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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 723 908 919
Rank change year-on-year +185 +11 +338
Permanent jobs citing VC++ 3 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.018% 0.006% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% +27.16% +15.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,250 £42,750
90th Percentile - - £43,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +26.21% +27.16% +17.39%

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 16,591 34,637 37,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.29% 31.62% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 10,551 25,743 25,739
10th Percentile £37,000 £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 £81,250 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 5 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 25 June 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 +177 3 £65,000 +26.21%
England +169 3 £65,000 +26.21%
South West - 2 - -
Work from Home +131 1 £65,000 +26.21%
East of England +44 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) MFC
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Multithreaded Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft