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C++ in internship postings

From the 12,147 open internship postings we track that have a description · as of Nov 6, 2026

Postings that ask for it7.7%933 postings (950 requisitions) of 12,147 postings with a description
Remote1.4%13 of the 933 C++ postings
Median pay with it+59.3%$43.00/h (N=365) vs $27.00/h for all postings with pay (N=4545)

How to read this: this compares pay in postings that ask for the skill with pay in all postings. It mostly shows which kinds of jobs ask for it — not what the skill alone does to your pay.

Fields that ask for it
Share of the 933 C++ postings in each field. A posting can be in several fields, or none.
  1. Computer Science49.4% (461 of 933)
  2. Engineering24.7% (230 of 933)
  3. Data Science14.3% (133 of 933)
  4. Product & Design4.6% (43 of 933)
  5. Business2.1% (20 of 933)
  6. Finance1.4% (13 of 933)
Employers asking for it most
Postings per employer, out of the 933 C++ postings.
  1. The Aerospace Corporation4.1% (38 of 933)
  2. Astera Labs3.6% (34 of 933)
  3. Booz Allen3.6% (34 of 933)
  4. NVIDIA3.6% (34 of 933)
  5. RTX3.5% (33 of 933)
  6. Palantir3.2% (30 of 933)
  7. Hewlett Packard Enterprise2.8% (26 of 933)
  8. General Motors2.7% (25 of 933)
Learned C++? Add one of these next
The skills C++ postings most often ask for alongside it: the share of C++ postings that also name each one.
  1. Python88.1% (822 of 933)
  2. C48.1% (449 of 933)
  3. Java33.4% (312 of 933)
  4. Linux25.4% (237 of 933)
  5. Git23% (215 of 933)
How to build it
Free resources, one project and a resume bullet to adapt. Time spans are rough estimates.

Project: A small performance-minded tool

about 3–4 weeks part time (estimate)

Write a command-line tool in modern C++ (a log parser, a tiny key-value store) using classes, the standard library and CMake, then profile it and make one measured speedup.

Sample resume bullet

Implemented a C++ [log parser] processing [N] MB/s, [X%] faster after profiling and replacing [data structure].

Replace every [bracket] with your real numbers; never invent them.

Open postings that ask for C++
The newest ones, still open when these numbers were computed.
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How these numbers are made

Counting unit: a posting is one role. Repeat requisitions from the same employer with the same title and the same location (city, state or province, country, and remote or not) count once, using the newest one. Counted over open, de-duplicated postings with a description (12,147), once per posting; the 933 C++ postings stand for 950 requisitions. Every share, median and pairing below uses postings, not requisitions. A posting counts as asking for C++ when its description matches: 'C++', any case. A skill is never counted for its own employer's postings. Shares show their N and denominator: 7.7% (933 of 12,147).

Pay compares hourly US-dollar pay (weekly, monthly and yearly pay converted, ranges at their midpoint), only for postings that publish it: 365 C++ postings against 4545 postings overall. Medians, not averages.