Senior C++ Software Engineer Jobs

Senior Software Engineer - C++
UK

The median Senior Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 913 1117
Rank change year-on-year +112 +204 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Software Engineer 110 48 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.049% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.054% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 102 36 72
10th Percentile £53,875 - £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +30.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £70,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +31.58%

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 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

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

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +63 103 £60,000 -14.29% 6
England +110 83 £60,000 -20.00% 12
Work from Home +68 47 £65,000 +13.04% 5
South East +12 28 £80,000 - 3
South West +6 26 £55,000 +10.00%
Scotland -38 25 £60,000 +9.09%
North of England - 14 £60,000 -
North West - 9 £60,000 -
East of England 0 7 £65,000 -7.14% 3
London +99 5 £82,500 +55.66% 4
North East - 5 £60,000 -
Midlands -13 3 £52,500 - 1
East Midlands -23 3 £52,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 110 (100.00%) C++
1 110 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 45 (40.91%) Linux
3 36 (32.73%) C
4 32 (29.09%) Degree
5 30 (27.27%) Network Security
6 27 (24.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (24.55%) Computer Science
7 23 (20.91%) Agile
8 22 (20.00%) Windows
9 19 (17.27%) Security Cleared
10 18 (16.36%) Mentoring
11 17 (15.45%) Algorithms
11 17 (15.45%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (15.45%) Military
12 16 (14.55%) SC Cleared
12 16 (14.55%) Mathematics
12 16 (14.55%) Automotive
12 16 (14.55%) Aviation
13 15 (13.64%) OO
14 14 (12.73%) MFC
14 14 (12.73%) STL
14 14 (12.73%) XML
14 14 (12.73%) Configuration Management
14 14 (12.73%) Subversion
14 14 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (12.73%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (12.73%) Qt
14 14 (12.73%) CMake
15 10 (9.09%) Distributed Systems

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (4.55%) SaaS
2 1 (0.91%) AWS
2 1 (0.91%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (27.27%) Network Security
2 3 (2.73%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.91%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (12.73%) CMake
1 14 (12.73%) Subversion
2 1 (0.91%) Git
2 1 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 17 (15.45%) Military
2 16 (14.55%) Automotive
2 16 (14.55%) Aviation
3 14 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.55%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.73%) Electronics
5 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.82%) Wearables
7 1 (0.91%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.91%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.73%) MFC
1 14 (12.73%) Qt
1 14 (12.73%) STL
1 14 (12.73%) XML
2 4 (3.64%) DPDK
3 2 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.91%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.91%) Node.js
4 1 (0.91%) TypeORM
4 1 (0.91%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.45%) Algorithms
1 17 (15.45%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.73%) IoT
4 2 (1.82%) CCTV
4 2 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.91%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 45 (40.91%) Linux
2 22 (20.00%) Windows
3 9 (8.18%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.91%) CentOS
4 1 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.91%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.91%) Unix
4 1 (0.91%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (24.55%) Computer Science
3 23 (20.91%) Agile
4 18 (16.36%) Mentoring
5 16 (14.55%) Mathematics
6 15 (13.64%) OO
7 14 (12.73%) Configuration Management
7 14 (12.73%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (6.36%) Microservices
8 7 (6.36%) Multithreading
8 7 (6.36%) OOD
8 7 (6.36%) SDLC
9 6 (5.45%) Customer Service
9 6 (5.45%) Linux Kernel Development
10 5 (4.55%) Fintech
10 5 (4.55%) Regtech
10 5 (4.55%) Trade Surveillance
11 4 (3.64%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (3.64%) SOA
12 2 (1.82%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 110 (100.00%) C++
2 36 (32.73%) C
3 9 (8.18%) C#
4 7 (6.36%) Python
5 3 (2.73%) Go
5 3 (2.73%) Java
5 3 (2.73%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.82%) Rust
7 1 (0.91%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.91%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.91%) PHP
7 1 (0.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (29.09%) Degree
2 27 (24.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (17.27%) Security Cleared
4 16 (14.55%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.82%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.45%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (0.91%) Docker
1 1 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.91%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (0.91%) Google