C++ Software Engineer Jobs

Software Engineer - C++
UK

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 725 875
Rank change year-on-year +176 +150 -228
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 383 232 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.27% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 306 163 266
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £65,938 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,450 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +4.35% +2.22% +18.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 101,543 85,646 164,275
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 91.24% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71,805 55,459 85,654
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +122 346 £60,000 +4.35% 48
England +153 331 £60,000 - 66
Work from Home +20 137 £65,000 +13.04% 36
South East +60 105 £60,000 -14.29% 8
South West +18 82 £55,000 +25.00% 19
North of England +44 51 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Midlands +14 38 £42,500 -26.09% 7
Scotland -54 37 £60,000 +20.00% 3
East of England -8 29 £65,000 +8.33% 9
London +62 26 £65,000 - 21
North West +6 21 £61,000 -11.27% 2
East Midlands -3 20 £35,000 - 5
Yorkshire +66 18 £40,000 -5.88%
West Midlands -18 18 £78,750 +36.96% 1
North East - 12 £58,000 - 1
Wales - 4 £55,000 - 1

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 383 (100.00%) C++
1 383 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 139 (36.29%) C
3 92 (24.02%) Linux
4 75 (19.58%) Degree
5 71 (18.54%) Security Cleared
6 68 (17.75%) Windows
7 62 (16.19%) Computer Science
8 54 (14.10%) C#
9 50 (13.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 45 (11.75%) SC Cleared
10 45 (11.75%) Agile
11 43 (11.23%) Mathematics
12 42 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (9.14%) Python
14 33 (8.62%) Network Security
15 31 (8.09%) Multithreading
15 31 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
16 30 (7.83%) Automotive
17 28 (7.31%) Manufacturing
17 28 (7.31%) Test Automation
18 26 (6.79%) Mentoring
18 26 (6.79%) Algorithms
19 24 (6.27%) SDLC
20 23 (6.01%) SaaS
20 23 (6.01%) Embedded Systems
21 22 (5.74%) Qt
21 22 (5.74%) Actionable Insight
21 22 (5.74%) Embedded Linux
21 22 (5.74%) OO

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.52%) CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.01%) SaaS
2 6 (1.57%) Azure
2 6 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (0.78%) WhatsApp
4 2 (0.52%) AWS
4 2 (0.52%) GCP
5 1 (0.26%) GitHub
5 1 (0.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.62%) Network Security
2 12 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.31%) VoIP
4 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) Multicast
4 1 (0.26%) Wireless
4 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (4.96%) CMake
1 19 (4.96%) Git
1 19 (4.96%) Subversion
2 12 (3.13%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.31%) GCC
4 5 (1.31%) GDB
4 5 (1.31%) Xcode
5 3 (0.78%) JIRA
6 2 (0.52%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.52%) NetBeans
7 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 30 (7.83%) Automotive
2 28 (7.31%) Manufacturing
3 21 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (5.48%) Social Skills
4 19 (4.96%) Aviation
4 19 (4.96%) Military
5 15 (3.92%) Electronics
6 8 (2.09%) Aerospace
7 7 (1.83%) Games
8 5 (1.31%) Agriculture
8 5 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.04%) Marketing
10 3 (0.78%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.52%) Finance
11 2 (0.52%) Legal
11 2 (0.52%) Wearables
12 1 (0.26%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.74%) Qt
2 18 (4.70%) .NET
2 18 (4.70%) STL
3 17 (4.44%) OpenGL
4 16 (4.18%) MFC
4 16 (4.18%) XML
5 11 (2.87%) WPF
6 8 (2.09%) DirectX
6 8 (2.09%) DPDK
6 8 (2.09%) Yocto
7 5 (1.31%) FFmpeg
7 5 (1.31%) GStreamer
7 5 (1.31%) OpenEmbedded
8 4 (1.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 4 (1.04%) WebGL
9 3 (0.78%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.78%) RESTful
9 3 (0.78%) XMPP
10 2 (0.52%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (6.79%) Algorithms
3 23 (6.01%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (4.70%) Satnav
5 13 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.87%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.83%) IoT
7 7 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.04%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.04%) Ray Tracing
9 3 (0.78%) Arduino
9 3 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.78%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.52%) Blog
10 2 (0.52%) CCTV
10 2 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 92 (24.02%) Linux
2 68 (17.75%) Windows
3 22 (5.74%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 4 (1.04%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.78%) Android
6 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.26%) CentOS
8 1 (0.26%) Debian
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 62 (16.19%) Computer Science
3 45 (11.75%) Agile
4 43 (11.23%) Mathematics
5 42 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (8.09%) Multithreading
7 28 (7.31%) Test Automation
8 26 (6.79%) Mentoring
9 24 (6.27%) SDLC
10 22 (5.74%) Actionable Insight
10 22 (5.74%) OO
11 21 (5.48%) Code Quality
12 19 (4.96%) Configuration Management
13 18 (4.70%) Quality Management
14 17 (4.44%) DevOps
15 15 (3.92%) Technical Leadership
16 12 (3.13%) Cybersecurity
17 11 (2.87%) CAD
17 11 (2.87%) Unit Testing
18 9 (2.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 383 (100.00%) C++
2 139 (36.29%) C
3 54 (14.10%) C#
4 35 (9.14%) Python
5 14 (3.66%) Java
6 13 (3.39%) SQL
7 12 (3.13%) Embedded C
7 12 (3.13%) Embedded C++
8 9 (2.35%) Bash
9 7 (1.83%) Perl
10 6 (1.57%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.04%) Go
11 4 (1.04%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.04%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.52%) Fortran
13 2 (0.52%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.52%) PHP
13 2 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 75 (19.58%) Degree
2 71 (18.54%) Security Cleared
3 50 (13.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 45 (11.75%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.52%) HND
6 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.52%) PhD
7 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.22%) QA
2 18 (4.70%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (1.57%) ISO 9000
4 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.52%) TickIT
System Software
1 4 (1.04%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.78%) Ansible
2 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.26%) Kibana
3 1 (0.26%) Podman
Vendors
1 3 (0.78%) Samsung
2 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
2 2 (0.52%) Google
3 1 (0.26%) Apple
3 1 (0.26%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.26%) QNX