Microsoft Visual C++
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring VC++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VC++ over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 910 959
Rank change year-on-year +202 +49 +263
Permanent jobs citing VC++ 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.006% 0.006% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £35,475
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,750 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% +34.64% +9.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,250 £41,188
90th Percentile - - £42,425
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,500 -
% change year-on-year +26.21% - -

All Programming Languages
UK

VC++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,594 33,687 41,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.95% 32.62% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10,785 25,114 26,852
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%

VC++
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VC++ in the UK

VC++
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VC++.

Salary trend for VC++ in the UK

VC++
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VC++ within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +194 1 £65,000 +26.21%
England +157 1 £65,000 +26.21%
Work from Home +118 1 £65,000 +26.21%
East of England +47 1 £65,000 +26.21%

VC++
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft