C++ Jobs in the UK excluding London

C++
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 108 140
Rank change year-on-year +18 +32 -69
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,241 1,921 1,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.13% 2.38% 2.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.99% 8.10% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 452 1,486 893
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.54% +11.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £66,212 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.35% -7.69% -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,354 23,729 21,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.11% 29.40% 38.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,577 17,069 12,808
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

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

C++
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
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++ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 2025. 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
North of England +129 627 £47,500 -17.39% 223
North West +132 583 £55,000 -12.00% 109
East of England +35 207 £66,206 +5.93% 326
South East -68 195 £60,000 +4.35% 764
Scotland +23 72 £62,500 +4.17% 136
South West -44 61 £60,000 +4.35% 189
Midlands -87 56 £45,000 -14.29% 115
Yorkshire +9 35 £46,000 -3.16% 78
West Midlands -33 28 £45,000 -25.00% 61
East Midlands -32 27 £47,500 +5.56% 49
Wales +14 23 £65,000 +30.00% 40
North East +35 9 £25,000 -55.36% 36
Northern Ireland +32 1 £50,000 - 42
C++
UK

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (1.05%) Kinematics
2 4 (0.32%) Apache
3 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.16%) CMS
4 2 (0.16%) WordPress
5 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.081%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 104 (8.38%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.73%) Simulink
3 4 (0.32%) GNU Octave
3 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.32%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.16%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.081%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 285 (22.97%) Azure
2 226 (18.21%) AWS
3 180 (14.50%) GCP
4 36 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
4 36 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (0.56%) GitHub
6 5 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (0.40%) Power Platform
7 4 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.16%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.16%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.081%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (0.081%) Datadog
10 1 (0.081%) SaaS
10 1 (0.081%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 401 (32.31%) VPN
2 393 (31.67%) DNS
3 34 (2.74%) TCP/IP
4 31 (2.50%) Wireless
5 30 (2.42%) Modbus
6 21 (1.69%) Software-Defined Radio
7 20 (1.61%) Network Security
8 16 (1.29%) WAN
9 13 (1.05%) Internet
9 13 (1.05%) MQTT
10 11 (0.89%) 5G
10 11 (0.89%) HTTP
11 10 (0.81%) RS-485
11 10 (0.81%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.56%) Ethernet
13 6 (0.48%) Bluetooth
13 6 (0.48%) Firewall
13 6 (0.48%) FTP
13 6 (0.48%) LAN
13 6 (0.48%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.22%) MySQL
3 38 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 12 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.73%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.48%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.40%) Power BI
10 4 (0.32%) Metabase
11 3 (0.24%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.24%) Weaviate
12 2 (0.16%) Big Data
12 2 (0.16%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.16%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.16%) GIS
12 2 (0.16%) Metadata
12 2 (0.16%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 45 (3.63%) Git
2 28 (2.26%) Visual Studio
3 13 (1.05%) Subversion
4 12 (0.97%) JIRA
5 9 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.64%) GitLab
7 7 (0.56%) MagicDraw
8 6 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.40%) CMake
10 4 (0.32%) GDB
11 3 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.24%) IDA Disassembler
11 3 (0.24%) MLflow
11 3 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
12 2 (0.16%) CppUnit
12 2 (0.16%) Eclipse RCP
12 2 (0.16%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.16%) JUnit
12 2 (0.16%) webpack
13 1 (0.081%) TeamCity
General
1 632 (50.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 482 (38.84%) Finance
3 475 (38.28%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (10.88%) Social Skills
5 90 (7.25%) Electronics
6 47 (3.79%) Aerospace
7 43 (3.46%) Manufacturing
8 23 (1.85%) Marketing
9 16 (1.29%) Telecoms
10 15 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.13%) Military
12 12 (0.97%) Automotive
13 10 (0.81%) Retail
14 8 (0.64%) Law
14 8 (0.64%) Public Sector
15 6 (0.48%) Aviation
15 6 (0.48%) Legal
16 4 (0.32%) Games
16 4 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.16%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 587 (47.30%) Developer
2 474 (38.20%) Software Developer
