The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 62 54 45
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -9
Permanent jobs citing C++ 157 162 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 3.855% 4.448% 3.972%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.140% 7.360% 8.024%
Number of salaries quoted 151 125 141
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2557 2201 1994
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.78% 60.43% 49.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2281 1991 1861
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
North West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Manchester region.

Manchester C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheadle -1 12 £50,000 +25.00%
Stockport -2 12 £31,500 -7.35%
Salford +8 6 £28,000 -32.53%
Altrincham -4 5 £37,000 -17.77%
Bolton -8 5 £27,500 -21.42%
C++
North West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C++.

1 153 (53.50%) Java
2 129 (45.10%) C
3 119 (41.61%) C#
4 106 (37.06%) OO
5 91 (31.82%) .NET
6 80 (27.97%) Linux
7 77 (26.92%) Degree
8 74 (25.87%) Windows
9 73 (25.52%) SQL Server
10 66 (23.08%) SQL
11 52 (18.18%) Computer Science
12 48 (16.78%) JavaScript
12 48 (16.78%) UNIX
13 45 (15.73%) UML
13 45 (15.73%) WPF
14 42 (14.69%) ASP.NET
15 38 (13.29%) Oracle
15 38 (13.29%) HTML
15 38 (13.29%) Software Engineering
16 36 (12.59%) Games
17 35 (12.24%) PHP
18 32 (11.19%) VB.NET
18 32 (11.19%) Multithreading
19 31 (10.84%) Apple iOS
19 31 (10.84%) TDD
20 30 (10.49%) Web Services
20 30 (10.49%) Python
20 30 (10.49%) Enterprise Software
21 29 (10.14%) OOP
22 28 (9.790%) Objective-C

