Standard Template Library (STL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring STL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited STL 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 688 818 940
Rank change year-on-year +130 +122 +142
Permanent jobs citing STL 4 78 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.079% 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.047% 0.37% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 74 25
10th Percentile £51,250 - £38,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £74,375 £82,500 £122,500
90th Percentile £77,750 - £170,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% +8.70% +15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

STL 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%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for STL in the UK

STL
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for STL in the UK

STL
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for STL in the UK

STL
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing STL 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
UK excluding London +140 4 £66,250 +6.00% 25
England +102 4 £66,250 +6.00% 28
Work from Home +174 2 £60,000 -25.00% 13
South East +80 2 £56,250 -29.69% 8
East of England +56 1 £70,000 +40.00% 6
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 4
Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 6

STL
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 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (25.00%) CMake
1 1 (25.00%) CruiseControl
1 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (25.00%) Gemini Tracker
1 1 (25.00%) Hudson
1 1 (25.00%) Subversion
1 1 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (25.00%) PLC Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) POCO
1 1 (25.00%) Qt
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (25.00%) Intel
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens