C++ Software Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median C++ Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 726 761
Rank change year-on-year +28 +35 -143
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Developer 57 25 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.040% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.045% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53 23 70
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £44,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -41.18% +131.29%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,125 -
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -29.41% +78.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,472 55,237 67,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.31% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,163 31,304 42,933
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

C++ Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured C++ Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Developer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for C++ Software Developer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Developer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
South East +36 19 £57,500 +10.58% 5
North of England - 14 £50,000 - 5
Midlands +7 9 £47,500 +7.95% 3
North West - 9 £55,000 - 4
East of England - 7 £60,000 -
South West -18 6 £47,500 -20.83% 1
East Midlands -20 5 £42,500 -1.73% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £47,500 - 1
West Midlands +30 4 £51,250 -6.82%
Scotland -62 1 £47,500 -5.00%
Wales - 1 £30,000 -
C++ Software Developer
UK

C++ Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, C++ Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring C++ Software Developer in the job title.

1 57 (100.00%) C++
2 21 (36.84%) Agile
3 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
4 19 (33.33%) C
4 19 (33.33%) C#
5 17 (29.82%) Software Engineering
6 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
7 13 (22.81%) Algorithms
7 13 (22.81%) SDLC
7 13 (22.81%) .NET
8 12 (21.05%) Linux
8 12 (21.05%) OOP
8 12 (21.05%) Mathematics
8 12 (21.05%) Qt
9 10 (17.54%) Degree
9 10 (17.54%) HTML
9 10 (17.54%) ASP.NET
10 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
10 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (12.28%) Entity Framework
11 7 (12.28%) MVC
11 7 (12.28%) SC Cleared
11 7 (12.28%) .NET Framework
12 6 (10.53%) Android
12 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
12 6 (10.53%) Azure
12 6 (10.53%) Apple iOS
12 6 (10.53%) DevOps
12 6 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (8.77%) Computational Fluid Dynamics

C++ Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (10.53%) Azure
1 6 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.75%) GitHub
2 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) Wireless
2 1 (1.75%) 4G
2 1 (1.75%) 5G
2 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) GDB
1 4 (7.02%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) CMake
2 1 (1.75%) GCC
2 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.77%) Automotive
2 5 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.26%) Finance
5 2 (3.51%) Law
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Music Industry
6 1 (1.75%) Police
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
6 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) .NET
2 12 (21.05%) Qt
3 10 (17.54%) ASP.NET
3 10 (17.54%) HTML
4 7 (12.28%) .NET Framework
4 7 (12.28%) Entity Framework
5 4 (7.02%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (7.02%) CSS
5 4 (7.02%) HTML5
5 4 (7.02%) React
5 4 (7.02%) Redux
6 3 (5.26%) .NET Core
6 3 (5.26%) AngularJS
6 3 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (5.26%) LESS
6 3 (5.26%) RESTful
7 1 (1.75%) MFC
7 1 (1.75%) WinForms
7 1 (1.75%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Algorithms
2 5 (8.77%) Blog
2 5 (8.77%) Client/Server
2 5 (8.77%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (8.77%) IoT
2 5 (8.77%) Raspberry Pi
3 4 (7.02%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.26%) Podcast
4 3 (5.26%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Linux
2 6 (10.53%) Android
2 6 (10.53%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) Agile
2 17 (29.82%) Software Engineering
3 13 (22.81%) SDLC
4 12 (21.05%) Mathematics
4 12 (21.05%) OOP
5 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.28%) MVC
7 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
7 6 (10.53%) DevOps
8 5 (8.77%) Business Development
8 5 (8.77%) CAE
8 5 (8.77%) Commercial Awareness
8 5 (8.77%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
8 5 (8.77%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (8.77%) Finite Element Analysis
8 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.77%) Multithreaded Programming
8 5 (8.77%) Multithreading
9 4 (7.02%) CI/CD
9 4 (7.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 57 (100.00%) C++
2 19 (33.33%) C
2 19 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (7.02%) Java
3 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.02%) Python
4 3 (5.26%) SQL
5 1 (1.75%) Assembly Language
5 1 (1.75%) Bash
5 1 (1.75%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.75%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.54%) Degree
3 7 (12.28%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Kubernetes