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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 95 44
Rank change year-on-year +22 -51 +53
Permanent jobs citing C++ 584 468 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.33% 3.33% 6.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.52% 8.29% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 476 344 469
10th Percentile £36,625 £33,750 £31,492
25th Percentile £42,188 £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 £69,063 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

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 5,069 5,642 9,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.90% 40.15% 48.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,040 3,688 6,316
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +8.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £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 29 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 29 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 +19 197 £55,000 +10.00% 85
Hampshire +5 167 £60,000 - 40
Surrey +19 148 £60,000 -4.00% 34
Oxfordshire +27 94 £55,000 +29.41% 44
Berkshire +33 77 £50,000 -33.33% 29
Buckinghamshire -23 26 £70,000 +86.37% 12
West Sussex +23 23 £60,000 -2.04% 12
East Sussex +22 22 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Kent -13 16 £37,000 +8.82% 9
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 (3.08%) Apache
2 8 (1.37%) Confluence
3 6 (1.03%) Kinematics
Applications
1 60 (10.27%) Simulink
2 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.03%) OrCAD
4 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.34%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.17%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (7.36%) Azure
2 32 (5.48%) AWS
3 24 (4.11%) SaaS
4 8 (1.37%) GCP
5 5 (0.86%) GitHub
6 4 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.68%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.23%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.54%) Ethernet
2 9 (1.54%) Wireless
3 7 (1.20%) Internet
4 6 (1.03%) 4G
4 6 (1.03%) RS-485
5 5 (0.86%) Bluetooth
5 5 (0.86%) LoRaWAN
5 5 (0.86%) Modbus
5 5 (0.86%) RFID
5 5 (0.86%) RS-232
6 4 (0.68%) 3G
6 4 (0.68%) GPRS
6 4 (0.68%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.51%) Network Security
8 2 (0.34%) 5G
8 2 (0.34%) CTI
8 2 (0.34%) MQTT
8 2 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.25%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.86%) Big Data
3 5 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.34%) MySQL
5 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 87 (14.90%) Git
2 49 (8.39%) Visual Studio
3 44 (7.53%) Subversion
4 25 (4.28%) JIRA
5 23 (3.94%) CMake
6 22 (3.77%) Ant
7 19 (3.25%) GitLab
8 18 (3.08%) Jenkins
8 18 (3.08%) Vagrant
9 10 (1.71%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (1.37%) TestRail
11 6 (1.03%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.86%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.68%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.68%) Xcode
14 2 (0.34%) GCC
14 2 (0.34%) GDB
15 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
15 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 110 (18.84%) Social Skills
2 81 (13.87%) Electronics
3 46 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.51%) Finance
5 37 (6.34%) Military
6 33 (5.65%) Manufacturing
7 30 (5.14%) Marketing
8 17 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.05%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.05%) Games
10 10 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.54%) Automotive
12 7 (1.20%) Aviation
13 4 (0.68%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.68%) Retail
14 2 (0.34%) Police
15 1 (0.17%) Avionics
15 1 (0.17%) Law
15 1 (0.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 288 (49.32%) Software Engineer
2 132 (22.60%) Developer
3 117 (20.03%) Senior
4 106 (18.15%) C++ Software Engineer
5 80 (13.70%) C++ Developer
6 70 (11.99%) Embedded Engineer
7 68 (11.64%) Senior Software Engineer
8 57 (9.76%) Software Developer
9 49 (8.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 37 (6.34%) Lead
11 29 (4.97%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 28 (4.79%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 25 (4.28%) Embedded Developer
