Embedded C++ Jobs

Embedded C++
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded 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 835 918 1140
Rank change year-on-year +83 +222 -326
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 72 29 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.031% 0.072%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.21% 0.072% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 49 20 28
10th Percentile £38,300 £34,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £39,938 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +3.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £100,000 £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +3.85% +36.84%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded 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 requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,900 40,052 91,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.30% 42.32% 54.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,257 26,577 43,330
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £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 £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ within the UK 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
UK excluding London +12 71 £52,500 -22.22% 42
England +76 61 £55,000 +16.09% 38
Work from Home +52 22 £65,000 +22.07% 20
Midlands +5 21 £50,000 +42.86% 4
South East +7 20 £58,750 +10.33% 14
West Midlands 0 15 £60,000 +71.43% 1
East of England +8 11 £43,750 - 10
East Midlands -14 6 £43,750 +16.67% 3
Wales - 6 £50,000 - 1
South West -26 5 - - 8
North of England +35 4 £55,000 -4.35% 1
Scotland -69 4 £67,500 - 5
Yorkshire +64 2 £55,000 -4.35%
North West -4 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £56,000 -

Embedded C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Simulink
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.11%) AWS
2 7 (9.72%) AWS IoT
3 3 (4.17%) Azure
4 1 (1.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 5 (6.94%) Internet
2 5 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.56%) Bluetooth
3 4 (5.56%) LoRaWAN
3 4 (5.56%) LTE
3 4 (5.56%) MQTT
3 4 (5.56%) Profibus
3 4 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.17%) RS-232
5 2 (2.78%) 2G
5 2 (2.78%) 3G
5 2 (2.78%) 4G
5 2 (2.78%) 5G
5 2 (2.78%) RS-485
5 2 (2.78%) Wireless
6 1 (1.39%) HTTP
6 1 (1.39%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.39%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Git
2 4 (5.56%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.17%) Subversion
4 2 (2.78%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.39%) GitLab
5 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (40.28%) Electronics
2 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.44%) Manufacturing
4 10 (13.89%) Telecoms
5 9 (12.50%) Automotive
5 9 (12.50%) Marketing
6 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (11.11%) Finance
6 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.56%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Advertising
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (81.94%) Embedded Engineer
2 46 (63.89%) Software Engineer
3 44 (61.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 21 (29.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 15 (20.83%) Senior
6 13 (18.06%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 12 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
7 12 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) C Software Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) Embedded C Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) Embedded C Software Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (15.28%) Firmware Engineer
9 9 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
10 8 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
11 5 (6.94%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) Yocto
2 5 (6.94%) FFmpeg
2 5 (6.94%) GStreamer
2 5 (6.94%) OpenEmbedded
3 4 (5.56%) Flask
4 2 (2.78%) HTML
5 1 (1.39%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.28%) IoT
2 9 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.56%) ARM Cortex
4 3 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.17%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.78%) FPGA
5 2 (2.78%) Robotics
6 1 (1.39%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.39%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.39%) GNSS
6 1 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.39%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 36 (50.00%) Linux
2 10 (13.89%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (5.56%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (5.56%) Windows
4 3 (4.17%) Debian
5 1 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (72.22%) Software Engineering
2 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
4 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 7 (9.72%) Mentoring
6 6 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (8.33%) SDLC
6 6 (8.33%) Software Testing
7 5 (6.94%) Multithreading
7 5 (6.94%) Open Source
7 5 (6.94%) Test Automation
8 4 (5.56%) Physics
8 4 (5.56%) Validation
9 3 (4.17%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (2.78%) Agile
10 2 (2.78%) Computer Science
10 2 (2.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (2.78%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 72 (100.00%) C++
2 61 (84.72%) C
3 55 (76.39%) Embedded C
4 16 (22.22%) Python
5 6 (8.33%) MATLAB
6 5 (6.94%) C#
7 2 (2.78%) Bash
7 2 (2.78%) Java
7 2 (2.78%) PHP
7 2 (2.78%) SQL
8 1 (1.39%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (30.56%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) HND
3 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (5.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (5.56%) ISO 13485
3 3 (4.17%) QA
4 2 (2.78%) ISO 26262
4 2 (2.78%) MISRA
System Software
1 25 (34.72%) Firmware
2 11 (15.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.39%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (2.78%) EMC
2 2 (2.78%) Renesas
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft