Hybrid/Remote C++ Job Trends

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 73 165
Rank change year-on-year -117 +92 -59
Permanent jobs citing C++ 257 718 668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.31% 4.75% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.90% 12.33% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 172 308 558
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,188 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -4.00%
75th Percentile £93,125 £69,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.95% +10.35% -7.69%

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 5,240 5,821 13,910
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.61% 38.49% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,854 4,030 11,583
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

C++ job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

C++
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing C++ over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

C++ salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.11%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Lightworks
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.39%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 73 (28.40%) AWS
2 57 (22.18%) Azure
3 17 (6.61%) GCP
4 9 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 6 (2.33%) Cloud Composer
6 6 (2.33%) Dagster
6 6 (2.33%) dbt
7 4 (1.56%) GitHub
7 4 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.34%) RS-232
2 23 (8.95%) TCP/IP
3 16 (6.23%) Ethernet
4 10 (3.89%) Wireless
5 9 (3.50%) RS-485
6 8 (3.11%) Bluetooth
6 8 (3.11%) Modbus
6 8 (3.11%) Profibus
6 8 (3.11%) ZigBee
7 6 (2.33%) Broadband
8 4 (1.56%) HTTP
8 4 (1.56%) RTP
8 4 (1.56%) VoIP
9 3 (1.17%) Network Security
9 3 (1.17%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.17%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.78%) LTE
10 2 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.39%) MQTT
11 1 (0.39%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (12.06%) SQL Server
2 19 (7.39%) MySQL
3 8 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (2.72%) Metadata
5 6 (2.33%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.95%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.39%) Apache Arrow
8 1 (0.39%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.39%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.39%) KDB
8 1 (0.39%) Parquet
8 1 (0.39%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Git
2 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.78%) JIRA
4 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.39%) CMake
4 1 (0.39%) GDB
4 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.39%) PetaLinux
4 1 (0.39%) Subversion
4 1 (0.39%) Valgrind
4 1 (0.39%) WinDbg
General
1 85 (33.07%) Finance
2 50 (19.46%) Social Skills
3 24 (9.34%) Banking
4 20 (7.78%) Investment Banking
5 19 (7.39%) Electronics
6 13 (5.06%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.28%) Games
9 8 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.11%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.72%) Law
10 7 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.33%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.33%) Local Government
12 3 (1.17%) Automotive
13 2 (0.78%) Front Office
14 1 (0.39%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 122 (47.47%) Software Engineer
2 88 (34.24%) Senior
3 87 (33.85%) Developer
4 57 (22.18%) Senior Software Engineer
5 53 (20.62%) C++ Software Engineer
6 48 (18.68%) C++ Developer
7 40 (15.56%) Embedded Engineer
8 38 (14.79%) Software Developer
9 34 (13.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 34 (13.23%) Graduate
10 32 (12.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 32 (12.45%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 29 (11.28%) C# Developer
12 28 (10.89%) SQL Developer
13 27 (10.51%) C# Software Developer
14 26 (10.12%) Graduate C# Developer
14 26 (10.12%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 26 (10.12%) Graduate Developer
14 26 (10.12%) Graduate Software Developer
14 26 (10.12%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.67%) CSS
1 30 (11.67%) jQuery
2 19 (7.39%) Yocto
3 11 (4.28%) .NET
4 8 (3.11%) Kafka
5 6 (2.33%) WebRTC
6 5 (1.95%) PyTorch
6 5 (1.95%) REST
7 4 (1.56%) Django
7 4 (1.56%) Flask
7 4 (1.56%) HTML
7 4 (1.56%) Middleware
7 4 (1.56%) OAuth
7 4 (1.56%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.56%) ZeroMQ
8 3 (1.17%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (1.17%) RESTful
8 3 (1.17%) RFC 2833
8 3 (1.17%) SQLAlchemy
8 3 (1.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.62%) Embedded Systems
2 25 (9.73%) FPGA
3 18 (7.00%) Device Driver
4 16 (6.23%) Virtual Team
5 15 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (4.28%) Algorithms
7 10 (3.89%) Data Structures
8 9 (3.50%) CAN bus
9 8 (3.11%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (3.11%) Sports Betting
10 7 (2.72%) Social Media
11 6 (2.33%) Anti-Piracy
11 6 (2.33%) NHS
12 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.95%) IoT
12 5 (1.95%) Robotics
13 4 (1.56%) Analogue Electronics
13 4 (1.56%) Security Posture
14 3 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 74 (28.79%) Linux
2 19 (7.39%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (4.67%) Windows
4 9 (3.50%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.95%) Android
6 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.17%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.78%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.78%) Unix
8 1 (0.39%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (56.42%) Software Engineering
2 78 (30.35%) Agile
3 58 (22.57%) Computer Science
4 41 (15.95%) CI/CD
4 41 (15.95%) Mentoring
5 40 (15.56%) Low Latency
6 38 (14.79%) OOP
7 36 (14.01%) SDLC
8 34 (13.23%) DevOps
9 30 (11.67%) MVC
10 29 (11.28%) AI
11 23 (8.95%) Clean Code
11 23 (8.95%) Data Science
11 23 (8.95%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (7.39%) OO
13 18 (7.00%) Analytics
13 18 (7.00%) Scrum
14 17 (6.61%) Fintech
15 16 (6.23%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (6.23%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 86 (33.46%) Java
2 85 (33.07%) C
3 78 (30.35%) C#
4 69 (26.85%) Python
5 57 (22.18%) SQL
6 30 (11.67%) PHP
7 26 (10.12%) Rust
8 21 (8.17%) JavaScript
9 19 (7.39%) Embedded C
9 19 (7.39%) Go
10 6 (2.33%) Scala
11 5 (1.95%) Bash
11 5 (1.95%) TypeScript
12 4 (1.56%) Embedded C++
12 4 (1.56%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.56%) Perl
12 4 (1.56%) Ruby
13 3 (1.17%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.17%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (26.07%) Degree
2 40 (15.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (10.51%) Security Cleared
4 26 (10.12%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.84%) Master's Degree
6 10 (3.89%) PhD
7 5 (1.95%) GPEN
7 5 (1.95%) GXPN
7 5 (1.95%) OSCP
8 4 (1.56%) CREST Certified
8 4 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.56%) OSCE
9 3 (1.17%) CCSAM
10 2 (0.78%) HND
11 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.39%) CCSAS
11 1 (0.39%) CISSP
11 1 (0.39%) GIAC
11 1 (0.39%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.50%) IEC 61508
1 9 (3.50%) MISRA
1 9 (3.50%) MISRA C
2 7 (2.72%) QA
3 3 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.39%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.39%) ECSS
4 1 (0.39%) EMIR
4 1 (0.39%) MiFID
System Software
1 15 (5.84%) Firmware
2 11 (4.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.89%) Docker
4 3 (1.17%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (3.50%) Functional Safety
1 9 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.56%) Terraform
3 3 (1.17%) Argo
4 2 (0.78%) Grafana
4 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.39%) Nessus
Vendors
1 20 (7.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.17%) BT
2 3 (1.17%) Fortinet
2 3 (1.17%) Mitel
3 2 (0.78%) Apple
4 1 (0.39%) Ericsson
4 1 (0.39%) Mavenir
4 1 (0.39%) Nokia
4 1 (0.39%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle
4 1 (0.39%) Xilinx