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 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 167 118 132
Rank change year-on-year -49 +14 -9
Permanent jobs citing C++ 673 1,064 2,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.91% 2.82% 3.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.74% 5.89% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 552 821 1,146
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £120,000 £130,000
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 14,199 18,075 44,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.25% 47.89% 59.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,529 13,842 24,058
10th Percentile £38,750 £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 £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £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 9 June 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 23 (3.42%) Apache
2 7 (1.04%) Confluence
3 4 (0.59%) CMS
4 3 (0.45%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.45%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (9.21%) Simulink
2 1 (0.15%) CATIA
2 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (11.59%) Azure
2 73 (10.85%) AWS
3 35 (5.20%) SaaS
4 18 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (2.08%) GCP
6 9 (1.34%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.59%) AWS IoT
8 4 (0.59%) PaaS
9 3 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.45%) Serverless
10 2 (0.30%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.30%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.30%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Service Fabric
11 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.15%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.24%) TCP/IP
2 17 (2.53%) Network Security
3 12 (1.78%) Modbus
4 8 (1.19%) Bluetooth
4 8 (1.19%) LoRaWAN
5 7 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.74%) MQTT
6 5 (0.74%) RS-232
6 5 (0.74%) RS-485
7 4 (0.59%) LTE
8 3 (0.45%) VoIP
8 3 (0.45%) Wireless
9 2 (0.30%) 4G
9 2 (0.30%) 5G
9 2 (0.30%) CTI
9 2 (0.30%) DHCP
9 2 (0.30%) DNS
9 2 (0.30%) HTTP
9 2 (0.30%) Multicast
9 2 (0.30%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.57%) MongoDB
3 24 (3.57%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.04%) SQLite
5 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.59%) MySQL
5 4 (0.59%) Redis
6 2 (0.30%) KDB
6 2 (0.30%) Kdb+
6 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.30%) TimescaleDB
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.15%) Big Data
7 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.15%) GIS
7 1 (0.15%) Power BI
7 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.15%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 55 (8.17%) Git
2 31 (4.61%) Subversion
3 30 (4.46%) Visual Studio
4 27 (4.01%) JIRA
5 24 (3.57%) GitLab
6 20 (2.97%) Vagrant
7 18 (2.67%) Jenkins
8 16 (2.38%) CMake
9 10 (1.49%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.04%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.74%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.74%) Selenium
12 5 (0.74%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.74%) Xcode
13 3 (0.45%) GCC
13 3 (0.45%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
General
1 107 (15.90%) Social Skills
2 76 (11.29%) Finance
3 58 (8.62%) Electronics
4 48 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.90%) Automotive
7 23 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 20 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.82%) Marketing
9 19 (2.82%) Military
10 18 (2.67%) Front Office
11 15 (2.23%) Banking
11 15 (2.23%) Games
11 15 (2.23%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.34%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.89%) Legal
14 5 (0.74%) Law
15 4 (0.59%) Retail
16 3 (0.45%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 314 (46.66%) Software Engineer
2 179 (26.60%) Senior
3 164 (24.37%) Developer
4 136 (20.21%) C++ Software Engineer
5 123 (18.28%) Senior Software Engineer
6 86 (12.78%) C++ Developer
7 76 (11.29%) Embedded Engineer
8 62 (9.21%) Software Developer
9 55 (8.17%) Lead
10 54 (8.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 49 (7.28%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 33 (4.90%) Technical Leader
13 32 (4.75%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 27 (4.01%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 26 (3.86%) Embedded Developer
15 26 (3.86%) Senior Developer
15 26 (3.86%) Support Engineer
16 25 (3.71%) Embedded Software Developer
17 23 (3.42%) C++ Software Developer
