C++ Jobs in England

C++
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 157 88
Rank change year-on-year +17 -69 +5
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,756 2,059 5,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.05% 2.32% 3.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.36% 5.36% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 1,445 2,071
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,015 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -1.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £95,375 £122,500 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,612 38,401 72,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.16% 43.28% 53.51%
Number of salaries quoted 22,391 24,696 38,857
10th Percentile £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in England

C++
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for C++ in England

C++
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in England

C++
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++ within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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 +14 559 £57,500 -8.00% 211
London -67 330 £92,500 +14.20% 356
South West +23 296 £55,000 -9.84% 130
North of England +51 218 £57,500 - 72
Midlands +10 203 £50,000 -4.76% 83
East of England +17 145 £60,000 - 120
North West +46 119 £62,500 +4.17% 44
West Midlands +3 117 £57,500 +4.55% 35
East Midlands +16 86 £47,500 +5.56% 47
Yorkshire +46 75 £47,500 +11.76% 18
North East +14 24 £55,000 +10.55% 10
C++
UK

C++
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 62 (3.53%) Apache
2 15 (0.85%) Confluence
3 14 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.68%) nginx
5 6 (0.34%) Kinematics
6 3 (0.17%) CMS
6 3 (0.17%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.11%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) WinCC
8 1 (0.057%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.057%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 75 (4.27%) Simulink
2 12 (0.68%) GNU Octave
3 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.34%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.11%) CANalyzer
6 2 (0.11%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.11%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.057%) CATIA
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.057%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.057%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.23%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.057%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.057%) LabWindows
3 1 (0.057%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.057%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 127 (7.23%) AWS
1 127 (7.23%) Azure
2 37 (2.11%) SaaS
3 25 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (1.03%) GCP
5 17 (0.97%) GitHub
6 13 (0.74%) OpenShift
7 12 (0.68%) Pulumi
8 9 (0.51%) Sentry
8 9 (0.51%) WhatsApp
9 8 (0.46%) AWS IoT
10 7 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (0.34%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.28%) PaaS
12 5 (0.28%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.28%) Serverless
13 4 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.23%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.23%) TestFlight
14 3 (0.17%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.59%) TCP/IP
2 34 (1.94%) Wireless
3 27 (1.54%) MQTT
4 23 (1.31%) Internet
5 21 (1.20%) 4G
5 21 (1.20%) 5G
6 20 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (1.03%) RS-485
8 17 (0.97%) 3G
8 17 (0.97%) Ethernet
9 16 (0.91%) DNS
9 16 (0.91%) Network Security
9 16 (0.91%) SD-WAN
9 16 (0.91%) WAN
10 14 (0.80%) Bluetooth
10 14 (0.80%) Firewall
11 13 (0.74%) HTTP
12 11 (0.63%) LoRaWAN
13 10 (0.57%) Wireshark
14 9 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.87%) SQL Server
2 55 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (1.88%) MongoDB
4 30 (1.71%) NoSQL
5 22 (1.25%) MySQL
6 14 (0.80%) Redis
7 12 (0.68%) Big Data
8 11 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.46%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.40%) KDB
10 7 (0.40%) Kdb+
10 7 (0.40%) SQLite
11 5 (0.28%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.23%) Power BI
13 3 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.17%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.17%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 152 (8.66%) Git
2 94 (5.35%) Visual Studio
3 72 (4.10%) Jenkins
4 71 (4.04%) Subversion
5 56 (3.19%) JIRA
6 35 (1.99%) GitLab
7 32 (1.82%) CMake
8 27 (1.54%) LabVIEW
9 25 (1.42%) Ant
10 16 (0.91%) Eclipse
10 16 (0.91%) Rational Rhapsody
11 14 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.80%) GDB
11 14 (0.80%) Vagrant
12 13 (0.74%) Selenium
13 12 (0.68%) GCC
14 11 (0.63%) Cucumber
14 11 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
15 10 (0.57%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.57%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 308 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 201 (11.45%) Electronics
3 186 (10.59%) Finance
4 178 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (5.52%) Automotive
6 95 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 73 (4.16%) Marketing
8 55 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 46 (2.62%) Front Office
9 46 (2.62%) Public Sector
10 44 (2.51%) Aerospace
11 40 (2.28%) Games
12 38 (2.16%) Military
13 32 (1.82%) Aviation
14 28 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.03%) Banking
16 18 (1.03%) Law
17 16 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 772 (43.96%) Software Engineer
2 467 (26.59%) Developer
3 362 (20.62%) Senior
4 296 (16.86%) C++ Software Engineer
5 291 (16.57%) C++ Developer
6 278 (15.83%) Embedded Engineer
7 229 (13.04%) Senior Software Engineer
8 200 (11.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 177 (10.08%) Lead
10 125 (7.12%) Software Developer
11 87 (4.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 85 (4.84%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 80 (4.56%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 71 (4.04%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 62 (3.53%) C++ Software Developer
16 52 (2.96%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 51 (2.90%) Junior
18 47 (2.68%) Embedded Developer
19 46 (2.62%) Technical Leader
20 45 (2.56%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (9.34%) .NET
2 88 (5.01%) Qt
3 67 (3.82%) STL
4 64 (3.64%) HTML
5 48 (2.73%) React
6 46 (2.62%) Yocto
7 44 (2.51%) .NET Framework
7 44 (2.51%) REST
7 44 (2.51%) WPF
8 35 (1.99%) MFC
8 35 (1.99%) XML
9 34 (1.94%) ASP.NET
10 33 (1.88%) Apache NiFi
11 29 (1.65%) Middleware
12 28 (1.59%) Hibernate
12 28 (1.59%) Web Services
13 27 (1.54%) CSS
14 26 (1.48%) OpenGL
15 24 (1.37%) Entity Framework
15 24 (1.37%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 201 (11.45%) Algorithms
2 119 (6.78%) Embedded Systems
3 108 (6.15%) FPGA
4 99 (5.64%) IoT
5 81 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
6 54 (3.08%) Robotics
7 53 (3.02%) VHDL
8 52 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
9 46 (2.62%) Hedge funds
10 41 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 39 (2.22%) CUDA
12 35 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
13 33 (1.88%) Equities
13 33 (1.88%) GNSS
14 30 (1.71%) Device Driver
15 28 (1.59%) Cloud Native
16 27 (1.54%) Data Structures
17 25 (1.42%) Analogue Electronics
17 25 (1.42%) Verilog
18 24 (1.37%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 616 (35.08%) Linux
2 286 (16.29%) Windows
3 104 (5.92%) Embedded Linux
4 72 (4.10%) Unix
5 59 (3.36%) Android
6 37 (2.11%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.42%) Apple iOS
8 22 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (1.03%) AIX
9 18 (1.03%) CentOS
10 12 (0.68%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.63%) Debian
11 11 (0.63%) Windows Server
12 9 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
13 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.23%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.23%) Windows Embedded Compact
15 2 (0.11%) FreeBSD
15 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,011 (57.57%) Software Engineering
2 393 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
3 349 (19.87%) Computer Science
4 311 (17.71%) Agile
5 233 (13.27%) Mathematics
6 193 (10.99%) Multithreading
7 146 (8.31%) Mentoring
8 144 (8.20%) Physics
9 143 (8.14%) Test Automation
10 136 (7.74%) DevOps
11 129 (7.35%) OO
12 128 (7.29%) Machine Learning
13 127 (7.23%) Artificial Intelligence
14 111 (6.32%) SDLC
15 96 (5.47%) Signal Processing
16 89 (5.07%) Software Testing
17 79 (4.50%) CI/CD
18 78 (4.44%) Code Quality
19 75 (4.27%) Open Source
20 71 (4.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 799 (45.50%) C
2 626 (35.65%) Python
3 393 (22.38%) C#
4 361 (20.56%) Java
5 201 (11.45%) SQL
6 164 (9.34%) JavaScript
7 90 (5.13%) MATLAB
8 76 (4.33%) Bash
9 73 (4.16%) Embedded C
10 68 (3.87%) Fortran
11 63 (3.59%) Rust
12 56 (3.19%) Go
13 54 (3.08%) Embedded C++
14 51 (2.90%) VB
15 36 (2.05%) Perl
16 31 (1.77%) PowerShell
17 29 (1.65%) COBOL
17 29 (1.65%) Micro Focus COBOL
18 26 (1.48%) Ada
19 23 (1.31%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 538 (30.64%) Degree
2 298 (16.97%) Security Cleared
3 155 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 153 (8.71%) SC Cleared
5 105 (5.98%) Master's Degree
6 99 (5.64%) PhD
7 55 (3.13%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.63%) HND
9 10 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.28%) Postgraduate
12 4 (0.23%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.23%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.17%) HNC
13 3 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.11%) ISEB
14 2 (0.11%) MCAD
15 1 (0.057%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.02%) QA
2 23 (1.31%) Software Quality Assurance
3 19 (1.08%) PMO
4 17 (0.97%) GDPR
5 13 (0.74%) MISRA
6 10 (0.57%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.51%) MISRA C
8 7 (0.40%) AUTOSAR
8 7 (0.40%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.28%) IEC 61508
9 5 (0.28%) ISO 13485
9 5 (0.28%) JTAG
9 5 (0.28%) TickIT
10 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.23%) IEC 61131
11 3 (0.17%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.17%) NIST
12 2 (0.11%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.11%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.11%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 156 (8.88%) Firmware
2 89 (5.07%) Embedded Firmware
3 76 (4.33%) Docker
4 4 (0.23%) Ceph
4 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.057%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.057%) OpenSIPS
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.057%) QEMU
6 1 (0.057%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 85 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.56%) Terraform
3 34 (1.94%) Ansible
4 20 (1.14%) Grafana
5 6 (0.34%) Puppet
6 5 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.23%) Knative
7 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.11%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) Podman
8 2 (0.11%) Wonderware InTouch
9 1 (0.057%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.057%) Istio
9 1 (0.057%) logstash
9 1 (0.057%) Nagios
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.057%) Packer
9 1 (0.057%) Salt
Vendors
1 128 (7.29%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.51%) Xilinx
3 43 (2.45%) SAP
4 34 (1.94%) Oracle
5 30 (1.71%) Google
6 29 (1.65%) Micro Focus
7 14 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 12 (0.68%) EMC
8 12 (0.68%) Red Hat
9 10 (0.57%) Cadence
9 10 (0.57%) Synopsys
10 8 (0.46%) Altera
10 8 (0.46%) Apple
10 8 (0.46%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.46%) Motorola
11 7 (0.40%) Cisco
12 6 (0.34%) BT
12 6 (0.34%) HP
12 6 (0.34%) NVIDIA
12 6 (0.34%) Remedy