C++ Jobs in the South East

C++
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with 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 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 76 96 43
Rank change year-on-year +20 -53 +47
Permanent jobs citing C++ 568 475 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.36% 3.31% 6.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.41% 8.25% 12.38%
Number of salaries quoted 467 354 470
10th Percentile £36,700 £32,875 £31,437
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,978 5,755 9,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.48% 40.14% 48.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,000 3,781 6,402
10th Percentile £34,475 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +7.32%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South East.

Salary trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South East region 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
Thames Valley +19 178 £55,000 +10.00% 99
Hampshire +7 172 £60,000 - 42
Surrey +13 147 £60,000 -4.00% 42
Oxfordshire +22 85 £55,000 +29.41% 51
Berkshire +24 68 £50,000 -33.33% 32
Buckinghamshire -29 25 £70,000 +86.37% 16
West Sussex +24 23 £60,000 -2.04% 14
East Sussex +24 22 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Kent -8 15 £37,000 +8.82% 5
Sussex -11 15 £50,000 -33.33%
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (3.17%) Apache
2 8 (1.41%) Confluence
3 6 (1.06%) Kinematics
Applications
1 56 (9.86%) Simulink
2 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.06%) OrCAD
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.35%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (7.57%) Azure
2 32 (5.63%) AWS
3 26 (4.58%) SaaS
4 10 (1.76%) GCP
5 5 (0.88%) GitHub
6 4 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.70%) TestFlight
7 2 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.18%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.29%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.76%) Wireless
3 8 (1.41%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.23%) Internet
5 6 (1.06%) 4G
5 6 (1.06%) RS-485
6 5 (0.88%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.88%) LoRaWAN
6 5 (0.88%) Modbus
6 5 (0.88%) RFID
6 5 (0.88%) RS-232
7 4 (0.70%) 3G
7 4 (0.70%) GPRS
7 4 (0.70%) Network Security
7 4 (0.70%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.35%) CTI
8 2 (0.35%) DHCP
8 2 (0.35%) DNS
8 2 (0.35%) MQTT
8 2 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.99%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.88%) Big Data
3 5 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.53%) MySQL
6 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 83 (14.61%) Git
2 46 (8.10%) Visual Studio
3 45 (7.92%) Subversion
4 24 (4.23%) Ant
4 24 (4.23%) JIRA
5 23 (4.05%) CMake
6 17 (2.99%) GitLab
7 16 (2.82%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.82%) Vagrant
8 9 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (1.23%) TestRail
10 6 (1.06%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.88%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.70%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.70%) Xcode
13 3 (0.53%) GDB
14 2 (0.35%) GCC
15 1 (0.18%) Gradle
15 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
15 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 111 (19.54%) Social Skills
2 80 (14.08%) Electronics
3 46 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.69%) Finance
5 37 (6.51%) Military
6 33 (5.81%) Manufacturing
7 29 (5.11%) Marketing
8 17 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.11%) Aerospace
9 12 (2.11%) Games
10 9 (1.58%) Automotive
10 9 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (1.23%) Aviation
12 4 (0.70%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.70%) Retail
13 2 (0.35%) Police
14 1 (0.18%) Avionics
14 1 (0.18%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.18%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 269 (47.36%) Software Engineer
2 132 (23.24%) Developer
3 112 (19.72%) Senior
4 109 (19.19%) C++ Software Engineer
5 82 (14.44%) C++ Developer
6 64 (11.27%) Embedded Engineer
7 62 (10.92%) Senior Software Engineer
8 55 (9.68%) Software Developer
9 42 (7.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 38 (6.69%) Lead
