C++ Jobs in the South East

C++
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 81 46
Rank change year-on-year +8 -35 +60
Permanent jobs citing C++ 635 468 1,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.41% 3.53% 6.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.02% 8.82% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 506 342 479
10th Percentile £36,625 £33,750 £31,458
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

All Programming Languages
South East

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,285 5,306 10,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.35% 39.97% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,143 3,592 6,298
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £74,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +25 215 £57,000 +14.00% 83
Hampshire +5 188 £60,000 - 32
Surrey +12 157 £60,000 -4.00% 33
Oxfordshire +23 105 £57,500 +35.29% 43
Berkshire +20 79 £50,000 -33.33% 23
Buckinghamshire -17 31 £70,000 +86.37% 17
East Sussex +21 22 £47,500 -32.14% 3
West Sussex +15 21 £60,000 -2.04% 18
Kent -21 19 £37,000 +8.82% 7
Sussex -15 15 £50,000 -33.33%
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (2.68%) Apache
2 6 (0.94%) Confluence
2 6 (0.94%) Kinematics
Applications
1 71 (11.18%) Simulink
2 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.94%) OrCAD
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.31%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.16%) Revit
7 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 50 (7.87%) Azure
2 39 (6.14%) AWS
3 21 (3.31%) SaaS
4 11 (1.73%) GCP
5 5 (0.79%) GitHub
6 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.63%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.16%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.20%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.73%) Ethernet
3 9 (1.42%) Wireless
4 7 (1.10%) Internet
5 6 (0.94%) 4G
5 6 (0.94%) RS-485
6 5 (0.79%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.79%) LoRaWAN
6 5 (0.79%) Modbus
6 5 (0.79%) RFID
6 5 (0.79%) RS-232
7 4 (0.63%) 3G
7 4 (0.63%) GPRS
7 4 (0.63%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.47%) Network Security
9 2 (0.31%) 5G
9 2 (0.31%) CTI
9 2 (0.31%) MQTT
9 2 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.16%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.62%) NoSQL
2 22 (3.46%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.79%) Big Data
3 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.63%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 95 (14.96%) Git
2 52 (8.19%) Visual Studio
3 44 (6.93%) Subversion
4 26 (4.09%) JIRA
5 23 (3.62%) CMake
6 22 (3.46%) Vagrant
7 20 (3.15%) GitLab
8 19 (2.99%) Ant
8 19 (2.99%) Jenkins
9 10 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (1.57%) TestRail
10 6 (0.94%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.63%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.63%) Xcode
13 2 (0.31%) GCC
13 2 (0.31%) GDB
13 2 (0.31%) LabVIEW
14 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (18.11%) Social Skills
2 94 (14.80%) Electronics
3 49 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.14%) Military
5 37 (5.83%) Finance
6 33 (5.20%) Manufacturing
7 30 (4.72%) Marketing
8 17 (2.68%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.52%) Aerospace
10 15 (2.36%) Games
11 11 (1.73%) Automotive
12 10 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.10%) Aviation
14 4 (0.63%) Aeronautics
14 4 (0.63%) Retail
14 4 (0.63%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.47%) Advertising
16 2 (0.31%) Police
16 2 (0.31%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 327 (51.50%) Software Engineer
2 136 (21.42%) Developer
3 131 (20.63%) Senior
4 104 (16.38%) C++ Software Engineer
5 87 (13.70%) Embedded Engineer
6 81 (12.76%) C++ Developer
6 81 (12.76%) Senior Software Engineer
7 61 (9.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 59 (9.29%) Software Developer
9 38 (5.98%) Lead
10 37 (5.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 33 (5.20%) Embedded Developer
12 31 (4.88%) Graduate
12 31 (4.88%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 28 (4.41%) Graduate Software Engineer
14 27 (4.25%) Junior
15 23 (3.62%) Electronics Engineer
16 22 (3.46%) Embedded C++ Engineer
16 22 (3.46%) Embedded Software Developer
16 22 (3.46%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (11.50%) .NET
2 60 (9.45%) Qt
3 33 (5.20%) WPF
4 28 (4.41%) STL
5 25 (3.94%) .NET Framework
6 24 (3.78%) HTML
7 23 (3.62%) React
8 22 (3.46%) Hibernate
8 22 (3.46%) Middleware
9 21 (3.31%) XML
10 18 (2.83%) JSON
11 17 (2.68%) MFC
12 14 (2.20%) AngularJS
12 14 (2.20%) ASP.NET
13 13 (2.05%) HTML5
14 12 (1.89%) OpenMP
14 12 (1.89%) Unreal Engine
15 10 (1.57%) CSS
15 10 (1.57%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 10 (1.57%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 139 (21.89%) Algorithms
2 39 (6.14%) IoT
3 38 (5.98%) Embedded Systems
4 31 (4.88%) Robotics
5 27 (4.25%) FPGA
6 25 (3.94%) Analogue Electronics
7 23 (3.62%) VHDL
8 20 (3.15%) CUDA
9 19 (2.99%) Device Driver
10 17 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (2.52%) Satnav
12 14 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (2.05%) Digital Media
14 12 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.73%) CAN bus
16 9 (1.42%) Management Information System
16 9 (1.42%) Raspberry Pi
17 8 (1.26%) ARM Cortex
17 8 (1.26%) Data Structures
17 8 (1.26%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 250 (39.37%) Linux
2 155 (24.41%) Windows
3 42 (6.61%) Embedded Linux
4 38 (5.98%) Ubuntu
5 35 (5.51%) Unix
6 30 (4.72%) Android
7 26 (4.09%) CentOS
8 25 (3.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (1.89%) Windows 10
10 9 (1.42%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.63%) AIX
12 3 (0.47%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.31%) Rocky
14 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (65.35%) Software Engineering
2 195 (30.71%) Computer Science
3 179 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
4 165 (25.98%) Mathematics
5 128 (20.16%) Agile
6 114 (17.95%) Physics
7 110 (17.32%) Artificial Intelligence
8 105 (16.54%) Machine Learning
9 84 (13.23%) Multithreading
9 84 (13.23%) Signal Processing
10 64 (10.08%) Collaborative Working
11 63 (9.92%) DevOps
12 55 (8.66%) Code Quality
12 55 (8.66%) Software Testing
13 49 (7.72%) Mentoring
14 46 (7.24%) SDLC
15 45 (7.09%) OO
15 45 (7.09%) Test Automation
16 43 (6.77%) System Testing
17 40 (6.30%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 319 (50.24%) C
2 259 (40.79%) Python
3 157 (24.72%) C#
4 148 (23.31%) Java
5 78 (12.28%) JavaScript
6 77 (12.13%) SQL
7 68 (10.71%) Fortran
8 34 (5.35%) Bash
9 31 (4.88%) MATLAB
10 25 (3.94%) Embedded C++
11 22 (3.46%) Kotlin
12 20 (3.15%) Embedded C
12 20 (3.15%) XAML
13 15 (2.36%) Haskell
14 12 (1.89%) PowerShell
15 11 (1.73%) Go
15 11 (1.73%) TypeScript
16 10 (1.57%) VB
17 8 (1.26%) C-shell
18 7 (1.10%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 301 (47.40%) Degree
2 213 (33.54%) Security Cleared
3 133 (20.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 109 (17.17%) SC Cleared
5 65 (10.24%) PhD
6 55 (8.66%) Master's Degree
7 34 (5.35%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.94%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.47%) HND
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.31%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.51%) QA
2 16 (2.52%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.63%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.63%) JTAG
4 3 (0.47%) GDPR
4 3 (0.47%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 54 (8.50%) Firmware
2 23 (3.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 20 (3.15%) Docker
4 4 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.47%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (5.04%) Terraform
2 29 (4.57%) Ansible
3 5 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.31%) Grafana
4 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 86 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.19%) Xilinx
3 18 (2.83%) SAP
4 11 (1.73%) EMC
5 8 (1.26%) Oracle
6 6 (0.94%) Google
7 4 (0.63%) Apple
7 4 (0.63%) VMware
8 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.31%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.31%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.31%) Renesas
9 2 (0.31%) Splunk
9 2 (0.31%) Sun
10 1 (0.16%) Atmel
10 1 (0.16%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.16%) CA
10 1 (0.16%) Freescale
10 1 (0.16%) NCR
10 1 (0.16%) TSYS