C++ Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

C++ Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median C++ Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 510 501
Rank change year-on-year +150 -9 +147
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 37 82 175
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.24% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.25% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 16 46 157
10th Percentile - £37,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £106,875 £64,688 £87,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £65,750 £130,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% -23.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

C++ Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

C++ Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing C++ Developer.

C++ Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing C++ Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

C++ Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, C++ Developer 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) C++
2 28 (75.68%) Linux
3 24 (64.86%) Low Latency
4 22 (59.46%) C
5 21 (56.76%) Java
5 21 (56.76%) Finance
5 21 (56.76%) TCP/IP
6 20 (54.05%) FPGA
7 19 (51.35%) Banking
8 17 (45.95%) Agile
9 16 (43.24%) Investment Banking
10 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
11 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (24.32%) Python
12 8 (21.62%) Windows
12 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (18.92%) MFC
13 7 (18.92%) Visual Studio
14 6 (16.22%) QA
15 5 (13.51%) Derivative
15 5 (13.51%) SQL
16 4 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
16 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
16 4 (10.81%) Software Engineering
16 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
16 4 (10.81%) Embedded Systems
17 3 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
17 3 (8.11%) Code Quality
17 3 (8.11%) pytest

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 21 (56.76%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.11%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Visual Studio
2 3 (8.11%) JIRA
3 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 19 (51.35%) Banking
3 16 (43.24%) Investment Banking
4 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
5 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.41%) Front Office
8 1 (2.70%) Law
8 1 (2.70%) Military
8 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) MFC
2 3 (8.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (8.11%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (8.11%) pytest
3 2 (5.41%) React
4 1 (2.70%) .NET
4 1 (2.70%) Flask
4 1 (2.70%) HTML
4 1 (2.70%) HTML5
4 1 (2.70%) Motif
4 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (54.05%) FPGA
2 5 (13.51%) Derivative
3 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
3 4 (10.81%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (8.11%) Fixed Income
5 2 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.70%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (75.68%) Linux
2 8 (21.62%) Windows
3 3 (8.11%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (5.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Low Latency
2 17 (45.95%) Agile
3 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
4 4 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (10.81%) Software Engineering
5 3 (8.11%) Code Quality
5 3 (8.11%) Mathematics
5 3 (8.11%) OOP
5 3 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (8.11%) UML
5 3 (8.11%) Workflow
6 1 (2.70%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (2.70%) Clean Code
6 1 (2.70%) DevOps
6 1 (2.70%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.70%) High-Frequency Trading
6 1 (2.70%) Order Management
6 1 (2.70%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (2.70%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) C++
2 22 (59.46%) C
3 21 (56.76%) Java
4 9 (24.32%) Python
5 5 (13.51%) SQL
6 3 (8.11%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.70%) C#
7 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.70%) VC++
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft