C++
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 100 | 141 | 145 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | +4 | -53 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 1,503 | 2,003 | 2,565 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.88% | 2.04% | 2.47% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 9.60% | 6.03% | 5.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 750 | 1,616 | 1,811 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,250 | £39,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £47,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,200 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.33% | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £75,000 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,250 | £97,500 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £56,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.62% | -5.83% | +14.29% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 15,664 | 33,221 | 45,157 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.03% | 33.78% | 43.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11,561 | 25,021 | 28,803 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £49,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £106,250 | £100,000 | £106,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -2.73% | +2.33% |
C++
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C++
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++.
C++
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
C++
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
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| England | +46 | 1,348 | £66,219 | +10.37% | 1,495 |
| UK excluding London | +32 | 1,098 | £62,500 | +10.62% | 990 |
| Work from Home | +93 | 514 | £66,100 | +10.17% | 792 |
| North of England | +132 | 451 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 200 |
| North West | +133 | 416 | £55,000 | -9.84% | 101 |
| London | +89 | 356 | £110,000 | +12.82% | 617 |
| East of England | +65 | 212 | £66,206 | +10.34% | 189 |
| South East | -34 | 211 | £62,500 | +8.23% | 258 |
| Scotland | +53 | 80 | £60,000 | - | 91 |
| South West | -31 | 62 | £55,000 | - | 129 |
| Midlands | -56 | 47 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 115 |
| West Midlands | -21 | 32 | £40,000 | -30.43% | 65 |
| Wales | +23 | 31 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 26 |
| Yorkshire | +24 | 28 | £46,000 | -3.16% | 66 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 14 | £56,250 | +12.52% | 50 |
| North East | +35 | 7 | £25,000 | -54.55% | 35 |
| Northern Ireland | +35 | 4 | £90,000 | - | 9 |
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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:
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