C++ Jobs with Work from Home Options

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 166 121 132
Rank change year-on-year -45 +11 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 684 1,063 2,348
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.92% 2.84% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.78% 5.93% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 561 819 1,142
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £35,025
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,875 £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 £92,500
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++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 14,320 17,924 44,817
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.28% 47.83% 59.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11,596 13,795 24,051
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £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 12 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 (3.36%) Apache
2 7 (1.02%) Confluence
3 4 (0.58%) CMS
4 3 (0.44%) Ethereum
4 3 (0.44%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.15%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 69 (10.09%) Simulink
2 1 (0.15%) CATIA
2 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (11.70%) Azure
2 74 (10.82%) AWS
3 34 (4.97%) SaaS
4 18 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (2.19%) GCP
6 9 (1.32%) WhatsApp
7 6 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.58%) AWS IoT
8 4 (0.58%) PaaS
9 3 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.44%) Serverless
10 2 (0.29%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.29%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.29%) 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 42 (6.14%) TCP/IP
2 17 (2.49%) Network Security
3 12 (1.75%) Modbus
4 9 (1.32%) Bluetooth
5 8 (1.17%) LoRaWAN
6 7 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.73%) MQTT
7 5 (0.73%) RS-232
7 5 (0.73%) RS-485
8 4 (0.58%) LTE
9 3 (0.44%) VoIP
9 3 (0.44%) Wireless
10 2 (0.29%) 4G
10 2 (0.29%) 5G
10 2 (0.29%) CTI
10 2 (0.29%) DHCP
10 2 (0.29%) DNS
10 2 (0.29%) HTTP
10 2 (0.29%) Multicast
10 2 (0.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 36 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (3.95%) NoSQL
4 24 (3.51%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.02%) SQLite
6 5 (0.73%) Redis
7 4 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.58%) MySQL
8 3 (0.44%) TimescaleDB
9 2 (0.29%) KDB
9 2 (0.29%) Kdb+
9 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.15%) Big Data
10 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.15%) GIS
10 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.15%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 57 (8.33%) Git
2 30 (4.39%) Subversion
2 30 (4.39%) Visual Studio
3 28 (4.09%) JIRA
4 24 (3.51%) GitLab
5 22 (3.22%) Vagrant
6 19 (2.78%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.34%) CMake
8 10 (1.46%) LabVIEW
9 8 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.02%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.73%) Selenium
11 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio Team System
11 5 (0.73%) Xcode
12 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.44%) GCC
13 3 (0.44%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.29%) SoapUI
General
1 110 (16.08%) Social Skills
2 75 (10.96%) Finance
3 58 (8.48%) Electronics
4 50 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (5.12%) Automotive
7 24 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 20 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.78%) Marketing
9 19 (2.78%) Military
10 18 (2.63%) Front Office
11 17 (2.49%) Games
12 16 (2.34%) Banking
13 15 (2.19%) Public Sector
14 8 (1.17%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.88%) Legal
16 5 (0.73%) Law
17 4 (0.58%) Retail
18 3 (0.44%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 318 (46.49%) Software Engineer
2 178 (26.02%) Senior
3 169 (24.71%) Developer
4 138 (20.18%) C++ Software Engineer
5 123 (17.98%) Senior Software Engineer
6 86 (12.57%) C++ Developer
7 75 (10.96%) Embedded Engineer
8 63 (9.21%) Software Developer
9 55 (8.04%) Lead
10 54 (7.89%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 50 (7.31%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 33 (4.82%) Technical Leader
13 31 (4.53%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 28 (4.09%) Embedded Developer
15 27 (3.95%) Embedded Software Developer
15 27 (3.95%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 26 (3.80%) Senior Developer
16 26 (3.80%) Support Engineer
17 22 (3.22%) C++ Software Developer
