CMake
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CMake skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CMake over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 719 1033 1063
Rank change year-on-year +314 +30 -335
Permanent jobs citing CMake 25 52 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.042% 0.025%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.36% 0.23% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17 21 19
10th Percentile £45,750 £48,750 £44,750
25th Percentile £47,788 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -23.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,500 - £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +62.50%

All Development Application Skills
UK

CMake is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,960 22,814 26,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 18.21% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,335 12,837 16,476
10th Percentile £42,439 £39,837 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,091 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,548 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,526 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.23% +10.00% -

CMake
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMake in the UK

CMake
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMake.

Salary trend for CMake in the UK

CMake
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMake over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CMake in the UK

CMake
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMake within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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 +275 25 £62,500 -16.67% 11
UK excluding London +248 23 £62,500 +13.64% 6
Work from Home +230 15 £52,500 -30.00% 4
South East +149 12 £75,000 - 3
North of England - 4 £52,500 -
Midlands +133 3 £49,990 -4.78%
South West +79 3 - - 3
London +253 2 £67,250 -20.88% 5
Yorkshire - 2 £52,500 -
East Midlands - 2 £49,990 -
North West - 2 £58,750 -
West Midlands +134 1 £59,500 +13.33%
East of England +110 1 £62,500 +13.64%

CMake
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) CANalyzer
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) J1939
Development Applications
1 14 (56.00%) Git
2 6 (24.00%) Subversion
3 3 (12.00%) GoogleTest
3 3 (12.00%) Rational Rhapsody
3 3 (12.00%) SoapUI
3 3 (12.00%) SonarQube
4 2 (8.00%) GCC
4 2 (8.00%) GDB
4 2 (8.00%) JIRA
5 1 (4.00%) Artifactory
5 1 (4.00%) CANoe
5 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
5 1 (4.00%) Polyspace
5 1 (4.00%) VectorCAST
General
1 9 (36.00%) Military
2 7 (28.00%) Electronics
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 6 (24.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (24.00%) Marketing
3 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (24.00%) Telecoms
4 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Automotive
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Senior
2 12 (48.00%) Software Engineer
3 9 (36.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (32.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (32.00%) Developer
5 7 (28.00%) C++ Developer
6 6 (24.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (16.00%) Linux Developer
7 4 (16.00%) Python Developer
7 4 (16.00%) Senior C++ Developer
7 4 (16.00%) Senior Developer
7 4 (16.00%) Senior Python Developer
8 3 (12.00%) Test Automation Engineer
8 3 (12.00%) Test Engineer
9 2 (8.00%) Embedded Engineer
9 2 (8.00%) Research Engineer
9 2 (8.00%) Research Software Engineer
10 1 (4.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (4.00%) Junior C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (4.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (40.00%) Qt
2 8 (32.00%) STL
3 6 (24.00%) MFC
3 6 (24.00%) XML
4 4 (16.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 4 (16.00%) CNTK
4 4 (16.00%) OpenVINO
4 4 (16.00%) PyTorch
4 4 (16.00%) TensorFlow
5 3 (12.00%) CSS
5 3 (12.00%) HTML
5 3 (12.00%) pytest
5 3 (12.00%) RESTful
6 2 (8.00%) OpenACC
6 2 (8.00%) OpenCL
6 2 (8.00%) OpenMP
7 1 (4.00%) .NET
7 1 (4.00%) OpenGL
7 1 (4.00%) Web Services
7 1 (4.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (12.00%) Distributed Applications
3 2 (8.00%) CUDA
3 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (84.00%) Linux
2 15 (60.00%) Windows
3 4 (16.00%) Android
4 2 (8.00%) Unix
5 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 11 (44.00%) Agile
4 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (28.00%) Configuration Management
5 7 (28.00%) Mathematics
6 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (24.00%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (24.00%) DevOps
6 6 (24.00%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (24.00%) OO
6 6 (24.00%) Programme Management
6 6 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (20.00%) Clean Code
7 5 (20.00%) Design Patterns
8 4 (16.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (16.00%) CI/CD
8 4 (16.00%) Data Science
8 4 (16.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) C++
2 15 (60.00%) Python
3 7 (28.00%) Java
4 6 (24.00%) Bash
5 4 (16.00%) C
5 4 (16.00%) SQL
6 2 (8.00%) Fortran
7 1 (4.00%) C#
7 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.00%) MATLAB
7 1 (4.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Degree
2 9 (36.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (36.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (8.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (4.00%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (4.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) IBM
3 1 (4.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (4.00%) Lauterbach