Senior Software Engineer - C++
UK
The median Senior Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 668 | 795 | 929 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +127 | +134 | +158 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Software Engineer | 23 | 107 | 54 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.11% | 0.052% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.049% | 0.11% | 0.057% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 95 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £62,500 | £54,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £64,375 | £55,000 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £95,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +58.33% | +4.35% | -11.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £115,938 | £71,250 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £131,000 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -25.00% | +30.61% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 46,967 | 93,227 | 95,240 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.30% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,330 | 66,890 | 59,886 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,900 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -11.83% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer.
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
Senior C++ Software Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 |
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| England | +112 | 20 | £91,250 | +52.08% | 32 |
| UK excluding London | +123 | 11 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 29 |
| London | +116 | 9 | £130,000 | +16.85% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +131 | 7 | £108,750 | +55.36% | 19 |
| South East | +87 | 6 | £65,000 | -18.75% | 5 |
| East of England | +55 | 3 | £65,000 | - | 15 |
| Scotland | +113 | 1 | - | - | |
| South West | +91 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Senior C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior C++ Software Engineer in the job title.
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Senior C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
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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