C++ Jobs in the South East

C++
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 93 44
Rank change year-on-year +17 -49 +47
Permanent jobs citing C++ 566 474 1,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.35% 3.31% 6.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.39% 8.25% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 466 353 464
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,312
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +21.74%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,968 5,743 9,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.45% 40.12% 48.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,993 3,771 6,333
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £68,750 £74,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
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++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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 +16 175 £55,000 +10.00% 100
Hampshire +5 173 £60,000 - 42
Surrey +16 147 £60,000 -4.00% 43
Oxfordshire +19 83 £55,000 +29.41% 51
Berkshire +30 67 £50,000 -33.33% 33
Buckinghamshire -28 25 £70,000 +86.37% 16
West Sussex +27 23 £60,000 -2.04% 15
East Sussex +30 22 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Kent -5 15 £37,000 +8.82% 4
Sussex -11 15 £50,000 -33.33%
C++
England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.18%) Apache
2 8 (1.41%) Confluence
3 6 (1.06%) Kinematics
Applications
1 56 (9.89%) Simulink
2 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.06%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.35%) Doxygen
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.18%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (7.60%) Azure
2 32 (5.65%) AWS
3 26 (4.59%) SaaS
4 10 (1.77%) GCP
5 5 (0.88%) GitHub
6 4 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.71%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.18%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.30%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.77%) Wireless
3 7 (1.24%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.24%) Internet
4 6 (1.06%) 4G
4 6 (1.06%) RS-485
5 5 (0.88%) Bluetooth
5 5 (0.88%) LoRaWAN
5 5 (0.88%) Modbus
5 5 (0.88%) RFID
5 5 (0.88%) RS-232
6 4 (0.71%) 3G
6 4 (0.71%) GPRS
6 4 (0.71%) Network Security
6 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.35%) CTI
7 2 (0.35%) DHCP
7 2 (0.35%) DNS
7 2 (0.35%) MQTT
7 2 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.00%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.88%) Big Data
3 5 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.53%) MySQL
6 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 83 (14.66%) Git
2 45 (7.95%) Subversion
2 45 (7.95%) Visual Studio
3 24 (4.24%) Ant
3 24 (4.24%) JIRA
4 23 (4.06%) CMake
5 17 (3.00%) GitLab
6 16 (2.83%) Jenkins
6 16 (2.83%) Vagrant
7 9 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (1.24%) TestRail
9 6 (1.06%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.88%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.71%) Android Studio
11 4 (0.71%) Xcode
12 3 (0.53%) GDB
13 2 (0.35%) GCC
14 1 (0.18%) Gradle
14 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 111 (19.61%) Social Skills
2 79 (13.96%) Electronics
3 46 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.71%) Finance
5 37 (6.54%) Military
6 33 (5.83%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.95%) Marketing
8 17 (3.00%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.12%) Games
10 9 (1.59%) Automotive
10 9 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.24%) Aviation
12 4 (0.71%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.71%) Retail
13 2 (0.35%) Police
14 1 (0.18%) Avionics
14 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.18%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 268 (47.35%) Software Engineer
2 132 (23.32%) Developer
3 111 (19.61%) Senior
4 109 (19.26%) C++ Software Engineer
5 82 (14.49%) C++ Developer
6 64 (11.31%) Embedded Engineer
7 61 (10.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 55 (9.72%) Software Developer
9 42 (7.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 38 (6.71%) Lead
11 29 (5.12%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 27 (4.77%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.24%) Electronics Engineer
