C++ Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 180 123
Rank change year-on-year +99 -57 +2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 517 616 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.46% 1.82% 2.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.65% 4.47% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 350 509 912
10th Percentile £31,050 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,100 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £69,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £118,375
UK median annual salary £66,200 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.33% -7.69% -3.70%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,974 13,779 21,042
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.95% 40.72% 49.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,843 11,434 15,507
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C++
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

C++
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing C++ over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 2 (0.39%) Apache
1 2 (0.39%) Kinematics
2 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 98 (18.96%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.39%) Blender
3 2 (0.39%) Zemax
4 1 (0.19%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.19%) Houdini
4 1 (0.19%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 116 (22.44%) Azure
2 79 (15.28%) AWS
3 63 (12.19%) Amazon EKS
4 49 (9.48%) AWS CloudFormation
5 25 (4.84%) GitHub
6 20 (3.87%) Amazon S3
6 20 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (3.87%) Serverless
7 15 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (2.71%) Datadog
9 9 (1.74%) SaaS
10 6 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.77%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (0.77%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.58%) Azure Machine Learning
13 2 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.39%) GCP
14 1 (0.19%) CloudAMQP
14 1 (0.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 38 (7.35%) TCP/IP
2 17 (3.29%) Wireless
3 16 (3.09%) Bluetooth
3 16 (3.09%) Modbus
4 15 (2.90%) 5G
5 14 (2.71%) SD-WAN
5 14 (2.71%) WAN
6 12 (2.32%) RS-485
7 9 (1.74%) HTTP
8 7 (1.35%) Profibus
8 7 (1.35%) RS-232
8 7 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.35%) ZigBee
9 6 (1.16%) DNS
9 6 (1.16%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.97%) Internet
11 4 (0.77%) Multicast
11 4 (0.77%) SMTP
12 3 (0.58%) IPsec
12 3 (0.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (9.67%) Elasticsearch
2 47 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 34 (6.58%) MySQL
4 18 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.77%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.58%) Metadata
9 2 (0.39%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.39%) KDB
9 2 (0.39%) Kdb+
9 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.39%) SQLite
10 1 (0.19%) Big Data
10 1 (0.19%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 62 (11.99%) Git
2 37 (7.16%) Visual Studio
3 35 (6.77%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.45%) GitLab
5 15 (2.90%) JUnit
6 14 (2.71%) Cucumber
6 14 (2.71%) IntelliJ
6 14 (2.71%) Maven
6 14 (2.71%) Mockito
7 9 (1.74%) JIRA
8 6 (1.16%) Subversion
9 5 (0.97%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.97%) WiX
10 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.39%) CMake
11 2 (0.39%) CppUnit
11 2 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.19%) GCC
12 1 (0.19%) GDB
12 1 (0.19%) Hudson
General
1 102 (19.73%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.54%) Finance
3 90 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (10.83%) Electronics
6 28 (5.42%) Aerospace
7 27 (5.22%) Banking
8 21 (4.06%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.87%) Investment Banking
10 15 (2.90%) Games
11 14 (2.71%) Marketing
11 14 (2.71%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.32%) Publishing
13 11 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (1.93%) Front Office
15 9 (1.74%) Legal
16 8 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (1.16%) Law
17 6 (1.16%) Public Sector
18 5 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 230 (44.49%) Developer
2 146 (28.24%) Senior
3 138 (26.69%) Software Engineer
4 95 (18.38%) Trainer
5 70 (13.54%) Software Developer
6 52 (10.06%) Senior Developer
7 47 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
8 42 (8.12%) Embedded Engineer
9 37 (7.16%) C++ Developer
10 36 (6.96%) Graduate
11 34 (6.58%) Graduate Developer
11 34 (6.58%) IT Graduate
12 32 (6.19%) C++ Software Engineer
13 30 (5.80%) Java Developer
14 26 (5.03%) Lead
14 26 (5.03%) Senior Java Developer
15 25 (4.84%) C# Developer
16 23 (4.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 23 (4.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
17 20 (3.87%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (24.37%) HTML
2 124 (23.98%) .NET
3 57 (11.03%) CSS
4 53 (10.25%) Node.js
5 49 (9.48%) Pandas
6 45 (8.70%) ASP.NET
7 34 (6.58%) jQuery
8 33 (6.38%) .NET Framework
9 15 (2.90%) Entity Framework
9 15 (2.90%) REST
10 14 (2.71%) ActiveMQ
10 14 (2.71%) JMS
10 14 (2.71%) Qt
10 14 (2.71%) Spring
10 14 (2.71%) Spring Boot
11 13 (2.51%) Middleware
12 12 (2.32%) WebSockets
13 8 (1.55%) COM
13 8 (1.55%) Unreal Engine
14 7 (1.35%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.99%) Algorithms
2 51 (9.86%) Embedded Systems
3 49 (9.48%) Cyberattack
4 38 (7.35%) FPGA
5 24 (4.64%) Robotics
6 20 (3.87%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (3.48%) Data Structures
8 17 (3.29%) GNSS
9 16 (3.09%) Management Information System
9 16 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.90%) Device Driver
10 15 (2.90%) IoT
11 14 (2.71%) Credit Derivative
11 14 (2.71%) Self-Driving Car
12 13 (2.51%) Virtual Team
13 12 (2.32%) Derivative
13 12 (2.32%) Life Science
14 10 (1.93%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.55%) Client/Server
16 7 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 177 (34.24%) Linux
2 52 (10.06%) Android
3 40 (7.74%) Windows
4 23 (4.45%) Unix
5 16 (3.09%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (2.13%) FreeRTOS
7 10 (1.93%) Apple iOS
8 8 (1.55%) Robot Operating System
9 7 (1.35%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.16%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.77%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.39%) AIX
12 2 (0.39%) CentOS
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.19%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (44.87%) Software Engineering
2 148 (28.63%) Agile
3 119 (23.02%) Artificial Intelligence
4 113 (21.86%) OO
5 98 (18.96%) Conversational UI
6 95 (18.38%) CI/CD
7 94 (18.18%) Code Quality
7 94 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 88 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 86 (16.63%) Mathematics
10 83 (16.05%) OOP
11 72 (13.93%) Collaborative Working
12 58 (11.22%) Design Patterns
13 55 (10.64%) Test Automation
14 53 (10.25%) Line Management
14 53 (10.25%) OWASP
14 53 (10.25%) Secure Coding
15 52 (10.06%) Statistics
16 50 (9.67%) Android Development
16 50 (9.67%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 301 (58.22%) Python
2 197 (38.10%) C
3 190 (36.75%) C#
4 181 (35.01%) Java
5 174 (33.66%) JavaScript
6 158 (30.56%) SQL
7 69 (13.35%) Rust
8 66 (12.77%) Go
9 44 (8.51%) PHP
10 22 (4.26%) Bash
10 22 (4.26%) MATLAB
11 14 (2.71%) Perl
12 11 (2.13%) Embedded C++
12 11 (2.13%) Fortran
12 11 (2.13%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.35%) Ruby
14 6 (1.16%) Ladder Logic
14 6 (1.16%) Objective-C
15 5 (0.97%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.97%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 231 (44.68%) Degree
2 72 (13.93%) Security Cleared
3 59 (11.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 58 (11.22%) DV Cleared
5 33 (6.38%) PhD
6 22 (4.26%) Master's Degree
7 16 (3.09%) SC Cleared
8 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.77%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.48%) QA
2 8 (1.55%) PMO
3 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.77%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.58%) IEC 62304
4 3 (0.58%) ISO 13485
4 3 (0.58%) MISRA
5 2 (0.39%) ECSS
5 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 69 (13.35%) Docker
2 32 (6.19%) Firmware
3 21 (4.06%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.77%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.39%) KVM
5 2 (0.39%) Postfix
5 2 (0.39%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 74 (14.31%) Terraform
2 70 (13.54%) Kubernetes
3 69 (13.35%) Ansible
4 6 (1.16%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.97%) Grafana
6 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.39%) Nagios
7 2 (0.39%) Nessus
8 1 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 98 (18.96%) PayPal
2 18 (3.48%) Microsoft
3 17 (3.29%) IBM
4 10 (1.93%) EMC
5 7 (1.35%) SAP
6 6 (1.16%) Siemens
7 5 (0.97%) Intel
7 5 (0.97%) Xamarin
8 4 (0.77%) Cadence
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle
10 2 (0.39%) Perforce
10 2 (0.39%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.39%) Tenable
11 1 (0.19%) Google
11 1 (0.19%) QNX
11 1 (0.19%) Xilinx