C++ Jobs in Edinburgh

C++
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 56 68 122
Rank change year-on-year +12 +54 -35
Permanent jobs citing C++ 51 67 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.21% 3.71% 1.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.73% 8.97% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 43 60 19
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,225 £33,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £44,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,563 £56,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £67,250
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +15.79%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 584 747 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 36.80% 41.39% 52.67%
Number of salaries quoted 453 483 887
10th Percentile £44,000 £38,950 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £74,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% +13.40%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (9.80%) AWS
1 5 (9.80%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (7.84%) Serverless
3 3 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (5.88%) Amazon S3
3 3 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (5.88%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Azure
4 1 (1.96%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (37.25%) Network Security
2 8 (15.69%) Wireless
3 7 (13.73%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (9.80%) Bluetooth
5 3 (5.88%) ZigBee
6 2 (3.92%) RS-232
6 2 (3.92%) RS-485
6 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.96%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.96%) GIS
2 1 (1.96%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) Subversion
General
1 21 (41.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (9.80%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.84%) Legal
3 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Electronics
4 1 (1.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 41 (80.39%) Software Engineer
2 25 (49.02%) Senior
3 23 (45.10%) Senior Software Engineer
4 20 (39.22%) C++ Software Engineer
5 19 (37.25%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 18 (35.29%) C Software Engineer
6 18 (35.29%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 17 (33.33%) Senior C Software Engineer
8 8 (15.69%) Embedded Engineer
9 7 (13.73%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 5 (9.80%) Database Engineer
10 5 (9.80%) Research Engineer
10 5 (9.80%) Research Software Engineer
11 4 (7.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 4 (7.84%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 2 (3.92%) C Developer
12 2 (3.92%) C++ Developer
12 2 (3.92%) Senior C Developer
12 2 (3.92%) Senior C++ Developer
12 2 (3.92%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) DPDK
2 1 (1.96%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Algorithms
2 9 (17.65%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (9.80%) Data Structures
3 5 (9.80%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (3.92%) IoT
5 1 (1.96%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.57%) Linux
2 1 (1.96%) Android
2 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.96%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.96%) OpenWrt
2 1 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (80.39%) Software Engineering
2 23 (45.10%) Computer Science
3 7 (13.73%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (13.73%) Machine Learning
4 5 (9.80%) Benchmarking
4 5 (9.80%) Computer Architecture
4 5 (9.80%) Data Management
4 5 (9.80%) Mathematics
4 5 (9.80%) Parallel Programming
4 5 (9.80%) Performance Analysis
4 5 (9.80%) Prototyping
4 5 (9.80%) Workflow
5 4 (7.84%) Agile
5 4 (7.84%) B2B
5 4 (7.84%) Multithreading
6 3 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 3 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (5.88%) Resource Management
7 2 (3.92%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 44 (86.27%) C
2 19 (37.25%) Java
3 18 (35.29%) Rust
4 13 (25.49%) Python
5 9 (17.65%) Go
6 5 (9.80%) Haskell
7 2 (3.92%) Embedded C
7 2 (3.92%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.96%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.96%) Bash
8 1 (1.96%) C#
8 1 (1.96%) Perl
Qualifications
1 20 (39.22%) Degree
2 11 (21.57%) Master's Degree
2 11 (21.57%) PhD
3 9 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Firmware
2 1 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (1.96%) Google
1 1 (1.96%) OpenAI