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Senior C++ jobs in the UK

Live senior C++ jobs in the UK, detected on employer careers pages and updated hourly.

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101 Live vacancies
38 Employers hiring
£87,260 Median advertised
66% Remote
1 day ago Last updated

We are currently tracking 101 live vacancies matching senior C++ jobs in the UK, advertised by 38 different employers. 7 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The most active employers in this slice are Ec1Partners, Socialleverage, Visma and Matrix Ee. Every role is detected on the employer's own careers page rather than reposted from another board, so what you see here is the vacancy as the employer wrote it.

Of the 101 roles, 6 publish a salary. The median advertised ceiling is £87,260. The middle half of the market sits between £55,000 and £114,000, so anything above the upper figure is a genuinely strong offer for senior C++ jobs in the UK. Contract day rates are annualised at 230 working days a year, so permanent and contract pay compare like for like.

On working pattern, 66% are fully remote and 15% are hybrid. By seniority, 100% at senior level. Filter by any of these on the left.

Employers hiring for C++ in this slice most often ask for it alongside Python, Java, C#, React, Rust and Machine Learning. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.

101 live vacancies

Senior PHP Developer

Ftmo · Remote
Remote
Python C# C++ PHP Node.js
First seen 1 day ago

Unity Game Developer (Mid-Senior)

Mimesis Studios · Remote
Remote
Python C# C++ Rust JavaScript
First seen 5 days ago

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Ravelin · London · Remote
Remote
Java C++ Rust TensorFlow PyTorch
First seen 6 days ago

Senior Computer Vision Engineer

Hawkeyeinnovations · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
£65,440 – £87,260 a year
C++ Machine Learning
First seen 6 days ago

Senior Software Engineer - TV Playback (C++)

Lifeatspotify · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
C++ Rust
First seen 6 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | UK | Remote

Grafana Labs · Remote
Remote
£91,755 – £110,106 a year
Python Java C++ Rust Kubernetes
First seen 6 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query | UK | Remote

Grafana Labs · Remote
Remote
£91,000 – £114,000 a year
Python C++ Rust AWS Azure
First seen 6 days ago

Senior Software Engineer, Database (SmithDB)

Langchain · United Kingdom
C++ Rust Azure Kubernetes
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Software Engineer, Inference Platform

Aion123 · London · On-site
Python C++ Go Rust Kubernetes
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Cesiumastro · On-site
C++ Linux
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Java Software Engineer Permanent Cary, North Carolina

Radley James · London · On-site
Python Java C# C++ Machine Learning
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Sptlabtech · Cambridge · Hybrid
Hybrid
C# C++
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Front-End Engineer Featured

Growmoneytrading · London · Remote
Remote
C++
First seen 1 week ago

Senior QA Engineer Featured

Growmoneytrading · London · Remote
Remote
C++
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Geospatial AI Engineer (US)

Sustglobal · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
Python C++ TensorFlow PyTorch Machine Learning
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Security Engineer

Pubmatic · London · Remote
Remote
Java C++ Go Linux Machine Learning
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Software Developer

Cadsindia · United Kingdom
C# C++
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Back End Software Engineer

Piperpiperpiper · Remote
Remote
Python Java C# C++ Rust
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Piperpiperpiper · Remote
Remote
Python Java C# C++ Rust
First seen 1 week ago

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Piperpiperpiper · Remote
Remote
Python Java C# C++ Rust
First seen 1 week ago

Job titles employers are advertising

The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.

Questions about these roles

How many senior C++ jobs in the UK are there right now?

We are tracking 101 live vacancies across 38 employers. The crawler revisits employer careers pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.

What do senior C++ jobs in the UK pay?

The median advertised ceiling is £87,260, based on the 6 of these roles that publish a figure. The middle half of the market runs from £55,000 to £114,000. Contract day rates are annualised so they compare against permanent salaries.

Can these roles be done remotely?

66% are advertised as fully remote and 15% as hybrid. The rest are on-site or do not say — where an employer is silent we leave it blank rather than guessing.

Are these contract or permanent roles?

Every role here that states a basis is permanent. Contract vacancies are listed separately.

Which employers are hiring?

The most active right now are Ec1Partners, Socialleverage, Visma, Matrix Ee and Radley James. Every vacancy links straight to that employer's own careers page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company, and there is no middleman between you and the application.

What other skills do these roles ask for?

Most often Python, Java, C#, React and Rust. That is counted from the live adverts on this page rather than a fixed list, so it tracks what employers are asking for this month.

How much does a C++ developer earn in the UK?

£87,260 is the middle of what is advertised here, which is 59% above the £55,000 median across UK IT as a whole. Read it as the ceiling an employer is advertising towards rather than an offer: 95 of these adverts name no figure at all, and those are the ones where asking early is worth most.

Can you work from home as a C++ developer in the UK?

82 of the 101 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 67 fully remote and 15 hybrid. Fully remote means the advert states no office requirement; hybrid means it names a split.

Are there entry-level or graduate C++ developer jobs in the UK?

Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.

What job titles are used for this role?

Employers on this page advertise it as Senior Java Developer, Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Senior Security Engineer and Senior Machine Learning Engineer. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.

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