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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 94 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 -52 +47
Permanent jobs citing C++ 558 476 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.33% 3.30% 6.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.26% 8.24% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 461 356 470
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £31,458
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +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 4,954 5,774 9,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.55% 40.08% 49.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,990 3,793 6,406
10th Percentile £34,475 £35,000 £33,750
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% +5.77%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £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 14 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 14 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
Hampshire +5 173 £60,000 - 46
Thames Valley +9 169 £56,500 +13.00% 93
Surrey +24 145 £60,000 -4.00% 47
Oxfordshire +19 81 £55,000 +29.41% 48
Berkshire +16 64 £54,000 -28.00% 30
Buckinghamshire -25 24 £70,000 +86.37% 15
West Sussex +27 23 £60,000 -2.04% 12
East Sussex +26 22 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Kent -8 15 £37,000 +8.82% 5
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 (3.23%) Apache
2 8 (1.43%) Confluence
3 6 (1.08%) Kinematics
Applications
1 51 (9.14%) Simulink
2 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.08%) OrCAD
4 2 (0.36%) Doxygen
4 2 (0.36%) 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 (0.72%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 41 (7.35%) Azure
2 30 (5.38%) AWS
3 26 (4.66%) SaaS
4 10 (1.79%) GCP
5 5 (0.90%) GitHub
6 4 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.72%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.36%) 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 (2.33%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.79%) Wireless
3 7 (1.25%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.25%) Internet
4 6 (1.08%) 4G
4 6 (1.08%) RS-485
5 5 (0.90%) Bluetooth
5 5 (0.90%) LoRaWAN
5 5 (0.90%) Modbus
5 5 (0.90%) RFID
5 5 (0.90%) RS-232
6 4 (0.72%) 3G
6 4 (0.72%) GPRS
6 4 (0.72%) Network Security
6 4 (0.72%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.54%) DHCP
7 3 (0.54%) DNS
8 2 (0.36%) 5G
8 2 (0.36%) MQTT
8 2 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.51%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.90%) Big Data
3 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.72%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.54%) MySQL
6 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 80 (14.34%) Git
2 45 (8.06%) Subversion
3 42 (7.53%) Visual Studio
4 24 (4.30%) Ant
4 24 (4.30%) JIRA
5 23 (4.12%) CMake
6 15 (2.69%) GitLab
6 15 (2.69%) Jenkins
7 14 (2.51%) Vagrant
8 9 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (1.25%) TestRail
10 6 (1.08%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.72%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.72%) Xcode
13 3 (0.54%) GDB
14 2 (0.36%) GCC
15 1 (0.18%) Gradle
15 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
15 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 106 (19.00%) Social Skills
2 79 (14.16%) Electronics
3 48 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.63%) Finance
4 37 (6.63%) Military
5 33 (5.91%) Manufacturing
6 27 (4.84%) Marketing
7 17 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.15%) Games
9 11 (1.97%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.61%) Automotive
10 9 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.25%) Aviation
12 4 (0.72%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.72%) Retail
13 2 (0.36%) Police
14 1 (0.18%) Avionics
14 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.18%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 264 (47.31%) Software Engineer
2 129 (23.12%) Developer
3 110 (19.71%) Senior
4 109 (19.53%) C++ Software Engineer
5 82 (14.70%) C++ Developer
6 64 (11.47%) Embedded Engineer
7 60 (10.75%) Senior Software Engineer
8 53 (9.50%) Software Developer
9 42 (7.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 39 (6.99%) Lead
11 29 (5.20%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 27 (4.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.30%) Electronics Engineer
14 23 (4.12%) Junior
15 22 (3.94%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 22 (3.94%) Python Engineer
16 21 (3.76%) Embedded Developer
16 21 (3.76%) Graduate
17 19 (3.41%) C++ Software Developer
17 19 (3.41%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (12.54%) .NET
2 58 (10.39%) Qt
3 29 (5.20%) STL
4 27 (4.84%) WPF
5 26 (4.66%) Hibernate
6 24 (4.30%) HTML
7 23 (4.12%) .NET Framework
7 23 (4.12%) XML
8 22 (3.94%) React
9 17 (3.05%) JSON
9 17 (3.05%) MFC
10 15 (2.69%) OpenMP
11 14 (2.51%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.51%) HTML5
11 14 (2.51%) Middleware
12 13 (2.33%) ASP.NET
13 12 (2.15%) Unreal Engine
14 10 (1.79%) Apache NiFi
14 10 (1.79%) QML
14 10 (1.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 132 (23.66%) Algorithms
2 34 (6.09%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (6.09%) IoT
3 27 (4.84%) FPGA
4 23 (4.12%) Robotics
5 22 (3.94%) CUDA
5 22 (3.94%) Device Driver
6 21 (3.76%) Satnav
7 20 (3.58%) Analogue Electronics
7 20 (3.58%) VHDL
8 17 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.33%) Digital Media
10 11 (1.97%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.43%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.25%) Augmented Reality
13 7 (1.25%) CAN bus
13 7 (1.25%) Raspberry Pi
13 7 (1.25%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 225 (40.32%) Linux
2 156 (27.96%) Windows
3 32 (5.73%) Embedded Linux
4 27 (4.84%) Ubuntu
5 26 (4.66%) Unix
6 19 (3.41%) Android
7 18 (3.23%) CentOS
8 17 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.79%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.72%) AIX
11 3 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.36%) Rocky
13 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.18%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (60.39%) Software Engineering
2 181 (32.44%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (30.47%) Computer Science
4 148 (26.52%) Mathematics
5 122 (21.86%) Agile
6 97 (17.38%) Physics
7 85 (15.23%) Machine Learning
8 84 (15.05%) Artificial Intelligence
9 83 (14.87%) Multithreading
10 63 (11.29%) Signal Processing
11 58 (10.39%) Mentoring
12 52 (9.32%) Code Quality
12 52 (9.32%) Test Automation
13 51 (9.14%) Actionable Insight
13 51 (9.14%) DevOps
14 49 (8.78%) OO
15 43 (7.71%) Collaborative Working
16 40 (7.17%) Software Testing
17 39 (6.99%) System Testing
18 38 (6.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 267 (47.85%) C
2 220 (39.43%) Python
3 136 (24.37%) C#
4 129 (23.12%) Java
5 71 (12.72%) SQL
6 65 (11.65%) JavaScript
7 60 (10.75%) Fortran
8 25 (4.48%) Bash
8 25 (4.48%) MATLAB
9 16 (2.87%) Embedded C
9 16 (2.87%) Embedded C++
9 16 (2.87%) Kotlin
9 16 (2.87%) XAML
10 15 (2.69%) Haskell
11 9 (1.61%) Go
11 9 (1.61%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.43%) TypeScript
12 8 (1.43%) VB
13 7 (1.25%) C-shell
13 7 (1.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 259 (46.42%) Degree
2 187 (33.51%) Security Cleared
3 112 (20.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 110 (19.71%) SC Cleared
5 63 (11.29%) PhD
6 55 (9.86%) Master's Degree
7 22 (3.94%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.72%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) HND
11 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.89%) QA
2 21 (3.76%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.72%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.72%) JTAG
4 3 (0.54%) GDPR
4 3 (0.54%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.18%) MISRA
5 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (8.24%) Firmware
2 19 (3.41%) Docker
3 18 (3.23%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.18%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (4.30%) Terraform
2 18 (3.23%) Ansible
3 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.91%) Xilinx
3 18 (3.23%) SAP
4 9 (1.61%) EMC
5 7 (1.25%) Oracle
6 5 (0.90%) Google
7 4 (0.72%) Apple
8 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.36%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.36%) Renesas
9 2 (0.36%) Splunk
9 2 (0.36%) VMware
10 1 (0.18%) Atmel
10 1 (0.18%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.18%) CA
10 1 (0.18%) Freescale
10 1 (0.18%) NCR
10 1 (0.18%) Parasoft