Senior C++ Software Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Software Engineer - C++
UK > England

The median Senior Software Engineer - C++ salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 886 1069
Rank change year-on-year +122 +183 -242
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C++ Software Engineer 84 28 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.092% 0.033% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.036% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 76 18 59
10th Percentile £51,250 £49,000 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £94,750 £127,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior C++ Software Engineer in England

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior C++ Software Engineer in England

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior C++ Software Engineer in England

Senior C++ Software Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C++ Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +8 29 £77,500 -3.13% 2
South West -5 26 £55,000 - 1
North of England - 14 £60,000 -
North West - 9 £60,000 -
East of England -4 7 £65,000 -7.14% 1
London +106 5 £82,500 +55.66% 3
North East - 5 £60,000 -
Midlands -10 3 £52,500 -11.02%
East Midlands -13 3 £52,500 -
Senior C++ Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Senior 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 across the England region featuring Senior C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 84 (100.00%) C++
1 84 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 35 (41.67%) Linux
3 22 (26.19%) Degree
3 22 (26.19%) Windows
4 19 (22.62%) Agile
4 19 (22.62%) Security Cleared
5 18 (21.43%) Mentoring
6 17 (20.24%) Algorithms
6 17 (20.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (20.24%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (20.24%) Computer Science
6 17 (20.24%) Military
7 16 (19.05%) Automotive
7 16 (19.05%) C
7 16 (19.05%) Mathematics
7 16 (19.05%) Aviation
7 16 (19.05%) SC Cleared
8 15 (17.86%) OO
9 14 (16.67%) MFC
9 14 (16.67%) STL
9 14 (16.67%) XML
9 14 (16.67%) Configuration Management
9 14 (16.67%) Subversion
9 14 (16.67%) CMake
9 14 (16.67%) Qt
9 14 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (11.90%) Network Security
11 9 (10.71%) Embedded Linux
12 7 (8.33%) SDLC

Senior C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (5.95%) SaaS
2 1 (1.19%) AWS
2 1 (1.19%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.90%) Network Security
2 3 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.19%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (16.67%) CMake
1 14 (16.67%) Subversion
2 1 (1.19%) Git
2 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 17 (20.24%) Military
2 16 (19.05%) Automotive
2 16 (19.05%) Aviation
3 5 (5.95%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Electronics
4 3 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.38%) Wearables
6 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.19%) Games
6 1 (1.19%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.67%) MFC
1 14 (16.67%) Qt
1 14 (16.67%) STL
1 14 (16.67%) XML
2 2 (2.38%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.19%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.19%) Node.js
3 1 (1.19%) TypeORM
3 1 (1.19%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.24%) Algorithms
1 17 (20.24%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.57%) IoT
3 2 (2.38%) CCTV
3 2 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 35 (41.67%) Linux
2 22 (26.19%) Windows
3 9 (10.71%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.19%) CentOS
4 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.19%) Unix
4 1 (1.19%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (22.62%) Agile
3 18 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 17 (20.24%) Computer Science
5 16 (19.05%) Mathematics
6 15 (17.86%) OO
7 14 (16.67%) Configuration Management
7 14 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (8.33%) Multithreading
8 7 (8.33%) OOD
8 7 (8.33%) SDLC
9 6 (7.14%) Linux Kernel Development
10 5 (5.95%) Fintech
10 5 (5.95%) Regtech
10 5 (5.95%) Trade Surveillance
11 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
12 3 (3.57%) Microservices
13 2 (2.38%) Data Acquisition
13 2 (2.38%) Embedded Software Development
13 2 (2.38%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 84 (100.00%) C++
2 16 (19.05%) C
3 7 (8.33%) Python
4 3 (3.57%) Go
4 3 (3.57%) Java
4 3 (3.57%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.38%) C#
5 2 (2.38%) Rust
6 1 (1.19%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.19%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.19%) PHP
6 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Degree
2 19 (22.62%) Security Cleared
3 17 (20.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (19.05%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Docker
1 1 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.19%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (1.19%) Google