STL Jobs in the UK excluding London

Standard Template Library (STL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring STL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited STL over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 686 730
Rank change year-on-year +105 +44 +43
Permanent jobs citing STL 5 73 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.10% 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.092% 0.51% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 70 9
10th Percentile £36,250 - £23,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,420 14,326 16,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.68% 20.00% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,441 10,308 8,998
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.88%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for STL in the UK excluding London

STL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for STL in the UK excluding London

STL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing STL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for STL in the UK excluding London

STL
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 STL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South East +59 2 £56,250 -29.69% 8
East of England +42 2 £51,250 +2.50% 12
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 4
Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 6
STL
UK

STL
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (20.00%) CMake
1 1 (20.00%) CruiseControl
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) Gemini Tracker
1 1 (20.00%) Hudson
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
1 1 (20.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) PLC Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) MFC
1 1 (20.00%) POCO
1 1 (20.00%) Qt
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Neuroscience
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (20.00%) Intel
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens