C/C++ Software Engineer Jobs

C/C++ Software Engineer
UK

The median C/C++ Software Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 928 1170
Rank change year-on-year +95 +242 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a C/C++ Software Engineer 62 49 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.049% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.054% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 44 40 56
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,625 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

C/C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for C/C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C/C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

C/C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C/C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

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

C/C++ Software Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 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
UK excluding London -6 59 £60,000 +41.18% 12
England +70 41 £60,000 +34.83% 14
Work from Home +40 19 £60,000 +33.33% 7
Scotland -45 17 £60,000 +26.32%
South West - 12 £60,000 - 3
North of England +37 11 £60,000 +41.18% 2
East of England +4 8 £60,000 -
Midlands - 7 £46,250 - 5
North East - 6 £60,000 -
East Midlands - 4 £46,250 - 1
West Midlands - 3 - - 4
North West - 3 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +76 2 £45,000 +5.88% 2
South East +4 2 £67,500 +12.50% 1
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
London +108 1 £60,000 -7.69% 3

C/C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 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 featuring C/C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) C
1 62 (100.00%) C++
1 62 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (41.94%) Network Security
3 25 (40.32%) Linux
4 15 (24.19%) Degree
5 14 (22.58%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (20.97%) Computer Science
7 11 (17.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (16.13%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (16.13%) Embedded C
8 10 (16.13%) Embedded C++
9 8 (12.90%) C#
10 7 (11.29%) Embedded Linux
10 7 (11.29%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
11 6 (9.68%) Multithreading
11 6 (9.68%) Open Source
12 5 (8.06%) GStreamer
12 5 (8.06%) FFmpeg
12 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
12 5 (8.06%) OpenEmbedded
12 5 (8.06%) Yocto
12 5 (8.06%) DPDK
13 4 (6.45%) Python
13 4 (6.45%) Mathematics
13 4 (6.45%) Bash
13 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
14 3 (4.84%) Cybersecurity

C/C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 26 (41.94%) Network Security
2 3 (4.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.23%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Git
1 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 11 (17.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (9.68%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.23%) Electronics
5 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) DPDK
1 5 (8.06%) FFmpeg
1 5 (8.06%) GStreamer
1 5 (8.06%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (8.06%) Yocto
2 1 (1.61%) GTK
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.58%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (16.13%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (11.29%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.23%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.23%) CCTV
5 1 (1.61%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (40.32%) Linux
2 7 (11.29%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.61%) Debian
3 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (20.97%) Computer Science
3 6 (9.68%) Multithreading
3 6 (9.68%) Open Source
4 4 (6.45%) Mathematics
5 3 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (4.84%) SDLC
6 2 (3.23%) Agile
6 2 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (3.23%) Computer Vision
6 2 (3.23%) DevOps
6 2 (3.23%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (3.23%) Physics
6 2 (3.23%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.23%) Scrum
6 2 (3.23%) Value Proposition
7 1 (1.61%) Mentoring
7 1 (1.61%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.61%) TDD
7 1 (1.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 62 (100.00%) C
1 62 (100.00%) C++
2 10 (16.13%) Embedded C
2 10 (16.13%) Embedded C++
3 8 (12.90%) C#
4 4 (6.45%) Bash
4 4 (6.45%) Python
5 3 (4.84%) Perl
6 2 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) Degree
2 11 (17.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) PhD
5 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Firmware