C++ Software Engineer Jobs in England

Software Engineer - C++
UK > England

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 716 810
Rank change year-on-year +166 +94 -196
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 297 207 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.26% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 226 128 262
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.04% +28.95%
75th Percentile £69,688 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £113,000 £91,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in England

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in England.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in England

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in England

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +64 109 £60,000 -14.29% 21
South West +16 73 £55,000 +25.00% 11
North of England +66 44 £60,000 +41.18% 4
Midlands +11 27 £51,250 +10.81% 11
London +69 23 £65,000 - 36
North West +23 21 £61,000 -11.27%
East of England -2 21 £62,500 +4.17% 13
West Midlands +22 16 £92,500 +100.00% 5
Yorkshire +70 14 £40,000 -5.88% 3
East Midlands +2 11 £42,500 - 5
North East - 9 £60,000 - 1
C++ Software Engineer
UK

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, C++ Software Engineer 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 job ads across the England region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 297 (100.00%) C++
1 297 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 107 (36.03%) C
3 70 (23.57%) Security Cleared
3 70 (23.57%) Linux
4 68 (22.90%) Windows
5 67 (22.56%) Degree
6 53 (17.85%) Computer Science
7 47 (15.82%) SC Cleared
8 44 (14.81%) C#
9 42 (14.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (13.80%) Mathematics
11 40 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (13.13%) Agile
13 34 (11.45%) Multithreading
14 31 (10.44%) Self-Motivation
15 29 (9.76%) Python
16 28 (9.43%) Manufacturing
16 28 (9.43%) Test Automation
17 27 (9.09%) Mentoring
18 26 (8.75%) SaaS
19 25 (8.42%) Actionable Insight
20 24 (8.08%) Algorithms
20 24 (8.08%) Embedded Systems
20 24 (8.08%) QA
21 23 (7.74%) Code Quality
22 22 (7.41%) Qt
22 22 (7.41%) OO
23 21 (7.07%) Quality Management
23 21 (7.07%) Subversion

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.75%) SaaS
2 4 (1.35%) Azure
2 4 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.01%) WhatsApp
4 2 (0.67%) AWS
5 1 (0.34%) GitHub
5 1 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.38%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.69%) Network Security
3 5 (1.68%) VoIP
4 4 (1.35%) Wireless
5 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.34%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) Multicast
5 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (7.07%) Subversion
2 20 (6.73%) CMake
3 15 (5.05%) Git
4 12 (4.04%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.02%) GDB
6 5 (1.68%) GCC
6 5 (1.68%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.68%) Xcode
7 3 (1.01%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.67%) JIRA
8 2 (0.67%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
General
1 28 (9.43%) Manufacturing
2 20 (6.73%) Military
3 19 (6.40%) Automotive
3 19 (6.40%) Aviation
4 18 (6.06%) Social Skills
5 10 (3.37%) Electronics
6 7 (2.36%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.02%) Games
8 5 (1.68%) Marketing
9 3 (1.01%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.67%) Finance
10 2 (0.67%) Legal
10 2 (0.67%) Wearables
11 1 (0.34%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.41%) Qt
2 17 (5.72%) MFC
2 17 (5.72%) OpenGL
2 17 (5.72%) STL
2 17 (5.72%) XML
3 16 (5.39%) .NET
4 12 (4.04%) WPF
5 8 (2.69%) DirectX
6 7 (2.36%) Yocto
7 5 (1.68%) FFmpeg
7 5 (1.68%) GStreamer
7 5 (1.68%) OpenEmbedded
8 4 (1.35%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 4 (1.35%) WebGL
9 3 (1.01%) RESTful
9 3 (1.01%) XMPP
10 2 (0.67%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.67%) HTML
10 2 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.44%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (8.08%) Algorithms
2 24 (8.08%) Embedded Systems
3 21 (7.07%) Satnav
4 11 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.35%) 3D Graphics
6 4 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.35%) IoT
6 4 (1.35%) Ray Tracing
7 3 (1.01%) Arduino
7 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.01%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.67%) Blog
8 2 (0.67%) CCTV
8 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.34%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.34%) PKI
9 1 (0.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 70 (23.57%) Linux
2 68 (22.90%) Windows
3 15 (5.05%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.35%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 3 (1.01%) Android
5 3 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 53 (17.85%) Computer Science
3 41 (13.80%) Mathematics
4 40 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (13.13%) Agile
6 34 (11.45%) Multithreading
7 28 (9.43%) Test Automation
8 27 (9.09%) Mentoring
9 25 (8.42%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (7.74%) Code Quality
11 22 (7.41%) OO
12 21 (7.07%) Quality Management
13 20 (6.73%) Configuration Management
14 16 (5.39%) SDLC
14 16 (5.39%) Technical Leadership
15 12 (4.04%) DevOps
16 11 (3.70%) CAD
17 9 (3.03%) OOD
17 9 (3.03%) Unit Testing
18 8 (2.69%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 297 (100.00%) C++
2 107 (36.03%) C
3 44 (14.81%) C#
4 29 (9.76%) Python
5 12 (4.04%) Java
6 11 (3.70%) Embedded C
6 11 (3.70%) SQL
7 10 (3.37%) Embedded C++
8 6 (2.02%) Bash
9 4 (1.35%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.35%) Objective-C
9 4 (1.35%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.01%) Perl
10 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.67%) Fortran
11 2 (0.67%) Go
11 2 (0.67%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.67%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.67%) Rust
12 1 (0.34%) VC++
Qualifications
1 70 (23.57%) Security Cleared
2 67 (22.56%) Degree
3 47 (15.82%) SC Cleared
4 42 (14.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.67%) HND
6 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.67%) PhD
7 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.08%) QA
2 21 (7.07%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (2.02%) ISO 9000
4 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.67%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (1.01%) Docker
1 3 (1.01%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.67%) Ansible
1 2 (0.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.34%) Grafana
2 1 (0.34%) Kibana
2 1 (0.34%) Podman
2 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (1.01%) Samsung
2 2 (0.67%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.34%) Apple
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.34%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.34%) QNX