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 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 171 124 123
Rank change year-on-year -47 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing C++ 627 1,134 2,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.85% 2.79% 3.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.54% 5.68% 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 525 879 1,166
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £120,000 £132,500
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 13,825 19,960 42,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.89% 49.19% 59.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11,368 14,681 24,008
10th Percentile £38,694 £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 £78,750 £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 20 May 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 22 (3.51%) Apache
2 8 (1.28%) Confluence
3 3 (0.48%) Ethereum
3 3 (0.48%) Hyperledger
4 2 (0.32%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) nginx
5 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (8.77%) Simulink
2 2 (0.32%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.16%) CATIA
3 1 (0.16%) EViews
3 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (11.80%) Azure
2 67 (10.69%) AWS
3 38 (6.06%) SaaS
4 17 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.91%) GCP
6 9 (1.44%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.80%) AWS IoT
7 5 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.64%) PaaS
9 3 (0.48%) GitHub
10 2 (0.32%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.32%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.32%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.32%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.32%) Serverless
11 1 (0.16%) Azure Service Fabric
11 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.16%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.54%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.23%) Network Security
3 13 (2.07%) Modbus
4 9 (1.44%) Bluetooth
4 9 (1.44%) LoRaWAN
5 6 (0.96%) MQTT
6 5 (0.80%) LTE
6 5 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.64%) VoIP
8 3 (0.48%) 5G
8 3 (0.48%) Wireless
9 2 (0.32%) 4G
9 2 (0.32%) CTI
9 2 (0.32%) DHCP
9 2 (0.32%) DNS
9 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.32%) Multicast
10 1 (0.16%) HTTP
10 1 (0.16%) VPN
10 1 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.58%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.83%) MongoDB
4 17 (2.71%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.12%) SQLite
6 5 (0.80%) MySQL
7 4 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.32%) KDB
9 2 (0.32%) Kdb+
9 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.32%) Redis
9 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.16%) Big Data
10 1 (0.16%) ClickHouse
10 1 (0.16%) GIS
10 1 (0.16%) Power BI
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (7.66%) Git
2 32 (5.10%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.78%) Subversion
4 28 (4.47%) JIRA
5 24 (3.83%) GitLab
6 20 (3.19%) Jenkins
7 17 (2.71%) CMake
8 16 (2.55%) Vagrant
9 10 (1.59%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.12%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.80%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.80%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.80%) Xcode
13 4 (0.64%) Selenium
14 3 (0.48%) GCC
14 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.32%) CANoe
15 2 (0.32%) Postman
15 2 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 103 (16.43%) Social Skills
2 77 (12.28%) Finance
3 58 (9.25%) Electronics
4 45 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (5.58%) Automotive
7 23 (3.67%) Manufacturing
8 21 (3.35%) Marketing
8 21 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.19%) Front Office
10 19 (3.03%) Military
11 16 (2.55%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.23%) Banking
13 11 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.75%) Games
14 9 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.12%) Law
16 6 (0.96%) Retail
17 5 (0.80%) Legal
18 4 (0.64%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 283 (45.14%) Software Engineer
2 172 (27.43%) Senior
3 148 (23.60%) Developer
4 132 (21.05%) C++ Software Engineer
5 115 (18.34%) Senior Software Engineer
6 84 (13.40%) C++ Developer
7 70 (11.16%) Embedded Engineer
8 54 (8.61%) Lead
9 51 (8.13%) Software Developer
10 48 (7.66%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 44 (7.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 33 (5.26%) Technical Leader
