C++ Jobs in the Thames Valley

C++
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 111 24
Rank change year-on-year +31 -87 +70
Permanent jobs citing C++ 195 166 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.80% 2.83% 8.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.14% 7.11% 19.83%
Number of salaries quoted 169 121 213
10th Percentile £35,950 £29,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,500 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,924 2,335 3,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.62% 39.83% 45.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,554 1,375 1,881
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,100 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the Thames Valley

C++
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Oxfordshire +22 94 £55,000 +29.41% 44
Berkshire +26 76 £50,000 -33.33% 27
Buckinghamshire -37 25 £70,000 +86.37% 11
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (3.08%) Kinematics
2 2 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.56%) SaaS
2 3 (1.54%) AWS
3 1 (0.51%) Azure
3 1 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.59%) Internet
2 5 (2.56%) RFID
3 2 (1.03%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.51%) DHCP
4 1 (0.51%) DNS
4 1 (0.51%) HTTP
4 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.51%) MQTT
4 1 (0.51%) RS-485
4 1 (0.51%) VLAN
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.56%) Big Data
2 4 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (7.69%) Visual Studio
2 13 (6.67%) GitLab
3 6 (3.08%) Git
4 4 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.05%) Subversion
5 2 (1.03%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 27 (13.85%) Electronics
2 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.28%) Social Skills
4 13 (6.67%) Marketing
5 6 (3.08%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.05%) Aeronautics
6 4 (2.05%) Finance
7 2 (1.03%) Games
7 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.51%) Automotive
8 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (42.05%) Software Engineer
2 55 (28.21%) Senior
3 35 (17.95%) C++ Software Engineer
4 29 (14.87%) Developer
5 18 (9.23%) C++ Developer
5 18 (9.23%) Embedded Engineer
5 18 (9.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (6.15%) Architect
6 12 (6.15%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 12 (6.15%) Software Architect
7 11 (5.64%) Electronics Engineer
7 11 (5.64%) Physicist
7 11 (5.64%) Research Engineer
7 11 (5.64%) Senior Developer
8 10 (5.13%) Senior Electronics Engineer
9 9 (4.62%) Junior
9 9 (4.62%) Senior C++ Developer
10 8 (4.10%) Applications Engineer
11 7 (3.59%) C/C++ Developer
11 7 (3.59%) Senior DSP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.23%) .NET
1 18 (9.23%) WPF
2 15 (7.69%) OpenMP
3 9 (4.62%) OpenACC
4 4 (2.05%) EDI
4 4 (2.05%) Rendezvous
5 3 (1.54%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.54%) Qt
6 2 (1.03%) STL
6 2 (1.03%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (1.03%) XML
6 2 (1.03%) Yocto
7 1 (0.51%) CSS
7 1 (0.51%) HTML
7 1 (0.51%) JSON
7 1 (0.51%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.51%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 66 (33.85%) Algorithms
2 15 (7.69%) CUDA
3 13 (6.67%) Analogue Electronics
4 12 (6.15%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (5.13%) Data Structures
6 9 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.62%) Robotics
7 8 (4.10%) FPGA
7 8 (4.10%) IoT
7 8 (4.10%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.56%) Device Driver
9 5 (2.56%) GNSS
9 5 (2.56%) Life Science
10 4 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (2.05%) VHDL
11 3 (1.54%) Verilog
12 2 (1.03%) ARM Cortex
13 1 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
13 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 61 (31.28%) Linux
2 38 (19.49%) Windows
3 32 (16.41%) Unix
4 3 (1.54%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (48.21%) Software Engineering
2 90 (46.15%) Computer Science
3 72 (36.92%) Physics
4 66 (33.85%) Mathematics
5 45 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (19.49%) Software Testing
7 34 (17.44%) Multithreading
8 32 (16.41%) Parallel Programming
9 29 (14.87%) Agile
9 29 (14.87%) Machine Learning
10 22 (11.28%) Artificial Intelligence
11 20 (10.26%) Collaborative Working
12 17 (8.72%) Customer Requirements
12 17 (8.72%) Monte Carlo Method
12 17 (8.72%) Open Source
13 15 (7.69%) OO
13 15 (7.69%) SDLC
14 14 (7.18%) Chemistry
15 13 (6.67%) MVC
15 13 (6.67%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 105 (53.85%) C
2 90 (46.15%) Python
3 63 (32.31%) Fortran
4 45 (23.08%) C#
5 23 (11.79%) SQL
6 18 (9.23%) Bash
7 17 (8.72%) XAML
8 13 (6.67%) Java
9 12 (6.15%) MATLAB
10 11 (5.64%) Embedded C++
11 7 (3.59%) Embedded C
12 6 (3.08%) Perl
13 4 (2.05%) T-SQL
13 4 (2.05%) VB
13 4 (2.05%) VB.NET
13 4 (2.05%) VB6
14 3 (1.54%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 120 (61.54%) Degree
2 53 (27.18%) PhD
3 52 (26.67%) Security Cleared
4 47 (24.10%) Master's Degree
5 27 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.05%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.08%) QA
System Software
1 22 (11.28%) Firmware
2 4 (2.05%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.54%) Ansible
2 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.03%) Renesas
3 1 (0.51%) Blue Prism
3 1 (0.51%) EMC
3 1 (0.51%) Google
3 1 (0.51%) SAP
3 1 (0.51%) TSYS