C++ Jobs in the South West

C++
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 81 102 52
Rank change year-on-year +21 -50 -2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 308 204 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.09% 3.10% 5.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.03% 8.26% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 215 134 187
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £30,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.22% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,425 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,072 2,469 4,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.83% 37.52% 50.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 1,624 2,770
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,489
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
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++ within the South West 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
Bristol +26 102 £55,000 -8.33% 36
Gloucestershire -34 65 £60,000 -15.49% 30
Dorset +24 62 £60,000 +36.36% 17
Devon +30 40 £40,000 -15.79% 6
Somerset +9 22 £50,000 -13.42% 6
Wiltshire -13 15 £43,750 -46.97% 13
C++
England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.92%) Apache
2 4 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.25%) GNU Octave
2 8 (2.60%) Simulink
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.90%) AWS
1 12 (3.90%) Azure
2 5 (1.62%) OpenShift
2 5 (1.62%) SaaS
3 4 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.97%) WhatsApp
5 2 (0.65%) GCP
5 2 (0.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.52%) 5G
2 16 (5.19%) SD-WAN
2 16 (5.19%) WAN
3 9 (2.92%) Internet
3 9 (2.92%) TCP/IP
3 9 (2.92%) Wireshark
4 8 (2.60%) DNS
4 8 (2.60%) HTTP
4 8 (2.60%) OFDM
4 8 (2.60%) SMTP
5 5 (1.62%) Wireless
6 3 (0.97%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.65%) Link 16
8 1 (0.32%) 2G
8 1 (0.32%) 3G
8 1 (0.32%) 4G
8 1 (0.32%) Multicast
8 1 (0.32%) RS-232
8 1 (0.32%) RS-422
8 1 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.27%) SQLite
3 6 (1.95%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.65%) Big Data
6 1 (0.32%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (10.71%) Visual Studio
2 20 (6.49%) Git
2 20 (6.49%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.87%) JIRA
4 12 (3.90%) Subversion
5 11 (3.57%) LabVIEW
6 8 (2.60%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (2.27%) Eclipse
7 7 (2.27%) IDA Disassembler
8 6 (1.95%) NetBeans
8 6 (1.95%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (1.30%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.30%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.30%) Selenium
10 3 (0.97%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.97%) GitLab
10 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.65%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.65%) PetaLinux
12 1 (0.32%) GCC
General
1 55 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (12.34%) Electronics
4 25 (8.12%) Marketing
5 23 (7.47%) Automotive
6 22 (7.14%) Aviation
7 20 (6.49%) Telecoms
8 18 (5.84%) Manufacturing
9 16 (5.19%) Finance
9 16 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.90%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.27%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.97%) Legal
15 2 (0.65%) Advertising
15 2 (0.65%) Avionics
15 2 (0.65%) Games
15 2 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 186 (60.39%) Software Engineer
2 82 (26.62%) Senior
3 80 (25.97%) C++ Software Engineer
4 76 (24.68%) Senior Software Engineer
5 72 (23.38%) Embedded Engineer
6 60 (19.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 43 (13.96%) Developer
8 39 (12.66%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 38 (12.34%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 28 (9.09%) Lead
11 26 (8.44%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 22 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 20 (6.49%) C++ Developer
14 15 (4.87%) C Software Engineer
14 15 (4.87%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 14 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
16 13 (4.22%) Software Developer
17 10 (3.25%) Lead Software Engineer
18 9 (2.92%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.52%) Qt
1 17 (5.52%) STL
2 14 (4.55%) .NET
2 14 (4.55%) HTML
3 10 (3.25%) MFC
4 7 (2.27%) Apache NiFi
4 7 (2.27%) WPF
5 6 (1.95%) ASP.NET
5 6 (1.95%) JavaFX
6 5 (1.62%) .NET Core
6 5 (1.62%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.30%) CSS
7 4 (1.30%) Yocto
8 3 (0.97%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.97%) LESS
8 3 (0.97%) Node.js
9 2 (0.65%) Flask
9 2 (0.65%) LAPP Stack
9 2 (0.65%) React
9 2 (0.65%) Torch
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.58%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (10.39%) FPGA
3 30 (9.74%) Embedded Systems
4 28 (9.09%) GNSS
5 21 (6.82%) VHDL
6 16 (5.19%) Algorithms
7 12 (3.90%) Robotics
8 10 (3.25%) Hackathon
9 9 (2.92%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (2.60%) CUDA
10 8 (2.60%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (2.60%) Tandem
11 7 (2.27%) PMI
12 6 (1.95%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.62%) IoT
14 4 (1.30%) Cloud Native
14 4 (1.30%) Verilog
15 3 (0.97%) ARM Cortex
15 3 (0.97%) Cyberattack
15 3 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (25.00%) Linux
2 66 (21.43%) Windows
3 8 (2.60%) Unix
4 7 (2.27%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.30%) Android
6 3 (0.97%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 2 (0.65%) AIX
7 2 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (69.81%) Software Engineering
2 75 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (13.96%) Computer Science
4 37 (12.01%) Multithreading
5 36 (11.69%) B2B
5 36 (11.69%) SDLC
6 34 (11.04%) Agile
7 33 (10.71%) Requirements Analysis
7 33 (10.71%) Test Automation
8 32 (10.39%) Creative Thinking
8 32 (10.39%) Signal Processing
9 31 (10.06%) Defect Tracking
10 26 (8.44%) CI/CD
11 24 (7.79%) Validation
12 23 (7.47%) Innovative Thinking
13 21 (6.82%) Project Management
14 20 (6.49%) UML
15 19 (6.17%) Configuration Management
16 18 (5.84%) Artificial Intelligence
16 18 (5.84%) OO
Programming Languages
1 132 (42.86%) C
2 90 (29.22%) Python
3 39 (12.66%) C#
4 37 (12.01%) Java
5 33 (10.71%) MATLAB
6 26 (8.44%) Bash
6 26 (8.44%) Perl
7 17 (5.52%) JavaScript
7 17 (5.52%) SQL
8 11 (3.57%) Tcl
9 10 (3.25%) VB
10 9 (2.92%) PHP
10 9 (2.92%) Rust
11 8 (2.60%) Ada
12 7 (2.27%) SystemVerilog
13 6 (1.95%) Fortran
14 5 (1.62%) Embedded C++
14 5 (1.62%) Go
14 5 (1.62%) Ruby
15 4 (1.30%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 68 (22.08%) Degree
2 61 (19.81%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.44%) DV Cleared
4 24 (7.79%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.27%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.97%) HND
7 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.32%) HNC
8 1 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.49%) PMO
2 6 (1.95%) IEC 61508
2 6 (1.95%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.62%) Def Stans
3 5 (1.62%) TickIT
4 1 (0.32%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 28 (9.09%) Firmware
2 25 (8.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 8 (2.60%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.32%) Ansible
2 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (3.57%) Microsoft
1 11 (3.57%) SAP
1 11 (3.57%) Xilinx
2 9 (2.92%) Atlassian
3 8 (2.60%) Altera
3 8 (2.60%) Green Hills
3 8 (2.60%) Motorola
4 3 (0.97%) Coverity
4 3 (0.97%) Samsung
4 3 (0.97%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.65%) Google
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle
6 1 (0.32%) F5
6 1 (0.32%) IBM
6 1 (0.32%) VMware