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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 116 144
Rank change year-on-year +25 +28 -69
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,233 1,691 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.17% 2.30% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.08% 7.44% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 446 1,372 937
10th Percentile £31,750 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £66,216 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.36% -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 10,207 22,714 23,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.25% 30.84% 39.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,599 16,483 13,211
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,296 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,963
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +146 620 £52,500 -8.70% 234
North West +132 582 £57,500 -8.00% 123
East of England +43 204 £66,206 +10.34% 365
South East -59 203 £60,000 +4.35% 435
Scotland +46 75 £62,500 +4.17% 126
Midlands -79 55 £31,000 -38.00% 89
South West -44 51 £60,000 +9.09% 192
Yorkshire +17 31 £45,500 -4.21% 56
West Midlands -23 31 £38,000 -35.32% 48
Wales +23 24 £65,000 +30.00% 22
East Midlands -32 23 £40,000 -11.11% 35
North East +30 7 £25,000 -54.55% 55
Northern Ireland +39 1 £50,000 - 27
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 11 (0.89%) Kinematics
2 5 (0.41%) Apache
3 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.24%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.16%) CMS
4 2 (0.16%) WordPress
5 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.081%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 104 (8.43%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.73%) Simulink
3 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.32%) GNU Octave
4 4 (0.32%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.081%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.081%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.081%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.081%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 276 (22.38%) Azure
2 227 (18.41%) AWS
3 179 (14.52%) GCP
4 36 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
4 36 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 9 (0.73%) GitHub
6 6 (0.49%) Power Platform
7 5 (0.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.16%) Asana
10 2 (0.16%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.081%) Amazon SageMaker
11 1 (0.081%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.081%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.081%) Datadog
11 1 (0.081%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.081%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 401 (32.52%) VPN
2 394 (31.95%) DNS
3 33 (2.68%) TCP/IP
4 32 (2.60%) Wireless
5 28 (2.27%) Modbus
6 19 (1.54%) Network Security
7 17 (1.38%) Software-Defined Radio
8 13 (1.05%) WAN
9 12 (0.97%) HTTP
9 12 (0.97%) RS-485
10 11 (0.89%) MQTT
11 8 (0.65%) 5G
11 8 (0.65%) Internet
11 8 (0.65%) RS-232
12 7 (0.57%) Bluetooth
12 7 (0.57%) FTP
12 7 (0.57%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.49%) LAN
13 6 (0.49%) Profibus
13 6 (0.49%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
3 34 (2.76%) MySQL
4 19 (1.54%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.65%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.49%) Power BI
7 6 (0.49%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.32%) Metabase
9 3 (0.24%) Big Data
9 3 (0.24%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.24%) Metadata
9 3 (0.24%) Pinecone
9 3 (0.24%) Weaviate
10 2 (0.16%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.16%) GIS
10 2 (0.16%) Scylla
10 2 (0.16%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 46 (3.73%) Git
2 30 (2.43%) Visual Studio
3 14 (1.14%) JIRA
4 13 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.05%) Subversion
5 9 (0.73%) GitLab
6 7 (0.57%) MagicDraw
7 6 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.41%) CMake
8 5 (0.41%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.32%) GDB
10 3 (0.24%) IDA Disassembler
10 3 (0.24%) MLflow
10 3 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.16%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.16%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.16%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.16%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.081%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.081%) FitNesse
General
1 634 (51.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 476 (38.61%) Analytical Skills
3 472 (38.28%) Finance
4 127 (10.30%) Social Skills
5 94 (7.62%) Electronics
6 48 (3.89%) Manufacturing
7 47 (3.81%) Aerospace
8 22 (1.78%) Marketing
9 18 (1.46%) Telecoms
10 13 (1.05%) Military
10 13 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (0.65%) Automotive
11 8 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.57%) Law
12 7 (0.57%) Public Sector
13 6 (0.49%) Retail
14 5 (0.41%) Aviation
15 3 (0.24%) Legal
16 2 (0.16%) Games
16 2 (0.16%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 570 (46.23%) Developer
2 468 (37.96%) Software Developer
3 393 (31.87%) Software Engineer