13 25 (4.28%) Junior
14 23 (3.94%) Electronics Engineer
14 23 (3.94%) Graduate
15 21 (3.60%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 21 (3.60%) Python Engineer
16 20 (3.42%) Graduate Software Engineer
17 19 (3.25%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (12.50%) .NET
2 59 (10.10%) Qt
3 30 (5.14%) WPF
4 29 (4.97%) STL
5 25 (4.28%) Hibernate
6 24 (4.11%) HTML
7 23 (3.94%) .NET Framework
8 22 (3.77%) React
8 22 (3.77%) XML
9 18 (3.08%) Middleware
10 17 (2.91%) JSON
10 17 (2.91%) MFC
11 15 (2.57%) OpenMP
12 14 (2.40%) AngularJS
12 14 (2.40%) ASP.NET
13 13 (2.23%) HTML5
14 12 (2.05%) Unreal Engine
15 11 (1.88%) QML
16 10 (1.71%) CSS
16 10 (1.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 137 (23.46%) Algorithms
2 34 (5.82%) IoT
3 32 (5.48%) Embedded Systems
4 26 (4.45%) Robotics
5 25 (4.28%) FPGA
6 23 (3.94%) CUDA
7 22 (3.77%) Analogue Electronics
8 21 (3.60%) Device Driver
9 19 (3.25%) Satnav
9 19 (3.25%) VHDL
10 17 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.23%) Digital Media
12 11 (1.88%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.54%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.37%) Mobile App
15 8 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
16 7 (1.20%) CAN bus
16 7 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 233 (39.90%) Linux
2 156 (26.71%) Windows
3 34 (5.82%) Embedded Linux
4 33 (5.65%) Unix
5 31 (5.31%) Ubuntu
6 23 (3.94%) Android
7 22 (3.77%) CentOS
8 21 (3.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.71%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.68%) AIX
11 3 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.51%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.34%) Rocky
13 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (62.33%) Software Engineering
2 187 (32.02%) Computer Science
3 181 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
4 157 (26.88%) Mathematics
5 125 (21.40%) Agile
6 110 (18.84%) Physics
7 97 (16.61%) Artificial Intelligence
8 95 (16.27%) Machine Learning
9 81 (13.87%) Multithreading
10 71 (12.16%) Signal Processing
11 56 (9.59%) Collaborative Working
11 56 (9.59%) DevOps
12 54 (9.25%) Code Quality
13 52 (8.90%) Mentoring
14 48 (8.22%) Software Testing
14 48 (8.22%) Test Automation
15 46 (7.88%) Actionable Insight
16 44 (7.53%) OO
17 43 (7.36%) SDLC
18 42 (7.19%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 281 (48.12%) C
2 234 (40.07%) Python
3 144 (24.66%) C#
4 132 (22.60%) Java
5 78 (13.36%) SQL
6 72 (12.33%) Fortran
7 71 (12.16%) JavaScript
8 30 (5.14%) Bash
9 25 (4.28%) MATLAB
10 20 (3.42%) Kotlin
11 19 (3.25%) Embedded C++
12 17 (2.91%) XAML
13 15 (2.57%) Embedded C
13 15 (2.57%) Haskell
14 11 (1.88%) PowerShell
15 9 (1.54%) Go
15 9 (1.54%) TypeScript
16 8 (1.37%) C-shell
16 8 (1.37%) VB
17 7 (1.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 282 (48.29%) Degree
2 198 (33.90%) Security Cleared
3 120 (20.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 105 (17.98%) SC Cleared
5 68 (11.64%) PhD
6 60 (10.27%) Master's Degree
7 26 (4.45%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.68%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.17%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.51%) QA
2 19 (3.25%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.68%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.68%) JTAG
4 3 (0.51%) GDPR
4 3 (0.51%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 48 (8.22%) Firmware
2 21 (3.60%) Embedded Firmware
3 19 (3.25%) Docker
4 4 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.51%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (4.79%) Terraform
2 24 (4.11%) Ansible
3 4 (0.68%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
4 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 80 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.19%) Xilinx
3 18 (3.08%) SAP
4 9 (1.54%) EMC
5 7 (1.20%) Oracle
6 5 (0.86%) Google
7 4 (0.68%) Apple
7 4 (0.68%) VMware
8 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.34%) Renesas
9 2 (0.34%) Splunk
10 1 (0.17%) Atmel
10 1 (0.17%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.17%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.17%) CA
10 1 (0.17%) Freescale
10 1 (0.17%) NCR
10 1 (0.17%) TSYS