C++ Jobs in England

C++
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 149 88
Rank change year-on-year +18 -61 +8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1,968 1,982 5,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.09% 2.40% 3.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.82% 5.69% 7.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,507 1,369 2,052
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,875 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%
75th Percentile £73,125 £90,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £127,000 £132,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 28,875 34,809 76,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 30.65% 42.11% 53.20%
Number of salaries quoted 22,864 23,583 38,764
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,787 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in England

C++
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for C++ in England

C++
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in England

C++
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South East +14 625 £57,500 -4.17% 185
London -94 339 £90,000 +5.88% 316
South West +20 323 £57,500 -6.88% 120
Midlands +18 262 £52,500 -4.55% 89
North of England +89 252 £60,000 - 67
East of England +14 164 £62,500 +4.17% 125
West Midlands -9 143 £60,000 +4.35% 41
North West +62 139 £62,500 -0.79% 46
East Midlands +34 119 £45,000 -1.10% 47
Yorkshire +59 88 £47,500 +11.76% 15
North East +4 25 £56,000 -10.40% 6
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 62 (3.15%) Apache
2 16 (0.81%) Confluence
3 14 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.56%) nginx
5 6 (0.30%) CMS
5 6 (0.30%) Kinematics
6 3 (0.15%) Ethereum
6 3 (0.15%) Hyperledger
7 2 (0.10%) IIS
8 1 (0.051%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.051%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.051%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.051%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.051%) WebLogic
Applications
1 86 (4.37%) Simulink
2 12 (0.61%) GNU Octave
2 12 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.30%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.10%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.10%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.051%) CATIA
7 1 (0.051%) Revit
7 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.051%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.20%) C-CURE
1 4 (0.20%) Teamcenter
1 4 (0.20%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.051%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.051%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.051%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 133 (6.76%) Azure
2 119 (6.05%) AWS
3 35 (1.78%) SaaS
4 29 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.17%) GCP
6 19 (0.97%) GitHub
7 9 (0.46%) WhatsApp
8 8 (0.41%) Pulumi
9 7 (0.36%) AWS IoT
9 7 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (0.36%) OpenShift
9 7 (0.36%) Power Platform
10 6 (0.30%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.25%) PaaS
11 5 (0.25%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.20%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.20%) Sentry
12 4 (0.20%) TestFlight
13 3 (0.15%) Azure App Service
13 3 (0.15%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.25%) TCP/IP
2 31 (1.58%) Wireless
3 27 (1.37%) MQTT
4 23 (1.17%) Internet
4 23 (1.17%) RS-485
5 22 (1.12%) 4G
5 22 (1.12%) Network Security
6 21 (1.07%) 5G
6 21 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (0.97%) Ethernet
7 19 (0.97%) Firewall
8 18 (0.91%) 3G
9 16 (0.81%) SD-WAN
9 16 (0.81%) WAN
10 15 (0.76%) DNS
11 14 (0.71%) Bluetooth
11 14 (0.71%) HTTP
12 13 (0.66%) Wireshark
13 10 (0.51%) LoRaWAN
13 10 (0.51%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 51 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 29 (1.47%) MongoDB
5 20 (1.02%) MySQL
6 11 (0.56%) Big Data
7 9 (0.46%) Redis
8 7 (0.36%) KDB
8 7 (0.36%) Kdb+
8 7 (0.36%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.36%) SQLite
9 6 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.25%) Power BI
11 4 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.20%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.15%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.15%) Tick Data
13 2 (0.10%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 166 (8.43%) Git
2 106 (5.39%) Visual Studio
3 70 (3.56%) Subversion
4 67 (3.40%) Jenkins
5 59 (3.00%) JIRA
6 41 (2.08%) GitLab
7 31 (1.58%) CMake
8 28 (1.42%) LabVIEW
9 20 (1.02%) Ant
9 20 (1.02%) Vagrant
10 16 (0.81%) Eclipse
11 15 (0.76%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.66%) Rational Rhapsody
12 13 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.61%) GDB
14 11 (0.56%) GCC
15 10 (0.51%) TestRail
16 9 (0.46%) GNU Toolchain
16 9 (0.46%) Xcode
17 8 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 325 (16.51%) Social Skills
2 220 (11.18%) Electronics
3 186 (9.45%) Finance
4 175 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (5.49%) Manufacturing
6 99 (5.03%) Automotive
7 75 (3.81%) Marketing
8 54 (2.74%) Telecoms
9 44 (2.24%) Games
9 44 (2.24%) Public Sector
10 43 (2.18%) Aerospace
11 42 (2.13%) Military
12 41 (2.08%) Front Office
13 31 (1.58%) Aviation
14 28 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (1.07%) Legal
16 21 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (1.02%) Banking
18 18 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 904 (45.93%) Software Engineer
2 495 (25.15%) Developer
3 420 (21.34%) Senior
4 337 (17.12%) C++ Software Engineer
5 324 (16.46%) Embedded Engineer
6 314 (15.96%) C++ Developer
7 268 (13.62%) Senior Software Engineer
