C++ Jobs in the UK excluding London

C++
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 118 140 75
Rank change year-on-year +22 -65 +7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,641 1,436 2,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.32% 2.41% 4.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.32% 6.03% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 958 1,157
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22,416 23,806 32,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.63% 39.92% 45.96%
Number of salaries quoted 16,326 13,415 21,223
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,779
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

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

C++
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
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++ within the UK excluding London 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
South East +16 558 £57,500 -8.00% 219
South West +27 295 £55,000 -9.84% 137
North of England +40 218 £57,500 - 75
Midlands +18 203 £50,000 -4.76% 89
Scotland -52 173 £60,000 +13.21% 45
East of England +13 145 £60,000 - 127
North West +42 119 £62,500 +3.31% 47
West Midlands -5 118 £57,500 +2.22% 37
East Midlands +15 85 £48,745 +8.32% 51
Yorkshire +43 75 £47,500 +11.76% 20
Wales +21 45 £50,000 +11.11% 12
North East +11 24 £55,000 +10.55% 9
Northern Ireland +12 5 - - 6
C++
UK

C++
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 60 (3.66%) Apache
2 15 (0.91%) Confluence
3 11 (0.67%) nginx
4 6 (0.37%) Kinematics
5 2 (0.12%) CMS
5 2 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.061%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.061%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.061%) IIS
6 1 (0.061%) WebLogic
Applications
1 80 (4.88%) Simulink
2 12 (0.73%) GNU Octave
3 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.37%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.12%) CANalyzer
6 2 (0.12%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.12%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.061%) CATIA
7 1 (0.061%) EViews
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.061%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.061%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.061%) SPSS
7 1 (0.061%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.24%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 107 (6.52%) Azure
2 79 (4.81%) AWS
3 49 (2.99%) SaaS
4 24 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (0.91%) GCP
6 14 (0.85%) GitHub
7 11 (0.67%) OpenShift
8 8 (0.49%) AWS IoT
8 8 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (0.49%) Serverless
9 6 (0.37%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (0.30%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.24%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.24%) TestFlight
12 3 (0.18%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.18%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.18%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.18%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.93%) TCP/IP
2 40 (2.44%) Wireless
3 29 (1.77%) Network Security
4 27 (1.65%) MQTT
5 24 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.40%) Modbus
7 22 (1.34%) Ethernet
8 21 (1.28%) 4G
8 21 (1.28%) 5G
8 21 (1.28%) Internet
9 18 (1.10%) Bluetooth
9 18 (1.10%) RS-485
10 17 (1.04%) 3G
11 16 (0.98%) SD-WAN
11 16 (0.98%) WAN
12 12 (0.73%) DNS
13 11 (0.67%) Firewall
13 11 (0.67%) LoRaWAN
14 10 (0.61%) Wireshark
15 9 (0.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (1.89%) MongoDB
4 18 (1.10%) MySQL
5 16 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.49%) Big Data
8 7 (0.43%) SQLite
9 4 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (0.24%) Power BI
10 3 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.12%) GIS
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.061%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Database 11g
12 1 (0.061%) Oracle Database 12c
12 1 (0.061%) OrientDB
12 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 150 (9.14%) Git
2 117 (7.13%) Visual Studio
3 72 (4.39%) Subversion
4 67 (4.08%) JIRA
5 57 (3.47%) Jenkins
6 45 (2.74%) LabVIEW
7 38 (2.32%) GitLab
8 30 (1.83%) CMake
9 24 (1.46%) Ant
10 16 (0.98%) Eclipse
10 16 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
11 14 (0.85%) Vagrant
12 13 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.73%) Selenium
14 10 (0.61%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.61%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.61%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.61%) GCC
14 10 (0.61%) GDB
14 10 (0.61%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 291 (17.73%) Social Skills
2 226 (13.77%) Electronics
3 171 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (7.19%) Manufacturing
5 106 (6.46%) Automotive
6 76 (4.63%) Finance
7 74 (4.51%) Marketing
8 61 (3.72%) Telecoms
9 55 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 46 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 40 (2.44%) Games
12 38 (2.32%) Aerospace
12 38 (2.32%) Military
13 32 (1.95%) Aviation
14 28 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.28%) Law
16 19 (1.16%) Legal
17 18 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
19 12 (0.73%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 781 (47.59%) Software Engineer
2 387 (23.58%) Developer
3 375 (22.85%) Senior
4 303 (18.46%) C++ Software Engineer