4 318 (25.79%) Senior
5 248 (20.11%) Senior Software Engineer
6 101 (8.19%) Trainer
7 87 (7.06%) Embedded Engineer
8 64 (5.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 57 (4.62%) Lead
10 43 (3.49%) Graduate
11 33 (2.68%) Graduate Developer
12 32 (2.60%) IT Graduate
13 30 (2.43%) C++ Software Engineer
14 25 (2.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 22 (1.78%) Senior Developer
16 19 (1.54%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (1.38%) C++ Developer
18 16 (1.30%) Architect
19 15 (1.22%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
20 14 (1.14%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (22.71%) .NET
2 220 (17.84%) Node.js
3 177 (14.36%) HTML
4 45 (3.65%) CSS
5 42 (3.41%) ASP.NET
6 38 (3.08%) Pandas
7 32 (2.60%) jQuery
8 23 (1.87%) Middleware
9 17 (1.38%) Qt
10 16 (1.30%) React
11 15 (1.22%) .NET Framework
12 11 (0.89%) .NET Core
12 11 (0.89%) XML
13 9 (0.73%) MFC
13 9 (0.73%) REST
14 8 (0.65%) Yocto
15 6 (0.49%) LDAP
15 6 (0.49%) PyTorch
15 6 (0.49%) TensorFlow
16 5 (0.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 599 (48.58%) Cyberattack
2 199 (16.14%) Self-Motivation
3 179 (14.52%) Linux Command Line
4 77 (6.24%) Algorithms
5 74 (6.00%) Embedded Systems
6 33 (2.68%) Device Driver
7 26 (2.11%) FPGA
8 25 (2.03%) Robotics
9 20 (1.62%) e-Learning
10 19 (1.54%) MicroBlaze
11 16 (1.30%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.30%) IoT
11 16 (1.30%) RISC-V
12 11 (0.89%) VHDL
13 10 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.81%) Product Ownership
14 9 (0.73%) CUDA
14 9 (0.73%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.65%) GNSS
16 7 (0.57%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 748 (60.67%) Linux
2 453 (36.74%) Android
3 54 (4.38%) Windows
4 40 (3.24%) Embedded Linux
5 26 (2.11%) Unix
6 20 (1.62%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
8 6 (0.49%) Robot Operating System
9 5 (0.41%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.24%) Rocky
11 2 (0.16%) VMS
11 2 (0.16%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.081%) AIX
12 1 (0.081%) CentOS
12 1 (0.081%) Debian
12 1 (0.081%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 735 (59.61%) Agile
2 519 (42.09%) Mathematics
3 511 (41.44%) OO
4 493 (39.98%) Software Engineering
5 457 (37.06%) OOP
6 437 (35.44%) Line Management
7 436 (35.36%) Android Development
8 435 (35.28%) Design Patterns
9 255 (20.68%) Machine Learning
10 248 (20.11%) Mentoring
11 200 (16.22%) Scrum
12 190 (15.41%) Computer Science
13 187 (15.17%) Microservices
14 185 (15.00%) User Experience
15 184 (14.92%) Artificial Intelligence
16 178 (14.44%) Data Engineering
17 174 (14.11%) Cloud Security
18 172 (13.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 104 (8.43%) Conversational UI
20 103 (8.35%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 934 (75.75%) Python
2 797 (64.64%) Java
3 613 (49.72%) Go
4 389 (31.55%) JavaScript
5 307 (24.90%) C
6 289 (23.44%) Rust
7 280 (22.71%) C#
8 217 (17.60%) SQL
9 86 (6.97%) PHP
10 78 (6.33%) MATLAB
11 61 (4.95%) R
12 59 (4.79%) TypeScript
13 52 (4.22%) Ruby
14 48 (3.89%) Dart
15 24 (1.95%) Bash
16 17 (1.38%) Perl
17 15 (1.22%) Ada
18 13 (1.05%) Fortran
18 13 (1.05%) Objective-C
19 12 (0.97%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 680 (55.15%) Security Cleared
2 628 (50.93%) DV Cleared
3 361 (29.28%) Degree
4 172 (13.95%) AWS Certification
4 172 (13.95%) AWS Certified Developer
4 172 (13.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 111 (9.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (4.38%) SC Cleared
7 40 (3.24%) Master's Degree
8 36 (2.92%) PhD
9 10 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.32%) A+ Certification
10 4 (0.32%) Dell Certification
10 4 (0.32%) MCP
10 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.24%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.16%) CISSP
12 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.49%) QA
2 4 (0.32%) PMO
3 3 (0.24%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.24%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.16%) GDPR
4 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.16%) ISO 13485
4 2 (0.16%) NIST
5 1 (0.081%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.081%) ECSS
5 1 (0.081%) HL7
5 1 (0.081%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.081%) JTAG
5 1 (0.081%) MISRA
System Software
1 446 (36.17%) Docker
2 76 (6.16%) Firmware
3 48 (3.89%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.16%) HDFS
5 1 (0.081%) KVM
5 1 (0.081%) Postfix
5 1 (0.081%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 428 (34.71%) Ansible
2 54 (4.38%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.08%) Terraform
4 6 (0.49%) QRadar
5 4 (0.32%) Grafana
6 3 (0.24%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.081%) Kibana
8 1 (0.081%) Nagios
8 1 (0.081%) Nessus
Vendors
1 104 (8.43%) PayPal
2 25 (2.03%) Microsoft
3 9 (0.73%) EMC
3 9 (0.73%) SAP
4 8 (0.65%) Xilinx
5 7 (0.57%) Red Hat
5 7 (0.57%) Splunk
6 5 (0.41%) Intel
7 4 (0.32%) Agilent
7 4 (0.32%) Dell
7 4 (0.32%) IBM
7 4 (0.32%) NVIDIA
7 4 (0.32%) Oracle
7 4 (0.32%) Siemens
8 3 (0.24%) Altera
8 3 (0.24%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.24%) Google
8 3 (0.24%) Graphcore
8 3 (0.24%) Green Hills
9 2 (0.16%) QNX