C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer
England > London

The median C++ Developer salary in London is £125,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 433 619
Rank change year-on-year -12 +186 -142
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 67 199 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.60% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.63% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 31 151 226
10th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £61,875
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £105,000 £101,250
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £125,625 £137,500 £132,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £180,000 £185,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% -11.76% +41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,363 31,644 68,018
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 95.15% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,672 23,333 34,565
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,360 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Developer in London

C++ Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for C++ Developer in London

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Developer in London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Developer in London

C++ Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London +45 3 £118,750 -15.18% 2
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 job ads across the London region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 67 (100.00%) C++
2 51 (76.12%) Finance
3 36 (53.73%) Low Latency
4 25 (37.31%) Linux
5 24 (35.82%) C
6 23 (34.33%) Java
7 22 (32.84%) Python
8 21 (31.34%) FPGA
8 21 (31.34%) Hedge funds
9 15 (22.39%) TCP/IP
10 14 (20.90%) Degree
11 13 (19.40%) Multithreading
11 13 (19.40%) Quantitative Trading
12 12 (17.91%) Algorithms
12 12 (17.91%) Computer Science
12 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (16.42%) Master's Degree
13 11 (16.42%) Algorithmic Trading
14 10 (14.93%) Software Engineering
14 10 (14.93%) Agile
14 10 (14.93%) Quantitative Research
15 9 (13.43%) Data Structures
16 8 (11.94%) Fintech
16 8 (11.94%) Front Office
16 8 (11.94%) C#
17 7 (10.45%) Banking
17 7 (10.45%) SDLC
17 7 (10.45%) Analytics
18 6 (8.96%) Git
18 6 (8.96%) Concurrent Programming

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.49%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.97%) AWS
1 4 (5.97%) Azure
2 2 (2.99%) GitHub
3 1 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.39%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.49%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Tick Data
2 1 (1.49%) Big Data
2 1 (1.49%) Flink
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Git
2 4 (5.97%) GitLab
2 4 (5.97%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.49%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.49%) CMake
3 1 (1.49%) GCC
3 1 (1.49%) GDB
3 1 (1.49%) Mockito
General
1 51 (76.12%) Finance
2 8 (11.94%) Front Office
3 7 (10.45%) Banking
4 6 (8.96%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.49%) Advertising
6 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.49%) Automotive
6 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) STL
2 2 (2.99%) .NET
3 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.49%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (1.49%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.49%) gRPC
3 1 (1.49%) Kafka
3 1 (1.49%) Middleware
3 1 (1.49%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) FPGA
1 21 (31.34%) Hedge funds
2 12 (17.91%) Algorithms
3 9 (13.43%) Data Structures
4 6 (8.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (7.46%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (5.97%) Equities
7 3 (4.48%) Fixed Income
8 2 (2.99%) ASIC
8 2 (2.99%) Client/Server
8 2 (2.99%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.49%) Derivative
9 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 25 (37.31%) Linux
2 4 (5.97%) Unix
3 2 (2.99%) Windows
4 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (53.73%) Low Latency
2 13 (19.40%) Multithreading
2 13 (19.40%) Quantitative Trading
3 12 (17.91%) Computer Science
3 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (16.42%) Algorithmic Trading
5 10 (14.93%) Agile
5 10 (14.93%) Quantitative Research
5 10 (14.93%) Software Engineering
6 8 (11.94%) Fintech
7 7 (10.45%) Analytics
7 7 (10.45%) SDLC
8 6 (8.96%) CI/CD
8 6 (8.96%) Concurrent Programming
8 6 (8.96%) DevOps
8 6 (8.96%) Order Management
9 5 (7.46%) Automated Trading
10 4 (5.97%) Backtesting
10 4 (5.97%) Mathematics
10 4 (5.97%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 67 (100.00%) C++
2 24 (35.82%) C
3 23 (34.33%) Java
4 22 (32.84%) Python
5 8 (11.94%) C#
6 3 (4.48%) SQL
7 1 (1.49%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.49%) Rust
7 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.90%) Degree
2 11 (16.42%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.97%) PhD
4 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.49%) Meraki
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.49%) YouTube