C++ Jobs in the South East

C++
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 92 45
Rank change year-on-year +16 -47 +52
Permanent jobs citing C++ 597 464 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.35% 3.37% 6.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.69% 8.45% 12.65%
Number of salaries quoted 485 342 470
10th Percentile £37,200 £33,750 £31,458
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,105 5,489 10,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.66% 39.92% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,064 3,661 6,297
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South East.

Salary trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +29 204 £56,500 +13.00% 80
Hampshire +2 172 £60,000 - 32
Surrey +13 149 £60,000 -4.00% 33
Oxfordshire +24 98 £56,500 +32.94% 43
Berkshire +33 78 £50,000 -33.33% 20
Buckinghamshire -26 28 £70,000 +86.37% 18
West Sussex +23 22 £60,000 -2.04% 10
East Sussex +19 22 £47,500 -32.14% 3
Kent -11 17 £37,000 +8.82% 8
Sussex -13 15 £50,000 -33.33%
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (3.02%) Apache
2 8 (1.34%) Confluence
3 6 (1.01%) Kinematics
Applications
1 60 (10.05%) Simulink
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.01%) OrCAD
4 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.34%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.17%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.17%) Revit
7 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 45 (7.54%) Azure
2 34 (5.70%) AWS
3 23 (3.85%) SaaS
4 10 (1.68%) GCP
5 5 (0.84%) GitHub
6 4 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.67%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.18%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.68%) Ethernet
3 9 (1.51%) Wireless
4 7 (1.17%) Internet
5 6 (1.01%) 4G
5 6 (1.01%) RS-485
6 5 (0.84%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.84%) LoRaWAN
6 5 (0.84%) Modbus
6 5 (0.84%) RFID
6 5 (0.84%) RS-232
7 4 (0.67%) 3G
7 4 (0.67%) GPRS
7 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.50%) Network Security
9 2 (0.34%) 5G
9 2 (0.34%) CTI
9 2 (0.34%) MQTT
9 2 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.17%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.18%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.84%) Big Data
3 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.67%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 89 (14.91%) Git
2 51 (8.54%) Visual Studio
3 45 (7.54%) Subversion
4 25 (4.19%) JIRA
5 23 (3.85%) CMake
6 21 (3.52%) Ant
7 20 (3.35%) GitLab
8 18 (3.02%) Jenkins
8 18 (3.02%) Vagrant
9 10 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (1.34%) TestRail
11 6 (1.01%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.84%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.67%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.67%) Xcode
14 2 (0.34%) GCC
14 2 (0.34%) GDB
15 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
15 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
15 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 110 (18.43%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.07%) Electronics
3 47 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.37%) Finance
4 38 (6.37%) Military
5 33 (5.53%) Manufacturing
6 30 (5.03%) Marketing
7 17 (2.85%) Public Sector
7 17 (2.85%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.18%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.01%) Games
10 10 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.51%) Automotive
12 7 (1.17%) Aviation
13 4 (0.67%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.67%) Retail
14 2 (0.34%) Advertising
14 2 (0.34%) Police
14 2 (0.34%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 295 (49.41%) Software Engineer
2 135 (22.61%) Developer
3 120 (20.10%) Senior
4 105 (17.59%) C++ Software Engineer
5 83 (13.90%) C++ Developer
6 76 (12.73%) Embedded Engineer
7 69 (11.56%) Senior Software Engineer
8 57 (9.55%) Software Developer
9 53 (8.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 37 (6.20%) Lead
11 32 (5.36%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 29 (4.86%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 28 (4.69%) Embedded Developer
