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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 784 836 1147
Rank change year-on-year +52 +311 -192
Permanent jobs citing STL 58 51 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.063% 0.073%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.33% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 52 34 77
10th Percentile - £24,044 £47,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% -2.31% -7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £165,000 £127,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £170,000 £232,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +44.12% -15.00% -2.44%

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 17,601 22,313 69,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.48% 27.65% 39.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,656 16,103 29,822
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,875 £83,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,289 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for STL in the UK

STL
Top 11 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 26 July 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
England +42 56 £62,500 -10.71% 4
UK excluding London +9 56 £61,250 +44.12% 4
South East +23 22 £60,000 - 3
South West +8 16 £60,000 +14.29%
Work from Home +45 15 £80,000 +31.15% 3
North of England +23 15 £62,500 +25.00%
North West +4 13 £62,500 +25.00%
London +50 2 £100,000 -41.18%
Wales +29 2 £55,000 +114.63%
Yorkshire - 2 £52,500 -
East of England - 1 £75,000 - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (43.10%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (13.79%) CMake
1 8 (13.79%) Subversion
2 1 (1.72%) GDB
2 1 (1.72%) Git
General
1 8 (13.79%) Military
2 3 (5.17%) Games
2 3 (5.17%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Electronics
3 2 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 42 (72.41%) Software Engineer
2 16 (27.59%) C++ Software Engineer
2 16 (27.59%) Lead
3 15 (25.86%) Developer
4 14 (24.14%) C++ Developer
5 13 (22.41%) Lead Developer
6 12 (20.69%) Embedded Engineer
6 12 (20.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (17.24%) Senior
7 10 (17.24%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (15.52%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Lead Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Graduate
10 2 (3.45%) Graduate C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Junior
10 2 (3.45%) Junior C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Junior Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Software Developer
11 1 (1.72%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (43.10%) Apache NiFi
2 23 (39.66%) Qt
3 19 (32.76%) MFC
4 8 (13.79%) XML
5 5 (8.62%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (5.17%) OpenGL
6 3 (5.17%) QML
7 2 (3.45%) GTK
8 1 (1.72%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.72%) Animation
2 1 (1.72%) Cyberattack
2 1 (1.72%) Derivative
2 1 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.72%) Equities
2 1 (1.72%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.72%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (1.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 42 (72.41%) Linux
2 41 (70.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (74.14%) Software Engineering
2 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (25.86%) Multithreading
4 13 (22.41%) Mathematics
4 13 (22.41%) OO
5 12 (20.69%) Computer Science
6 11 (18.97%) Agile
7 10 (17.24%) Multithreaded Programming
8 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
9 8 (13.79%) Configuration Management
9 8 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (6.90%) OOP
11 3 (5.17%) Computer Vision
12 2 (3.45%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (3.45%) Data Visualisation
12 2 (3.45%) Physics
12 2 (3.45%) Thought Leadership
12 2 (3.45%) Visualisation
13 1 (1.72%) Parallel Programming
13 1 (1.72%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 55 (94.83%) C++
2 13 (22.41%) Python
3 4 (6.90%) SQL
4 2 (3.45%) C
5 1 (1.72%) C#
5 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.72%) Rust
5 1 (1.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (27.59%) Degree
2 10 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 7 (12.07%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Firmware