17 22 (3.22%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (14.62%) .NET
2 43 (6.29%) HTML
3 35 (5.12%) .NET Framework
4 29 (4.24%) WPF
5 27 (3.95%) Qt
6 25 (3.65%) CSS
6 25 (3.65%) REST
7 24 (3.51%) Middleware
7 24 (3.51%) WinForms
8 22 (3.22%) SOAP
8 22 (3.22%) Web Services
9 21 (3.07%) STL
10 19 (2.78%) Yocto
11 18 (2.63%) React
12 17 (2.49%) .NET Core
13 16 (2.34%) MFC
13 16 (2.34%) XML
14 12 (1.75%) AngularJS
14 12 (1.75%) ASP.NET
15 10 (1.46%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.75%) Embedded Systems
2 46 (6.73%) Algorithms
3 28 (4.09%) IoT
4 27 (3.95%) FPGA
5 23 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.34%) Satnav
8 15 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (2.05%) Equities
10 13 (1.90%) Device Driver
10 13 (1.90%) Hedge funds
11 11 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 11 (1.61%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.46%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.46%) Hackathon
12 10 (1.46%) Raspberry Pi
13 8 (1.17%) Analogue Electronics
14 7 (1.02%) Blog
14 7 (1.02%) CAN bus
14 7 (1.02%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 246 (35.96%) Linux
2 96 (14.04%) Windows
3 51 (7.46%) Embedded Linux
4 35 (5.12%) Android
5 26 (3.80%) Ubuntu
6 23 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (3.22%) AIX
7 22 (3.22%) CentOS
8 16 (2.34%) Unix
9 13 (1.90%) Apple iOS
10 11 (1.61%) Windows Server
11 7 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.44%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.15%) Debian
13 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.15%) NetWare
13 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.15%) Solaris
13 1 (0.15%) SUSE
13 1 (0.15%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (65.50%) Software Engineering
2 153 (22.37%) Computer Science
3 145 (21.20%) Agile
4 142 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (12.28%) Mentoring
6 73 (10.67%) Multithreading
7 71 (10.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 71 (10.38%) Machine Learning
8 63 (9.21%) DevOps
9 62 (9.06%) Code Quality
10 60 (8.77%) OO
11 56 (8.19%) Collaborative Working
12 51 (7.46%) Roadmaps
12 51 (7.46%) Signal Processing
13 50 (7.31%) Microservices
14 46 (6.73%) SDLC
15 45 (6.58%) Mathematics
15 45 (6.58%) Test Automation
16 43 (6.29%) Continuous Integration
17 39 (5.70%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 299 (43.71%) C
2 271 (39.62%) Python
3 182 (26.61%) Java
4 180 (26.32%) C#
5 103 (15.06%) SQL
6 69 (10.09%) JavaScript
7 31 (4.53%) Embedded C
8 29 (4.24%) COBOL
8 29 (4.24%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 28 (4.09%) Embedded C++
10 27 (3.95%) Kotlin
11 26 (3.80%) VB
12 13 (1.90%) Bash
12 13 (1.90%) MATLAB
12 13 (1.90%) Rust
13 12 (1.75%) Go
13 12 (1.75%) PHP
13 12 (1.75%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.88%) Fortran
14 6 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 181 (26.46%) Degree
2 140 (20.47%) Security Cleared
3 119 (17.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (11.26%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.97%) DV Cleared
6 29 (4.24%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.19%) PhD
8 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.44%) HND
9 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.36%) QA
2 16 (2.34%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.88%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.58%) NIST
5 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.15%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.15%) MISRA
6 1 (0.15%) MISRA C
System Software
1 63 (9.21%) Firmware
2 34 (4.97%) Embedded Firmware
3 29 (4.24%) Docker
4 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.44%) KVM
4 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (4.39%) Terraform
2 25 (3.65%) Ansible
3 17 (2.49%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.58%) Puppet
5 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Istio
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 51 (7.46%) Xilinx
2 37 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.24%) Micro Focus
4 27 (3.95%) Oracle
5 11 (1.61%) SAP
6 9 (1.32%) Google
7 5 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.58%) Twitter
9 3 (0.44%) Coverity
9 3 (0.44%) Intel
9 3 (0.44%) Samsung
10 2 (0.29%) Lotus
10 2 (0.29%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.29%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.15%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.15%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.15%) Novell
11 1 (0.15%) Siemens
11 1 (0.15%) Synopsys
11 1 (0.15%) TSYS