Cleared
4 41 (24.26%) Master's Degree
5 26 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.55%) QA
System Software
1 19 (11.24%) Firmware
2 1 (0.59%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) Ansible
1 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.59%) EMC
2 1 (0.59%) Renesas
2 1 (0.59%) SAP