C++ Jobs with Work from Home Options

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 118 133
Rank change year-on-year -54 +15 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 647 1,088 2,289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.86% 2.83% 3.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.60% 5.88% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 537 844 1,145
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £34,850
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £120,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,059 18,511 44,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.47% 48.13% 59.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11,501 14,065 23,940
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,161 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £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 £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++.

C++ salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

C++ salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 23 (3.55%) Apache
2 8 (1.24%) Confluence
3 3 (0.46%) CMS
3 3 (0.46%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.46%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.15%) IIS
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) nginx
4 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (8.96%) Simulink
2 1 (0.15%) CATIA
2 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (11.75%) Azure
2 70 (10.82%) AWS
3 36 (5.56%) SaaS
4 18 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.85%) GCP
6 9 (1.39%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.62%) AWS IoT
8 4 (0.62%) PaaS
9 3 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.46%) Serverless
10 2 (0.31%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.31%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.31%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.15%) Azure Service Fabric
11 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.15%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.34%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.16%) Network Security
3 12 (1.85%) Modbus
4 8 (1.24%) Bluetooth
4 8 (1.24%) LoRaWAN
5 6 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.77%) MQTT
7 4 (0.62%) LTE
8 3 (0.46%) RS-232
8 3 (0.46%) RS-485
8 3 (0.46%) VoIP
9 2 (0.31%) 4G
9 2 (0.31%) 5G
9 2 (0.31%) CTI
9 2 (0.31%) DHCP
9 2 (0.31%) DNS
9 2 (0.31%) Multicast
9 2 (0.31%) Wireless
10 1 (0.15%) Intranet
10 1 (0.15%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.71%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.25%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.08%) SQLite
6 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.62%) MySQL
7 3 (0.46%) Redis
8 2 (0.31%) KDB
8 2 (0.31%) Kdb+
8 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.15%) Big Data
9 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) GIS
9 1 (0.15%) Power BI
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.15%) Text Mining
9 1 (0.15%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 51 (7.88%) Git
2 31 (4.79%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.64%) Subversion
4 28 (4.33%) JIRA
5 24 (3.71%) GitLab
6 19 (2.94%) Jenkins
7 18 (2.78%) Vagrant
8 16 (2.47%) CMake
9 10 (1.55%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.08%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.77%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.77%) Xcode
13 4 (0.62%) Selenium
14 3 (0.46%) GCC
14 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
15 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
15 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 103 (15.92%) Social Skills
2 78 (12.06%) Finance
3 57 (8.81%) Electronics
4 46 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.10%) Automotive
7 23 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.94%) Front Office
9 19 (2.94%) Marketing
9 19 (2.94%) Military
10 15 (2.32%) Banking
10 15 (2.32%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.70%) Games
12 10 (1.55%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.77%) Law
14 5 (0.77%) Legal
15 4 (0.62%) Retail
16 3 (0.46%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 295 (45.60%) Software Engineer
2 172 (26.58%) Senior
3 159 (24.57%) Developer
4 133 (20.56%) C++ Software Engineer
5 116 (17.93%) Senior Software Engineer
6 87 (13.45%) C++ Developer
7 68 (10.51%) Embedded Engineer
8 57 (8.81%) Software Developer
9 55 (8.50%) Lead
10 47 (7.26%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 45 (6.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 33 (5.10%) Technical Leader
13 26 (4.02%) Senior Developer
13 26 (4.02%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 26 (4.02%) Support Engineer