13 26 (4.15%) Senior Developer
13 26 (4.15%) Support Engineer
14 25 (3.99%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 22 (3.51%) Software Support Engineer
16 21 (3.35%) C++ Software Developer
16 21 (3.35%) Embedded Developer
16 21 (3.35%) Embedded Software Developer
17 19 (3.03%) C/C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (15.47%) .NET
2 40 (6.38%) HTML
3 35 (5.58%) .NET Framework
4 30 (4.78%) WPF
5 26 (4.15%) Qt
6 25 (3.99%) REST
7 24 (3.83%) WinForms
8 23 (3.67%) Web Services
9 22 (3.51%) CSS
9 22 (3.51%) SOAP
9 22 (3.51%) STL
10 20 (3.19%) Yocto
11 19 (3.03%) XML
12 18 (2.87%) Middleware
13 17 (2.71%) .NET Core
13 17 (2.71%) React
14 16 (2.55%) MFC
15 12 (1.91%) ASP.NET
16 11 (1.75%) AngularJS
17 10 (1.59%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.97%) Embedded Systems
2 38 (6.06%) Algorithms
3 31 (4.94%) FPGA
4 22 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (3.51%) IoT
5 21 (3.35%) Satnav
6 19 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.39%) Equities
9 14 (2.23%) Device Driver
9 14 (2.23%) Hedge funds
10 13 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
11 12 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.75%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.59%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.59%) Hackathon
14 8 (1.28%) Analogue Electronics
14 8 (1.28%) Blog
15 7 (1.12%) CAN bus
16 6 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 221 (35.25%) Linux
2 84 (13.40%) Windows
3 44 (7.02%) Embedded Linux
4 30 (4.78%) Android
5 22 (3.51%) AIX
6 17 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.71%) Ubuntu
7 16 (2.55%) CentOS
8 15 (2.39%) Unix
9 14 (2.23%) Apple iOS
10 7 (1.12%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.48%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.16%) Debian
13 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (64.75%) Software Engineering
2 144 (22.97%) Agile
3 137 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
4 123 (19.62%) Computer Science
5 88 (14.04%) Mentoring
6 78 (12.44%) Multithreading
7 62 (9.89%) OO
8 60 (9.57%) Code Quality
9 57 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
10 56 (8.93%) DevOps
11 52 (8.29%) Machine Learning
12 49 (7.81%) Roadmaps
12 49 (7.81%) Test Automation
13 45 (7.18%) Mathematics
14 44 (7.02%) Microservices
15 42 (6.70%) Collaborative Working
16 41 (6.54%) Coaching
17 39 (6.22%) SDLC
18 38 (6.06%) Open Source
18 38 (6.06%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 285 (45.45%) C
2 247 (39.39%) Python
3 170 (27.11%) C#
4 162 (25.84%) Java
5 90 (14.35%) SQL
6 57 (9.09%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.63%) COBOL
7 29 (4.63%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (4.15%) VB
9 21 (3.35%) Kotlin
10 20 (3.19%) Embedded C
11 16 (2.55%) Embedded C++
12 15 (2.39%) MATLAB
13 14 (2.23%) Bash
14 12 (1.91%) TypeScript
15 10 (1.59%) PHP
16 9 (1.44%) Rust
17 7 (1.12%) Go
18 6 (0.96%) Fortran
19 5 (0.80%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 155 (24.72%) Degree
2 123 (19.62%) Security Cleared
3 95 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (12.28%) SC Cleared
5 26 (4.15%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.91%) PhD
7 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.47%) QA
2 21 (3.35%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.96%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.16%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA
6 1 (0.16%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (9.57%) Firmware
2 36 (5.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 26 (4.15%) Docker
4 1 (0.16%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 25 (3.99%) Terraform
2 19 (3.03%) Ansible
3 15 (2.39%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.64%) Puppet
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.16%) Istio
6 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 37 (5.90%) Xilinx
2 33 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.63%) Micro Focus
4 26 (4.15%) Oracle
5 12 (1.91%) SAP
6 7 (1.12%) Google
7 5 (0.80%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.64%) Twitter
9 3 (0.48%) Coverity
9 3 (0.48%) Samsung
10 2 (0.32%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.16%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.16%) Cadence
11 1 (0.16%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.16%) Lotus
11 1 (0.16%) Siemens
11 1 (0.16%) Synopsys
11 1 (0.16%) TSYS
11 1 (0.16%) Vertica