5 293 (17.85%) Embedded Engineer
6 253 (15.42%) Senior Software Engineer
7 240 (14.63%) C++ Developer
8 206 (12.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 146 (8.90%) Lead
10 128 (7.80%) Software Developer
11 100 (6.09%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 98 (5.97%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 89 (5.42%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 71 (4.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 62 (3.78%) C++ Software Developer
16 58 (3.53%) C Software Engineer
16 58 (3.53%) C/C++ Software Engineer
17 57 (3.47%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
18 54 (3.29%) Electronics Engineer
19 52 (3.17%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (10.60%) .NET
2 83 (5.06%) Qt
3 79 (4.81%) HTML
4 70 (4.27%) WPF
5 65 (3.96%) STL
6 64 (3.90%) .NET Framework
7 52 (3.17%) REST
8 46 (2.80%) CSS
8 46 (2.80%) Yocto
9 38 (2.32%) React
10 37 (2.25%) MFC
11 35 (2.13%) WinForms
12 33 (2.01%) Apache NiFi
13 32 (1.95%) XML
14 30 (1.83%) ASP.NET
15 29 (1.77%) Web Services
16 28 (1.71%) Hibernate
17 26 (1.58%) SOAP
18 25 (1.52%) Middleware
19 23 (1.40%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 188 (11.46%) Algorithms
2 125 (7.62%) Embedded Systems
3 91 (5.55%) IoT
4 75 (4.57%) FPGA
5 73 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
6 53 (3.23%) VHDL
7 47 (2.86%) Robotics
8 33 (2.01%) GNSS
9 32 (1.95%) CUDA
10 30 (1.83%) Device Driver
11 25 (1.52%) Analogue Electronics
11 25 (1.52%) Verilog
12 23 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
13 22 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (1.28%) Satnav
15 19 (1.16%) ARM Cortex
16 18 (1.10%) Data Structures
17 16 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 543 (33.09%) Linux
2 296 (18.04%) Windows
3 107 (6.52%) Embedded Linux
4 55 (3.35%) Unix
5 49 (2.99%) Android
6 30 (1.83%) Ubuntu
7 21 (1.28%) AIX
8 20 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (1.10%) CentOS
10 16 (0.98%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.67%) Mac OS
11 11 (0.67%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
13 6 (0.37%) Windows Server
14 5 (0.30%) Debian
15 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 2 (0.12%) FreeBSD
16 2 (0.12%) Rocky
16 2 (0.12%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,006 (61.30%) Software Engineering
2 369 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
3 326 (19.87%) Computer Science
4 305 (18.59%) Agile
5 211 (12.86%) Mathematics
6 174 (10.60%) Multithreading
7 151 (9.20%) Mentoring
8 135 (8.23%) OO
9 123 (7.50%) Test Automation
10 118 (7.19%) Machine Learning
11 117 (7.13%) Artificial Intelligence
11 117 (7.13%) Physics
12 105 (6.40%) SDLC
13 101 (6.15%) DevOps
14 97 (5.91%) Signal Processing
15 81 (4.94%) Software Testing
16 73 (4.45%) Code Quality
17 69 (4.20%) Open Source
18 68 (4.14%) Software Architecture
18 68 (4.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 821 (50.03%) C
2 492 (29.98%) Python
3 430 (26.20%) C#
4 297 (18.10%) Java
5 171 (10.42%) SQL
6 163 (9.93%) JavaScript
7 87 (5.30%) MATLAB
8 79 (4.81%) Embedded C
9 66 (4.02%) Fortran
10 64 (3.90%) Bash
11 59 (3.60%) Embedded C++
12 52 (3.17%) VB
13 32 (1.95%) Perl
13 32 (1.95%) Rust
14 31 (1.89%) Go
15 29 (1.77%) COBOL
15 29 (1.77%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 26 (1.58%) Ada
16 26 (1.58%) TypeScript
17 23 (1.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 494 (30.10%) Degree
2 284 (17.31%) Security Cleared
3 149 (9.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 145 (8.84%) SC Cleared
5 85 (5.18%) PhD
6 76 (4.63%) Master's Degree
7 53 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (0.55%) HND
10 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.061%) HNC
14 1 (0.061%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.061%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.60%) QA
2 21 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
3 19 (1.16%) PMO
4 16 (0.98%) GDPR
5 13 (0.79%) MISRA
6 9 (0.55%) MISRA C
7 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.43%) AUTOSAR
8 7 (0.43%) ISO 13485
8 7 (0.43%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.30%) IEC 61508
9 5 (0.30%) TickIT
10 4 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.24%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.24%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.24%) JTAG
11 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
12 2 (0.12%) DO-178B
13 1 (0.061%) Data Quality
System Software
1 164 (9.99%) Firmware
2 91 (5.55%) Embedded Firmware
3 56 (3.41%) Docker
4 3 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.061%) QEMU
6 1 (0.061%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 33 (2.01%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.77%) Terraform
3 25 (1.52%) Ansible
4 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.12%) Puppet
6 1 (0.061%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.061%) Podman
Vendors
1 104 (6.34%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.74%) SAP
3 44 (2.68%) Xilinx
4 32 (1.95%) Oracle
5 29 (1.77%) Micro Focus
6 16 (0.98%) Google
7 13 (0.79%) Atlassian
8 12 (0.73%) EMC
9 10 (0.61%) Cadence
9 10 (0.61%) Synopsys
10 8 (0.49%) Altera
10 8 (0.49%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.49%) Motorola
11 7 (0.43%) Cisco
11 7 (0.43%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.37%) BT
12 6 (0.37%) HP
12 6 (0.37%) Remedy
13 4 (0.24%) Computacenter
13 4 (0.24%) Twitter