C++ Jobs with Work from Home Options

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 126 125
Rank change year-on-year -56 -1 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 616 1,188 2,053
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.83% 2.75% 3.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.48% 5.59% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 508 918 1,160
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £35,997
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £87,875 £116,125 £145,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +17.39%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,739 21,246 39,163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.72% 49.24% 58.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,385 15,601 23,937
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
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++.

C++ salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

C++ salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (3.57%) Apache
2 8 (1.30%) Confluence
3 3 (0.49%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.49%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.16%) IIS
4 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (6.49%) Simulink
2 2 (0.32%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.16%) CATIA
3 1 (0.16%) EViews
3 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (11.04%) Azure
2 63 (10.23%) AWS
3 38 (6.17%) SaaS
4 17 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.95%) GCP
6 8 (1.30%) WhatsApp
7 6 (0.97%) AWS IoT
8 4 (0.65%) PaaS
9 3 (0.49%) GitHub
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.32%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.32%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.32%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.32%) Serverless
11 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.66%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.44%) Network Security
3 14 (2.27%) Modbus
4 10 (1.62%) LoRaWAN
5 9 (1.46%) Bluetooth
6 7 (1.14%) MQTT
7 6 (0.97%) LTE
7 6 (0.97%) Wireless
8 5 (0.81%) 5G
8 5 (0.81%) VoIP
8 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.65%) WAN
10 2 (0.32%) CTI
10 2 (0.32%) DHCP
10 2 (0.32%) DNS
10 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.16%) HTTP
11 1 (0.16%) Intranet
11 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.66%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.90%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.62%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.14%) SQLite
6 5 (0.81%) MySQL
6 5 (0.81%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.49%) Redis
9 2 (0.32%) KDB
9 2 (0.32%) Kdb+
9 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.16%) Big Data
10 1 (0.16%) ClickHouse
10 1 (0.16%) GIS
10 1 (0.16%) Power BI
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (6.66%) Git
2 38 (6.17%) Visual Studio
3 31 (5.03%) JIRA
4 29 (4.71%) Subversion
5 25 (4.06%) GitLab
6 20 (3.25%) CMake
7 16 (2.60%) Jenkins
8 11 (1.79%) LabVIEW
9 10 (1.62%) Vagrant
10 8 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.14%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.81%) Xcode
13 4 (0.65%) Selenium
14 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
14 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.32%) GCC
14 2 (0.32%) Gradle
14 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 92 (14.94%) Social Skills
2 78 (12.66%) Finance
3 59 (9.58%) Electronics
4 46 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (5.03%) Automotive
7 25 (4.06%) Marketing
8 23 (3.73%) Manufacturing
9 21 (3.41%) Front Office
10 20 (3.25%) Military
10 20 (3.25%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.60%) Public Sector
12 15 (2.44%) Aerospace
13 13 (2.11%) Games
14 9 (1.46%) Law
15 8 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.14%) Retail
17 6 (0.97%) Banking
18 5 (0.81%) Legal
Job Titles
1 276 (44.81%) Software Engineer
2 180 (29.22%) Senior
3 140 (22.73%) Developer
4 133 (21.59%) C++ Software Engineer
5 120 (19.48%) Senior Software Engineer
6 79 (12.82%) C++ Developer
7 72 (11.69%) Embedded Engineer
8 59 (9.58%) Lead
9 52 (8.44%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 43 (6.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 41 (6.66%) Software Developer
12 34 (5.52%) Technical Leader
13 28 (4.55%) Senior Developer
14 26 (4.22%) Support Engineer
