Senior C++ Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior C++ Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior C++ Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 574 644
Rank change year-on-year +188 +70 +156
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Developer 11 18 29
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.074% 0.053% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.055% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 21
10th Percentile - £47,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,625 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -16.13% -22.50%
75th Percentile £128,750 £65,750 £123,750
90th Percentile £130,000 - £140,000
UK median annual salary £110,000 £65,000 £78,750
% change year-on-year +69.23% -17.46% -37.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Senior C++ Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior C++ Developer.

Senior C++ Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior C++ Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior C++ Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior C++ Developer 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior C++ Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (63.64%) Java
3 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 7 (63.64%) MFC
3 7 (63.64%) Visual Studio
4 4 (36.36%) Linux
4 4 (36.36%) Python
4 4 (36.36%) Banking
4 4 (36.36%) Derivative
4 4 (36.36%) Low Latency
5 3 (27.27%) Multicast
5 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
5 3 (27.27%) pytest
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (27.27%) JIRA
5 3 (27.27%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) QA
5 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Workflow
5 3 (27.27%) Fixed Income
5 3 (27.27%) OOP

Senior C++ Developer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Visual Studio
2 3 (27.27%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Front Office
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) MFC
2 3 (27.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (27.27%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (27.27%) pytest
3 1 (9.09%) Flask
3 1 (9.09%) Motif
3 1 (9.09%) React
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Derivative
2 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
2 3 (27.27%) Fixed Income
3 1 (9.09%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (9.09%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Low Latency
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (27.27%) Mathematics
3 3 (27.27%) OOP
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (27.27%) Workflow
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.09%) High-Frequency Trading
4 1 (9.09%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C++
2 7 (63.64%) Java
3 4 (36.36%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) C
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA