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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 103 | 123 | 140 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | +17 | -43 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 1,628 | 2,350 | 2,315 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 2.90% | 2.12% | 2.53% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 9.78% | 6.75% | 6.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 655 | 1,815 | 1,618 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,800 | £38,125 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,212 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.35% | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £72,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £121,500 | £93,750 | £121,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £57,500 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -2.54% | +10.80% |
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 | 16,649 | 34,839 | 38,570 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 29.66% | 31.44% | 42.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,579 | 25,752 | 25,992 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,303 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,250 | £77,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £107,500 | £97,500 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £54,084 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.69% | -1.67% | +4.76% |
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 16 June 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 16 June 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 | +27 | 1,481 | £66,225 | +10.38% | 8,141 |
| UK excluding London | +16 | 1,242 | £62,500 | +8.70% | 6,406 |
| Work from Home | +76 | 719 | £66,212 | +10.35% | 3,303 |
| North of England | +128 | 627 | £47,500 | -19.15% | 1,146 |
| North West | +132 | 583 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 554 |
| London | +70 | 322 | £110,000 | +22.22% | 2,857 |
| East of England | +36 | 207 | £66,206 | +5.93% | 1,150 |
| South East | -74 | 196 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 1,755 |
| Scotland | +20 | 72 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 480 |
| South West | -44 | 61 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 724 |
| Midlands | -77 | 56 | £45,000 | -14.29% | 890 |
| Yorkshire | +9 | 35 | £46,000 | -3.16% | 465 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 28 | £45,000 | -25.00% | 504 |
| East Midlands | -36 | 27 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 382 |
| Wales | +16 | 23 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 177 |
| North East | +32 | 9 | £25,000 | -55.36% | 127 |
| Northern Ireland | +36 | 1 | £50,000 | - | 124 |
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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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