14 24 (3.71%) Embedded Developer
15 23 (3.55%) Embedded Software Developer
16 22 (3.40%) C++ Software Developer
16 22 (3.40%) Software Support Engineer
17 21 (3.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (15.61%) .NET
2 40 (6.18%) HTML
3 35 (5.41%) .NET Framework
4 29 (4.48%) WPF
5 26 (4.02%) Qt
6 25 (3.86%) REST
7 24 (3.71%) WinForms
8 23 (3.55%) CSS
9 22 (3.40%) SOAP
9 22 (3.40%) Web Services
10 21 (3.25%) STL
10 21 (3.25%) Yocto
11 20 (3.09%) Middleware
12 18 (2.78%) XML
13 17 (2.63%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.63%) React
14 15 (2.32%) MFC
15 12 (1.85%) ASP.NET
16 11 (1.70%) AngularJS
17 10 (1.55%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.73%) Embedded Systems
2 39 (6.03%) Algorithms
3 30 (4.64%) FPGA
4 24 (3.71%) IoT
5 22 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.78%) Satnav
8 16 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.32%) Equities
10 14 (2.16%) Device Driver
10 14 (2.16%) Hedge funds
11 12 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.85%) Raspberry Pi
12 11 (1.70%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.55%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.55%) Hackathon
14 8 (1.24%) Analogue Electronics
14 8 (1.24%) Blog
15 7 (1.08%) CAN bus
15 7 (1.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 231 (35.70%) Linux
2 90 (13.91%) Windows
3 49 (7.57%) Embedded Linux
4 32 (4.95%) Android
5 22 (3.40%) AIX
6 20 (3.09%) Ubuntu
7 19 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (2.78%) CentOS
9 15 (2.32%) Unix
10 14 (2.16%) Apple iOS
11 9 (1.39%) Windows Server
12 3 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.46%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.15%) Debian
13 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.15%) NetWare
13 1 (0.15%) Solaris
13 1 (0.15%) SUSE
13 1 (0.15%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (65.07%) Software Engineering
2 146 (22.57%) Agile
3 133 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
4 132 (20.40%) Computer Science
5 86 (13.29%) Mentoring
6 75 (11.59%) Multithreading
7 63 (9.74%) Artificial Intelligence
8 60 (9.27%) Code Quality
8 60 (9.27%) DevOps
8 60 (9.27%) OO
9 59 (9.12%) Machine Learning
10 51 (7.88%) Roadmaps
11 47 (7.26%) Microservices
12 46 (7.11%) Collaborative Working
12 46 (7.11%) Test Automation
13 45 (6.96%) Mathematics
14 42 (6.49%) SDLC
15 41 (6.34%) Coaching
15 41 (6.34%) Signal Processing
16 38 (5.87%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 284 (43.89%) C
2 249 (38.49%) Python
3 176 (27.20%) C#
4 171 (26.43%) Java
5 98 (15.15%) SQL
6 59 (9.12%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.48%) COBOL
7 29 (4.48%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (4.02%) VB
9 24 (3.71%) Embedded C
10 23 (3.55%) Kotlin
11 22 (3.40%) Embedded C++
12 13 (2.01%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.85%) Bash
13 12 (1.85%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.55%) PHP
14 10 (1.55%) Rust
15 8 (1.24%) Go
16 6 (0.93%) Fortran
16 6 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 162 (25.04%) Degree
2 128 (19.78%) Security Cleared
3 101 (15.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 75 (11.59%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.48%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.17%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.16%) PhD
8 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.86%) QA
2 18 (2.78%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.93%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.62%) NIST
5 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.15%) MISRA
6 1 (0.15%) MISRA C
System Software
1 59 (9.12%) Firmware
2 35 (5.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 27 (4.17%) Docker
4 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.15%) KVM
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (4.02%) Terraform
2 21 (3.25%) Ansible
3 17 (2.63%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.62%) Puppet
5 2 (0.31%) Grafana
5 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Istio
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 41 (6.34%) Xilinx
2 35 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.48%) Micro Focus
4 27 (4.17%) Oracle
5 11 (1.70%) SAP
6 7 (1.08%) Google
7 5 (0.77%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.62%) Twitter
9 3 (0.46%) Coverity
9 3 (0.46%) Samsung
10 2 (0.31%) Lotus
10 2 (0.31%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.31%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.15%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.15%) Cadence
11 1 (0.15%) Intel
11 1 (0.15%) Novell
11 1 (0.15%) QNX
11 1 (0.15%) Siemens
11 1 (0.15%) Sun