C++ Developer Jobs in London

C++ Developer
England > London

The median C++ Developer salary in London is £107,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 401 649
Rank change year-on-year -46 +248 -161
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 66 202 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.27% 0.64% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.68% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32 155 216
10th Percentile £32,375 £45,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 £105,000 £102,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +2.44% +24.24%
75th Percentile £128,438 £135,000 £132,500
90th Percentile £172,500 £180,000 £185,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -11.76% +41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 23,255 29,806 71,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.99% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17,131 22,408 34,801
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £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 £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +31 3 £118,750 -12.04% 2
C++ Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 66 (100.00%) C++
2 50 (75.76%) Finance
3 33 (50.00%) Low Latency
4 25 (37.88%) Linux
5 23 (34.85%) Python
5 23 (34.85%) Hedge funds
6 20 (30.30%) C
7 19 (28.79%) Java
8 17 (25.76%) FPGA
9 15 (22.73%) Degree
10 14 (21.21%) TCP/IP
10 14 (21.21%) Multithreading
10 14 (21.21%) Algorithmic Trading
10 14 (21.21%) Computer Science
11 13 (19.70%) Quantitative Trading
12 12 (18.18%) Algorithms
12 12 (18.18%) Master's Degree
12 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (15.15%) Quantitative Research
13 10 (15.15%) Front Office
13 10 (15.15%) Agile
13 10 (15.15%) Software Engineering
14 9 (13.64%) Data Structures
15 8 (12.12%) Fintech
15 8 (12.12%) Banking
15 8 (12.12%) C#
16 7 (10.61%) Concurrent Programming
16 7 (10.61%) SDLC
17 6 (9.09%) Social Skills
17 6 (9.09%) Order Management

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 (1.52%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.06%) AWS
1 4 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (3.03%) GitHub
3 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.21%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.52%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Tick Data
2 1 (1.52%) Big Data
2 1 (1.52%) Flink
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Git
2 4 (6.06%) GitLab
2 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.52%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.52%) CMake
3 1 (1.52%) GCC
3 1 (1.52%) GDB
3 1 (1.52%) Mockito
General
1 50 (75.76%) Finance
2 10 (15.15%) Front Office
3 8 (12.12%) Banking
4 6 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.52%) Advertising
6 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.52%) Automotive
6 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) STL
2 2 (3.03%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.52%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.52%) gRPC
3 1 (1.52%) Kafka
3 1 (1.52%) Middleware
3 1 (1.52%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 23 (34.85%) Hedge funds
2 17 (25.76%) FPGA
3 12 (18.18%) Algorithms
4 9 (13.64%) Data Structures
5 6 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (6.06%) Equities
7 2 (3.03%) ASIC
7 2 (3.03%) Client/Server
7 2 (3.03%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (3.03%) Fixed Income
8 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 25 (37.88%) Linux
2 4 (6.06%) Unix
3 2 (3.03%) Windows
4 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 14 (21.21%) Algorithmic Trading
2 14 (21.21%) Computer Science
2 14 (21.21%) Multithreading
3 13 (19.70%) Quantitative Trading
4 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.15%) Agile
5 10 (15.15%) Quantitative Research
5 10 (15.15%) Software Engineering
6 8 (12.12%) Fintech
7 7 (10.61%) Concurrent Programming
7 7 (10.61%) SDLC
8 6 (9.09%) Analytics
8 6 (9.09%) Automated Trading
8 6 (9.09%) DevOps
8 6 (9.09%) Order Management
9 5 (7.58%) Backtesting
9 5 (7.58%) CI/CD
9 5 (7.58%) Mathematics
9 5 (7.58%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 66 (100.00%) C++
2 23 (34.85%) Python
3 20 (30.30%) C
4 19 (28.79%) Java
5 8 (12.12%) C#
6 3 (4.55%) SQL
7 1 (1.52%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.52%) Rust
7 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (22.73%) Degree
2 12 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 4 (6.06%) PhD
4 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.52%) Meraki
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.52%) YouTube