C++ Software Engineer Jobs

Software Engineer - C++
UK

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 578 700
Rank change year-on-year -65 +122 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 91 233 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.30% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.32% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 46 177 218
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,625 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.92% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £82,500 £102,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% +4.35% +10.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 54,926 73,148 103,699
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 94.96% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,346 55,204 65,516
10th Percentile £34,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 February 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
England -59 71 £72,500 +20.83% 48
UK excluding London -49 70 £72,500 +20.83% 42
Work from Home +18 42 £64,871 +3.79% 35
South East -28 32 £68,750 +14.58% 18
South West +33 11 - - 8
London +27 10 £130,000 +108.00% 16
Northern Ireland - 8 £90,000 -
East of England +3 7 £70,000 +16.67% 14
Scotland +35 6 £55,000 -12.00% 4
North of England +27 4 £80,000 +60.00% 1
North East +27 3 £80,000 -
Midlands -7 2 £55,000 +4.76%
East Midlands +17 1 £55,000 +10.00%
North West 0 1 £50,000 -20.63%
West Midlands -3 1 - -

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 February 2025, C++ Software Engineer 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 featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) C++
1 91 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 51 (56.04%) Linux
3 35 (38.46%) Python
3 35 (38.46%) Degree
4 33 (36.26%) Computer Science
4 33 (36.26%) Algorithms
5 30 (32.97%) Multithreading
6 29 (31.87%) Mathematics
6 29 (31.87%) Agile
7 24 (26.37%) Windows
8 21 (23.08%) C
8 21 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
9 19 (20.88%) C#
10 17 (18.68%) Finance
11 16 (17.58%) Java
11 16 (17.58%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (17.58%) Multithreaded Programming
12 15 (16.48%) Unix
12 15 (16.48%) OO
13 14 (15.38%) Software Testing
13 14 (15.38%) Machine Learning
14 13 (14.29%) Low Latency
14 13 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
14 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (14.29%) Physics
14 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
14 13 (14.29%) Electronics
15 12 (13.19%) .NET
15 12 (13.19%) Banking

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (7.69%) Azure
2 6 (6.59%) AWS
3 4 (4.40%) GitHub
4 2 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.59%) HTTP
2 5 (5.49%) Multicast
2 5 (5.49%) Network Security
3 4 (4.40%) 5G
3 4 (4.40%) SD-WAN
3 4 (4.40%) WAN
3 4 (4.40%) Wireless
4 3 (3.30%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.10%) Internet
5 1 (1.10%) SMTP
5 1 (1.10%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.20%) RDBMS
1 2 (2.20%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.10%) Metadata
2 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Visual Studio
2 7 (7.69%) Git
3 6 (6.59%) Subversion
4 5 (5.49%) CMake
4 5 (5.49%) JIRA
5 3 (3.30%) GitLab
5 3 (3.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.10%) Bugzilla
6 1 (1.10%) CruiseControl
6 1 (1.10%) Gemini Tracker
6 1 (1.10%) Hudson
6 1 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.10%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 17 (18.68%) Finance
2 13 (14.29%) Electronics
3 12 (13.19%) Banking
4 11 (12.09%) Manufacturing
4 11 (12.09%) Military
5 9 (9.89%) Legal
6 6 (6.59%) Games
6 6 (6.59%) Social Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.40%) Marketing
7 4 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.30%) Law
9 2 (2.20%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.10%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.19%) .NET
2 11 (12.09%) STL
3 9 (9.89%) Qt
4 8 (8.79%) WPF
5 6 (6.59%) WinForms
6 5 (5.49%) MFC
6 5 (5.49%) XML
7 4 (4.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 4 (4.40%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (4.40%) gRPC
7 4 (4.40%) OAuth
7 4 (4.40%) pytest
8 3 (3.30%) COM
8 3 (3.30%) Yocto
9 2 (2.20%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.20%) WCF
10 1 (1.10%) .NET Core
10 1 (1.10%) .NET Framework
10 1 (1.10%) OpenEmbedded
10 1 (1.10%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (36.26%) Algorithms
2 9 (9.89%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (8.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (5.49%) Client/Server
5 5 (5.49%) Cyberattack
6 4 (4.40%) Derivative
6 4 (4.40%) Fixed Income
6 4 (4.40%) GNSS
6 4 (4.40%) IoT
6 4 (4.40%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (4.40%) Self-Driving Car
7 3 (3.30%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (3.30%) CCTV
8 2 (2.20%) Equities
9 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.10%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.10%) Robotics
9 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (56.04%) Linux
2 24 (26.37%) Windows
3 15 (16.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 33 (36.26%) Computer Science
3 30 (32.97%) Multithreading
4 29 (31.87%) Agile
4 29 (31.87%) Mathematics
5 21 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
6 16 (17.58%) Continuous Integration
6 16 (17.58%) Multithreaded Programming
7 15 (16.48%) OO
8 14 (15.38%) Machine Learning
8 14 (15.38%) Software Testing
9 13 (14.29%) Low Latency
9 13 (14.29%) Physics
9 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (12.09%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (10.99%) CI/CD
11 10 (10.99%) SDLC
12 9 (9.89%) Configuration Management
12 9 (9.89%) Fintech
12 9 (9.89%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 91 (100.00%) C++
2 35 (38.46%) Python
3 21 (23.08%) C
4 19 (20.88%) C#
5 16 (17.58%) Java
6 10 (10.99%) SQL
7 9 (9.89%) Rust
8 8 (8.79%) Shell Script
9 6 (6.59%) Perl
10 4 (4.40%) Bash
11 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
11 2 (2.20%) MATLAB
12 1 (1.10%) PHP
12 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (38.46%) Degree
2 13 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.49%) Numerate Degree
3 5 (5.49%) PhD
3 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) QA
2 4 (4.40%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Docker
2 4 (4.40%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (4.40%) Firmware
3 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Ansible
1 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.30%) Prometheus
1 3 (3.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.10%) NVIDIA
1 1 (1.10%) VMware