C++ Jobs in the UK excluding London

C++
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 137 79
Rank change year-on-year +12 -58 0
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,601 1,533 2,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.28% 2.48% 3.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.11% 6.12% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 1,000 1,138
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +17.39%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,524 25,038 32,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.12% 40.48% 46.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,398 14,033 21,485
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,635 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

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 26 April 2024.

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 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 +18 549 £58,000 -3.33% 229
South West +11 285 £55,000 -9.84% 150
North of England +31 214 £57,500 +4.55% 88
Midlands -1 185 £50,000 -4.76% 92
Scotland -52 174 £60,000 +13.21% 59
East of England +23 144 £60,000 - 175
North West +42 116 £61,000 - 56
West Midlands -6 106 £57,500 +4.55% 50
East Midlands +11 79 £49,990 +11.09% 42
Yorkshire +33 74 £47,500 +11.76% 23
Wales +20 48 £50,000 +11.11% 8
North East +16 24 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Northern Ireland +4 5 - - 2
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 61 (3.81%) Apache
2 14 (0.87%) Confluence
3 10 (0.62%) nginx
4 3 (0.19%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.12%) CMS
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.062%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.062%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.062%) IIS
6 1 (0.062%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (4.37%) Simulink
2 9 (0.56%) GNU Octave
2 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.31%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.12%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.12%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.062%) CATIA
6 1 (0.062%) EViews
6 1 (0.062%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.062%) SPSS
6 1 (0.062%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.25%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.062%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 105 (6.56%) Azure
2 73 (4.56%) AWS
3 47 (2.94%) SaaS
4 22 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (1.00%) GCP
6 14 (0.87%) GitHub
7 11 (0.69%) OpenShift
8 9 (0.56%) AWS IoT
9 8 (0.50%) Serverless
10 6 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.25%) TestFlight
13 3 (0.19%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.19%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.19%) ChatGPT
13 3 (0.19%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.12%) Azure Service Bus
14 2 (0.12%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.12%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.12%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.87%) TCP/IP
2 43 (2.69%) Wireless
3 28 (1.75%) MQTT
4 27 (1.69%) Network Security
5 24 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (1.37%) Modbus
7 19 (1.19%) 4G
7 19 (1.19%) Ethernet
8 18 (1.12%) 5G
8 18 (1.12%) Bluetooth
9 17 (1.06%) 3G
9 17 (1.06%) RS-485
10 16 (1.00%) Internet
11 15 (0.94%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.94%) WAN
12 11 (0.69%) DNS
12 11 (0.69%) Firewall
12 11 (0.69%) LoRaWAN
13 8 (0.50%) Wireshark
14 7 (0.44%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 48 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (1.94%) MongoDB
4 15 (0.94%) MySQL
4 15 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (0.44%) SQLite
8 5 (0.31%) Big Data
9 4 (0.25%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.12%) GIS
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.062%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.062%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.062%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle Database 11g
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle9i Database
12 1 (0.062%) OrientDB
12 1 (0.062%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 143 (8.93%) Git
2 108 (6.75%) Visual Studio
3 75 (4.68%) Subversion
4 67 (4.18%) JIRA
5 47 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 47 (2.94%) LabVIEW
6 35 (2.19%) GitLab
7 31 (1.94%) CMake
8 24 (1.50%) Ant
9 16 (1.00%) Rational Rhapsody
10 15 (0.94%) Eclipse
11 14 (0.87%) Selenium
12 13 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.75%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.62%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.62%) GDB
14 10 (0.62%) GNU Toolchain
14 10 (0.62%) Vagrant
15 9 (0.56%) GCC
16 8 (0.50%) Bitbucket
General
1 281 (17.55%) Social Skills
2 217 (13.55%) Electronics
3 167 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.18%) Manufacturing
5 101 (6.31%) Automotive
6 75 (4.68%) Finance
7 73 (4.56%) Marketing
8 60 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 59 (3.69%) Telecoms
10 45 (2.81%) Public Sector
11 39 (2.44%) Games
11 39 (2.44%) Military
12 38 (2.37%) Aerospace
13 34 (2.12%) Aviation
14 25 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.37%) Law
16 19 (1.19%) Legal
17 18 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 771 (48.16%) Software Engineer
2 376 (23.49%) Senior
3 373 (23.30%) Developer
4 298 (18.61%) C++ Software Engineer
5 278 (17.36%) Embedded Engineer
6 252 (15.74%) Senior Software Engineer
7 231 (14.43%) C++ Developer
