C++: market
The C++ market currently has 8,012 open roles, 7,604 of them freshly observed. Median salary $10,913/mo. Observed candidate pool — 7,723.
⚠ salary known for 380 of 8012 jobs; remote share from 5302 with a stated format; 7604 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 8,012 |
| Observed supply | 7,723 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $4,750, one in ten over $18,125. Half the market falls between $6,312 and $16,045. Sample: 380.
Demand geography
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 3,249 |
| PL | 569 |
| IN | 397 |
| GB | 356 |
| DE | 321 |
| SG | 213 |
| RU | 184 |
| CA | 160 |
| HK | 156 |
| IL | 98 |
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| Backend | 1,065 |
| Embedded | 718 |
| Architect | 573 |
| ML/AI | 496 |
| DevOps | 371 |
| Fullstack | 350 |
| QA | 327 |
| AI Engineer | 185 |
| Data | 183 |
| Security | 174 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 2,200 |
| principal | 866 |
| junior | 529 |
| lead | 426 |
| middle | 243 |
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 2,142 employers. The largest accounts for 12.7%, the top ten for 21.8%; the remaining 78.2% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 12.7% |
| top-3 | 15.6% |
| top-10 | 21.8% |
| long tail | 78.2% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 144 sources; the largest accounts for 30.7% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Recent openings
- Senior Java Developer · PL
- Senior C++ Developer · PL
- Electronics Hardware Engineer (m/f/d) · DE
- Embedded Linux contractor
- Инженер-программист промышленного оборудования · RU
- R&D Engineer (C++ & Python) · HK
- AI Programmer / AI Developer /Java Developer /SA (Financial firm/Bank) · HK
- Software Development Support Engineer · PL · $4,625
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 7.
Data as of 2026-10-20