18 22 (3.27%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (15.01%) .NET
2 42 (6.24%) HTML
3 35 (5.20%) .NET Framework
4 29 (4.31%) WPF
5 26 (3.86%) Qt
6 25 (3.71%) REST
7 24 (3.57%) CSS
7 24 (3.57%) WinForms
8 22 (3.27%) Middleware
8 22 (3.27%) SOAP
8 22 (3.27%) Web Services
9 21 (3.12%) Yocto
10 20 (2.97%) STL
11 17 (2.53%) .NET Core
11 17 (2.53%) React
11 17 (2.53%) XML
12 16 (2.38%) MFC
13 12 (1.78%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.78%) ASP.NET
14 10 (1.49%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.02%) Embedded Systems
2 43 (6.39%) Algorithms
3 29 (4.31%) FPGA
4 27 (4.01%) IoT
5 23 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.53%) Satnav
8 15 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.08%) Device Driver
9 14 (2.08%) Equities
10 13 (1.93%) Hedge funds
11 11 (1.63%) Client/Server
11 11 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.63%) Raspberry Pi
11 11 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.49%) Hackathon
13 8 (1.19%) Analogue Electronics
13 8 (1.19%) Blog
14 7 (1.04%) CAN bus
14 7 (1.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 242 (35.96%) Linux
2 92 (13.67%) Windows
3 51 (7.58%) Embedded Linux
4 34 (5.05%) Android
5 23 (3.42%) Ubuntu
6 22 (3.27%) AIX
7 21 (3.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (2.97%) CentOS
9 16 (2.38%) Unix
10 14 (2.08%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.34%) Windows Server
12 7 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
13 3 (0.45%) Windows Embedded Compact
14 1 (0.15%) Debian
14 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.15%) NetWare
14 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
14 1 (0.15%) Solaris
14 1 (0.15%) SUSE
14 1 (0.15%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (65.68%) Software Engineering
2 147 (21.84%) Agile
3 145 (21.55%) Computer Science
4 139 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (12.63%) Mentoring
6 74 (11.00%) Multithreading
7 66 (9.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 65 (9.66%) Machine Learning
9 62 (9.21%) DevOps
10 61 (9.06%) Code Quality
10 61 (9.06%) OO
11 52 (7.73%) Collaborative Working
12 51 (7.58%) Roadmaps
13 47 (6.98%) Microservices
14 46 (6.84%) Test Automation
15 45 (6.69%) Mathematics
15 45 (6.69%) Signal Processing
16 44 (6.54%) SDLC
17 40 (5.94%) Coaching
17 40 (5.94%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 298 (44.28%) C
2 259 (38.48%) Python
3 181 (26.89%) C#
4 175 (26.00%) Java
5 102 (15.16%) SQL
6 64 (9.51%) JavaScript
7 31 (4.61%) Embedded C
8 29 (4.31%) COBOL
8 29 (4.31%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 28 (4.16%) Embedded C++
10 26 (3.86%) VB
11 25 (3.71%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.78%) Bash
12 12 (1.78%) MATLAB
13 11 (1.63%) PHP
13 11 (1.63%) Rust
13 11 (1.63%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.34%) Go
15 6 (0.89%) R
15 6 (0.89%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 174 (25.85%) Degree
2 135 (20.06%) Security Cleared
3 113 (16.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 76 (11.29%) SC Cleared
5 32 (4.75%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.16%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.23%) PhD
8 4 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.45%) HND
9 3 (0.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.57%) QA
2 17 (2.53%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.89%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.59%) NIST
5 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.15%) MISRA
6 1 (0.15%) MISRA C
System Software
1 62 (9.21%) Firmware
2 34 (5.05%) Embedded Firmware
3 28 (4.16%) Docker
4 2 (0.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.30%) KVM
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (4.16%) Terraform
2 23 (3.42%) Ansible
3 17 (2.53%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.59%) Puppet
5 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Istio
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 45 (6.69%) Xilinx
2 37 (5.50%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.31%) Micro Focus
4 27 (4.01%) Oracle
5 11 (1.63%) SAP
6 8 (1.19%) Google
7 5 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.59%) Twitter
9 3 (0.45%) Coverity
9 3 (0.45%) Samsung
10 2 (0.30%) Intel
10 2 (0.30%) Lotus
10 2 (0.30%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.30%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.15%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.15%) Cadence
11 1 (0.15%) Novell
11 1 (0.15%) QNX
11 1 (0.15%) Siemens
11 1 (0.15%) Sun