C++
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 146 96
Rank change year-on-year +7 -50 -2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 2,050 2,438 5,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.05% 2.46% 3.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.18% 5.67% 6.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,645 1,733 2,232
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £34,990
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,000 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,193 42,967 86,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.26% 43.30% 54.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24,893 27,483 43,403
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,100 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the UK

C++
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C++ in the UK

C++
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the UK

C++
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +17 1,770 £60,000 -11.11% 991
UK excluding London +21 1,660 £55,000 -8.33% 664
Work from Home -54 629 £60,000 -7.69% 437
South East +17 566 £57,500 -4.17% 210
London -63 332 £92,500 +11.78% 369
South West +23 298 £55,000 -9.84% 130
North of England +58 219 £57,500 - 70
Midlands +9 206 £50,000 -4.76% 86
Scotland -57 176 £60,000 +13.21% 42
East of England +20 146 £60,000 - 121
North West +40 121 £62,500 +4.17% 44
West Midlands +1 118 £57,500 +4.55% 37
East Midlands +24 88 £47,500 +5.56% 48
Yorkshire +30 74 £47,500 +11.76% 18
Wales +21 45 £50,000 +5.26% 10
North East +14 24 £55,000 +10.55% 8
Northern Ireland +6 5 - - 5

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 66 (3.22%) Apache
2 20 (0.98%) Confluence
3 18 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.59%) nginx
5 6 (0.29%) IIS
5 6 (0.29%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.24%) IBM Notes
7 3 (0.15%) CMS
7 3 (0.15%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.15%) Hyperledger
8 2 (0.098%) SAS
8 2 (0.098%) WinCC
9 1 (0.049%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.049%) WebLogic
Applications
1 85 (4.15%) Simulink
2 12 (0.59%) GNU Octave
3 10 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.29%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.098%) CANalyzer
6 2 (0.098%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.098%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.049%) CATIA
7 1 (0.049%) EViews
7 1 (0.049%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.049%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.049%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.049%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.049%) SPSS
7 1 (0.049%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 10 (0.49%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.20%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.049%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.049%) LabWindows
3 1 (0.049%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.049%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 155 (7.56%) Azure
2 150 (7.32%) AWS
3 57 (2.78%) SaaS
4 36 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.12%) GCP
6 19 (0.93%) GitHub
7 13 (0.63%) OpenShift
7 13 (0.63%) Serverless
8 12 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (0.59%) Pulumi
9 10 (0.49%) Power Platform
10 9 (0.44%) Sentry
10 9 (0.44%) WhatsApp
11 8 (0.39%) AWS IoT
12 7 (0.34%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.24%) PaaS
13 5 (0.24%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.20%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.20%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 77 (3.76%) TCP/IP
2 40 (1.95%) Wireless
3 36 (1.76%) Network Security
4 27 (1.32%) MQTT
5 24 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.12%) 5G
6 23 (1.12%) Ethernet
6 23 (1.12%) Internet
7 22 (1.07%) 4G
7 22 (1.07%) Modbus
8 18 (0.88%) 3G
8 18 (0.88%) Bluetooth
8 18 (0.88%) RS-485
9 17 (0.83%) SD-WAN
9 17 (0.83%) WAN
10 16 (0.78%) DNS
11 14 (0.68%) Firewall
12 13 (0.63%) HTTP
13 11 (0.54%) LoRaWAN
13 11 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 67 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (1.80%) MongoDB
4 33 (1.61%) NoSQL
5 25 (1.22%) MySQL
6 19 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 15 (0.73%) Redis
8 14 (0.68%) Big Data
9 13 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.39%) Power BI
11 7 (0.34%) KDB
11 7 (0.34%) Kdb+
11 7 (0.34%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.34%) SQLite
12 6 (0.29%) Hadoop
13 5 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (0.24%) Metadata
13 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 177 (8.63%) Git
2 125 (6.10%) Visual Studio
3 76 (3.71%) JIRA
3 76 (3.71%) Subversion
4 74 (3.61%) Jenkins
5 52 (2.54%) GitLab
6 46 (2.24%) LabVIEW
7 31 (1.51%) CMake
8 25 (1.22%) Ant
9 16 (0.78%) Eclipse
9 16 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
9 16 (0.78%) Vagrant
10 15 (0.73%) Bitbucket
10 15 (0.73%) Rational Rhapsody
11 14 (0.68%) GDB
12 13 (0.63%) Selenium
13 12 (0.59%) GCC
14 11 (0.54%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.49%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.49%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 354 (17.27%) Social Skills
2 232 (11.32%) Electronics
3 206 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 203 (9.90%) Finance
5 126 (6.15%) Manufacturing
6 110 (5.37%) Automotive
7 78 (3.80%) Marketing
8 72 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 65 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 56 (2.73%) Games
11 51 (2.49%) Public Sector
12 44 (2.15%) Aerospace
13 43 (2.10%) Front Office
14 39 (1.90%) Military
15 32 (1.56%) Aviation
16 28 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 27 (1.32%) Banking
18 25 (1.22%) Law
18 25 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
19 22 (1.07%) Legal
Job Titles
1 888 (43.32%) Software Engineer
2 538 (26.24%) Developer
3 469 (22.88%) Senior
4 340 (16.59%) C++ Software Engineer
5 322 (15.71%) C++ Developer
6 296 (14.44%) Embedded Engineer
7 289 (14.10%) Senior Software Engineer
8 204 (9.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 182 (8.88%) Lead
10 138 (6.73%) Software Developer
11 108 (5.27%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 101 (4.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 90 (4.39%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 71 (3.46%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 69 (3.37%) Architect
16 67 (3.27%) Senior Developer
17 65 (3.17%) C++ Software Developer
18 62 (3.02%) C Software Engineer
18 62 (3.02%) C/C++ Software Engineer
19 57 (2.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (10.73%) .NET
2 93 (4.54%) HTML
3 89 (4.34%) Qt
4 72 (3.51%) .NET Framework
4 72 (3.51%) WPF
5 69 (3.37%) STL
6 58 (2.83%) REST
7 53 (2.59%) CSS
8 50 (2.44%) React
9 46 (2.24%) Yocto
10 38 (1.85%) Web Services
10 38 (1.85%) XML
11 37 (1.80%) MFC
12 35 (1.71%) ASP.NET
12 35 (1.71%) WinForms
13 33 (1.61%) Apache NiFi
14 32 (1.56%) .NET Core
15 31 (1.51%) Middleware
16 29 (1.41%) Hibernate
17 28 (1.37%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 220 (10.73%) Algorithms
2 129 (6.29%) Embedded Systems
3 108 (5.27%) FPGA
4 99 (4.83%) IoT
5 80 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 72 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
7 55 (2.68%) Robotics
8 52 (2.54%) VHDL
9 43 (2.10%) Hedge funds
10 38 (1.85%) CUDA
10 38 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 38 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
11 35 (1.71%) GNSS
12 32 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 32 (1.56%) Device Driver
13 30 (1.46%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.46%) Equities
14 25 (1.22%) Analogue Electronics
14 25 (1.22%) Verilog
15 24 (1.17%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 681 (33.22%) Linux
2 320 (15.61%) Windows
3 110 (5.37%) Embedded Linux
4 71 (3.46%) Unix
5 64 (3.12%) Android
6 39 (1.90%) Ubuntu
7 26 (1.27%) Apple iOS
8 24 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (1.07%) AIX
10 20 (0.98%) CentOS
11 14 (0.68%) Windows Server
12 13 (0.63%) Mac OS
13 12 (0.59%) Windows 10
