C++ Software Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Software Engineer - C++
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in Work from Home is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 495 602
Rank change year-on-year +50 +107 -131
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 133 172 244
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.42% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.43% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 95 145 179
10th Percentile £45,800 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +17.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £106,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,440 39,720 66,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.99% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,895 28,262 41,717
10th Percentile £33,005 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ Software Engineer.

C++ Software Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

C++ Software Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, C++ Software Engineer 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 remote work options featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 133 (100.00%) C++
1 133 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 64 (48.12%) C
3 55 (41.35%) Linux
4 51 (38.35%) Security Cleared
5 47 (35.34%) Degree
6 41 (30.83%) SC Cleared
7 40 (30.08%) Computer Science
8 36 (27.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (23.31%) Agile
10 30 (22.56%) Windows
10 30 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (21.80%) Test Automation
12 27 (20.30%) C#
13 26 (19.55%) Mathematics
14 25 (18.80%) Actionable Insight
15 22 (16.54%) Code Quality
16 21 (15.79%) Satnav
16 21 (15.79%) Software Quality Assurance
16 21 (15.79%) QA
16 21 (15.79%) SaaS
16 21 (15.79%) OO
16 21 (15.79%) Quality Management
16 21 (15.79%) Configuration Management
17 19 (14.29%) Subversion
17 19 (14.29%) Qt
17 19 (14.29%) Multithreading
17 19 (14.29%) Mentoring
18 18 (13.53%) Military
18 18 (13.53%) STL

C++ Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (15.79%) SaaS
2 3 (2.26%) WhatsApp
3 1 (0.75%) AWS
3 1 (0.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.52%) Network Security
2 9 (6.77%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.26%) VoIP
4 2 (1.50%) 5G
4 2 (1.50%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.50%) WAN
4 2 (1.50%) Wireless
5 1 (0.75%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (14.29%) Subversion
2 15 (11.28%) CMake
3 5 (3.76%) Xcode
4 2 (1.50%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.75%) Git
5 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 18 (13.53%) Military
2 16 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (9.77%) Social Skills
4 6 (4.51%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.76%) Games
6 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.26%) Automotive
7 3 (2.26%) Aviation
7 3 (2.26%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.50%) Finance
8 2 (1.50%) Marketing
8 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Retail
8 2 (1.50%) Wearables
9 1 (0.75%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.29%) Qt
2 18 (13.53%) STL
3 16 (12.03%) MFC
3 16 (12.03%) XML
4 6 (4.51%) Yocto
5 5 (3.76%) FFmpeg
5 5 (3.76%) GStreamer
5 5 (3.76%) OpenEmbedded
6 4 (3.01%) .NET
6 4 (3.01%) DirectX
6 4 (3.01%) DPDK
6 4 (3.01%) OpenGL
7 3 (2.26%) RESTful
7 3 (2.26%) XMPP
8 1 (0.75%) ATL
8 1 (0.75%) COM
8 1 (0.75%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.75%) GTK
8 1 (0.75%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.79%) Satnav
2 17 (12.78%) Algorithms
3 11 (8.27%) Virtual Team
4 10 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (6.77%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.01%) 3D Graphics
6 4 (3.01%) Arduino
6 4 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.01%) Raspberry Pi
6 4 (3.01%) Ray Tracing
7 3 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.50%) GNSS
8 2 (1.50%) IoT
9 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.75%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.75%) PKI
9 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (41.35%) Linux
2 30 (22.56%) Windows
3 11 (8.27%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.26%) Android
4 3 (2.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 1 (0.75%) Debian
5 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 40 (30.08%) Computer Science
3 31 (23.31%) Agile
4 30 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (21.80%) Test Automation
6 26 (19.55%) Mathematics
7 25 (18.80%) Actionable Insight
8 22 (16.54%) Code Quality
9 21 (15.79%) Configuration Management
9 21 (15.79%) OO
9 21 (15.79%) Quality Management
10 19 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 19 (14.29%) Multithreading
11 15 (11.28%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (9.02%) SDLC
13 8 (6.02%) OOD
14 7 (5.26%) Customer Service
14 7 (5.26%) OOP
15 6 (4.51%) Linux Kernel Development
15 6 (4.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 133 (100.00%) C++
2 64 (48.12%) C
3 27 (20.30%) C#
4 12 (9.02%) Python
5 6 (4.51%) SQL
6 5 (3.76%) Embedded C
6 5 (3.76%) Embedded C++
7 4 (3.01%) Bash
7 4 (3.01%) Objective-C
7 4 (3.01%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.26%) Java
9 2 (1.50%) Perl
10 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.75%) VC++
Qualifications
1 51 (38.35%) Security Cleared
2 47 (35.34%) Degree
3 41 (30.83%) SC Cleared
4 36 (27.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.79%) QA
1 21 (15.79%) Software Quality Assurance
2 6 (4.51%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.50%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.50%) Firmware
2 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Grafana
1 1 (0.75%) Kibana
1 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (2.26%) Samsung