C++ Jobs in London

C++
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 219 147 126
Rank change year-on-year -72 -21 -15
Permanent jobs citing C++ 333 803 2,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.38% 2.52% 3.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.45% 5.16% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 241 615 900
10th Percentile £49,500 £45,000 £49,950
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £84,500 £93,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% -9.87% +17.19%
75th Percentile £122,500 £121,875 £130,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £165,000 £185,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,656 15,575 44,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 39.97% 48.80% 60.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,588 11,900 18,834
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £115,000
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in London

C++
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for C++ in London

C++
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for C++ in London

C++
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the London 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
Central London +15 64 £106,250 +46.55% 20
West London -3 4 £50,000 +5.26% 19
South London -4 2 £55,750 +23.89% 3
East London +23 1 £120,000 +26.32% 1
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (4.50%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.80%) Apache
3 3 (0.90%) CMS
3 3 (0.90%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.90%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) nginx
4 1 (0.30%) WinCC
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.42%) AWS
2 32 (9.61%) Azure
3 9 (2.70%) Pulumi
4 7 (2.10%) GCP
5 6 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.80%) SaaS
5 6 (1.80%) Sentry
5 6 (1.80%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.50%) PaaS
7 4 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.90%) Azure App Service
8 3 (0.90%) Azure Functions
8 3 (0.90%) GitHub
8 3 (0.90%) Serverless
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.60%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.60%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.01%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.50%) DNS
3 4 (1.20%) Network Security
4 3 (0.90%) Firewall
4 3 (0.90%) HTTP
4 3 (0.90%) VoIP
5 2 (0.60%) Internet
5 2 (0.60%) Multicast
5 2 (0.60%) SSL
6 1 (0.30%) FTP
6 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.30%) PPP
6 1 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.50%) NoSQL
2 14 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.30%) Redis
4 9 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.10%) KDB
5 7 (2.10%) Kdb+
5 7 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.80%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (1.80%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.20%) Big Data
7 4 (1.20%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.90%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.90%) MySQL
8 3 (0.90%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.60%) Metadata
9 2 (0.60%) Tick Data
10 1 (0.30%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 16 (4.80%) Git
1 16 (4.80%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.90%) GitLab
3 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.20%) GDB
4 2 (0.60%) CMake
4 2 (0.60%) GCC
4 2 (0.60%) Gradle
4 2 (0.60%) Maven
4 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.30%) Ant
5 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.30%) git-flow
5 1 (0.30%) JIRA
5 1 (0.30%) JUnit
5 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.30%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) Xcode
5 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 111 (33.33%) Finance
2 51 (15.32%) Social Skills
3 42 (12.61%) Front Office
4 32 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.01%) Banking
6 10 (3.00%) Games
6 10 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.40%) Electronics
8 5 (1.50%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.20%) Legal
9 4 (1.20%) Wearables
10 3 (0.90%) Advertising
10 3 (0.90%) Multimedia
10 3 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.60%) Automotive
11 2 (0.60%) Law
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 126 (37.84%) Developer
2 87 (26.13%) Software Engineer
3 72 (21.62%) Senior
4 66 (19.82%) C++ Developer
5 37 (11.11%) Lead
6 35 (10.51%) Quantitative Developer
7 34 (10.21%) Senior Software Engineer
8 27 (8.11%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 25 (7.51%) C++ Software Engineer
9 25 (7.51%) Cloud Engineer
10 24 (7.21%) Cloud Native Engineer
10 24 (7.21%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 24 (7.21%) Java Developer
11 19 (5.71%) Analyst
12 18 (5.41%) Python Developer
13 17 (5.11%) Lead Software Engineer
