Embedded C++
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded 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 836 942 1126
Rank change year-on-year +106 +184 -306
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 60 33 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.033% 0.069%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.18% 0.076% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 42 24 27
10th Percentile £36,725 £36,425 £48,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £46,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £100,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,625 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +31.58%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded 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 33,118 43,362 86,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.44% 43.21% 54.03%
Number of salaries quoted 24,897 27,723 43,724
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £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 £52,779
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.21% +5.56%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C++ over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ within the UK 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
UK excluding London +15 59 £50,000 -25.93% 60
England +108 54 £52,500 -8.70% 58
Midlands +21 20 £50,000 +33.33% 10
South East +16 16 £57,500 +7.98% 17
Work from Home +71 15 £55,000 -45.00% 31
West Midlands +19 14 £60,000 +71.43% 7
East of England +13 11 £43,750 - 9
East Midlands -14 6 £43,750 +9.38% 3
South West -28 5 - - 15
Wales - 4 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire +88 2 £55,000 -4.35%
North of England +33 2 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Scotland -58 1 £67,500 - 6

Embedded 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Simulink
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.33%) AWS
2 7 (11.67%) AWS IoT
3 3 (5.00%) Azure
4 1 (1.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 5 (8.33%) Internet
3 4 (6.67%) Bluetooth
3 4 (6.67%) LoRaWAN
3 4 (6.67%) LTE
3 4 (6.67%) MQTT
3 4 (6.67%) Profibus
3 4 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (5.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.33%) 2G
5 2 (3.33%) 3G
5 2 (3.33%) 4G
5 2 (3.33%) 5G
6 1 (1.67%) HTTP
6 1 (1.67%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.67%) Network Security
6 1 (1.67%) SNMP
6 1 (1.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Git
2 4 (6.67%) Eclipse
3 3 (5.00%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.33%) Subversion
5 1 (1.67%) GitLab
5 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (40.00%) Electronics
2 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 10 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 9 (15.00%) Automotive
5 9 (15.00%) Marketing
6 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (13.33%) Finance
6 8 (13.33%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.00%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.67%) Legal
9 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (76.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 35 (58.33%) Software Engineer
3 32 (53.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (31.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 11 (18.33%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) C Software Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) Embedded C Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 9 (15.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 9 (15.00%) Senior
8 6 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Audio Video Software Engineer
9 5 (8.33%) Developer
9 5 (8.33%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) FFmpeg
1 5 (8.33%) GStreamer
1 5 (8.33%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (8.33%) Yocto
2 4 (6.67%) Flask
3 2 (3.33%) HTML
4 1 (1.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) IoT
2 9 (15.00%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.33%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (3.33%) Device Driver
5 2 (3.33%) FPGA
5 2 (3.33%) Robotics
6 1 (1.67%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.67%) GNSS
6 1 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 32 (53.33%) Linux
2 8 (13.33%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (5.00%) Debian
3 3 (5.00%) Windows
4 2 (3.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (68.33%) Software Engineering
2 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (15.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 8 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (13.33%) Programme Management
5 7 (11.67%) Software Testing
6 6 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (10.00%) SDLC
6 6 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (8.33%) Multithreading
7 5 (8.33%) Open Source
8 4 (6.67%) Physics
8 4 (6.67%) Validation
9 3 (5.00%) Computer Science
10 2 (3.33%) Agile
10 2 (3.33%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (3.33%) Mathematics
10 2 (3.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (100.00%) C++
2 54 (90.00%) C
3 48 (80.00%) Embedded C
4 15 (25.00%) Python
5 6 (10.00%) C#
5 6 (10.00%) MATLAB
6 3 (5.00%) Bash
6 3 (5.00%) SQL
7 2 (3.33%) Java
7 2 (3.33%) PHP
8 1 (1.67%) Ada
8 1 (1.67%) Groovy
8 1 (1.67%) Perl
8 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.67%) Ruby
8 1 (1.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) HND
4 1 (1.67%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (6.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (6.67%) ISO 13485
3 3 (5.00%) QA
4 1 (1.67%) MISRA
System Software
1 22 (36.67%) Firmware
2 10 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) SAP
2 2 (3.33%) EMC
2 2 (3.33%) Renesas
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.67%) Parasoft