Software Engineer - C++
UK

The median Software Engineer - C++ salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 733 849
Rank change year-on-year +169 +116 -193
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 343 245 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.25% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.27% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 269 165 284
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,400 £90,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +21.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for C++ Software Engineer in the UK

C++ Software Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +125 310 £60,000 - 64
England +175 300 £60,000 - 88
Work from Home +53 132 £65,000 +13.04% 42
South East +73 109 £60,000 -14.29% 22
South West +20 73 £55,000 +25.00% 12
North of England +50 44 £60,000 +41.18% 5
Scotland -49 30 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Midlands +14 28 £52,500 +13.51% 11
London +69 24 £67,500 +3.85% 39
East of England +2 22 £62,500 +4.17% 13
North West +17 21 £61,000 -11.27%
West Midlands +23 16 £92,500 +100.00% 4
Yorkshire +69 14 £40,000 -5.88% 4
East Midlands -7 12 £46,250 - 6
North East - 9 £60,000 - 1
Wales - 4 £55,000 - 2

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, C++ Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 343 (100.00%) C++
1 343 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 133 (38.78%) C
3 85 (24.78%) Linux
4 78 (22.74%) Degree
5 70 (20.41%) Security Cleared
6 69 (20.12%) Windows
7 64 (18.66%) Computer Science
8 54 (15.74%) C#
9 52 (15.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 47 (13.70%) SC Cleared
11 45 (13.12%) Agile
12 43 (12.54%) Mathematics
13 41 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
14 35 (10.20%) Multithreading
15 31 (9.04%) Self-Motivation
16 30 (8.75%) Python
16 30 (8.75%) Test Automation
17 28 (8.16%) Manufacturing
17 28 (8.16%) Network Security
18 27 (7.87%) Mentoring
19 26 (7.58%) Algorithms
19 26 (7.58%) SaaS
20 25 (7.29%) Actionable Insight
21 24 (7.00%) Embedded Systems
21 24 (7.00%) QA
22 23 (6.71%) Automotive
22 23 (6.71%) OO
22 23 (6.71%) Code Quality
23 22 (6.41%) Qt

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (0.58%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 26 (7.58%) SaaS
2 4 (1.17%) Azure
2 4 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (0.87%) WhatsApp
4 2 (0.58%) AWS
5 1 (0.29%) GitHub
5 1 (0.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.16%) Network Security
2 13 (3.79%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.46%) VoIP
4 4 (1.17%) Wireless
5 1 (0.29%) 5G
5 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.29%) Multicast
5 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.29%) WAN
5 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (6.12%) Subversion
2 20 (5.83%) CMake
3 15 (4.37%) Git
4 13 (3.79%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.75%) GDB
6 5 (1.46%) GCC
6 5 (1.46%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.46%) Xcode
7 3 (0.87%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.58%) JIRA
8 2 (0.58%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
General
1 28 (8.16%) Manufacturing
2 23 (6.71%) Automotive
3 20 (5.83%) Military
4 19 (5.54%) Aviation
5 18 (5.25%) Social Skills
6 16 (4.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.08%) Electronics
8 8 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.75%) Games
9 6 (1.75%) Marketing
10 3 (0.87%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Finance
10 3 (0.87%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.58%) Legal
11 2 (0.58%) Wearables
12 1 (0.29%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.41%) Qt
2 19 (5.54%) STL
3 17 (4.96%) MFC
3 17 (4.96%) OpenGL
3 17 (4.96%) XML
4 16 (4.66%) .NET
5 12 (3.50%) WPF
6 8 (2.33%) DirectX
7 7 (2.04%) Yocto
8 5 (1.46%) DPDK
8 5 (1.46%) FFmpeg
8 5 (1.46%) GStreamer
8 5 (1.46%) OpenEmbedded
9 4 (1.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 4 (1.17%) WebGL
10 3 (0.87%) RESTful
10 3 (0.87%) XMPP
11 2 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.58%) JavaFX
11 2 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.04%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (7.58%) Algorithms
3 24 (7.00%) Embedded Systems
4 21 (6.12%) Satnav
5 11 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.46%) IoT
9 4 (1.17%) 3D Graphics
9 4 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.17%) Ray Tracing
10 3 (0.87%) Arduino
10 3 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.58%) Blog
11 2 (0.58%) CCTV
11 2 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.29%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 85 (24.78%) Linux
2 69 (20.12%) Windows
3 16 (4.66%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (1.46%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 4 (1.17%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.87%) Android
6 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) CentOS
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
8 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 64 (18.66%) Computer Science
3 45 (13.12%) Agile
4 43 (12.54%) Mathematics
5 41 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (10.20%) Multithreading
7 30 (8.75%) Test Automation
8 27 (7.87%) Mentoring
9 25 (7.29%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (6.71%) Code Quality
10 23 (6.71%) OO
11 21 (6.12%) Configuration Management
11 21 (6.12%) Quality Management
12 17 (4.96%) SDLC
13 16 (4.66%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (3.50%) DevOps
15 11 (3.21%) CAD
16 9 (2.62%) Cybersecurity
16 9 (2.62%) OOD
16 9 (2.62%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 343 (100.00%) C++
2 133 (38.78%) C
3 54 (15.74%) C#
4 30 (8.75%) Python
5 14 (4.08%) Java
6 11 (3.21%) Embedded C
6 11 (3.21%) SQL
7 10 (2.92%) Embedded C++
8 7 (2.04%) Bash
9 4 (1.17%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.17%) Objective-C
9 4 (1.17%) Perl
9 4 (1.17%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.58%) Fortran
11 2 (0.58%) Go
11 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.58%) Rust
12 1 (0.29%) VC++
Qualifications
1 78 (22.74%) Degree
2 70 (20.41%) Security Cleared
3 52 (15.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 47 (13.70%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.58%) HND
6 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.58%) PhD
7 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.00%) QA
2 21 (6.12%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (1.75%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.87%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.58%) TickIT
6 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.87%) Docker
1 3 (0.87%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.58%) Ansible
1 2 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.29%) Grafana
2 1 (0.29%) Kibana
2 1 (0.29%) Podman
2 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (0.87%) Samsung
2 2 (0.58%) Atlassian
3 1 (0.29%) Apple
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.29%) NVIDIA
3 1 (0.29%) QNX