8 196 (12.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 147 (9.18%) Lead
10 118 (7.37%) Software Developer
11 97 (6.06%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 96 (6.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 85 (5.31%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 68 (4.25%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 57 (3.56%) C++ Software Developer
16 54 (3.37%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 53 (3.31%) C Software Engineer
17 53 (3.31%) C/C++ Software Engineer
18 50 (3.12%) Electronics Engineer
19 48 (3.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (10.93%) .NET
2 85 (5.31%) HTML
2 85 (5.31%) Qt
3 69 (4.31%) WPF
4 66 (4.12%) .NET Framework
5 65 (4.06%) STL
6 51 (3.19%) REST
7 49 (3.06%) CSS
8 46 (2.87%) Yocto
9 39 (2.44%) React
10 37 (2.31%) MFC
11 36 (2.25%) WinForms
12 33 (2.06%) Apache NiFi
13 31 (1.94%) XML
14 29 (1.81%) ASP.NET
15 28 (1.75%) Web Services
16 27 (1.69%) Hibernate
17 24 (1.50%) SOAP
18 23 (1.44%) AngularJS
19 22 (1.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 187 (11.68%) Algorithms
2 125 (7.81%) Embedded Systems
3 91 (5.68%) IoT
4 70 (4.37%) FPGA
5 67 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (3.06%) VHDL
7 45 (2.81%) Robotics
8 32 (2.00%) CUDA
9 31 (1.94%) Device Driver
10 27 (1.69%) GNSS
11 26 (1.62%) Analogue Electronics
12 25 (1.56%) Verilog
13 23 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.31%) Satnav
15 18 (1.12%) ARM Cortex
15 18 (1.12%) Mobile App
16 16 (1.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 520 (32.48%) Linux
2 292 (18.24%) Windows
3 96 (6.00%) Embedded Linux
4 55 (3.44%) Unix
5 44 (2.75%) Android
6 26 (1.62%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.31%) AIX
8 18 (1.12%) Apple iOS
9 15 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 14 (0.87%) CentOS
11 11 (0.69%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.69%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
13 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
14 5 (0.31%) Debian
15 3 (0.19%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.12%) FreeBSD
16 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.12%) Rocky
16 2 (0.12%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 994 (62.09%) Software Engineering
2 351 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
3 305 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 298 (18.61%) Agile
5 212 (13.24%) Mathematics
6 175 (10.93%) Multithreading
7 149 (9.31%) Mentoring
8 134 (8.37%) OO
9 116 (7.25%) Physics
10 113 (7.06%) Test Automation
11 104 (6.50%) SDLC
12 102 (6.37%) Machine Learning
13 100 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
14 93 (5.81%) DevOps
15 85 (5.31%) Signal Processing
16 76 (4.75%) Software Testing
17 71 (4.43%) Technical Leadership
18 69 (4.31%) Code Quality
18 69 (4.31%) Open Source
19 68 (4.25%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 798 (49.84%) C
2 482 (30.11%) Python
3 427 (26.67%) C#
4 288 (17.99%) Java
5 167 (10.43%) JavaScript
6 166 (10.37%) SQL
7 82 (5.12%) MATLAB
8 71 (4.43%) Embedded C
9 65 (4.06%) Fortran
10 60 (3.75%) Bash
11 53 (3.31%) Embedded C++
12 45 (2.81%) VB
13 33 (2.06%) Rust
14 31 (1.94%) Go
15 30 (1.87%) TypeScript
16 29 (1.81%) COBOL
16 29 (1.81%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 29 (1.81%) Perl
17 26 (1.62%) Ada
18 23 (1.44%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 467 (29.17%) Degree
2 262 (16.36%) Security Cleared
3 138 (8.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 136 (8.49%) SC Cleared
5 90 (5.62%) PhD
6 75 (4.68%) Master's Degree
7 46 (2.87%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (0.56%) HND
10 7 (0.44%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.062%) HNC
13 1 (0.062%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.062%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.44%) QA
2 21 (1.31%) Software Quality Assurance
3 17 (1.06%) PMO
4 16 (1.00%) GDPR
5 12 (0.75%) MISRA
6 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.50%) MISRA C
7 7 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
7 7 (0.44%) ISO 13485
7 7 (0.44%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.31%) IEC 61508
8 5 (0.31%) TickIT
9 4 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.25%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.25%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.25%) JTAG
10 3 (0.19%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
11 2 (0.12%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.062%) NIST
System Software
1 158 (9.87%) Firmware
2 91 (5.68%) Embedded Firmware
3 56 (3.50%) Docker
4 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.062%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.062%) QEMU
5 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (2.19%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.56%) Terraform
3 21 (1.31%) Ansible
4 3 (0.19%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.062%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.062%) Podman
6 1 (0.062%) Puppet
6 1 (0.062%) vRealize
6 1 (0.062%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 97 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.81%) SAP
3 34 (2.12%) Xilinx
4 29 (1.81%) Micro Focus
5 26 (1.62%) Oracle
6 16 (1.00%) Google
7 12 (0.75%) Atlassian
7 12 (0.75%) EMC
8 10 (0.62%) Cadence
8 10 (0.62%) Synopsys
9 7 (0.44%) Altera
9 7 (0.44%) Cisco
9 7 (0.44%) Green Hills
9 7 (0.44%) Motorola
9 7 (0.44%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.37%) BT
10 6 (0.37%) HP
10 6 (0.37%) Remedy
11 4 (0.25%) Apple
11 4 (0.25%) Computacenter