Senior C++ Software Engineer Jobs

Senior Software Engineer - C++
UK

The median Senior Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 924 1114
Rank change year-on-year +136 +190 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Software Engineer 108 51 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.051% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.056% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 98 39 74
10th Percentile £54,625 - £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +36.84%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,500 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £80,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +28.00% +31.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Senior C++ Software Engineer in the UK

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior C++ Software Engineer in the UK

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior C++ Software Engineer in the UK

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Top 13 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 14 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +65 100 £60,000 -25.00% 7
England +132 79 £60,000 -25.00% 14
Work from Home +84 49 £70,000 +21.74% 5
South East +24 29 £80,000 - 4
South West 0 26 £55,000 +10.00%
Scotland -29 25 £60,000 +14.29%
North of England - 13 £60,000 -
North West - 9 £60,000 -
London +124 4 £111,250 +109.91% 6
East of England +2 4 £65,000 -7.14% 2
North East - 4 £60,000 -
Midlands +7 3 £52,500 - 1
East Midlands -15 3 £52,500 -

Senior C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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.

1 108 (100.00%) C++
1 108 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 47 (43.52%) Linux
3 35 (32.41%) C
3 35 (32.41%) Degree
4 30 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 28 (25.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (25.00%) Network Security
7 24 (22.22%) Agile
8 23 (21.30%) Windows
9 20 (18.52%) Security Cleared
10 18 (16.67%) Mentoring
10 18 (16.67%) Algorithms
10 18 (16.67%) Military
11 17 (15.74%) Mathematics
11 17 (15.74%) OO
11 17 (15.74%) Configuration Management
11 17 (15.74%) SC Cleared
11 17 (15.74%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (14.81%) Aviation
12 16 (14.81%) Automotive
13 15 (13.89%) MFC
13 15 (13.89%) STL
13 15 (13.89%) XML
13 15 (13.89%) Subversion
13 15 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (13.89%) Qt
13 15 (13.89%) CMake
14 14 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (9.26%) Distributed Systems

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (4.63%) SaaS
2 1 (0.93%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (2.78%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.85%) 5G
3 2 (1.85%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.85%) WAN
4 1 (0.93%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (13.89%) CMake
1 15 (13.89%) Subversion
2 2 (1.85%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 18 (16.67%) Military
2 16 (14.81%) Automotive
2 16 (14.81%) Aviation
3 14 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.70%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.85%) Electronics
6 2 (1.85%) Finance
6 2 (1.85%) Marketing
6 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Retail
6 2 (1.85%) Wearables
7 1 (0.93%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.89%) MFC
1 15 (13.89%) Qt
1 15 (13.89%) STL
1 15 (13.89%) XML
2 4 (3.70%) DPDK
3 2 (1.85%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.93%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.93%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 17 (15.74%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (9.26%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.85%) CCTV
4 2 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.85%) GNSS
4 2 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 47 (43.52%) Linux
2 23 (21.30%) Windows
3 8 (7.41%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.93%) CentOS
4 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.93%) Unix
4 1 (0.93%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 30 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 24 (22.22%) Agile
4 18 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 17 (15.74%) Configuration Management
5 17 (15.74%) Mathematics
5 17 (15.74%) OO
6 15 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (8.33%) Multithreading
8 8 (7.41%) SDLC
9 7 (6.48%) OOD
10 6 (5.56%) Customer Service
10 6 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (5.56%) Linux Kernel Development
10 6 (5.56%) Microservices
11 5 (4.63%) Fintech
11 5 (4.63%) Regtech
11 5 (4.63%) Trade Surveillance
12 4 (3.70%) SOA
13 3 (2.78%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (100.00%) C++
2 35 (32.41%) C
3 9 (8.33%) C#
4 7 (6.48%) Python
5 3 (2.78%) Java
5 3 (2.78%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.85%) Bash
6 2 (1.85%) Go
6 2 (1.85%) Perl
6 2 (1.85%) Rust
7 1 (0.93%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 35 (32.41%) Degree
2 28 (25.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (18.52%) Security Cleared
4 17 (15.74%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.85%) PMO