C++ Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Software Engineer - C++
England > South West

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the South West is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 235 318
Rank change year-on-year +29 +83 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 86 28 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.83% 0.43% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 0.49% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 61 14 7
10th Percentile £42,500 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,075 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year - -5.88% +34.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 9,975 5,765 8,290
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.76% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,226 3,665 5,138
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the South West

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the South West

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the South West

C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the South West 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
Bristol +51 48 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Dorset -12 22 £60,000 +36.36% 5
Gloucestershire -20 9 £68,750 +25.00% 3
Wiltshire -19 7 - -
C++ Software Engineer
England

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 86 (100.00%) C++
1 86 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (36.05%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (25.58%) C
4 19 (22.09%) Automotive
4 19 (22.09%) Aviation
5 15 (17.44%) SDLC
6 14 (16.28%) Python
7 12 (13.95%) Security Cleared
8 11 (12.79%) Linux
9 10 (11.63%) C#
9 10 (11.63%) Windows
9 10 (11.63%) Bash
9 10 (11.63%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (10.47%) Perl
10 9 (10.47%) Visual Studio
11 7 (8.14%) Mathematics
11 7 (8.14%) WPF
11 7 (8.14%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (8.14%) Mathematical Modelling
12 5 (5.81%) SaaS
12 5 (5.81%) Fintech
12 5 (5.81%) Regtech
12 5 (5.81%) Trade Surveillance
12 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
12 5 (5.81%) Degree
13 4 (4.65%) Software Testing
13 4 (4.65%) Agile

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (5.81%) SaaS
2 3 (3.49%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.16%) AWS
3 1 (1.16%) Azure
3 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) HTTP
1 1 (1.16%) Internet
1 1 (1.16%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 9 (10.47%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.33%) Git
3 2 (2.33%) JIRA
3 2 (2.33%) LabVIEW
3 2 (2.33%) NetBeans
4 1 (1.16%) GCC
General
1 19 (22.09%) Automotive
1 19 (22.09%) Aviation
2 4 (4.65%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.49%) Aerospace
3 3 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.16%) Games
4 1 (1.16%) Legal
4 1 (1.16%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.14%) WPF
2 2 (2.33%) JavaFX
3 1 (1.16%) .NET
3 1 (1.16%) DPDK
3 1 (1.16%) gRPC
3 1 (1.16%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (36.05%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (11.63%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (8.14%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.16%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.79%) Linux
2 10 (11.63%) Windows
3 3 (3.49%) Windows Embedded Compact
4 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (17.44%) SDLC
3 10 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (8.14%) Mathematical Modelling
4 7 (8.14%) Mathematics
5 5 (5.81%) Fintech
5 5 (5.81%) Regtech
5 5 (5.81%) Trade Surveillance
6 4 (4.65%) Agile
6 4 (4.65%) DevOps
6 4 (4.65%) Software Testing
7 3 (3.49%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (3.49%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (3.49%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.49%) Cross-Platform Development
7 3 (3.49%) Mentoring
7 3 (3.49%) UML
7 3 (3.49%) Unit Testing
7 3 (3.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 86 (100.00%) C++
2 22 (25.58%) C
3 14 (16.28%) Python
4 10 (11.63%) Bash
4 10 (11.63%) C#
5 9 (10.47%) Perl
6 4 (4.65%) Java
7 2 (2.33%) Fortran
7 2 (2.33%) MATLAB
7 2 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.81%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) HND
4 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (2.33%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (3.49%) Samsung
2 2 (2.33%) Atlassian