C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer - C++
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 583 587
Rank change year-on-year +135 +4 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 354 145 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.29% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 283 93 187
10th Percentile £37,350 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,349 49,280 72,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 88.83% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 52,720 29,285 42,723
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
South East +45 102 £60,000 -14.29% 10
South West +36 87 £55,000 +25.00% 18
North of England +46 53 £56,000 +31.76% 2
Midlands -5 40 £42,500 -26.09% 4
Scotland -37 39 £60,000 +20.00% 7
East of England -2 29 £65,000 +8.33% 12
East Midlands -15 22 £35,000 - 2
North West +1 21 £61,000 -9.63% 1
Yorkshire +71 20 £40,000 -5.88%
West Midlands -8 18 £78,750 +36.96% 1
North East - 12 £58,000 - 1
Wales - 4 £55,000 - 1
C++ Software Engineer
UK

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 354 (100.00%) C++
1 354 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 120 (33.90%) C
3 78 (22.03%) Linux
4 65 (18.36%) Security Cleared
5 61 (17.23%) Degree
5 61 (17.23%) Windows
6 53 (14.97%) Computer Science
7 49 (13.84%) C#
8 44 (12.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (11.86%) Mathematics
10 40 (11.30%) Agile
11 39 (11.02%) SC Cleared
12 34 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (9.04%) Automotive
14 31 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
15 29 (8.19%) Network Security
16 28 (7.91%) Manufacturing
17 26 (7.34%) Algorithms
18 25 (7.06%) Python
18 25 (7.06%) Test Automation
19 24 (6.78%) Mentoring
19 24 (6.78%) Multithreading
20 23 (6.50%) SDLC
21 22 (6.21%) Embedded Systems
21 22 (6.21%) Embedded Linux
22 21 (5.93%) SaaS
23 20 (5.65%) OO
24 19 (5.37%) Military
24 19 (5.37%) Code Quality

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.56%) CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.13%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.93%) SaaS
2 5 (1.41%) Azure
2 5 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (0.85%) WhatsApp
4 2 (0.56%) AWS
5 1 (0.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.19%) Network Security
2 8 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.56%) VoIP
4 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
4 1 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (5.08%) CMake
1 18 (5.08%) Git
2 17 (4.80%) Subversion
3 12 (3.39%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.13%) GCC
5 4 (1.13%) GDB
5 4 (1.13%) Xcode
6 3 (0.85%) JIRA
7 2 (0.56%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.56%) NetBeans
General
1 32 (9.04%) Automotive
2 28 (7.91%) Manufacturing
3 19 (5.37%) Aviation
3 19 (5.37%) Military
4 17 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (3.95%) Social Skills
6 12 (3.39%) Electronics
7 8 (2.26%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.69%) Agriculture
9 5 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.13%) Marketing
11 3 (0.85%) Legal
11 3 (0.85%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.56%) Finance
12 2 (0.56%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.08%) Qt
1 18 (5.08%) STL
2 16 (4.52%) .NET
2 16 (4.52%) MFC
3 15 (4.24%) XML
4 12 (3.39%) OpenGL
5 11 (3.11%) WPF
6 8 (2.26%) Yocto
7 5 (1.41%) FFmpeg
7 5 (1.41%) GStreamer
7 5 (1.41%) OpenEmbedded
8 4 (1.13%) DirectX
8 4 (1.13%) DPDK
8 4 (1.13%) WebGL
9 3 (0.85%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.85%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.56%) JavaFX
10 2 (0.56%) QML
10 2 (0.56%) REST
10 2 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (7.34%) Algorithms
3 22 (6.21%) Embedded Systems
4 16 (4.52%) Satnav
5 9 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.85%) Arduino
8 3 (0.85%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (0.56%) Blog
9 2 (0.56%) CCTV
10 1 (0.28%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.28%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.28%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.28%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.28%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 78 (22.03%) Linux
2 61 (17.23%) Windows
3 22 (6.21%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.41%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.56%) Unix
6 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 53 (14.97%) Computer Science
3 42 (11.86%) Mathematics
4 40 (11.30%) Agile
5 34 (9.60%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (7.06%) Test Automation
7 24 (6.78%) Mentoring
7 24 (6.78%) Multithreading
8 23 (6.50%) SDLC
9 20 (5.65%) OO
10 19 (5.37%) Code Quality
11 18 (5.08%) Actionable Insight
11 18 (5.08%) Configuration Management
12 16 (4.52%) DevOps
12 16 (4.52%) Quality Management
13 15 (4.24%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (3.67%) Cybersecurity
15 11 (3.11%) Unit Testing
16 9 (2.54%) Customer Service
17 8 (2.26%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 354 (100.00%) C++
2 120 (33.90%) C
3 49 (13.84%) C#
4 25 (7.06%) Python
5 14 (3.95%) Java
6 12 (3.39%) Embedded C
6 12 (3.39%) Embedded C++
7 10 (2.82%) Bash
8 9 (2.54%) Perl
9 7 (1.98%) SQL
10 4 (1.13%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.85%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.56%) Fortran
12 2 (0.56%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (18.36%) Security Cleared
2 61 (17.23%) Degree
3 44 (12.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (11.02%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.56%) HND
6 2 (0.56%) PhD
7 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.08%) QA
2 16 (4.52%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (1.69%) ISO 9000
4 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.56%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (0.56%) Firmware
2 1 (0.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.85%) Ansible
2 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (0.85%) Samsung
2 2 (0.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.28%) QNX