3 387 (31.18%) Software Engineer
4 309 (24.90%) Senior
5 244 (19.66%) Senior Software Engineer
6 101 (8.14%) Trainer
7 91 (7.33%) Embedded Engineer
8 66 (5.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 61 (4.92%) Lead
10 51 (4.11%) Graduate
11 41 (3.30%) Graduate Developer
12 40 (3.22%) IT Graduate
13 28 (2.26%) C++ Software Engineer
14 25 (2.01%) Senior Developer
15 22 (1.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 19 (1.53%) Cloud Engineer
17 18 (1.45%) C++ Developer
18 17 (1.37%) Architect
18 17 (1.37%) Firmware Engineer
19 15 (1.21%) Graduate PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (23.05%) .NET
2 218 (17.57%) Node.js
3 176 (14.18%) HTML
4 52 (4.19%) CSS
5 50 (4.03%) ASP.NET
6 40 (3.22%) jQuery
6 40 (3.22%) Pandas
7 25 (2.01%) Middleware
8 17 (1.37%) Qt
9 15 (1.21%) React
10 13 (1.05%) .NET Framework
11 11 (0.89%) .NET Core
11 11 (0.89%) REST
12 10 (0.81%) XML
13 9 (0.73%) MFC
14 8 (0.64%) PyTorch
14 8 (0.64%) TensorFlow
14 8 (0.64%) Yocto
15 6 (0.48%) LDAP
16 5 (0.40%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 599 (48.27%) Cyberattack
2 198 (15.95%) Self-Motivation
3 178 (14.34%) Linux Command Line
4 77 (6.20%) Embedded Systems
5 74 (5.96%) Algorithms
6 32 (2.58%) Device Driver
7 27 (2.18%) Robotics
8 22 (1.77%) e-Learning
9 21 (1.69%) IoT
10 20 (1.61%) FPGA
11 18 (1.45%) MicroBlaze
11 18 (1.45%) RISC-V
12 17 (1.37%) Data Structures
13 12 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (0.89%) Virtual Team
15 10 (0.81%) Self-Driving Car
16 9 (0.73%) CUDA
16 9 (0.73%) Product Ownership
17 8 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (0.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 747 (60.19%) Linux
2 453 (36.50%) Android
3 51 (4.11%) Windows
4 45 (3.63%) Embedded Linux
5 26 (2.10%) Unix
6 20 (1.61%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.40%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.16%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.081%) Debian
10 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.081%) Rocky
10 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 744 (59.95%) Agile
2 520 (41.90%) Mathematics
3 519 (41.82%) OO
4 494 (39.81%) Software Engineering
5 465 (37.47%) OOP
6 437 (35.21%) Line Management
7 436 (35.13%) Android Development
8 432 (34.81%) Design Patterns
9 254 (20.47%) Machine Learning
10 251 (20.23%) Mentoring
11 200 (16.12%) Computer Science
11 200 (16.12%) Scrum
12 186 (14.99%) User Experience
13 183 (14.75%) Microservices
14 182 (14.67%) Artificial Intelligence
15 178 (14.34%) Data Engineering
16 172 (13.86%) Cloud Security
16 172 (13.86%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 113 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
18 105 (8.46%) Conversational UI
Programming Languages
1 932 (75.10%) Python
2 802 (64.63%) Java
3 613 (49.40%) Go
4 392 (31.59%) JavaScript
5 304 (24.50%) C
6 292 (23.53%) Rust
7 288 (23.21%) C#
8 219 (17.65%) SQL
9 94 (7.57%) PHP
10 78 (6.29%) MATLAB
11 60 (4.83%) R
11 60 (4.83%) TypeScript
12 48 (3.87%) Dart
12 48 (3.87%) Ruby
13 24 (1.93%) Bash
14 15 (1.21%) Ada
15 13 (1.05%) Fortran
15 13 (1.05%) Objective-C
16 12 (0.97%) Embedded C
17 10 (0.81%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 682 (54.96%) Security Cleared
2 627 (50.52%) DV Cleared
3 364 (29.33%) Degree
4 173 (13.94%) AWS Certification
5 172 (13.86%) AWS Certified Developer
5 172 (13.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 118 (9.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (4.51%) SC Cleared
8 35 (2.82%) Master's Degree
9 34 (2.74%) PhD
10 11 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
11 10 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.32%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.32%) Dell Certification
12 4 (0.32%) MCP
12 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.24%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.081%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.081%) HNC
14 1 (0.081%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (0.64%) QA
2 4 (0.32%) PMO
3 3 (0.24%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.24%) JTAG
4 2 (0.16%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.16%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.081%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.081%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.081%) ECSS
5 1 (0.081%) GDPR
5 1 (0.081%) HL7
5 1 (0.081%) MISRA
5 1 (0.081%) SLA
System Software
1 446 (35.94%) Docker
2 74 (5.96%) Firmware
3 47 (3.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 428 (34.49%) Ansible
2 54 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.98%) Terraform
4 6 (0.48%) QRadar
5 3 (0.24%) Grafana
5 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.081%) Kibana
Vendors
1 104 (8.38%) PayPal
2 24 (1.93%) Microsoft
3 8 (0.64%) SAP
4 7 (0.56%) EMC
4 7 (0.56%) Splunk
5 5 (0.40%) Google
5 5 (0.40%) Intel
5 5 (0.40%) NVIDIA
5 5 (0.40%) Siemens
5 5 (0.40%) Xilinx
6 4 (0.32%) Agilent
6 4 (0.32%) Dell
7 3 (0.24%) Atmel
7 3 (0.24%) Graphcore
7 3 (0.24%) IBM
7 3 (0.24%) Oracle
7 3 (0.24%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.16%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.16%) QNX
9 1 (0.081%) InterSystems