C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer - C++
England > South East

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the South East 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 288 352 299
Rank change year-on-year +64 -53 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 109 47 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 0.33% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.36% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 79 31 143
10th Percentile £36,600 £55,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £58,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +26.32%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 - £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -2.04% +28.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,877 12,901 19,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.30% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,146 12,405
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the South East

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the South East

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the South East

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +33 35 £60,000 -25.00% 4
Hampshire +4 35 £75,000 +15.38% 2
Surrey +19 32 £65,000 +64.56%
Berkshire +40 23 £60,000 -25.00%
Oxfordshire +12 11 £50,000 -37.50% 4
Sussex - 6 £31,250 -
East Sussex +16 5 £42,500 -39.29%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £70,000 -
C++ Software Engineer
England

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 109 (100.00%) C++
1 109 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 44 (40.37%) Security Cleared
3 43 (39.45%) C
4 41 (37.61%) Degree
4 41 (37.61%) SC Cleared
5 38 (34.86%) Windows
6 37 (33.94%) Computer Science
7 34 (31.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (23.85%) Mathematics
10 25 (22.94%) Agile
10 25 (22.94%) Linux
10 25 (22.94%) Actionable Insight
11 22 (20.18%) Mentoring
11 22 (20.18%) Test Automation
12 21 (19.27%) SaaS
12 21 (19.27%) QA
12 21 (19.27%) Quality Management
12 21 (19.27%) Code Quality
12 21 (19.27%) Software Quality Assurance
12 21 (19.27%) Satnav
13 20 (18.35%) Algorithms
13 20 (18.35%) Subversion
14 19 (17.43%) Military
15 18 (16.51%) OO
16 17 (15.60%) STL
16 17 (15.60%) Qt
17 16 (14.68%) XML
17 16 (14.68%) MFC

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (19.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (18.35%) Subversion
2 16 (14.68%) CMake
3 9 (8.26%) Git
4 2 (1.83%) GDB
4 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (17.43%) Military
2 12 (11.01%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.75%) Electronics
4 2 (1.83%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.60%) Qt
1 17 (15.60%) STL
2 16 (14.68%) MFC
2 16 (14.68%) XML
3 13 (11.93%) .NET
4 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.83%) HTML
4 2 (1.83%) HTML5
4 2 (1.83%) React
4 2 (1.83%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.27%) Satnav
2 20 (18.35%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.67%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.75%) Arduino
4 3 (2.75%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (1.83%) CCTV
6 1 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 38 (34.86%) Windows
2 25 (22.94%) Linux
3 3 (2.75%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.92%) CentOS
4 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 37 (33.94%) Computer Science
3 28 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (23.85%) Mathematics
5 25 (22.94%) Actionable Insight
5 25 (22.94%) Agile
6 22 (20.18%) Mentoring
6 22 (20.18%) Test Automation
7 21 (19.27%) Code Quality
7 21 (19.27%) Quality Management
8 18 (16.51%) OO
9 16 (14.68%) Configuration Management
9 16 (14.68%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (12.84%) Multithreading
11 5 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (4.59%) Coaching
11 5 (4.59%) OOP
12 4 (3.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 4 (3.67%) Process Improvement
13 3 (2.75%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 109 (100.00%) C++
2 43 (39.45%) C
3 11 (10.09%) C#
3 11 (10.09%) Python
4 5 (4.59%) SQL
5 4 (3.67%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.75%) Java
7 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (40.37%) Security Cleared
2 41 (37.61%) Degree
2 41 (37.61%) SC Cleared
3 34 (31.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.27%) QA
1 21 (19.27%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Ansible