14 11 (0.54%) Debian
15 9 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
16 5 (0.24%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.20%) Windows Embedded Compact
18 2 (0.098%) FreeBSD
18 2 (0.098%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.098%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,176 (57.37%) Software Engineering
2 443 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
3 419 (20.44%) Computer Science
4 370 (18.05%) Agile
5 257 (12.54%) Mathematics
6 215 (10.49%) Multithreading
7 163 (7.95%) OO
8 158 (7.71%) Mentoring
9 157 (7.66%) DevOps
10 153 (7.46%) Test Automation
11 151 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence
11 151 (7.37%) Machine Learning
12 147 (7.17%) Physics
13 136 (6.63%) SDLC
14 103 (5.02%) Signal Processing
15 98 (4.78%) Software Testing
16 90 (4.39%) CI/CD
17 80 (3.90%) Code Quality
18 78 (3.80%) Open Source
19 77 (3.76%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 944 (46.05%) C
2 698 (34.05%) Python
3 523 (25.51%) C#
4 430 (20.98%) Java
5 244 (11.90%) SQL
6 190 (9.27%) JavaScript
7 99 (4.83%) MATLAB
8 85 (4.15%) Bash
9 84 (4.10%) Rust
10 80 (3.90%) Go
11 79 (3.85%) Embedded C
12 68 (3.32%) Fortran
13 60 (2.93%) Embedded C++
14 55 (2.68%) VB
15 41 (2.00%) PowerShell
16 39 (1.90%) Perl
17 36 (1.76%) TypeScript
18 29 (1.41%) COBOL
18 29 (1.41%) Micro Focus COBOL
19 27 (1.32%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 611 (29.80%) Degree
2 312 (15.22%) Security Cleared
3 182 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 160 (7.80%) SC Cleared
5 122 (5.95%) Master's Degree
6 114 (5.56%) PhD
7 58 (2.83%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.54%) HND
9 9 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.24%) MCAD
12 5 (0.24%) Postgraduate
13 4 (0.20%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.20%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.15%) HNC
14 3 (0.15%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.098%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (2.98%) QA
2 23 (1.12%) Software Quality Assurance
3 21 (1.02%) PMO
4 18 (0.88%) GDPR
5 13 (0.63%) MISRA
6 12 (0.59%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.44%) ISO 13485
7 9 (0.44%) MISRA C
8 7 (0.34%) AUTOSAR
8 7 (0.34%) ISO 9000
9 5 (0.24%) IEC 61508
9 5 (0.24%) JTAG
9 5 (0.24%) TickIT
10 4 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.20%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.20%) NIST
11 3 (0.15%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.098%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.098%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 176 (8.59%) Firmware
2 101 (4.93%) Embedded Firmware
3 89 (4.34%) Docker
4 5 (0.24%) Ceph
4 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.098%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.049%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.049%) OpenSIPS
7 1 (0.049%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.049%) QEMU
7 1 (0.049%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 97 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.34%) Terraform
3 39 (1.90%) Ansible
4 21 (1.02%) Grafana
5 8 (0.39%) Puppet
6 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.24%) Knative
7 5 (0.24%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.098%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.098%) Kibana
8 2 (0.098%) Podman
8 2 (0.098%) Wonderware InTouch
9 1 (0.049%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.049%) Istio
9 1 (0.049%) logstash
9 1 (0.049%) Nagios
9 1 (0.049%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.049%) Packer
9 1 (0.049%) Salt
Vendors
1 139 (6.78%) Microsoft
2 49 (2.39%) Xilinx
3 45 (2.20%) SAP
4 39 (1.90%) Oracle
5 33 (1.61%) Google
6 29 (1.41%) Micro Focus
7 14 (0.68%) Atlassian
8 12 (0.59%) EMC
8 12 (0.59%) Red Hat
9 10 (0.49%) Cadence
9 10 (0.49%) Synopsys
10 8 (0.39%) Altera
10 8 (0.39%) Apple
10 8 (0.39%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.39%) Motorola
11 7 (0.34%) Cisco
12 6 (0.29%) BT
12 6 (0.29%) HP
12 6 (0.29%) NVIDIA
12 6 (0.29%) Remedy