CMake
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CMake skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CMake 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 853 960 1172
Rank change year-on-year +107 +212 -271
Permanent jobs citing CMake 37 17 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.017% 0.045%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.39% 0.12% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 29 6 11
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile - £121,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +9.09% -31.25%

All Development Application Skills
UK

CMake is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,528 14,205 36,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.54% 14.32% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,654 8,679 15,823
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £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% +9.25%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

CMake
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CMake in the UK

CMake
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CMake in the UK

CMake
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for CMake in the UK

CMake
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMake 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 +110 37 £80,000 +33.33% 10
UK excluding London -10 29 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Work from Home +84 23 £80,000 +33.33% 2
South East +25 23 £80,000 -20.00% 2
London +111 8 £61,000 -54.81% 3
North of England - 4 £61,000 - 1
North West - 4 £61,000 - 1
Midlands -11 2 £42,500 -22.73% 3
West Midlands +9 1 £45,000 -18.18% 1
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 - 2

CMake
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.70%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) GitHub
1 8 (21.62%) GitHub Actions
2 6 (16.22%) Azure
3 5 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 17 (45.95%) Git
2 16 (43.24%) Subversion
3 7 (18.92%) CircleCI
3 7 (18.92%) Jenkins
3 7 (18.92%) JIRA
3 7 (18.92%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (18.92%) TestRail
4 5 (13.51%) GCC
4 5 (13.51%) GDB
General
1 16 (43.24%) Military
2 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (18.92%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Music Industry
3 1 (2.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Software Engineer
2 22 (59.46%) Senior
3 20 (54.05%) C++ Software Engineer
4 15 (40.54%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 15 (40.54%) Senior Software Engineer
5 9 (24.32%) Developer
6 8 (21.62%) Software Developer
7 7 (18.92%) Senior Developer
7 7 (18.92%) Senior Software Developer
8 6 (16.22%) C# Developer
8 6 (16.22%) C# Software Developer
8 6 (16.22%) Senior C# Developer
8 6 (16.22%) Senior C# Software Developer
9 3 (8.11%) C++ Developer
9 3 (8.11%) Graduate
9 3 (8.11%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 3 (8.11%) GUI Software Engineer
10 2 (5.41%) C++ Software Developer
11 1 (2.70%) Computer Vision Developer
11 1 (2.70%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (62.16%) Qt
2 16 (43.24%) MFC
2 16 (43.24%) STL
2 16 (43.24%) XML
3 11 (29.73%) OpenGL
4 7 (18.92%) HTML
4 7 (18.92%) HTML5
4 7 (18.92%) OpenCL
4 7 (18.92%) QML
4 7 (18.92%) VTK
4 7 (18.92%) Vulkan
4 7 (18.92%) WinForms
4 7 (18.92%) WPF
5 4 (10.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (2.70%) OpenCV
6 1 (2.70%) PyTorch
6 1 (2.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (45.95%) Algorithms
2 7 (18.92%) CUDA
3 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.70%) FPGA
4 1 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Linux
3 11 (29.73%) Mac OS
4 8 (21.62%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) Software Engineering
2 34 (91.89%) Computer Science
3 24 (64.86%) Agile
4 23 (62.16%) Mathematics
5 17 (45.95%) OO
6 16 (43.24%) Configuration Management
6 16 (43.24%) Mentoring
6 16 (43.24%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (18.92%) Clean Code
8 7 (18.92%) Community of Practice
8 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
8 7 (18.92%) Pair Programming
8 7 (18.92%) Physics
9 5 (13.51%) DevOps
10 1 (2.70%) Cross-Platform Development
10 1 (2.70%) Feature Extraction
10 1 (2.70%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (83.78%) C++
2 13 (35.14%) C#
3 8 (21.62%) Bash
4 7 (18.92%) C
4 7 (18.92%) C-shell
4 7 (18.92%) Fortran
4 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.41%) Python
6 1 (2.70%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 21 (56.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (40.54%) SC Cleared
3 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
5 3 (8.11%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft