CMake
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring CMake skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 794 653 732
Rank change year-on-year -141 +79 -14
Permanent jobs citing CMake 9 4 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.008% 0.032%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% 0.11% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 11
10th Percentile £57,500 £58,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,188 £59,375 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +18.85% -6.15%
75th Percentile - £86,875 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £99,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% +9.93% +12.80%

All Development Application Skills
UK

CMake falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,803 3,745 6,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.04% 7.61% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,930 2,208 3,448
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,574
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -5.17%

CMake
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CMake relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CMake job vacancy trend in the UK

CMake
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CMake.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CMake

CMake
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMake over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CMake in the UK

CMake
Top 5 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 15 October 2026. 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
Work from Home -44 6 £62,500 +4.17% 17
England -142 6 £65,000 -10.34% 28
South East -49 5 £65,000 -31.58% 3
UK excluding London -161 5 £65,000 -16.13% 19
London -76 1 £90,000 +24.14% 14

CMake
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) InterSystems Cache
1 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Git
2 4 (44.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (11.11%) GDB
3 1 (11.11%) Valgrind
General
1 4 (44.44%) Electronics
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Vision Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Senior
5 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) C++ Developer
6 1 (11.11%) Developer
6 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (11.11%) Senior C++ Developer
6 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) Yocto
2 4 (44.44%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Device Driver
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
4 4 (44.44%) AI
4 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
4 4 (44.44%) Software Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) API Development
5 3 (33.33%) Black-Box Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Code Coverage
5 3 (33.33%) Computer Vision
5 3 (33.33%) Release Automation
5 3 (33.33%) SDLC
5 3 (33.33%) Signal Processing
6 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Engineering
7 1 (11.11%) API Design
7 1 (11.11%) Concurrent Programming
7 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded C++
4 1 (11.11%) Bash
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) MiFID
2 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Atlassian