C++ Jobs in the South West

C++
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 105 56
Rank change year-on-year +23 -49 0
Permanent jobs citing C++ 296 201 433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.20% 3.00% 5.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.78% 7.99% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 210 134 178
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +9.42% +6.19%
75th Percentile £65,750 £78,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £88,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -1.43% +21.74%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,028 2,517 4,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.72% 37.56% 51.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,400 1,622 2,804
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol +35 99 £55,000 -15.38% 48
Gloucestershire -24 65 £60,000 -12.73% 25
Dorset +9 57 £60,000 +36.36% 15
Devon +22 35 - - 11
Somerset +5 23 £50,000 -12.47% 6
Wiltshire -9 15 £43,750 -46.97% 13
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (3.38%) Apache
2 3 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.38%) GNU Octave
2 8 (2.70%) Simulink
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.41%) AWS
2 15 (5.07%) Azure
3 7 (2.36%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.69%) SaaS
5 4 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.01%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.68%) GCP
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.34%) GitHub
8 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.74%) 5G
2 16 (5.41%) SD-WAN
2 16 (5.41%) WAN
3 9 (3.04%) Internet
3 9 (3.04%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.70%) DNS
4 8 (2.70%) HTTP
4 8 (2.70%) OFDM
4 8 (2.70%) SMTP
5 6 (2.03%) Wireshark
6 5 (1.69%) Wireless
7 2 (0.68%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.68%) Link 16
8 1 (0.34%) 2G
8 1 (0.34%) 3G
8 1 (0.34%) 4G
8 1 (0.34%) Multicast
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.70%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.36%) SQLite
4 6 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.03%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.68%) Big Data
6 1 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (10.47%) Visual Studio
2 21 (7.09%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.76%) Git
4 13 (4.39%) JIRA
5 12 (4.05%) Subversion
6 10 (3.38%) LabVIEW
6 10 (3.38%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (2.36%) Eclipse
8 6 (2.03%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.03%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.03%) Selenium
9 5 (1.69%) NetBeans
9 5 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
10 4 (1.35%) IDA Disassembler
11 3 (1.01%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.01%) GitLab
11 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.68%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.68%) PetaLinux
13 1 (0.34%) GCC
General
1 53 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (12.50%) Electronics
4 24 (8.11%) Marketing
5 23 (7.77%) Automotive
5 23 (7.77%) Aviation
6 18 (6.08%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.74%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (4.73%) Finance
10 13 (4.39%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.70%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Advertising
13 2 (0.68%) Avionics
13 2 (0.68%) Games
13 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 181 (61.15%) Software Engineer
2 83 (28.04%) Senior
3 77 (26.01%) Senior Software Engineer
4 73 (24.66%) C++ Software Engineer
5 72 (24.32%) Embedded Engineer
6 62 (20.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 45 (15.20%) Developer
8 39 (13.18%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 38 (12.84%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 29 (9.80%) Lead
11 26 (8.78%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (7.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 22 (7.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 19 (6.42%) C++ Developer
14 14 (4.73%) Software Developer
15 12 (4.05%) C Software Engineer
15 12 (4.05%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 12 (4.05%) Systems Engineer
16 11 (3.72%) Lead Software Engineer
17 9 (3.04%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.08%) Qt
2 17 (5.74%) STL
3 14 (4.73%) .NET
3 14 (4.73%) HTML
4 10 (3.38%) MFC
5 7 (2.36%) Apache NiFi
5 7 (2.36%) WPF
6 6 (2.03%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.69%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.69%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.69%) CSS
7 5 (1.69%) JavaFX
7 5 (1.69%) Yocto
8 3 (1.01%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.01%) LESS
8 3 (1.01%) Node.js
8 3 (1.01%) React
8 3 (1.01%) Spring
9 2 (0.68%) POSIX
9 2 (0.68%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.55%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (10.81%) FPGA
3 27 (9.12%) Embedded Systems
3 27 (9.12%) GNSS
4 21 (7.09%) VHDL
5 16 (5.41%) Algorithms
6 12 (4.05%) Robotics
7 10 (3.38%) Hackathon
8 9 (3.04%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.70%) CUDA
9 8 (2.70%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.70%) Tandem
10 7 (2.36%) PMI
11 6 (2.03%) IoT
11 6 (2.03%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.35%) Verilog
13 3 (1.01%) ARM Cortex
13 3 (1.01%) Device Driver
13 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 75 (25.34%) Linux
2 65 (21.96%) Windows
3 8 (2.70%) Unix
4 4 (1.35%) Android
4 4 (1.35%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 2 (0.68%) AIX
6 2 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (71.28%) Software Engineering
2 73 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (13.85%) Computer Science
4 36 (12.16%) Multithreading
5 35 (11.82%) B2B
6 33 (11.15%) Agile
6 33 (11.15%) Test Automation
7 31 (10.47%) Creative Thinking
7 31 (10.47%) Defect Tracking
7 31 (10.47%) Requirements Analysis
7 31 (10.47%) Signal Processing
8 30 (10.14%) SDLC
9 24 (8.11%) Validation
10 23 (7.77%) CI/CD
11 22 (7.43%) Innovative Thinking
12 21 (7.09%) UML
13 20 (6.76%) Mentoring
14 19 (6.42%) Configuration Management
14 19 (6.42%) Project Management
14 19 (6.42%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 127 (42.91%) C
2 88 (29.73%) Python
3 38 (12.84%) Java
4 37 (12.50%) C#
5 32 (10.81%) MATLAB
6 22 (7.43%) Bash
6 22 (7.43%) Perl
7 19 (6.42%) SQL
8 16 (5.41%) JavaScript
9 11 (3.72%) Tcl
10 10 (3.38%) Ada
10 10 (3.38%) VB
11 9 (3.04%) PHP
11 9 (3.04%) Rust
12 7 (2.36%) SystemVerilog
13 5 (1.69%) Embedded C++
13 5 (1.69%) Fortran
14 4 (1.35%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.68%) Go
15 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (21.96%) Degree
2 55 (18.58%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.77%) DV Cleared
4 22 (7.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.36%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.01%) HND
7 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) HNC
8 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.42%) PMO
2 5 (1.69%) IEC 61508
2 5 (1.69%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.69%) TickIT
3 4 (1.35%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.68%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 28 (9.46%) Firmware
2 25 (8.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.38%) Docker
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.68%) Ansible
2 2 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.72%) SAP
2 11 (3.72%) Xilinx
3 8 (2.70%) Altera
3 8 (2.70%) Atlassian
3 8 (2.70%) Green Hills
3 8 (2.70%) Motorola
4 3 (1.01%) Coverity
4 3 (1.01%) Samsung
4 3 (1.01%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.68%) Google
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle
6 1 (0.34%) F5
6 1 (0.34%) IBM
6 1 (0.34%) VMware