Standard Template Library (STL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for STL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited STL over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 813 936 1123
Rank change year-on-year +123 +187 -268
Permanent jobs citing STL 77 41 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.041% 0.075%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.36% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 74 19 97
10th Percentile - £30,700 £47,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £81,250 £153,750 £127,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £170,000 £232,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

STL is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,101 29,987 65,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.24% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 18,481 29,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,588 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for STL in the UK

STL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing STL.

Salary trend for STL in the UK

STL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing STL over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for STL in the UK

STL
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing STL within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +124 75 £62,500 -13.79% 22
UK excluding London +23 73 £62,500 +19.05% 13
South East +28 30 £80,000 +23.08% 9
Work from Home +79 22 £80,000 +29.03% 8
South West -17 22 £57,500 +9.52%
North of England - 17 £62,500 - 1
North West - 16 £62,500 -
London +97 4 £100,000 -41.18% 12
Wales - 2 £55,000 -
East of England - 2 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £52,500 - 1

STL
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 38 (49.35%) Apache
2 2 (2.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 16 (20.78%) CMake
1 16 (20.78%) Subversion
2 3 (3.90%) Git
3 2 (2.60%) GDB
3 2 (2.60%) JIRA
4 1 (1.30%) GCC
General
1 16 (20.78%) Military
2 5 (6.49%) Finance
3 3 (3.90%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.30%) Electronics
4 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (66.23%) Software Engineer
2 25 (32.47%) Developer
3 24 (31.17%) C++ Developer
4 19 (24.68%) C++ Software Engineer
4 19 (24.68%) Embedded Engineer
4 19 (24.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (24.68%) Lead
5 17 (22.08%) Senior
6 16 (20.78%) Lead Developer
7 15 (19.48%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (19.48%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (2.60%) Audio Engineer
9 2 (2.60%) Audio Software Engineer
9 2 (2.60%) Senior C++ Developer
9 2 (2.60%) Senior Developer
10 1 (1.30%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 1 (1.30%) Junior C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (1.30%) Linux Developer
10 1 (1.30%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (49.35%) Apache NiFi
2 30 (38.96%) Qt
3 26 (33.77%) MFC
4 18 (23.38%) XML
5 2 (2.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (1.30%) GTK
6 1 (1.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (25.97%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.90%) Fixed Income
2 3 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.60%) Equities
3 2 (2.60%) FPGA
3 2 (2.60%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.30%) Derivative
4 1 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 61 (79.22%) Linux
2 58 (75.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (72.73%) Software Engineering
2 29 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (25.97%) Computer Science
4 19 (24.68%) Mathematics
5 18 (23.38%) Mentoring
5 18 (23.38%) OO
6 17 (22.08%) Agile
7 16 (20.78%) Configuration Management
7 16 (20.78%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (16.88%) Multithreading
9 10 (12.99%) Multithreaded Programming
10 2 (2.60%) Backtesting
10 2 (2.60%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (2.60%) Concurrent Programming
10 2 (2.60%) OOP
10 2 (2.60%) Order Management
10 2 (2.60%) Quantitative Trading
10 2 (2.60%) Risk Management
10 2 (2.60%) Thought Leadership
11 1 (1.30%) Bioinformatics
Programming Languages
1 69 (89.61%) C++
2 8 (10.39%) Python
3 5 (6.49%) SQL
4 1 (1.30%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (27.27%) Degree
2 19 (24.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (19.48%) SC Cleared
3 15 (19.48%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Firmware