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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 122 129
Rank change year-on-year -56 +7 -5
Permanent jobs citing C++ 621 1,137 2,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.84% 2.78% 3.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.51% 5.65% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 520 886 1,159
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £34,950
25th Percentile £47,250 £49,813 £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 £77,813 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £85,125 £119,375 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

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 13,756 20,121 41,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.85% 49.11% 59.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11,373 14,804 23,956
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 14 May 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 (3.54%) Apache
2 9 (1.45%) Confluence
3 3 (0.48%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.48%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.16%) CMS
4 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.16%) IIS
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (8.05%) 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 (0.64%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (11.27%) Azure
2 65 (10.47%) AWS
3 38 (6.12%) SaaS
4 17 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (1.77%) GCP
6 9 (1.45%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.81%) AWS IoT
7 5 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.64%) PaaS
9 3 (0.48%) GitHub
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
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%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.76%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.25%) Modbus
2 14 (2.25%) Network Security
3 9 (1.45%) Bluetooth
3 9 (1.45%) LoRaWAN
4 6 (0.97%) MQTT
5 5 (0.81%) LTE
5 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.64%) 5G
6 4 (0.64%) VoIP
7 3 (0.48%) Wireless
8 2 (0.32%) 4G
8 2 (0.32%) CTI
8 2 (0.32%) DHCP
8 2 (0.32%) DNS
8 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.32%) Multicast
8 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.32%) WAN
9 1 (0.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.92%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.64%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.86%) MongoDB
4 14 (2.25%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.13%) SQLite
6 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.81%) MySQL
8 4 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.64%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.48%) Redis
10 2 (0.32%) KDB
10 2 (0.32%) Kdb+
10 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.16%) Big Data
11 1 (0.16%) ClickHouse
11 1 (0.16%) GIS
11 1 (0.16%) Power BI
11 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (7.41%) Git
2 35 (5.64%) Visual Studio
3 31 (4.99%) JIRA
4 29 (4.67%) Subversion
5 26 (4.19%) GitLab
6 20 (3.22%) Jenkins
7 18 (2.90%) CMake
8 14 (2.25%) Vagrant
9 10 (1.61%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.13%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.81%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.81%) Xcode
13 4 (0.64%) Selenium
14 3 (0.48%) GCC
14 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.32%) CANoe
15 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
15 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
General
1 100 (16.10%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.08%) Finance
3 59 (9.50%) Electronics
4 44 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (5.31%) Automotive
6 23 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 22 (3.54%) Marketing
8 21 (3.38%) Front Office
9 20 (3.22%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.06%) Military
11 16 (2.58%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.93%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.93%) Games
13 11 (1.77%) Banking
14 9 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.13%) Law
15 7 (1.13%) Retail
16 5 (0.81%) Legal
16 5 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 278 (44.77%) Software Engineer
2 176 (28.34%) Senior
3 145 (23.35%) Developer
4 131 (21.10%) C++ Software Engineer
5 117 (18.84%) Senior Software Engineer
6 83 (13.37%) C++ Developer
7 70 (11.27%) Embedded Engineer
8 55 (8.86%) Lead
9 49 (7.89%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 48 (7.73%) Software Developer
11 43 (6.92%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 34 (5.48%) Technical Leader
13 28 (4.51%) Senior Developer
14 26 (4.19%) Support Engineer
15 25 (4.03%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 22 (3.54%) Software Support Engineer
17 21 (3.38%) C++ Software Developer
18 19 (3.06%) C Software Engineer
18 19 (3.06%) Embedded C++ Engineer
18 19 (3.06%) Embedded Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (16.26%) .NET
2 42 (6.76%) HTML
3 39 (6.28%) .NET Framework
4 31 (4.99%) WPF
5 26 (4.19%) Qt
6 25 (4.03%) REST
6 25 (4.03%) WinForms
7 24 (3.86%) CSS
8 23 (3.70%) Web Services
9 22 (3.54%) SOAP
9 22 (3.54%) STL
10 20 (3.22%) Yocto
11 19 (3.06%) XML
12 18 (2.90%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.74%) React
14 16 (2.58%) MFC
14 16 (2.58%) Middleware
15 12 (1.93%) ASP.NET
16 11 (1.77%) AngularJS
17 10 (1.61%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.21%) Embedded Systems
2 38 (6.12%) Algorithms
3 31 (4.99%) FPGA
4 23 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.54%) IoT
6 21 (3.38%) Satnav
7 19 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.42%) Equities
10 14 (2.25%) Device Driver
10 14 (2.25%) Hedge funds
11 13 (2.09%) Raspberry Pi
12 12 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.77%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.61%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.61%) Hackathon
15 8 (1.29%) Analogue Electronics
15 8 (1.29%) Blog
16 7 (1.13%) CAN bus
17 6 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 217 (34.94%) Linux
2 80 (12.88%) Windows
3 41 (6.60%) Embedded Linux
4 28 (4.51%) Android
5 22 (3.54%) AIX
6 16 (2.58%) Unix
7 15 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (2.42%) Ubuntu
8 14 (2.25%) Apple iOS
8 14 (2.25%) CentOS
9 4 (0.64%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.48%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.16%) Debian
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (64.57%) Software Engineering
2 145 (23.35%) Agile
3 134 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (18.84%) Computer Science
5 90 (14.49%) Mentoring
6 81 (13.04%) Multithreading
7 67 (10.79%) OO
8 58 (9.34%) Code Quality
9 51 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
9 51 (8.21%) DevOps
10 49 (7.89%) Roadmaps
11 48 (7.73%) Test Automation
12 47 (7.57%) Machine Learning
13 45 (7.25%) Mathematics
14 44 (7.09%) Microservices
15 40 (6.44%) Coaching
15 40 (6.44%) Open Source
15 40 (6.44%) SDLC
16 38 (6.12%) Collaborative Working
17 36 (5.80%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 284 (45.73%) C
2 246 (39.61%) Python
3 175 (28.18%) C#
4 160 (25.76%) Java
5 88 (14.17%) SQL
6 55 (8.86%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.67%) COBOL
7 29 (4.67%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (4.19%) VB
9 20 (3.22%) Embedded C
10 19 (3.06%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.42%) Bash
11 15 (2.42%) Embedded C++
12 14 (2.25%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.93%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.61%) PHP
14 10 (1.61%) Rust
15 7 (1.13%) Fortran
15 7 (1.13%) Go
16 5 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 150 (24.15%) Degree
2 114 (18.36%) Security Cleared
3 89 (14.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 26 (4.19%) Master's Degree
6 23 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.09%) PhD
8 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.83%) QA
2 21 (3.38%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.97%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.32%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.32%) PMO
6 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA C
System Software
1 60 (9.66%) Firmware
2 36 (5.80%) Embedded Firmware
3 28 (4.51%) Docker
4 1 (0.16%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.70%) Terraform
2 17 (2.74%) Ansible
3 16 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.64%) Puppet
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 32 (5.15%) Microsoft
1 32 (5.15%) Xilinx
2 29 (4.67%) Micro Focus
3 26 (4.19%) Oracle
4 12 (1.93%) SAP
5 6 (0.97%) Google
6 5 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.64%) Twitter
8 3 (0.48%) Coverity
8 3 (0.48%) Samsung
9 2 (0.32%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.16%) Cadence
10 1 (0.16%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.16%) Lotus
10 1 (0.16%) Siemens
10 1 (0.16%) Synopsys
10 1 (0.16%) Vertica