14 27 (4.52%) Junior
15 23 (3.85%) Electronics Engineer
15 23 (3.85%) Graduate
16 22 (3.69%) Embedded C++ Engineer
17 21 (3.52%) Python Engineer
18 20 (3.35%) Graduate Software Engineer
19 19 (3.18%) C++ Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (12.40%) .NET
2 59 (9.88%) Qt
3 32 (5.36%) WPF
4 29 (4.86%) STL
5 24 (4.02%) .NET Framework
5 24 (4.02%) Hibernate
5 24 (4.02%) HTML
6 23 (3.85%) React
7 22 (3.69%) XML
8 18 (3.02%) Middleware
9 17 (2.85%) JSON
9 17 (2.85%) MFC
10 15 (2.51%) OpenMP
11 14 (2.35%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.35%) ASP.NET
12 13 (2.18%) HTML5
13 12 (2.01%) Unreal Engine
14 10 (1.68%) CSS
14 10 (1.68%) QML
14 10 (1.68%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 138 (23.12%) Algorithms
2 35 (5.86%) IoT
3 34 (5.70%) Embedded Systems
4 29 (4.86%) Robotics
5 25 (4.19%) FPGA
6 23 (3.85%) CUDA
7 22 (3.69%) Analogue Electronics
8 21 (3.52%) Device Driver
9 19 (3.18%) VHDL
10 18 (3.02%) Satnav
11 17 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (2.18%) Digital Media
13 11 (1.84%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.51%) Management Information System
15 9 (1.51%) Raspberry Pi
16 8 (1.34%) CAN bus
16 8 (1.34%) Mobile App
17 7 (1.17%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 239 (40.03%) Linux
2 157 (26.30%) Windows
3 37 (6.20%) Embedded Linux
4 34 (5.70%) Unix
5 32 (5.36%) Ubuntu
6 24 (4.02%) Android
7 22 (3.69%) CentOS
8 21 (3.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (1.84%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.67%) AIX
10 4 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.50%) VxWorks
12 2 (0.34%) Rocky
13 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (62.81%) Software Engineering
2 187 (31.32%) Computer Science
3 180 (30.15%) Problem-Solving
4 158 (26.47%) Mathematics
5 127 (21.27%) Agile
6 112 (18.76%) Physics
7 97 (16.25%) Artificial Intelligence
8 95 (15.91%) Machine Learning
9 82 (13.74%) Multithreading
10 71 (11.89%) Signal Processing
11 58 (9.72%) DevOps
12 56 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
13 53 (8.88%) Code Quality
14 52 (8.71%) Mentoring
15 50 (8.38%) Software Testing
16 46 (7.71%) Test Automation
17 44 (7.37%) Actionable Insight
17 44 (7.37%) OO
18 43 (7.20%) SDLC
19 41 (6.87%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 291 (48.74%) C
2 239 (40.03%) Python
3 149 (24.96%) C#
4 131 (21.94%) Java
5 78 (13.07%) SQL
6 73 (12.23%) Fortran
7 71 (11.89%) JavaScript
8 31 (5.19%) Bash
9 26 (4.36%) MATLAB
10 20 (3.35%) Embedded C++
11 19 (3.18%) Kotlin
11 19 (3.18%) XAML
12 16 (2.68%) Embedded C
13 15 (2.51%) Haskell
14 12 (2.01%) PowerShell
15 10 (1.68%) TypeScript
16 9 (1.51%) Go
16 9 (1.51%) VB
17 8 (1.34%) C-shell
18 7 (1.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 284 (47.57%) Degree
2 197 (33.00%) Security Cleared
3 119 (19.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 103 (17.25%) SC Cleared
5 68 (11.39%) PhD
6 59 (9.88%) Master's Degree
7 26 (4.36%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.67%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.17%) HNC
11 1 (0.17%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.20%) QA
2 18 (3.02%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.67%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.67%) JTAG
4 3 (0.50%) GDPR
4 3 (0.50%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 50 (8.38%) Firmware
2 22 (3.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 20 (3.35%) Docker
4 4 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.50%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (4.69%) Terraform
2 25 (4.19%) Ansible
3 5 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
4 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 82 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.04%) Xilinx
3 18 (3.02%) SAP
4 10 (1.68%) EMC
5 7 (1.17%) Oracle
6 6 (1.01%) Google
7 4 (0.67%) Apple
7 4 (0.67%) VMware
8 3 (0.50%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.34%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.34%) Renesas
9 2 (0.34%) Splunk
10 1 (0.17%) Atmel
10 1 (0.17%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.17%) CA
10 1 (0.17%) Freescale
10 1 (0.17%) NCR
10 1 (0.17%) TSYS