C++ Jobs with Work from Home Options

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 123 127
Rank change year-on-year -50 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing C++ 620 1,128 2,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.84% 2.77% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.50% 5.64% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 519 880 1,153
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £34,800
25th Percentile £47,125 £48,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £118,875 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,791 20,006 41,338
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.88% 49.16% 59.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,380 14,704 23,824
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++.

C++ salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

C++ salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (3.55%) Apache
2 9 (1.45%) Confluence
3 3 (0.48%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.48%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.16%) CMS
4 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.16%) IIS
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (8.06%) Simulink
2 2 (0.32%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.16%) CATIA
3 1 (0.16%) EViews
3 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (11.45%) Azure
2 66 (10.65%) AWS
3 38 (6.13%) SaaS
4 17 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.94%) GCP
6 9 (1.45%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.81%) AWS IoT
7 5 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.65%) PaaS
9 3 (0.48%) GitHub
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.32%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.32%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.32%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.32%) Serverless
11 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.77%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.26%) Modbus
2 14 (2.26%) Network Security
3 9 (1.45%) Bluetooth
3 9 (1.45%) LoRaWAN
4 6 (0.97%) MQTT
5 5 (0.81%) LTE
5 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.65%) 5G
6 4 (0.65%) VoIP
7 3 (0.48%) Wireless
8 2 (0.32%) 4G
8 2 (0.32%) CTI
8 2 (0.32%) DHCP
8 2 (0.32%) DNS
8 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.32%) Multicast
8 2 (0.32%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.32%) WAN
9 1 (0.16%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.87%) MongoDB
4 15 (2.42%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.13%) SQLite
6 5 (0.81%) MySQL
6 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.65%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.48%) Redis
9 2 (0.32%) KDB
9 2 (0.32%) Kdb+
9 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.16%) Big Data
10 1 (0.16%) ClickHouse
10 1 (0.16%) GIS
10 1 (0.16%) Power BI
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (7.42%) Git
2 35 (5.65%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.84%) JIRA
3 30 (4.84%) Subversion
4 26 (4.19%) GitLab
5 20 (3.23%) Jenkins
6 18 (2.90%) CMake
7 14 (2.26%) Vagrant
8 10 (1.61%) LabVIEW
9 8 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.13%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.81%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio Team System
11 5 (0.81%) Xcode
12 4 (0.65%) Selenium
13 3 (0.48%) GCC
13 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.32%) CANoe
14 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 100 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.10%) Finance
3 58 (9.35%) Electronics
4 44 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (5.16%) Automotive
7 23 (3.71%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.55%) Marketing
9 20 (3.23%) Front Office
9 20 (3.23%) Telecoms
10 19 (3.06%) Military
11 16 (2.58%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.94%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.77%) Banking
13 11 (1.77%) Games
14 9 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.13%) Law
15 7 (1.13%) Retail
16 5 (0.81%) Legal
16 5 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 280 (45.16%) Software Engineer
2 175 (28.23%) Senior
3 145 (23.39%) Developer
4 133 (21.45%) C++ Software Engineer
5 117 (18.87%) Senior Software Engineer
6 84 (13.55%) C++ Developer
7 69 (11.13%) Embedded Engineer
8 55 (8.87%) Lead
9 49 (7.90%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 48 (7.74%) Software Developer
11 43 (6.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 34 (5.48%) Technical Leader
