C++ Jobs in Scotland

C++
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 127 67 160
Rank change year-on-year -60 +93 -81
Permanent jobs citing C++ 172 184 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.56% 4.01% 1.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.61% 9.37% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 152 146 55
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £79,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,733 1,963 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 55.66% 42.74% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,123 1,080 1,566
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,625 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Scotland

C++
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for C++ in Scotland

C++
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for C++ in Scotland

C++
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -74 64 £50,000 -23.08% 10
Edinburgh +18 53 £60,000 +13.21% 15
Fife +5 23 £50,000 - 8
Aberdeen -20 11 £57,500 +35.29% 3
South Lanarkshire - 9 £80,000 - 1
West Lothian -20 5 £60,000 - 1
Dundee -11 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
Lanarkshire -6 1 - - 2
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 - 4
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (2.33%) Apache
2 2 (1.16%) SAS
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Simulink
2 1 (0.58%) EViews
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.14%) AWS
1 14 (8.14%) SaaS
2 6 (3.49%) Serverless
3 5 (2.91%) Azure
3 5 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (1.74%) Amazon S3
4 3 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (1.74%) ChatGPT
4 3 (1.74%) GCP
5 1 (0.58%) GitHub
5 1 (0.58%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (10.47%) Network Security
2 13 (7.56%) Modbus
2 13 (7.56%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.91%) Wireless
4 4 (2.33%) Bluetooth
4 4 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.58%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.40%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.65%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.91%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.33%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.16%) GIS
6 2 (1.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.58%) Big Data
7 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (12.79%) Visual Studio
2 19 (11.05%) LabVIEW
3 14 (8.14%) GitLab
4 12 (6.98%) JIRA
5 4 (2.33%) Git
6 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 48 (27.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 31 (18.02%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.53%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (13.95%) Electronics
5 23 (13.37%) Manufacturing
6 12 (6.98%) Automotive
7 9 (5.23%) Legal
8 7 (4.07%) Finance
8 7 (4.07%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.49%) Games
10 5 (2.91%) Retail
11 4 (2.33%) Law
12 2 (1.16%) Marketing
12 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.58%) Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (51.16%) Software Engineer
2 62 (36.05%) Senior
3 50 (29.07%) Senior Software Engineer
4 35 (20.35%) Developer
5 30 (17.44%) C++ Software Engineer
6 25 (14.53%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 17 (9.88%) C Software Engineer
7 17 (9.88%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 17 (9.88%) Senior C Software Engineer
8 15 (8.72%) Architect
8 15 (8.72%) Electronics Engineer
9 14 (8.14%) Manufacturing Engineer
9 14 (8.14%) Software Design Engineer
10 13 (7.56%) C++ Developer
11 11 (6.40%) Senior Developer
12 10 (5.81%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (5.23%) Embedded Engineer
13 9 (5.23%) Senior C# Software Engineer
13 9 (5.23%) Software Developer
13 9 (5.23%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (19.77%) .NET
2 21 (12.21%) .NET Framework
3 12 (6.98%) CSS
3 12 (6.98%) HTML
3 12 (6.98%) WinForms
3 12 (6.98%) WPF
4 9 (5.23%) REST
5 5 (2.91%) OpenCV
5 5 (2.91%) OpenVINO
6 4 (2.33%) SOAP
6 4 (2.33%) Web Services
7 3 (1.74%) ONNX
8 2 (1.16%) DPDK
8 2 (1.16%) MFC
8 2 (1.16%) RESTful
9 1 (0.58%) Kafka
9 1 (0.58%) LDAP
9 1 (0.58%) React
9 1 (0.58%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.88%) Algorithms
2 13 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (7.56%) Video\Live Streaming
3 8 (4.65%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (2.91%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.91%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.74%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.16%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.58%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.58%) FPGA
8 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.02%) Windows
2 30 (17.44%) Linux
3 8 (4.65%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.33%) AIX
5 3 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.58%) Android
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.58%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (68.02%) Software Engineering
2 50 (29.07%) Computer Science
3 38 (22.09%) Agile
4 34 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (11.63%) Decision-Making
6 19 (11.05%) Microservices
6 19 (11.05%) SOA
7 18 (10.47%) Multithreading
8 17 (9.88%) OO
9 16 (9.30%) Machine Learning
10 14 (8.14%) Analytical Thinking
10 14 (8.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 14 (8.14%) Knowledge Transfer
11 12 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (6.98%) Customer Service
12 10 (5.81%) Benchmarking
13 9 (5.23%) Mentoring
14 8 (4.65%) Mathematics
14 8 (4.65%) Performance Optimisation
15 6 (3.49%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 86 (50.00%) C
2 74 (43.02%) C#
3 53 (30.81%) Python
4 50 (29.07%) Java
5 20 (11.63%) SQL
6 19 (11.05%) Rust
7 17 (9.88%) Go
8 8 (4.65%) JavaScript
9 7 (4.07%) MATLAB
10 6 (3.49%) Embedded C
10 6 (3.49%) Haskell
10 6 (3.49%) TypeScript
11 4 (2.33%) Bash
11 4 (2.33%) VB
12 2 (1.16%) R
13 1 (0.58%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.58%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.58%) Perl
13 1 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (29.07%) Degree
2 15 (8.72%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (8.72%) PhD
3 14 (8.14%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.65%) QA
2 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.58%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (5.81%) Docker
2 9 (5.23%) Firmware
3 6 (3.49%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.58%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (2.91%) Oracle
2 4 (2.33%) Twitter
3 3 (1.74%) Google
3 3 (1.74%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.16%) SAP
5 1 (0.58%) Databricks
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.58%) Teradata