CMake
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CMake skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CMake over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 861 963 1135
Rank change year-on-year +102 +172 -230
Permanent jobs citing CMake 37 17 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.017% 0.042%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.39% 0.12% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 29 6 7
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 -
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £71,250
90th Percentile - £121,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +9.09% -31.25%

All Development Application Skills
UK

CMake is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,537 14,392 35,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.61% 14.25% 22.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,714 8,847 15,794
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

CMake
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CMake as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CMake in the UK

CMake
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CMake.

Salary trend for CMake in the UK

CMake
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CMake over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CMake in the UK

CMake
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMake within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +119 37 £80,000 +33.33% 12
UK excluding London +11 30 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Work from Home +76 24 £80,000 +33.33% 3
South East +32 23 £80,000 -20.00% 3
London +115 7 - - 5
North West - 4 £61,000 -
North of England - 4 £61,000 -
Midlands -16 3 £45,000 -18.18% 3
East Midlands - 2 £44,995 - 2
West Midlands -3 1 £45,000 -18.18% 1

CMake
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.70%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) GitHub
1 8 (21.62%) GitHub Actions
2 5 (13.51%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 17 (45.95%) Git
2 16 (43.24%) Subversion
3 7 (18.92%) CircleCI
3 7 (18.92%) Jenkins
3 7 (18.92%) JIRA
3 7 (18.92%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (18.92%) TestRail
4 4 (10.81%) GCC
4 4 (10.81%) GDB
General
1 16 (43.24%) Military
2 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (18.92%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Music Industry
3 1 (2.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Software Engineer
2 23 (62.16%) Senior
3 19 (51.35%) C++ Software Engineer
4 16 (43.24%) Senior Software Engineer
5 15 (40.54%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 9 (24.32%) Developer
7 8 (21.62%) Software Developer
8 7 (18.92%) Senior Developer
8 7 (18.92%) Senior Software Developer
9 6 (16.22%) C# Developer
9 6 (16.22%) C# Software Developer
9 6 (16.22%) Senior C# Developer
9 6 (16.22%) Senior C# Software Developer
10 3 (8.11%) C++ Developer
10 3 (8.11%) Graduate
10 3 (8.11%) Graduate Software Engineer
11 2 (5.41%) C++ Software Developer
11 2 (5.41%) GUI Software Engineer
12 1 (2.70%) Computer Vision Developer
12 1 (2.70%) Research Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (62.16%) Qt
2 16 (43.24%) MFC
2 16 (43.24%) STL
2 16 (43.24%) XML
3 10 (27.03%) OpenGL
4 8 (21.62%) OpenCL
5 7 (18.92%) HTML
5 7 (18.92%) HTML5
5 7 (18.92%) QML
5 7 (18.92%) VTK
5 7 (18.92%) Vulkan
5 7 (18.92%) WinForms
5 7 (18.92%) WPF
6 3 (8.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (2.70%) OpenACC
7 1 (2.70%) OpenCV
7 1 (2.70%) OpenMP
7 1 (2.70%) PyTorch
7 1 (2.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (48.65%) Algorithms
2 8 (21.62%) CUDA
3 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.70%) FPGA
4 1 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (72.97%) Windows
2 20 (54.05%) Linux
3 10 (27.03%) Mac OS
4 8 (21.62%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (97.30%) Software Engineering
2 33 (89.19%) Computer Science
3 24 (64.86%) Agile
4 23 (62.16%) Mathematics
5 17 (45.95%) OO
6 16 (43.24%) Configuration Management
6 16 (43.24%) Mentoring
6 16 (43.24%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (24.32%) Continuous Integration
8 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.92%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (18.92%) Clean Code
9 7 (18.92%) Community of Practice
9 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
9 7 (18.92%) Pair Programming
9 7 (18.92%) Physics
10 4 (10.81%) DevOps
11 1 (2.70%) Cross-Platform Development
11 1 (2.70%) Issue Tracking
11 1 (2.70%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (83.78%) C++
2 13 (35.14%) C#
3 8 (21.62%) Bash
3 8 (21.62%) Fortran
4 7 (18.92%) C
4 7 (18.92%) C-shell
4 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
5 3 (8.11%) Python
6 1 (2.70%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Degree
2 21 (56.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (40.54%) SC Cleared
3 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
4 4 (10.81%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
1 1 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft