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 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 79 101 56
Rank change year-on-year +22 -45 -1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 298 208 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.17% 3.09% 5.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.82% 8.21% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 210 135 181
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% +13.13%
75th Percentile £65,563 £78,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £88,750 £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 3,036 2,535 4,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.34% 37.71% 51.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,402 1,629 2,812
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
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 £66,040 £71,250 £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 20 May 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 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
Bristol +37 97 £55,000 -13.73% 57
Gloucestershire -27 67 £60,000 -14.29% 26
Dorset +15 58 £60,000 +36.36% 16
Devon +25 37 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Somerset +9 22 £50,000 -13.42% 5
Wiltshire -9 15 £43,750 -46.97% 18
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 (3.02%) Apache
2 4 (1.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.36%) GNU Octave
2 8 (2.68%) Simulink
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.37%) AWS
2 15 (5.03%) Azure
3 7 (2.35%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.68%) SaaS
5 4 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.01%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.67%) GCP
8 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.34%) GitHub
8 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.70%) 5G
2 16 (5.37%) SD-WAN
2 16 (5.37%) WAN
3 9 (3.02%) Internet
3 9 (3.02%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.68%) DNS
4 8 (2.68%) HTTP
4 8 (2.68%) OFDM
4 8 (2.68%) SMTP
5 7 (2.35%) Wireshark
6 5 (1.68%) Wireless
7 3 (1.01%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.67%) Link 16
9 1 (0.34%) 2G
9 1 (0.34%) 3G
9 1 (0.34%) 4G
9 1 (0.34%) Multicast
9 1 (0.34%) RS-232
9 1 (0.34%) RS-422
9 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.68%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.35%) SQLite
4 6 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.01%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.67%) Big Data
6 1 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 32 (10.74%) Visual Studio
2 21 (7.05%) Git
2 21 (7.05%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.70%) JIRA
4 13 (4.36%) Subversion
5 10 (3.36%) LabVIEW
6 9 (3.02%) Rational Rhapsody
7 7 (2.35%) Eclipse
8 6 (2.01%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.01%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.01%) Selenium
9 5 (1.68%) IDA Disassembler
9 5 (1.68%) NetBeans
9 5 (1.68%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (1.01%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.01%) GitLab
10 3 (1.01%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.67%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.67%) PetaLinux
12 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 54 (18.12%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (12.75%) Electronics
4 25 (8.39%) Marketing
5 23 (7.72%) Automotive
5 23 (7.72%) Aviation
6 19 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.70%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (5.03%) Finance
10 13 (4.36%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.35%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Advertising
14 2 (0.67%) Avionics
14 2 (0.67%) Games
14 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.34%) Legal
15 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 181 (60.74%) Software Engineer
2 84 (28.19%) Senior
3 78 (26.17%) Senior Software Engineer
4 73 (24.50%) C++ Software Engineer
5 70 (23.49%) Embedded Engineer
6 60 (20.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 44 (14.77%) Developer
8 39 (13.09%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 38 (12.75%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 29 (9.73%) Lead
11 26 (8.72%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (7.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 22 (7.38%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 20 (6.71%) C++ Developer
14 14 (4.70%) Software Developer
15 12 (4.03%) C Software Engineer
15 12 (4.03%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 12 (4.03%) Systems Engineer
16 11 (3.69%) Lead Software Engineer
17 9 (3.02%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.04%) Qt
2 17 (5.70%) STL
3 14 (4.70%) .NET
4 13 (4.36%) HTML
5 10 (3.36%) MFC
6 7 (2.35%) Apache NiFi
6 7 (2.35%) WPF
7 6 (2.01%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.68%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.68%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.68%) JavaFX
8 5 (1.68%) Yocto
9 4 (1.34%) CSS
10 3 (1.01%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.01%) LESS
10 3 (1.01%) Node.js
10 3 (1.01%) Spring
11 2 (0.67%) Flask
11 2 (0.67%) React
11 2 (0.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.11%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (10.74%) FPGA
3 28 (9.40%) Embedded Systems
3 28 (9.40%) GNSS
4 21 (7.05%) VHDL
5 16 (5.37%) Algorithms
6 12 (4.03%) Robotics
7 10 (3.36%) Hackathon
8 9 (3.02%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.68%) CUDA
9 8 (2.68%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (2.68%) Tandem
10 7 (2.35%) PMI
11 6 (2.01%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.68%) IoT
13 4 (1.34%) Verilog
14 3 (1.01%) ARM Cortex
14 3 (1.01%) Device Driver
14 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
15 2 (0.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 75 (25.17%) Linux
2 66 (22.15%) Windows
3 8 (2.68%) Unix
4 5 (1.68%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.34%) Android
6 3 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.01%) Windows Embedded Compact
7 2 (0.67%) AIX
7 2 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (70.81%) Software Engineering
2 73 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (14.43%) Computer Science
4 37 (12.42%) Multithreading
5 36 (12.08%) B2B
6 34 (11.41%) Agile
7 32 (10.74%) Creative Thinking
7 32 (10.74%) Defect Tracking
7 32 (10.74%) Requirements Analysis
7 32 (10.74%) Signal Processing
7 32 (10.74%) Test Automation
8 31 (10.40%) SDLC
9 25 (8.39%) Validation
10 24 (8.05%) CI/CD
11 23 (7.72%) Innovative Thinking
12 21 (7.05%) Project Management
13 20 (6.71%) Mentoring
13 20 (6.71%) UML
14 19 (6.38%) Configuration Management
15 18 (6.04%) OO
Programming Languages
1 128 (42.95%) C
2 88 (29.53%) Python
3 37 (12.42%) C#
3 37 (12.42%) Java
4 32 (10.74%) MATLAB
5 23 (7.72%) Bash
5 23 (7.72%) Perl
6 18 (6.04%) SQL
7 16 (5.37%) JavaScript
8 11 (3.69%) Tcl
9 10 (3.36%) VB
10 9 (3.02%) Ada
10 9 (3.02%) PHP
10 9 (3.02%) Rust
11 7 (2.35%) SystemVerilog
12 5 (1.68%) Embedded C++
12 5 (1.68%) Fortran
13 4 (1.34%) Embedded C
14 3 (1.01%) Go
14 3 (1.01%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 67 (22.48%) Degree
2 58 (19.46%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.39%) DV Cleared
4 23 (7.72%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.35%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.01%) HND
7 3 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) HNC
8 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.71%) PMO
2 5 (1.68%) IEC 61508
2 5 (1.68%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.68%) TickIT
3 4 (1.34%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.34%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 28 (9.40%) Firmware
2 25 (8.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (3.36%) Docker
4 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.67%) Ansible
2 2 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (3.69%) Microsoft
1 11 (3.69%) SAP
1 11 (3.69%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.68%) Altera
2 8 (2.68%) Atlassian
2 8 (2.68%) Green Hills
2 8 (2.68%) Motorola
3 3 (1.01%) Coverity
3 3 (1.01%) Samsung
3 3 (1.01%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.67%) Google
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle
5 1 (0.34%) F5
5 1 (0.34%) IBM
5 1 (0.34%) VMware