Embedded C++ Jobs

Embedded C++
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Embedded C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Embedded C++ over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 840 957
Rank change year-on-year +177 +117 +127
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 24 55 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.056% 0.031%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% 0.17% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 21 38 24
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,075 £36,425
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -25.93% +12.50%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,125 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -25.93% +12.50%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded 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 15,788 33,192 45,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.59% 33.81% 43.57%
Number of salaries quoted 11,630 25,038 29,105
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 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +1.85%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C++ over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +153 20 £55,000 +7.32% 53
UK excluding London +176 19 £57,500 +15.00% 59
Work from Home +157 11 £55,000 +22.22% 16
South East +109 11 £60,000 +4.35% 21
London +120 4 £55,000 - 5
Scotland - 3 £62,500 - 7
South West +114 2 £43,750 - 8
North of England +78 2 £56,250 +2.27% 7
Yorkshire +72 2 £56,250 +2.27% 5
Midlands +55 1 £57,500 +15.00% 2
East Midlands +52 1 £57,500 +31.43% 2

Embedded C++
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) GitHub
2 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Bluetooth
1 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (12.50%) Wireless
2 1 (4.17%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.17%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) Wideband
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Eclipse
1 5 (20.83%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) CMake
2 1 (4.17%) Subversion
General
1 7 (29.17%) Electronics
1 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 3 (12.50%) Wearables
5 1 (4.17%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Hardware Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) C++ Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Embedded Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Design Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) Graduate
8 1 (4.17%) Lead
8 1 (4.17%) Radio Engineer
8 1 (4.17%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) POCO
1 1 (4.17%) Qt
1 1 (4.17%) STL
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (16.67%) FPGA
2 4 (16.67%) GNSS
3 3 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (12.50%) IoT
3 3 (12.50%) Legacy Code
3 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team
4 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.17%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (4.17%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (4.17%) Device Driver
5 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (12.50%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Software Engineering
2 6 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
3 5 (20.83%) Prototyping
4 4 (16.67%) Code Quality
4 4 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 4 (16.67%) Time Management
5 3 (12.50%) Logistics
5 3 (12.50%) Open Source
5 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.50%) Signal Processing
5 3 (12.50%) UML
5 3 (12.50%) Unit Testing
6 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) C++
2 20 (83.33%) C
3 16 (66.67%) Embedded C
4 7 (29.17%) Python
5 3 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (4.17%) Ada
6 1 (4.17%) Bash
6 1 (4.17%) C#
6 1 (4.17%) Groovy
6 1 (4.17%) Perl
6 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.17%) Ruby
6 1 (4.17%) Rust
6 1 (4.17%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) PhD
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 4 (16.67%) MISRA
2 3 (12.50%) IEC 62304
2 3 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Cadence
2 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.17%) EMC
2 1 (4.17%) Intel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Parasoft
2 1 (4.17%) Xilinx