13 17 (5.11%) Senior Developer
14 16 (4.80%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 16 (4.80%) C++/Java Developer
15 13 (3.90%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.51%) .NET
2 11 (3.30%) FIX Protocol
2 11 (3.30%) React
3 9 (2.70%) FastAPI
3 9 (2.70%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.80%) Django
4 6 (1.80%) HTML
4 6 (1.80%) OpenGL
5 5 (1.50%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.50%) Qt
5 5 (1.50%) RESTful
5 5 (1.50%) Unreal Engine
5 5 (1.50%) Web Services
6 4 (1.20%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (1.20%) DirectX
6 4 (1.20%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.20%) Kafka
6 4 (1.20%) STL
6 4 (1.20%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
2 41 (12.31%) Hedge funds
3 35 (10.51%) Algorithms
4 34 (10.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 32 (9.61%) Cloud Native
6 30 (9.01%) Equities
6 30 (9.01%) FPGA
7 26 (7.81%) Legacy Code
8 13 (3.90%) Data Structures
9 12 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (3.30%) IoT
11 10 (3.00%) PKI
12 9 (2.70%) Fixed Income
12 9 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (2.10%) CUDA
13 7 (2.10%) Robotics
14 6 (1.80%) Derivative
14 6 (1.80%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.80%) Ray Tracing
14 6 (1.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 115 (34.53%) Linux
2 21 (6.31%) Windows
3 16 (4.80%) Unix
4 13 (3.90%) Android
5 11 (3.30%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.40%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.80%) Debian
8 5 (1.50%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (42.04%) Software Engineering
2 78 (23.42%) Computer Science
3 64 (19.22%) Low Latency
4 58 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (13.51%) Agile
6 43 (12.91%) Mathematics
7 41 (12.31%) DevOps
8 40 (12.01%) Multithreading
9 38 (11.41%) CI/CD
10 28 (8.41%) Machine Learning
11 27 (8.11%) Physics
11 27 (8.11%) SDLC
12 26 (7.81%) Analytics
12 26 (7.81%) Artificial Intelligence
12 26 (7.81%) Data Science
13 24 (7.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 22 (6.61%) Algorithmic Trading
14 22 (6.61%) Fintech
15 20 (6.01%) OO
15 20 (6.01%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 183 (54.95%) Python
2 108 (32.43%) Java
3 101 (30.33%) C
4 71 (21.32%) C#
5 52 (15.62%) Rust
6 51 (15.32%) SQL
7 46 (13.81%) Go
8 20 (6.01%) JavaScript
9 16 (4.80%) Bash
10 13 (3.90%) MATLAB
11 11 (3.30%) R
12 10 (3.00%) PowerShell
13 7 (2.10%) Ruby
13 7 (2.10%) TypeScript
14 5 (1.50%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.20%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.20%) Perl
15 4 (1.20%) Scala
16 3 (0.90%) Solidity
17 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 104 (31.23%) Degree
2 46 (13.81%) Master's Degree
3 32 (9.61%) PhD
4 25 (7.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (4.50%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.00%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.20%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.90%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.60%) ISEB
9 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.60%) MCAD
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.30%) CEH
10 1 (0.30%) CISSP
10 1 (0.30%) HNC
10 1 (0.30%) HND
10 1 (0.30%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.90%) QA
2 2 (0.60%) GDPR
2 2 (0.60%) HIPAA
2 2 (0.60%) IEC 62304
2 2 (0.60%) ISO 13485
2 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.60%) NIST
2 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.30%) JTAG
System Software
1 27 (8.11%) Docker
2 7 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.80%) Ceph
3 6 (1.80%) Firmware
4 4 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) KVM
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (17.72%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.41%) Terraform
3 15 (4.50%) Grafana
4 10 (3.00%) Ansible
5 6 (1.80%) Knative
6 4 (1.20%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.20%) Puppet
7 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.60%) Kibana
9 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.30%) Istio
9 1 (0.30%) logstash
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.30%) Podman
9 1 (0.30%) Salt
9 1 (0.30%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 27 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.50%) Google
3 6 (1.80%) NVIDIA
3 6 (1.80%) Oracle
4 5 (1.50%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.20%) Apple
6 3 (0.90%) Facebook
7 2 (0.60%) Siemens
7 2 (0.60%) Splunk
8 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.30%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.30%) Databricks
8 1 (0.30%) F5
8 1 (0.30%) Imperva
8 1 (0.30%) Meraki
8 1 (0.30%) New Relic
8 1 (0.30%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.30%) Vertica
8 1 (0.30%) VMware
8 1 (0.30%) Wonderware