Senior C++ Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior C++ Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior C++ Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 744 714 837
Rank change year-on-year -30 +123 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Developer 24 22 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.032% 0.039% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.044% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 8
10th Percentile £47,525 £45,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £72,750
90th Percentile - £77,500 £74,100
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -37.50% +60.00%

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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
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 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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%

Senior C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior C++ Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior C++ Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior C++ Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior C++ Developer
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 Senior C++ Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +1 10 £85,000 +13.33%
North of England +35 4 £62,500 - 6
North West -2 4 £62,500 - 6
Midlands -15 4 £50,000 -13.04% 5
East Midlands -20 4 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Scotland -73 3 £65,000 +18.18%
South West - 3 £56,500 -
Senior C++ Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior C++ Developer 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 Senior C++ Developer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) C++
2 14 (58.33%) C
3 5 (20.83%) Git
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) JIRA
3 5 (20.83%) Confluence
4 4 (16.67%) Linux
5 3 (12.50%) Python
5 3 (12.50%) Java
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 3 (12.50%) Degree
5 3 (12.50%) Scrum
5 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 3 (12.50%) Coverity
5 3 (12.50%) Atlassian
5 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 3 (12.50%) Bitbucket
5 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
5 3 (12.50%) User Stories
5 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 3 (12.50%) Component Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) Rust

Senior C++ Developer 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 5 (20.83%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) RDBMS
1 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Git
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
2 3 (12.50%) Bitbucket
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (12.50%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (8.33%) Finance
1 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Qt
1 2 (8.33%) STL
1 2 (8.33%) XML
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
2 3 (12.50%) Agile
2 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (12.50%) Component Testing
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (12.50%) Machine Learning
2 3 (12.50%) Scrum
2 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (12.50%) User Stories
3 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) C++
2 14 (58.33%) C
3 3 (12.50%) Java
3 3 (12.50%) Python
3 3 (12.50%) Rust
4 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
1 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Atlassian
1 3 (12.50%) Coverity