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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 175 121 128
Rank change year-on-year -54 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 629 1,135 2,178
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.86% 2.81% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.56% 5.70% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 527 880 1,153
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £78,125 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £85,500 £120,000 £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 13,808 19,903 41,450
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.82% 49.21% 59.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11,388 14,641 23,824
10th Percentile £38,694 £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 £79,313 £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 17 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 (3.50%) Apache
2 9 (1.43%) 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 55 (8.74%) 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 (0.64%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (11.76%) Azure
2 67 (10.65%) AWS
3 38 (6.04%) SaaS
4 17 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.91%) GCP
6 9 (1.43%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.79%) AWS IoT
7 5 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.64%) 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%) Azure Service Fabric
11 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.52%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.23%) Network Security
3 13 (2.07%) Modbus
4 9 (1.43%) Bluetooth
4 9 (1.43%) LoRaWAN
5 6 (0.95%) MQTT
6 5 (0.79%) LTE
6 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.64%) VoIP
8 3 (0.48%) 5G
8 3 (0.48%) Wireless
9 2 (0.32%) 4G
9 2 (0.32%) CTI
9 2 (0.32%) DHCP
9 2 (0.32%) DNS
9 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.32%) Multicast
10 1 (0.16%) HTTP
10 1 (0.16%) SSL
10 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.00%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.82%) MongoDB
4 17 (2.70%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.11%) SQLite
6 5 (0.79%) MySQL
6 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.64%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.32%) KDB
8 2 (0.32%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.32%) Redis
8 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.16%) Big Data
9 1 (0.16%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.16%) GIS
9 1 (0.16%) Power BI
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (7.63%) Git
2 33 (5.25%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.77%) Subversion
4 29 (4.61%) JIRA
5 25 (3.97%) GitLab
6 20 (3.18%) Jenkins
7 17 (2.70%) CMake
8 16 (2.54%) Vagrant
9 10 (1.59%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.11%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.79%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.79%) Xcode
13 4 (0.64%) Selenium
14 3 (0.48%) GCC
14 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.32%) CANoe
15 2 (0.32%) Postman
15 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 105 (16.69%) Social Skills
2 77 (12.24%) Finance
3 58 (9.22%) Electronics
4 47 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (5.56%) Automotive
7 23 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.34%) Marketing
8 21 (3.34%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.18%) Front Office
10 19 (3.02%) Military
11 16 (2.54%) Public Sector
12 13 (2.07%) Banking
13 11 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.75%) Games
14 9 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.11%) Law
16 6 (0.95%) Retail
17 5 (0.79%) Legal
18 4 (0.64%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 283 (44.99%) Software Engineer
2 174 (27.66%) Senior
3 150 (23.85%) Developer
4 132 (20.99%) C++ Software Engineer
5 115 (18.28%) Senior Software Engineer
6 86 (13.67%) C++ Developer
7 69 (10.97%) Embedded Engineer
8 54 (8.59%) Lead
9 51 (8.11%) Software Developer
10 48 (7.63%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 43 (6.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 33 (5.25%) Technical Leader
13 28 (4.45%) Senior Developer
14 26 (4.13%) Support Engineer
15 24 (3.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 22 (3.50%) Software Support Engineer
17 21 (3.34%) C++ Software Developer
17 21 (3.34%) Embedded Developer
17 21 (3.34%) Embedded Software Developer
18 19 (3.02%) C/C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (15.74%) .NET
2 42 (6.68%) HTML
3 37 (5.88%) .NET Framework
4 30 (4.77%) WPF
5 26 (4.13%) Qt
6 25 (3.97%) REST
7 24 (3.82%) CSS
7 24 (3.82%) WinForms
8 23 (3.66%) Web Services
9 22 (3.50%) SOAP
9 22 (3.50%) STL
10 20 (3.18%) Yocto
11 19 (3.02%) XML
12 18 (2.86%) Middleware
13 17 (2.70%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.70%) React
14 16 (2.54%) MFC
15 12 (1.91%) ASP.NET
16 11 (1.75%) AngularJS
17 10 (1.59%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.95%) Embedded Systems
2 38 (6.04%) Algorithms
3 31 (4.93%) FPGA
4 22 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (3.50%) IoT
5 21 (3.34%) Satnav
6 19 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.38%) Equities
9 14 (2.23%) Device Driver
9 14 (2.23%) Hedge funds
10 13 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
11 12 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.75%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.59%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.59%) Hackathon
14 8 (1.27%) Analogue Electronics
14 8 (1.27%) Blog
15 7 (1.11%) CAN bus
16 6 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 223 (35.45%) Linux
2 83 (13.20%) Windows
3 44 (7.00%) Embedded Linux
4 30 (4.77%) Android
5 22 (3.50%) AIX
6 17 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.70%) Ubuntu
7 16 (2.54%) CentOS
8 15 (2.38%) Unix
9 14 (2.23%) Apple iOS
10 7 (1.11%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.48%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.16%) Debian
13 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (64.71%) Software Engineering
2 145 (23.05%) Agile
3 137 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (19.55%) Computer Science
5 89 (14.15%) Mentoring
6 79 (12.56%) Multithreading
7 64 (10.17%) OO
8 60 (9.54%) Code Quality
9 57 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence
10 56 (8.90%) DevOps
11 52 (8.27%) Machine Learning
12 49 (7.79%) Roadmaps
12 49 (7.79%) Test Automation
13 46 (7.31%) Microservices
14 45 (7.15%) Mathematics
15 42 (6.68%) Collaborative Working
16 41 (6.52%) Coaching
17 39 (6.20%) SDLC
18 38 (6.04%) Open Source
18 38 (6.04%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 288 (45.79%) C
2 247 (39.27%) Python
3 172 (27.34%) C#
4 164 (26.07%) Java
5 92 (14.63%) SQL
6 57 (9.06%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.61%) COBOL
7 29 (4.61%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (4.13%) VB
9 21 (3.34%) Kotlin
10 20 (3.18%) Embedded C
11 15 (2.38%) Embedded C++
11 15 (2.38%) MATLAB
12 14 (2.23%) Bash
13 12 (1.91%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.59%) PHP
15 9 (1.43%) Rust
16 7 (1.11%) Go
17 6 (0.95%) Fortran
18 5 (0.79%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 155 (24.64%) Degree
2 123 (19.55%) Security Cleared
3 95 (15.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (12.24%) SC Cleared
5 26 (4.13%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.13%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.91%) PhD
7 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.45%) QA
2 21 (3.34%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.95%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
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
6 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (9.54%) Firmware
2 36 (5.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 26 (4.13%) Docker
4 1 (0.16%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 25 (3.97%) Terraform
2 19 (3.02%) Ansible
3 15 (2.38%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.64%) Puppet
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 37 (5.88%) Xilinx
2 33 (5.25%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.61%) Micro Focus
4 26 (4.13%) Oracle
5 12 (1.91%) SAP
6 7 (1.11%) Google
7 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.64%) Twitter
9 3 (0.48%) Coverity
9 3 (0.48%) Samsung
10 2 (0.32%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.16%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.16%) Cadence
11 1 (0.16%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.16%) Lotus
11 1 (0.16%) Siemens
11 1 (0.16%) Synopsys
11 1 (0.16%) TSYS
11 1 (0.16%) Vertica