11 29 (5.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 28 (4.93%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 24 (4.23%) Electronics Engineer
14 23 (4.05%) Embedded Developer
14 23 (4.05%) Graduate
14 23 (4.05%) Junior
15 22 (3.87%) Embedded C++ Engineer
15 22 (3.87%) Python Engineer
16 19 (3.35%) Development Engineer
16 19 (3.35%) Graduate Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (12.68%) .NET
2 58 (10.21%) Qt
3 29 (5.11%) STL
4 27 (4.75%) Hibernate
4 27 (4.75%) WPF
5 25 (4.40%) HTML
6 23 (4.05%) .NET Framework
6 23 (4.05%) XML
7 22 (3.87%) React
8 17 (2.99%) JSON
8 17 (2.99%) MFC
9 16 (2.82%) Middleware
10 15 (2.64%) OpenMP
11 14 (2.46%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.46%) ASP.NET
11 14 (2.46%) HTML5
12 12 (2.11%) Unreal Engine
13 10 (1.76%) Apache NiFi
13 10 (1.76%) CSS
13 10 (1.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 132 (23.24%) Algorithms
2 34 (5.99%) Embedded Systems
2 34 (5.99%) IoT
3 26 (4.58%) FPGA
4 25 (4.40%) Robotics
5 22 (3.87%) CUDA
5 22 (3.87%) Device Driver
6 21 (3.70%) Analogue Electronics
6 21 (3.70%) Satnav
7 19 (3.35%) VHDL
8 16 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.29%) Digital Media
10 11 (1.94%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.41%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
14 7 (1.23%) Arduino
14 7 (1.23%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 228 (40.14%) Linux
2 157 (27.64%) Windows
3 33 (5.81%) Embedded Linux
4 29 (5.11%) Ubuntu
5 26 (4.58%) Unix
6 21 (3.70%) Android
7 20 (3.52%) CentOS
8 19 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.76%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.70%) AIX
11 3 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.35%) Rocky
12 2 (0.35%) VxWorks
13 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (60.56%) Software Engineering
2 183 (32.22%) Problem-Solving
3 178 (31.34%) Computer Science
4 150 (26.41%) Mathematics
5 125 (22.01%) Agile
6 100 (17.61%) Physics
7 91 (16.02%) Artificial Intelligence
8 90 (15.85%) Machine Learning
9 82 (14.44%) Multithreading
10 67 (11.80%) Signal Processing
11 56 (9.86%) Mentoring
12 54 (9.51%) Code Quality
12 54 (9.51%) DevOps
13 52 (9.15%) Test Automation
14 51 (8.98%) Actionable Insight
15 50 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
16 46 (8.10%) OO
17 42 (7.39%) System Testing
18 41 (7.22%) Software Testing
19 37 (6.51%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 268 (47.18%) C
2 226 (39.79%) Python
3 139 (24.47%) C#
4 134 (23.59%) Java
5 77 (13.56%) SQL
6 68 (11.97%) JavaScript
7 62 (10.92%) Fortran
8 26 (4.58%) MATLAB
9 24 (4.23%) Bash
10 18 (3.17%) Kotlin
11 17 (2.99%) Embedded C++
12 16 (2.82%) Embedded C
12 16 (2.82%) XAML
13 15 (2.64%) Haskell
14 10 (1.76%) PowerShell
15 9 (1.58%) Go
16 8 (1.41%) TypeScript
16 8 (1.41%) VB
17 7 (1.23%) C-shell
17 7 (1.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 268 (47.18%) Degree
2 193 (33.98%) Security Cleared
3 118 (20.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 112 (19.72%) SC Cleared
5 62 (10.92%) PhD
6 54 (9.51%) Master's Degree
7 23 (4.05%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.70%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) HND
11 1 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.39%) QA
2 21 (3.70%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (0.70%) IEC 61131
3 4 (0.70%) JTAG
4 3 (0.53%) GDPR
4 3 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.18%) MISRA
5 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 48 (8.45%) Firmware
2 20 (3.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 19 (3.35%) Docker
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (4.58%) Terraform
2 21 (3.70%) Ansible
3 4 (0.70%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.35%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.69%) Xilinx
3 18 (3.17%) SAP
4 9 (1.58%) EMC
5 7 (1.23%) Oracle
6 6 (1.06%) Google
7 4 (0.70%) Apple
8 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.53%) VMware
9 2 (0.35%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.35%) Renesas
9 2 (0.35%) Splunk
10 1 (0.18%) Atmel
10 1 (0.18%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.18%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.18%) CA
10 1 (0.18%) Freescale
10 1 (0.18%) NCR
10 1 (0.18%) Parasoft
10 1 (0.18%) TSYS