C/C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

C/C++ Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median C/C++ Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 710 723 814
Rank change year-on-year +13 +91 -177
Permanent jobs requiring a C/C++ Software Engineer 65 31 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.053% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.060% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 45 24 49
10th Percentile £45,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £51,563 £56,250
90th Percentile - £58,500 £58,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% +5.56% -5.26%

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 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
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 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
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/C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured C/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/C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

Salary distribution for jobs citing C/C++ Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

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

C/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/C++ Software Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
Scotland -48 17 £60,000 +26.32%
North of England +49 14 £57,500 +35.29% 1
South West - 14 £60,000 - 3
Midlands +2 8 £42,500 -15.00% 3
East of England -2 8 £60,000 - 1
North East - 6 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +71 5 £45,000 +5.88% 1
West Midlands +13 4 - - 3
East Midlands - 4 £42,500 -
North West - 3 £60,000 -
South East +2 2 £67,500 +12.50%
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
C/C++ Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, C/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/C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (100.00%) C
1 65 (100.00%) C++
1 65 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (36.92%) Network Security
3 22 (33.85%) Linux
4 14 (21.54%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (18.46%) Degree
5 12 (18.46%) Computer Science
6 11 (16.92%) Embedded C
6 11 (16.92%) Embedded C++
7 9 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (13.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (12.31%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (12.31%) C#
9 7 (10.77%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (10.77%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (9.23%) Social Skills
10 6 (9.23%) Multithreading
10 6 (9.23%) Manufacturing
11 5 (7.69%) Python
11 5 (7.69%) Perl
11 5 (7.69%) Open Source
11 5 (7.69%) Bash
11 5 (7.69%) GStreamer
11 5 (7.69%) FFmpeg
11 5 (7.69%) Mathematics
11 5 (7.69%) OpenEmbedded
11 5 (7.69%) Yocto
11 5 (7.69%) SDLC
12 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity

C/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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) Azure
1 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (36.92%) Network Security
2 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 9 (13.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (9.23%) Manufacturing
2 6 (9.23%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.08%) Electronics
4 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.54%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) FFmpeg
1 5 (7.69%) GStreamer
1 5 (7.69%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (7.69%) Yocto
2 3 (4.62%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.54%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (12.31%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (10.77%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.08%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.08%) CCTV
5 1 (1.54%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.54%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.85%) Linux
2 7 (10.77%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (18.46%) Computer Science
3 6 (9.23%) Multithreading
4 5 (7.69%) Mathematics
4 5 (7.69%) Open Source
4 5 (7.69%) SDLC
5 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (4.62%) Agile
6 3 (4.62%) DevOps
6 3 (4.62%) Physics
7 2 (3.08%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (3.08%) Computer Vision
7 2 (3.08%) Embedded Software Development
7 2 (3.08%) Project Delivery
7 2 (3.08%) Scrum
7 2 (3.08%) Value Proposition
8 1 (1.54%) CI/CD
8 1 (1.54%) Device Driver Development
8 1 (1.54%) Multithreaded Programming
8 1 (1.54%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 65 (100.00%) C
1 65 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (16.92%) Embedded C
2 11 (16.92%) Embedded C++
3 8 (12.31%) C#
4 5 (7.69%) Bash
4 5 (7.69%) Perl
4 5 (7.69%) Python
5 2 (3.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) Degree
2 9 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) PhD
5 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (1.54%) QNX