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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 153 125
Rank change year-on-year -70 -28 -18
Permanent jobs citing C++ 334 825 2,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.41% 2.45% 3.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.52% 4.93% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 247 638 933
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £64,375 £60,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £80,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.91% -15.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £122,500 £121,250 £132,500
90th Percentile £141,000 £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 9,502 16,750 42,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.17% 49.66% 60.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,537 12,484 18,986
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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +25 63 £100,000 +37.93% 18
West London -10 4 £50,000 -13.04% 22
South London -7 3 £62,500 +38.89% 3
East London +20 1 £120,000 +41.18% 123
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 16 (4.79%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.80%) Apache
3 3 (0.90%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.90%) Hyperledger
4 2 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) WinCC
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 60 (17.96%) AWS
2 31 (9.28%) Azure
3 12 (3.59%) Pulumi
4 9 (2.69%) Sentry
5 6 (1.80%) GCP
5 6 (1.80%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.50%) PaaS
6 5 (1.50%) SaaS
7 4 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.20%) GitHub
8 3 (0.90%) Azure App Service
8 3 (0.90%) Azure Functions
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 31 (9.28%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.50%) DNS
3 4 (1.20%) Network Security
3 4 (1.20%) VoIP
4 3 (0.90%) Firewall
4 3 (0.90%) HTTP
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%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.19%) NoSQL
3 13 (3.89%) Redis
4 9 (2.69%) 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 5 (1.50%) Big Data
7 5 (1.50%) 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%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.60%) Metadata
9 2 (0.60%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 16 (4.79%) Git
1 16 (4.79%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.89%) GitLab
3 4 (1.20%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.20%) GDB
4 3 (0.90%) JIRA
5 2 (0.60%) CMake
5 2 (0.60%) GCC
5 2 (0.60%) Gradle
5 2 (0.60%) Maven
5 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.30%) git-flow
6 1 (0.30%) MLflow
6 1 (0.30%) Mockito
6 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.30%) Valgrind
6 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 115 (34.43%) Finance
2 51 (15.27%) Social Skills
3 43 (12.87%) Front Office
4 34 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.99%) Banking
6 10 (2.99%) Games
7 8 (2.40%) Electronics
7 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.50%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.50%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.20%) Wearables
10 3 (0.90%) Advertising
10 3 (0.90%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.60%) Aeronautics
11 2 (0.60%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.60%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 131 (39.22%) Developer
2 83 (24.85%) Software Engineer
3 72 (21.56%) Senior
4 70 (20.96%) C++ Developer
5 38 (11.38%) Lead
6 35 (10.48%) Quantitative Developer
7 30 (8.98%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 30 (8.98%) Senior Software Engineer
8 24 (7.19%) C++ Software Engineer
9 23 (6.89%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (6.59%) Cloud Native Engineer
10 22 (6.59%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 22 (6.59%) Java Developer
11 20 (5.99%) Senior Developer
12 19 (5.69%) Analyst
13 17 (5.09%) Python Developer
14 16 (4.79%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 16 (4.79%) Lead Software Engineer
15 15 (4.49%) C++/Java Developer
16 13 (3.89%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (10.18%) .NET
2 13 (3.89%) React
3 12 (3.59%) FastAPI
4 11 (3.29%) FIX Protocol
5 9 (2.69%) PyTorch
6 8 (2.40%) Django
7 6 (1.80%) OpenGL
8 5 (1.50%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.50%) HTML
8 5 (1.50%) Kafka
8 5 (1.50%) Qt
8 5 (1.50%) RESTful
8 5 (1.50%) Web Services
9 4 (1.20%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (1.20%) DirectX
9 4 (1.20%) Entity Framework
9 4 (1.20%) Middleware
9 4 (1.20%) TensorFlow
9 4 (1.20%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.17%) Distributed Systems
2 42 (12.57%) Hedge funds
3 36 (10.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 34 (10.18%) FPGA
5 32 (9.58%) Algorithms
6 30 (8.98%) Equities
7 28 (8.38%) Cloud Native
8 24 (7.19%) Legacy Code
9 14 (4.19%) Data Structures
10 13 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (3.29%) Fixed Income
12 10 (2.99%) IoT
12 10 (2.99%) PKI
13 8 (2.40%) Derivative
13 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (2.10%) CUDA
14 7 (2.10%) Robotics
15 6 (1.80%) Mobile App
15 6 (1.80%) Ray Tracing
15 6 (1.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 117 (35.03%) Linux
2 20 (5.99%) Windows
3 17 (5.09%) Unix
4 13 (3.89%) Android
5 11 (3.29%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.10%) 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 (41.92%) Software Engineering
2 79 (23.65%) Computer Science
3 68 (20.36%) Low Latency
4 61 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (13.77%) Agile
6 44 (13.17%) Mathematics
7 40 (11.98%) DevOps
7 40 (11.98%) Multithreading
8 35 (10.48%) CI/CD
9 27 (8.08%) Data Science
9 27 (8.08%) Physics
9 27 (8.08%) SDLC
10 26 (7.78%) Analytics
11 25 (7.49%) Artificial Intelligence
11 25 (7.49%) Machine Learning
12 24 (7.19%) OO
13 23 (6.89%) Fintech
13 23 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (6.29%) Test Automation
15 20 (5.99%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 185 (55.39%) Python
2 112 (33.53%) Java
3 100 (29.94%) C
4 69 (20.66%) C#
5 54 (16.17%) SQL
6 50 (14.97%) Rust
7 43 (12.87%) Go
8 17 (5.09%) JavaScript
9 16 (4.79%) Bash
10 11 (3.29%) MATLAB
11 10 (2.99%) R
12 8 (2.40%) PowerShell
13 7 (2.10%) TypeScript
14 6 (1.80%) Scala
15 5 (1.50%) Ruby
15 5 (1.50%) Shell Script
16 4 (1.20%) Objective-C
16 4 (1.20%) Perl
17 3 (0.90%) Solidity
17 3 (0.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 104 (31.14%) Degree
2 47 (14.07%) Master's Degree
3 31 (9.28%) PhD
4 25 (7.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.19%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.69%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.20%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.60%) HNC
8 2 (0.60%) HND
8 2 (0.60%) ISEB
8 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.60%) MCAD
8 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CEH
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 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 29 (8.68%) Docker
2 6 (1.80%) Ceph
2 6 (1.80%) Firmware
2 6 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.30%) OpenSIPS
5 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (17.07%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.39%) Grafana
2 18 (5.39%) Terraform
3 10 (2.99%) Ansible
4 6 (1.80%) Knative
5 4 (1.20%) Progress Chef
5 4 (1.20%) Puppet
6 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.60%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.60%) Kibana
7 2 (0.60%) Wonderware InTouch
8 1 (0.30%) Istio
8 1 (0.30%) logstash
8 1 (0.30%) Nagios
8 1 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.30%) Podman
8 1 (0.30%) Salt
Vendors
1 29 (8.68%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.79%) Google
3 7 (2.10%) Oracle
4 6 (1.80%) NVIDIA
5 5 (1.50%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.20%) Apple
7 3 (0.90%) Facebook
7 3 (0.90%) Siemens
8 2 (0.60%) AVEVA
8 2 (0.60%) Rockwell
8 2 (0.60%) Splunk
8 2 (0.60%) Wonderware
9 1 (0.30%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.30%) Databricks
9 1 (0.30%) F5
9 1 (0.30%) Imperva
9 1 (0.30%) New Relic
9 1 (0.30%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.30%) VMware
9 1 (0.30%) YouTube