C++ Jobs in the South West

C++
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 78 97 51
Rank change year-on-year +19 -46 -1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 332 197 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.14% 3.06% 5.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.55% 8.23% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 222 128 185
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +6.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,325 £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++ 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,146 2,395 4,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.78% 37.14% 49.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,409 1,597 2,739
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,309
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 £66,250 £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 12 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 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
Bristol +27 104 £55,000 -8.33% 40
Dorset +23 73 £60,000 +36.36% 15
Gloucestershire -26 72 £60,000 -15.49% 31
Devon +29 44 £40,000 -15.79% 6
Somerset +8 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 8 (2.41%) Apache
2 4 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.01%) GNU Octave
2 9 (2.71%) Simulink
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.52%) Azure
2 13 (3.92%) AWS
3 6 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.51%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.51%) SaaS
5 3 (0.90%) GCP
5 3 (0.90%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.12%) 5G
2 16 (4.82%) SD-WAN
2 16 (4.82%) WAN
3 11 (3.31%) Internet
3 11 (3.31%) Wireshark
4 9 (2.71%) HTTP
4 9 (2.71%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.41%) DNS
5 8 (2.41%) OFDM
5 8 (2.41%) SMTP
6 5 (1.51%) Wireless
7 3 (0.90%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.60%) Link 16
9 1 (0.30%) 2G
9 1 (0.30%) 3G
9 1 (0.30%) 4G
9 1 (0.30%) Multicast
9 1 (0.30%) RS-232
9 1 (0.30%) RS-422
9 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.11%) SQLite
3 6 (1.81%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.60%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 35 (10.54%) Visual Studio
2 21 (6.33%) Git
3 20 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.52%) JIRA
5 13 (3.92%) LabVIEW
6 12 (3.61%) Subversion
7 9 (2.71%) IDA Disassembler
7 9 (2.71%) Rational Rhapsody
8 8 (2.41%) NetBeans
9 7 (2.11%) Eclipse
10 6 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.20%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.20%) Selenium
12 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.90%) GitLab
12 3 (0.90%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.60%) Android Studio
13 2 (0.60%) PetaLinux
14 1 (0.30%) GCC
General
1 60 (18.07%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (11.45%) Electronics
4 25 (7.53%) Marketing
5 23 (6.93%) Automotive
6 22 (6.63%) Aviation
7 21 (6.33%) Manufacturing
8 20 (6.02%) Telecoms
9 16 (4.82%) Finance
9 16 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.61%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.41%) Legal
11 8 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.11%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.90%) Games
14 3 (0.90%) Military
15 2 (0.60%) Advertising
15 2 (0.60%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 203 (61.14%) Software Engineer
2 89 (26.81%) C++ Software Engineer
3 84 (25.30%) Senior
4 78 (23.49%) Senior Software Engineer
5 72 (21.69%) Embedded Engineer
6 59 (17.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 43 (12.95%) Developer
8 39 (11.75%) Embedded C++ Engineer
9 38 (11.45%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
10 28 (8.43%) Lead
11 26 (7.83%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 22 (6.63%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 22 (6.63%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 20 (6.02%) C++ Developer
14 19 (5.72%) C Software Engineer
14 19 (5.72%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 15 (4.52%) Systems Engineer
16 13 (3.92%) Software Developer
17 10 (3.01%) Lead Software Engineer
18 9 (2.71%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.82%) Qt
1 16 (4.82%) STL
2 15 (4.52%) .NET
2 15 (4.52%) HTML
3 10 (3.01%) MFC
4 8 (2.41%) JavaFX
5 7 (2.11%) WPF
6 6 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
6 6 (1.81%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.51%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.51%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.20%) CSS
8 4 (1.20%) Node.js
8 4 (1.20%) React
9 3 (0.90%) Entity Framework
9 3 (0.90%) LESS
9 3 (0.90%) Yocto
10 2 (0.60%) Kafka
10 2 (0.60%) Laravel
10 2 (0.60%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.46%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (9.64%) FPGA
3 31 (9.34%) Embedded Systems
4 28 (8.43%) GNSS
5 21 (6.33%) VHDL
6 19 (5.72%) Algorithms
7 12 (3.61%) Robotics
8 10 (3.01%) Hackathon
9 9 (2.71%) PMI
9 9 (2.71%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (2.41%) Cloud Native
10 8 (2.41%) CUDA
10 8 (2.41%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (2.41%) Tandem
11 7 (2.11%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.81%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.51%) IoT
14 4 (1.20%) Verilog
15 3 (0.90%) Acoustics
15 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (23.19%) Linux
2 65 (19.58%) Windows
3 9 (2.71%) Kali Linux
3 9 (2.71%) Unix
4 4 (1.20%) Android
5 3 (0.90%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 2 (0.60%) AIX
6 2 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (70.18%) Software Engineering
2 82 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (13.55%) SDLC
4 43 (12.95%) Computer Science
5 39 (11.75%) Agile
5 39 (11.75%) Multithreading
6 36 (10.84%) B2B
7 34 (10.24%) Requirements Analysis
7 34 (10.24%) Signal Processing
8 32 (9.64%) Creative Thinking
8 32 (9.64%) Test Automation
9 31 (9.34%) Defect Tracking
10 30 (9.04%) CI/CD
11 26 (7.83%) UML
12 24 (7.23%) Validation
13 23 (6.93%) Artificial Intelligence
13 23 (6.93%) Innovative Thinking
14 21 (6.33%) Project Management
15 20 (6.02%) Configuration Management
15 20 (6.02%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 146 (43.98%) C
2 105 (31.63%) Python
3 45 (13.55%) Java
4 41 (12.35%) C#
5 35 (10.54%) MATLAB
6 32 (9.64%) Bash
6 32 (9.64%) Perl
7 25 (7.53%) JavaScript
8 20 (6.02%) SQL
9 11 (3.31%) Tcl
10 10 (3.01%) Rust
10 10 (3.01%) VB
11 9 (2.71%) Ada
11 9 (2.71%) Go
11 9 (2.71%) PHP
11 9 (2.71%) Ruby
12 8 (2.41%) Fortran
13 7 (2.11%) PowerShell
13 7 (2.11%) SystemVerilog
14 5 (1.51%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 71 (21.39%) Degree
2 69 (20.78%) Security Cleared
3 29 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 28 (8.43%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.71%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.90%) HND
7 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.30%) HNC
8 1 (0.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.02%) PMO
2 8 (2.41%) ISO 9001
3 7 (2.11%) IEC 61508
3 7 (2.11%) TickIT
4 6 (1.81%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.30%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 29 (8.73%) Firmware
2 25 (7.53%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (2.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (3.31%) Atlassian
1 11 (3.31%) Microsoft
1 11 (3.31%) SAP
1 11 (3.31%) Xilinx
2 8 (2.41%) Altera
2 8 (2.41%) Green Hills
2 8 (2.41%) Motorola
3 3 (0.90%) Coverity
3 3 (0.90%) Samsung
3 3 (0.90%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.60%) Google
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle
5 1 (0.30%) F5
5 1 (0.30%) IBM
5 1 (0.30%) VMware