14 23 (4.06%) Embedded Developer
14 23 (4.06%) Junior
15 22 (3.89%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 22 (3.89%) Graduate
15 22 (3.89%) Python Engineer
16 19 (3.36%) C++ Software Developer
16 19 (3.36%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (12.54%) .NET
2 58 (10.25%) Qt
3 29 (5.12%) STL
4 27 (4.77%) Hibernate
4 27 (4.77%) WPF
5 25 (4.42%) HTML
6 23 (4.06%) .NET Framework
6 23 (4.06%) XML
7 22 (3.89%) React
8 17 (3.00%) JSON
8 17 (3.00%) MFC
9 16 (2.83%) Middleware
10 15 (2.65%) OpenMP
11 14 (2.47%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.47%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.47%) HTML5
12 12 (2.12%) Unreal Engine
13 10 (1.77%) Apache NiFi
13 10 (1.77%) CSS
13 10 (1.77%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 132 (23.32%) Algorithms
2 34 (6.01%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (6.01%) IoT
3 26 (4.59%) FPGA
4 24 (4.24%) Robotics
5 22 (3.89%) CUDA
5 22 (3.89%) Device Driver
6 21 (3.71%) Satnav
7 20 (3.53%) Analogue Electronics
8 19 (3.36%) VHDL
9 16 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.30%) Digital Media
11 11 (1.94%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
15 7 (1.24%) CAN bus
15 7 (1.24%) Management Information System
15 7 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
15 7 (1.24%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 229 (40.46%) Linux
2 156 (27.56%) Windows
3 34 (6.01%) Embedded Linux
4 29 (5.12%) Ubuntu
5 26 (4.59%) Unix
6 21 (3.71%) Android
7 20 (3.53%) CentOS
8 19 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.77%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.71%) AIX
11 3 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.35%) Rocky
13 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.18%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (60.42%) Software Engineering
2 184 (32.51%) Problem-Solving
3 177 (31.27%) Computer Science
4 149 (26.33%) Mathematics
5 125 (22.08%) Agile
6 99 (17.49%) Physics
7 90 (15.90%) Artificial Intelligence
7 90 (15.90%) Machine Learning
8 82 (14.49%) Multithreading
9 67 (11.84%) Signal Processing
10 57 (10.07%) Mentoring
11 54 (9.54%) Code Quality
11 54 (9.54%) DevOps
12 52 (9.19%) Test Automation
13 51 (9.01%) Actionable Insight
14 49 (8.66%) Collaborative Working
15 47 (8.30%) OO
16 42 (7.42%) System Testing
17 41 (7.24%) Software Testing
18 36 (6.36%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 268 (47.35%) C
2 226 (39.93%) Python
3 138 (24.38%) C#
4 134 (23.67%) Java
5 77 (13.60%) SQL
6 68 (12.01%) JavaScript
7 62 (10.95%) Fortran
8 26 (4.59%) MATLAB
9 24 (4.24%) Bash
10 18 (3.18%) Kotlin
11 16 (2.83%) Embedded C
11 16 (2.83%) Embedded C++
11 16 (2.83%) XAML
12 15 (2.65%) Haskell
13 10 (1.77%) PowerShell
14 9 (1.59%) Go
15 8 (1.41%) TypeScript
15 8 (1.41%) VB
16 7 (1.24%) C-shell
16 7 (1.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 266 (47.00%) Degree
2 193 (34.10%) Security Cleared
3 117 (20.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 112 (19.79%) SC Cleared
5 62 (10.95%) PhD
6 54 (9.54%) Master's Degree
7 23 (4.06%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.71%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) HND
11 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.60%) QA
2 21 (3.71%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.71%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.71%) JTAG
4 3 (0.53%) GDPR
4 3 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.18%) MISRA
5 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 47 (8.30%) Firmware
2 19 (3.36%) Docker
2 19 (3.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.18%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (4.59%) Terraform
2 21 (3.71%) Ansible
3 4 (0.71%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.71%) Xilinx
3 18 (3.18%) SAP
4 9 (1.59%) EMC
5 7 (1.24%) Oracle
6 6 (1.06%) Google
7 4 (0.71%) Apple
8 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.35%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.35%) Renesas
9 2 (0.35%) Splunk
9 2 (0.35%) VMware
10 1 (0.18%) Atmel
10 1 (0.18%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.18%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.18%) CA
10 1 (0.18%) Freescale
10 1 (0.18%) NCR
10 1 (0.18%) Parasoft
10 1 (0.18%) TSYS