Qt
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Qt skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Qt over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 787 870
Rank change year-on-year +120 +83 +154
Permanent jobs citing Qt 25 109 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.30% 0.52% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12 88 86
10th Percentile £37,850 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,125 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +19.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Qt falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,460 21,099 31,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.26% 21.42% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,443 15,769 19,367
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

Qt
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Qt in the UK

Qt
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Qt in the UK

Qt
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Qt over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Qt in the UK

Qt
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Qt within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +90 25 £60,000 - 52
UK excluding London +128 23 £60,000 - 51
South East +65 20 £60,000 +4.35% 21
Work from Home +176 14 £62,500 -21.88% 19
London +107 2 £90,000 +80.00% 3
North of England +85 1 £40,000 - 7
South West +80 1 £62,500 +4.17% 21
East of England +53 1 £40,000 -38.46%
North West - 1 £40,000 - 1

Qt
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (60.00%) Git
2 4 (16.00%) CMake
3 3 (12.00%) JIRA
4 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (8.00%) Qt Creator
4 2 (8.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (8.00%) TestRail
5 1 (4.00%) Eclipse
5 1 (4.00%) Subversion
5 1 (4.00%) WiX
General
1 13 (52.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Electronics
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Marketing
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Developer
3 3 (12.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Computer Scientist
4 2 (8.00%) Qt Software Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Computer Scientist
5 1 (4.00%) Embedded C++ Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) GUI Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Qt Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) WinForms
1 4 (16.00%) WPF
2 3 (12.00%) HTML
2 3 (12.00%) OpenGL
2 3 (12.00%) QML
2 3 (12.00%) Vulkan
3 2 (8.00%) HTML5
3 2 (8.00%) OpenCL
3 2 (8.00%) VTK
4 1 (4.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (4.00%) OpenSceneGraph
4 1 (4.00%) POCO
4 1 (4.00%) Qt Quick
4 1 (4.00%) STL
4 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (16.00%) Algorithms
3 3 (12.00%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (8.00%) CUDA
5 1 (4.00%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Android
2 1 (4.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 13 (52.00%) Manual Testing
1 13 (52.00%) Regression Testing
1 13 (52.00%) Software Testing
1 13 (52.00%) Test Automation
1 13 (52.00%) Validation
1 13 (52.00%) Verification and Validation
2 8 (32.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (16.00%) Agile
4 4 (16.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (16.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (16.00%) Multithreading
4 4 (16.00%) Physics
5 2 (8.00%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (8.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.00%) MVVM
5 2 (8.00%) OO
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (88.00%) C++
2 18 (72.00%) C
3 14 (56.00%) Python
4 4 (16.00%) C#
5 3 (12.00%) Bash
6 2 (8.00%) C-shell
6 2 (8.00%) Fortran
6 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
7 1 (4.00%) Embedded C
7 1 (4.00%) Embedded C++
7 1 (4.00%) Java
7 1 (4.00%) PHP
7 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) PhD
3 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Qubit
2 1 (4.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.00%) Intel
2 1 (4.00%) SAP