8 237 (12.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 176 (8.94%) Lead
10 139 (7.06%) Software Developer
11 106 (5.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 91 (4.62%) Embedded C++ Engineer
13 87 (4.42%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 77 (3.91%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 72 (3.66%) C++ Software Developer
16 69 (3.51%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 62 (3.15%) Junior
18 56 (2.85%) Embedded Developer
19 54 (2.74%) Architect
20 52 (2.64%) C Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (8.84%) .NET
2 99 (5.03%) Qt
3 70 (3.56%) HTML
4 65 (3.30%) STL
5 48 (2.44%) WPF
6 47 (2.39%) .NET Framework
7 46 (2.34%) React
7 46 (2.34%) Yocto
8 45 (2.29%) REST
9 37 (1.88%) MFC
10 35 (1.78%) Middleware
11 34 (1.73%) ASP.NET
12 33 (1.68%) XML
13 32 (1.63%) CSS
14 31 (1.58%) Apache NiFi
15 29 (1.47%) Web Services
16 27 (1.37%) OpenGL
17 26 (1.32%) JSON
18 25 (1.27%) Node.js
19 24 (1.22%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 221 (11.23%) Algorithms
2 127 (6.45%) Embedded Systems
3 105 (5.34%) FPGA
4 102 (5.18%) IoT
5 88 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
6 62 (3.15%) Robotics
7 60 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
8 56 (2.85%) VHDL
9 42 (2.13%) Cloud Native
10 41 (2.08%) Hedge funds
11 39 (1.98%) CUDA
12 36 (1.83%) GNSS
13 35 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
14 34 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 30 (1.52%) Equities
16 29 (1.47%) Device Driver
17 27 (1.37%) Analogue Electronics
17 27 (1.37%) ARM Cortex
17 27 (1.37%) Legacy Code
18 25 (1.27%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 673 (34.20%) Linux
2 294 (14.94%) Windows
3 136 (6.91%) Embedded Linux
4 83 (4.22%) Unix
5 75 (3.81%) Android
6 47 (2.39%) Ubuntu
7 27 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (1.27%) Apple iOS
9 24 (1.22%) CentOS
10 18 (0.91%) AIX
10 18 (0.91%) FreeRTOS
11 14 (0.71%) Windows 10
12 11 (0.56%) Debian
12 11 (0.56%) Windows Server
13 7 (0.36%) Kali Linux
14 5 (0.25%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.25%) Windows Embedded Compact
15 4 (0.20%) VxWorks
16 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,153 (58.59%) Software Engineering
2 394 (20.02%) Problem-Solving
3 386 (19.61%) Computer Science
4 329 (16.72%) Agile
5 247 (12.55%) Mathematics
6 194 (9.86%) Multithreading
7 162 (8.23%) Physics
8 158 (8.03%) Machine Learning
9 153 (7.77%) Artificial Intelligence
10 149 (7.57%) DevOps
11 143 (7.27%) Mentoring
12 140 (7.11%) SDLC
13 139 (7.06%) Test Automation
14 126 (6.40%) OO
15 119 (6.05%) Software Testing
16 116 (5.89%) Signal Processing
17 95 (4.83%) CI/CD
18 86 (4.37%) Open Source
19 79 (4.01%) Code Quality
20 78 (3.96%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 898 (45.63%) C
2 666 (33.84%) Python
3 433 (22.00%) C#
4 379 (19.26%) Java
5 209 (10.62%) SQL
6 189 (9.60%) JavaScript
7 94 (4.78%) Embedded C
8 93 (4.73%) MATLAB
9 91 (4.62%) Bash
10 82 (4.17%) Fortran
11 80 (4.07%) Rust
12 76 (3.86%) Go
13 66 (3.35%) Embedded C++
14 53 (2.69%) VB
15 43 (2.18%) Perl
15 43 (2.18%) PowerShell
16 29 (1.47%) COBOL
16 29 (1.47%) Micro Focus COBOL
17 25 (1.27%) Kotlin
17 25 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 588 (29.88%) Degree
2 330 (16.77%) Security Cleared
3 171 (8.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 157 (7.98%) SC Cleared
5 110 (5.59%) Master's Degree
6 107 (5.44%) PhD
7 65 (3.30%) DV Cleared
8 12 (0.61%) HND
9 11 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.30%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.20%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.15%) HNC
13 3 (0.15%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.10%) CEH
14 2 (0.10%) ISEB
14 2 (0.10%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (2.34%) QA
2 20 (1.02%) PMO
3 19 (0.97%) Software Quality Assurance
4 18 (0.91%) GDPR
5 12 (0.61%) MISRA
6 11 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.46%) MISRA C
8 7 (0.36%) AUTOSAR
8 7 (0.36%) IEC 61508
8 7 (0.36%) ISO 9000
9 6 (0.30%) Def Stans
9 6 (0.30%) TickIT
10 5 (0.25%) ISO 13485
10 5 (0.25%) JTAG
11 4 (0.20%) IEC 61131
11 4 (0.20%) NIST
12 3 (0.15%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.10%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.051%) DO-178B
14 1 (0.051%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 166 (8.43%) Firmware
2 93 (4.73%) Embedded Firmware
3 67 (3.40%) Docker
4 8 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.30%) Ceph
5 6 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.15%) Active Directory
7 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.15%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.10%) KVM
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.051%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 84 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 51 (2.59%) Terraform
3 44 (2.24%) Ansible
4 15 (0.76%) Grafana
5 8 (0.41%) Puppet
6 6 (0.30%) Knative
7 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.10%) Kibana
8 2 (0.10%) Podman
9 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.051%) Istio
9 1 (0.051%) logstash
9 1 (0.051%) Nagios
9 1 (0.051%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.051%) Packer
9 1 (0.051%) Salt
9 1 (0.051%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 144 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 57 (2.90%) Xilinx
3 42 (2.13%) SAP
4 33 (1.68%) Oracle
5 30 (1.52%) Google
6 29 (1.47%) Micro Focus
7 16 (0.81%) Atlassian
8 14 (0.71%) EMC
9 11 (0.56%) Red Hat
10 10 (0.51%) Cadence
10 10 (0.51%) Synopsys
11 8 (0.41%) Altera
11 8 (0.41%) Apple
11 8 (0.41%) Green Hills
11 8 (0.41%) Motorola
12 7 (0.36%) Cisco
13 6 (0.30%) BT
13 6 (0.30%) HP
13 6 (0.30%) Remedy
13 6 (0.30%) VMware