Embedded C++
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Embedded C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Embedded 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 822 942 1126
Rank change year-on-year +120 +184 -304
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 62 33 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.033% 0.071%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.19% 0.077% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 44 24 30
10th Percentile £37,175 £36,425 £45,563
25th Percentile £45,500 £48,719 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £100,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,375 - £72,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +31.58%

All Programming Languages
UK

Embedded 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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,218 43,078 87,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24,863 27,599 43,697
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Embedded C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Embedded C++ over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Embedded C++ in the UK

Embedded C++
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Embedded C++ within the UK 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
UK excluding London +22 61 £50,000 -25.93% 67
England +114 55 £53,750 -6.52% 66
Midlands +10 20 £50,000 +42.86% 10
South East +22 17 £57,500 +7.98% 19
Work from Home +82 16 £55,000 -45.00% 34
West Midlands +26 14 £60,000 +71.43% 7
East of England +15 11 £43,750 - 14
East Midlands -14 6 £43,750 +16.67% 3
South West -26 5 - - 17
Wales - 5 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire +82 2 £55,000 -4.35%
North of England +35 2 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Scotland -70 1 £67,500 - 5

Embedded C++
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:

Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Simulink
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) AWS
2 7 (11.29%) AWS IoT
3 3 (4.84%) Azure
4 1 (1.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) Ethernet
2 5 (8.06%) Internet
3 4 (6.45%) Bluetooth
3 4 (6.45%) LoRaWAN
3 4 (6.45%) LTE
3 4 (6.45%) MQTT
3 4 (6.45%) Profibus
3 4 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.84%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.23%) 2G
5 2 (3.23%) 3G
5 2 (3.23%) 4G
5 2 (3.23%) 5G
6 1 (1.61%) HTTP
6 1 (1.61%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.61%) Network Security
6 1 (1.61%) SNMP
6 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.84%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.23%) Subversion
5 1 (1.61%) GitLab
5 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (40.32%) Electronics
2 17 (27.42%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.35%) Manufacturing
4 10 (16.13%) Telecoms
5 9 (14.52%) Automotive
5 9 (14.52%) Marketing
6 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (12.90%) Finance
6 8 (12.90%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.84%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.61%) Legal
9 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (77.42%) Embedded Engineer
2 37 (59.68%) Software Engineer
3 34 (54.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 19 (30.65%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 11 (17.74%) Firmware Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) C Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Embedded C Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) Senior
7 9 (14.52%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 7 (11.29%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 5 (8.06%) Audio Video Software Engineer
9 5 (8.06%) Developer
9 5 (8.06%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) FFmpeg
1 5 (8.06%) GStreamer
1 5 (8.06%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (8.06%) Yocto
2 4 (6.45%) Flask
3 2 (3.23%) HTML
4 1 (1.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) IoT
2 9 (14.52%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.84%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.23%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (3.23%) Device Driver
5 2 (3.23%) FPGA
5 2 (3.23%) Robotics
6 1 (1.61%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.61%) GNSS
6 1 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.61%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 32 (51.61%) Linux
2 8 (12.90%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (4.84%) Debian
3 3 (4.84%) Windows
4 2 (3.23%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (69.35%) Software Engineering
2 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (14.52%) Embedded Software Development
4 8 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (12.90%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (12.90%) Programme Management
5 7 (11.29%) Software Testing
6 6 (9.68%) Mentoring
6 6 (9.68%) SDLC
6 6 (9.68%) Test Automation
7 5 (8.06%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (8.06%) Multithreading
7 5 (8.06%) Open Source
8 4 (6.45%) Physics
8 4 (6.45%) Validation
9 3 (4.84%) Computer Science
10 2 (3.23%) Agile
10 2 (3.23%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (3.23%) Mathematics
10 2 (3.23%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (100.00%) C++
2 55 (88.71%) C
3 49 (79.03%) Embedded C
4 15 (24.19%) Python
5 6 (9.68%) C#
5 6 (9.68%) MATLAB
6 3 (4.84%) Bash
6 3 (4.84%) SQL
7 2 (3.23%) Java
7 2 (3.23%) PHP
8 1 (1.61%) Ada
8 1 (1.61%) Groovy
8 1 (1.61%) Perl
8 1 (1.61%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.61%) Ruby
8 1 (1.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (33.87%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) HND
4 1 (1.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.68%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (6.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (6.45%) ISO 13485
3 3 (4.84%) QA
4 2 (3.23%) MISRA
5 1 (1.61%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 22 (35.48%) Firmware
2 10 (16.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.61%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) SAP
2 2 (3.23%) EMC
2 2 (3.23%) Renesas
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.61%) Parasoft