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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 116 133
Rank change year-on-year -57 +17 -7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 653 1,094 2,295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.88% 2.84% 3.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.64% 5.90% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 543 849 1,147
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £34,900
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 14,076 18,556 44,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.45% 48.15% 59.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11,515 14,138 23,931
10th Percentile £38,638 £41,227 £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 £81,813
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 2 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 (3.52%) Apache
2 8 (1.23%) 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 62 (9.49%) Simulink
2 1 (0.15%) CATIA
2 1 (0.15%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (11.94%) Azure
2 72 (11.03%) AWS
3 36 (5.51%) SaaS
4 18 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (1.84%) GCP
6 9 (1.38%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.61%) AWS IoT
8 4 (0.61%) 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 (6.28%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.14%) Network Security
3 12 (1.84%) Modbus
4 8 (1.23%) Bluetooth
4 8 (1.23%) LoRaWAN
5 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.77%) MQTT
7 4 (0.61%) 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%) SSL
10 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.20%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (3.68%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.52%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.07%) SQLite
6 4 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.61%) 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 53 (8.12%) Git
2 31 (4.75%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.59%) Subversion
4 28 (4.29%) JIRA
5 24 (3.68%) GitLab
6 20 (3.06%) Vagrant
7 19 (2.91%) Jenkins
8 16 (2.45%) CMake
9 10 (1.53%) LabVIEW
10 8 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (1.07%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.77%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (0.77%) Xcode
13 4 (0.61%) Selenium
14 3 (0.46%) GCC
14 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
15 2 (0.31%) Postman
15 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 105 (16.08%) Social Skills
2 78 (11.94%) Finance
3 57 (8.73%) Electronics
4 46 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.05%) Automotive
7 23 (3.52%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.91%) Front Office
9 19 (2.91%) Marketing
9 19 (2.91%) Military
10 15 (2.30%) Banking
10 15 (2.30%) Public Sector
11 12 (1.84%) Games
12 10 (1.53%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.77%) Law
14 5 (0.77%) Legal
15 4 (0.61%) Retail
16 3 (0.46%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 298 (45.64%) Software Engineer
2 173 (26.49%) Senior
3 161 (24.66%) Developer
4 133 (20.37%) C++ Software Engineer
5 117 (17.92%) Senior Software Engineer
6 87 (13.32%) C++ Developer
7 69 (10.57%) Embedded Engineer
8 59 (9.04%) Software Developer
9 55 (8.42%) Lead
10 47 (7.20%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 46 (7.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 33 (5.05%) Technical Leader
13 27 (4.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 26 (3.98%) Embedded Developer
14 26 (3.98%) Senior Developer
14 26 (3.98%) Support Engineer
15 25 (3.83%) Embedded Software Developer
16 22 (3.37%) C++ Software Developer
16 22 (3.37%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 22 (3.37%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (15.47%) .NET
2 40 (6.13%) HTML
3 35 (5.36%) .NET Framework
4 29 (4.44%) WPF
5 26 (3.98%) Qt
6 25 (3.83%) REST
7 24 (3.68%) WinForms
8 23 (3.52%) CSS
9 22 (3.37%) Middleware
9 22 (3.37%) SOAP
9 22 (3.37%) Web Services
10 21 (3.22%) STL
10 21 (3.22%) Yocto
11 18 (2.76%) XML
12 17 (2.60%) .NET Core
12 17 (2.60%) React
13 15 (2.30%) MFC
14 12 (1.84%) ASP.NET
15 11 (1.68%) AngularJS
16 10 (1.53%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.66%) Embedded Systems
2 39 (5.97%) Algorithms
3 30 (4.59%) FPGA
4 24 (3.68%) IoT
5 22 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.76%) Satnav
8 16 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.30%) Equities
10 14 (2.14%) Device Driver
10 14 (2.14%) Hedge funds
11 12 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 12 (1.84%) Raspberry Pi
12 11 (1.68%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.53%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.53%) Hackathon
14 8 (1.23%) Analogue Electronics
14 8 (1.23%) Blog
15 7 (1.07%) CAN bus
15 7 (1.07%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 235 (35.99%) Linux
2 90 (13.78%) Windows
3 51 (7.81%) Embedded Linux
4 34 (5.21%) Android
5 22 (3.37%) AIX
5 22 (3.37%) Ubuntu
6 21 (3.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (3.06%) CentOS
8 15 (2.30%) Unix
9 14 (2.14%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.38%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.46%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 1 (0.15%) Debian
12 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.15%) NetWare
12 1 (0.15%) Solaris
12 1 (0.15%) SUSE
12 1 (0.15%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (65.24%) Software Engineering
2 146 (22.36%) Agile
3 136 (20.83%) Computer Science
4 135 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (13.17%) Mentoring
6 75 (11.49%) Multithreading
7 67 (10.26%) Artificial Intelligence
8 63 (9.65%) Machine Learning
9 62 (9.49%) Code Quality
9 62 (9.49%) DevOps
10 60 (9.19%) OO
11 51 (7.81%) Roadmaps
12 50 (7.66%) Collaborative Working
13 49 (7.50%) Microservices
14 46 (7.04%) Test Automation
15 45 (6.89%) Mathematics
15 45 (6.89%) Signal Processing
16 42 (6.43%) SDLC
17 41 (6.28%) Coaching
18 39 (5.97%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 286 (43.80%) C
2 253 (38.74%) Python
3 177 (27.11%) C#
4 175 (26.80%) Java
5 100 (15.31%) SQL
6 61 (9.34%) JavaScript
7 29 (4.44%) COBOL
7 29 (4.44%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 26 (3.98%) VB
9 25 (3.83%) Kotlin
10 24 (3.68%) Embedded C
11 22 (3.37%) Embedded C++
12 13 (1.99%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.84%) Bash
13 12 (1.84%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.53%) PHP
14 10 (1.53%) Rust
15 8 (1.23%) Go
16 6 (0.92%) Fortran
16 6 (0.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 166 (25.42%) Degree
2 132 (20.21%) Security Cleared
3 105 (16.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (11.79%) SC Cleared
5 31 (4.75%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.13%) Master's Degree
7 14 (2.14%) PhD
8 4 (0.61%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.61%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.83%) QA
2 18 (2.76%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (0.92%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.61%) 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 (9.04%) Firmware
2 35 (5.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 27 (4.13%) 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 28 (4.29%) Terraform
2 23 (3.52%) Ansible
3 17 (2.60%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.61%) 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 45 (6.89%) Xilinx
2 35 (5.36%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.44%) Micro Focus
4 27 (4.13%) Oracle
5 11 (1.68%) SAP
6 7 (1.07%) Google
7 5 (0.77%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.61%) 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%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.15%) QNX
11 1 (0.15%) Sun
11 1 (0.15%) Synopsys
11 1 (0.15%) TSYS