15 25 (4.06%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 22 (3.57%) Software Support Engineer
17 21 (3.41%) C Software Engineer
17 21 (3.41%) C/C++ Software Engineer
17 21 (3.41%) Embedded C++ Engineer
18 20 (3.25%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (16.40%) .NET
2 45 (7.31%) HTML
3 43 (6.98%) .NET Framework
4 33 (5.36%) WPF
5 27 (4.38%) Qt
6 26 (4.22%) CSS
6 26 (4.22%) REST
7 25 (4.06%) WinForms
8 23 (3.73%) STL
8 23 (3.73%) Web Services
9 22 (3.57%) SOAP
10 20 (3.25%) XML
10 20 (3.25%) Yocto
11 19 (3.08%) .NET Core
12 17 (2.76%) MFC
12 17 (2.76%) React
13 12 (1.95%) ASP.NET
13 12 (1.95%) Middleware
14 11 (1.79%) AngularJS
15 10 (1.62%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.28%) Embedded Systems
2 39 (6.33%) Algorithms
3 30 (4.87%) FPGA
4 23 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (3.73%) IoT
5 21 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (3.41%) Satnav
6 18 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.76%) Hedge funds
8 14 (2.27%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.27%) Equities
8 14 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
9 11 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.62%) Hackathon
11 8 (1.30%) Analogue Electronics
11 8 (1.30%) Blog
11 8 (1.30%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.14%) CAN bus
13 6 (0.97%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 217 (35.23%) Linux
2 77 (12.50%) Windows
3 36 (5.84%) Embedded Linux
4 24 (3.90%) Android
5 22 (3.57%) AIX
6 18 (2.92%) Unix
7 14 (2.27%) Apple iOS
8 11 (1.79%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.62%) CentOS
9 10 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.65%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.32%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 1 (0.16%) Debian
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (64.12%) Software Engineering
2 141 (22.89%) Agile
3 130 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (17.37%) Computer Science
5 92 (14.94%) Mentoring
6 82 (13.31%) Multithreading
7 71 (11.53%) OO
8 54 (8.77%) Code Quality
9 49 (7.95%) Roadmaps
10 47 (7.63%) Mathematics
11 44 (7.14%) Microservices
12 43 (6.98%) DevOps
12 43 (6.98%) Test Automation
13 42 (6.82%) Open Source
14 41 (6.66%) SDLC
15 40 (6.49%) Artificial Intelligence
16 39 (6.33%) Coaching
17 36 (5.84%) Machine Learning
18 35 (5.68%) CI/CD
19 33 (5.36%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 280 (45.45%) C
2 248 (40.26%) Python
3 172 (27.92%) C#
4 150 (24.35%) Java
5 83 (13.47%) SQL
6 51 (8.28%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.71%) COBOL
7 29 (4.71%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (4.22%) VB
9 20 (3.25%) Embedded C
10 16 (2.60%) Bash
11 15 (2.44%) Kotlin
12 14 (2.27%) Embedded C++
13 12 (1.95%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.95%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.62%) PHP
15 8 (1.30%) Fortran
15 8 (1.30%) Rust
16 7 (1.14%) Go
17 6 (0.97%) R
Qualifications
1 143 (23.21%) Degree
2 98 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 82 (13.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (10.88%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.06%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.44%) PhD
8 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.03%) QA
2 21 (3.41%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.97%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.65%) NIST
4 4 (0.65%) PMO
5 2 (0.32%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 61 (9.90%) Firmware
2 37 (6.01%) Embedded Firmware
3 29 (4.71%) Docker
4 2 (0.32%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 19 (3.08%) Terraform
2 16 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.27%) Ansible
4 3 (0.49%) Puppet
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
6 1 (0.16%) vRealize
6 1 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 29 (4.71%) Micro Focus
2 28 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.73%) Xilinx
4 22 (3.57%) Oracle
5 13 (2.11%) SAP
6 4 (0.65%) Atlassian
6 4 (0.65%) Google
6 4 (0.65%) Twitter
7 2 (0.32%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.32%) Samsung
7 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.16%) Cadence
8 1 (0.16%) Coverity
8 1 (0.16%) Dell
8 1 (0.16%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.16%) Lotus
8 1 (0.16%) Siemens
8 1 (0.16%) Synopsys
8 1 (0.16%) Vertica