13 28 (4.52%) Senior Developer
14 26 (4.19%) Support Engineer
15 24 (3.87%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 22 (3.55%) Software Support Engineer
17 21 (3.39%) C++ Software Developer
18 19 (3.06%) C Software Engineer
18 19 (3.06%) Embedded C++ Engineer
18 19 (3.06%) Embedded Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (16.29%) .NET
2 43 (6.94%) HTML
3 39 (6.29%) .NET Framework
4 31 (5.00%) WPF
5 26 (4.19%) Qt
6 25 (4.03%) CSS
6 25 (4.03%) REST
6 25 (4.03%) WinForms
7 23 (3.71%) Web Services
8 22 (3.55%) SOAP
8 22 (3.55%) STL
9 20 (3.23%) Yocto
10 19 (3.06%) XML
11 18 (2.90%) .NET Core
12 17 (2.74%) React
13 16 (2.58%) MFC
13 16 (2.58%) Middleware
14 12 (1.94%) ASP.NET
15 11 (1.77%) AngularJS
16 10 (1.61%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.06%) Embedded Systems
2 38 (6.13%) Algorithms
3 31 (5.00%) FPGA
4 23 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.55%) IoT
6 21 (3.39%) Satnav
7 19 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.42%) Equities
10 14 (2.26%) Device Driver
10 14 (2.26%) Hedge funds
11 13 (2.10%) Raspberry Pi
12 12 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.77%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.61%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.61%) Hackathon
15 8 (1.29%) Analogue Electronics
15 8 (1.29%) Blog
16 7 (1.13%) CAN bus
17 6 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 217 (35.00%) Linux
2 80 (12.90%) Windows
3 41 (6.61%) Embedded Linux
4 28 (4.52%) Android
5 22 (3.55%) AIX
6 16 (2.58%) Unix
7 15 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (2.42%) Ubuntu
8 14 (2.26%) Apple iOS
8 14 (2.26%) CentOS
9 4 (0.65%) Windows Server
10 3 (0.48%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.16%) Debian
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (64.68%) Software Engineering
2 144 (23.23%) Agile
3 134 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (18.87%) Computer Science
5 88 (14.19%) Mentoring
6 81 (13.06%) Multithreading
7 66 (10.65%) OO
8 58 (9.35%) Code Quality
9 54 (8.71%) DevOps
10 51 (8.23%) Artificial Intelligence
11 50 (8.06%) Test Automation
12 49 (7.90%) Roadmaps
13 47 (7.58%) Machine Learning
14 45 (7.26%) Mathematics
15 44 (7.10%) Microservices
16 40 (6.45%) Coaching
16 40 (6.45%) SDLC
17 39 (6.29%) Open Source
18 38 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
19 36 (5.81%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 283 (45.65%) C
2 244 (39.35%) Python
3 174 (28.06%) C#
4 160 (25.81%) Java
5 90 (14.52%) SQL
6 55 (8.87%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.68%) COBOL
7 29 (4.68%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (4.19%) VB
9 20 (3.23%) Embedded C
10 19 (3.06%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.42%) Bash
11 15 (2.42%) Embedded C++
12 14 (2.26%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.94%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.61%) PHP
15 9 (1.45%) Rust
16 7 (1.13%) Fortran
16 7 (1.13%) Go
17 5 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 150 (24.19%) Degree
2 116 (18.71%) Security Cleared
3 89 (14.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (11.77%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.03%) Master's Degree
6 23 (3.71%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.10%) PhD
8 4 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.68%) QA
2 21 (3.39%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.97%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.65%) NIST
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.32%) PMO
6 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.16%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA C
System Software
1 60 (9.68%) Firmware
2 36 (5.81%) Embedded Firmware
3 28 (4.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.16%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 23 (3.71%) Terraform
2 17 (2.74%) Ansible
3 16 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.65%) Puppet
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 32 (5.16%) Microsoft
1 32 (5.16%) Xilinx
2 29 (4.68%) Micro Focus
3 26 (4.19%) Oracle
4 12 (1.94%) SAP
5 7 (1.13%) Google
6 5 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.65%) Twitter
8 3 (0.48%) Coverity
8 3 (0.48%) Samsung
9 2 (0.32%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.16%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.16%) Cadence
10 1 (0.16%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.16%) Lotus
10 1 (0.16%) Siemens
10 1 (0.16%) Synopsys
10 1 (0.16%) TSYS
10 1 (0.16%) Vertica