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 91 (31.82%) .NET
2 45 (15.73%) WPF
3 42 (14.69%) ASP.NET
4 38 (13.29%) HTML
5 30 (10.49%) Web Services
6 27 (9.441%) CSS
6 27 (9.441%) J2EE
7 20 (6.993%) WCF
7 20 (6.993%) XML
8 16 (5.594%) OpenGL
8 16 (5.594%) DirectX
9 15 (5.245%) ATL
10 14 (4.895%) ASP
10 14 (4.895%) HTML5
11 12 (4.196%) Spring
12 11 (3.846%) SOAP
12 11 (3.846%) Cocoa
13 10 (3.497%) Ajax
14 9 (3.147%) .NET Framework
15 8 (2.797%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 16 (5.594%) Apache
2 12 (4.196%) IIS
3 6 (2.098%) MS Exchange
4 3 (1.049%) ArchestrA
5 2 (0.699%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.699%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.699%) Windows Azure
5 2 (0.699%) WordPress
6 1 (0.350%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.350%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.350%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.748%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.699%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (2.098%) assyst
2 3 (1.049%) Bond Adapt
3 1 (0.350%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.692%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.895%) Internet
3 12 (4.196%) HTTP
4 10 (3.497%) VoIP
5 7 (2.448%) Ethernet
5 7 (2.448%) Firewall
6 6 (2.098%) SSH
6 6 (2.098%) TACACS
6 6 (2.098%) DNS
6 6 (2.098%) MRTG
7 4 (1.399%) IGMP
7 4 (1.399%) NFC
8 3 (1.049%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.049%) NAS
8 3 (1.049%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (1.049%) WAN
8 3 (1.049%) SAN
8 3 (1.049%) Wireless
9 1 (0.350%) Modbus
9 1 (0.350%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (25.52%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.741%) MySQL
3 16 (5.594%) GIS
4 13 (4.545%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (4.196%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.846%) RDBMS
7 7 (2.448%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (1.748%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.049%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (0.699%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (0.699%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.350%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.350%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 27 (9.441%) Visual Studio
2 15 (5.245%) Xcode
3 10 (3.497%) Subversion
4 7 (2.448%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.748%) Rhino Mocks
5 5 (1.748%) JUnit
5 5 (1.748%) NUnit
6 4 (1.399%) Maven
6 4 (1.399%) Git (software)
6 4 (1.399%) WATIR
6 4 (1.399%) Selenium
6 4 (1.399%) FitNesse
7 3 (1.049%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.699%) Ant
8 2 (0.699%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.350%) JIRA
9 1 (0.350%) GCC
9 1 (0.350%) Hudson
9 1 (0.350%) LabVIEW
General
1 36 (12.59%) Games
2 20 (6.993%) Music
3 19 (6.643%) Finance
4 17 (5.944%) Electronics
5 16 (5.594%) Retail
5 16 (5.594%) Music Industry
6 13 (4.545%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.196%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (3.147%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.797%) Marketing
10 6 (2.098%) Billing
11 5 (1.748%) Military
11 5 (1.748%) Automotive
12 4 (1.399%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.399%) Banking
13 2 (0.699%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 138 (48.25%) Developer
2 106 (37.06%) Software Engineer
3 40 (13.99%) Software Developer
4 32 (11.19%) C++ Developer
5 23 (8.042%) Graduate
6 21 (7.343%) Graduate Developer
6 21 (7.343%) C# Software Engineer
7 18 (6.294%) .NET Software Engineer
7 18 (6.294%) iOS Developer
8 17 (5.944%) Programmer
8 17 (5.944%) Lead Developer
9 16 (5.594%) Senior Developer
9 16 (5.594%) Graduate Software Developer
10 13 (4.545%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (4.196%) Lead Software Engineer
11 12 (4.196%) Senior C++ Developer
11 12 (4.196%) C# Developer
11 12 (4.196%) .NET Developer
11 12 (4.196%) Mobile Developer
12 9 (3.147%) Software Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 30 (10.49%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (9.091%) Mobile App
4 15 (5.245%) SCADA
5 14 (4.895%) Client/Server
5 14 (4.895%) N-Tier
6 11 (3.846%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (3.497%) iPhone
7 10 (3.497%) Mathematics
8 9 (3.147%) iPad
9 8 (2.797%) BBC
9 8 (2.797%) Blackberry
10 7 (2.448%) Physics
10 7 (2.448%) 3D Graphics
11 6 (2.098%) Interactive TV
12 5 (1.748%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 5 (1.748%) MHEG
12 5 (1.748%) Handset
13 4 (1.399%) Digital Media
13 4 (1.399%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 80 (27.97%) Linux
2 74 (25.87%) Windows
3 48 (16.78%) UNIX
4 31 (10.84%) Apple iOS
5 28 (9.790%) Android
6 7 (2.448%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (2.448%) Mac OS X
6 7 (2.448%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.399%) AIX
8 2 (0.699%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (0.699%) Windows CE
9 1 (0.350%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.350%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (37.06%) OO
2 45 (15.73%) UML
3 38 (13.29%) Software Engineering
4 32 (11.19%) Multithreading
5 31 (10.84%) TDD
6 29 (10.14%) OOP
7 26 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
8 16 (5.594%) Unit Testing
9 15 (5.245%) Web Development
9 15 (5.245%) OOD
9 15 (5.245%) Scrum
10 13 (4.545%) Software Architecture
10 13 (4.545%) Business Analysis
11 12 (4.196%) Logistics
11 12 (4.196%) OOA/OOD
12 10 (3.497%) E-Commerce
12 10 (3.497%) Game Development
12 10 (3.497%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (2.797%) Web Application Development
14 7 (2.448%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 153 (53.50%) Java
2 129 (45.10%) C
3 119 (41.61%) C#
4 66 (23.08%) SQL
5 48 (16.78%) JavaScript
6 35 (12.24%) PHP
7 32 (11.19%) VB.NET
8 30 (10.49%) Python
9 28 (9.790%) Objective-C
10 26 (9.091%) Perl
11 21 (7.343%) Ruby
12 20 (6.993%) VB
13 14 (4.895%) Lua
14 8 (2.797%) ActionScript
15 7 (2.448%) Embedded C++
15 7 (2.448%) Shell Script
16 6 (2.098%) VC++
17 5 (1.748%) Bash shell
17 5 (1.748%) Embedded C
18 4 (1.399%) VB6
Qualifications
1 77 (26.92%) Degree
2 6 (2.098%) Security Cleared
3 5 (1.748%) MCP
3 5 (1.748%) MCAD
3 5 (1.748%) MCSD
3 5 (1.748%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (1.748%) MCTS
4 4 (1.399%) SCJP
4 4 (1.399%) SCJA
5 2 (0.699%) HNC
5 2 (0.699%) HND
6 1 (0.350%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.748%) QA
2 3 (1.049%) COBIT
2 3 (1.049%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.350%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (2.797%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.098%) NFS
2 6 (2.098%) SpamAssassin
2 6 (2.098%) FreeRADIUS
2 6 (2.098%) Sendmail
3 4 (1.399%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.399%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.098%) Nagios
1 6 (2.098%) OpenView
1 6 (2.098%) SolarWinds Orion
1 6 (2.098%) Cacti
2 1 (0.350%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 1 (0.350%) MIIS
Vendors
1 38 (13.29%) Oracle
2 24 (8.392%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.147%) Cisco
4 7 (2.448%) VMware
5 6 (2.098%) HP
5 6 (2.098%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.399%) Apple
7 3 (1.049%) Twitter
7 3 (1.049%) JBoss
7 3 (1.049%) Symbian
7 3 (1.049%) Citrix
7 3 (1.049%) EMC
7 3 (1.049%) Wonderware
8 2 (0.699%) QNX
8 2 (0.699%) TIBCO
8 2 (0.699%) IBM
9 1 (0.350%) BMC
Cheadle, Cheshire
Software Engineers / R&D Engineers with Asterisk telephony system and C/C++ software programming skills required for an innovative and leading technology company based near Manchester. We require...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
They are currently looking to fill a couple of positions and the top level skillset they are after is for someone with some or all of the following:...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 40,000 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Successful candidates will receive intense technical training (approximately 16 weeks) in technologies including C++, C#, VB .Net, Java EE, UNIX, dependant on whether they choose to train in...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
Key skills - C++ Developer, C Developer, Software Engineer, Windows Development C++ Developer / C Developer is urgently needed for a high profile client!... We are looking for C++ Developers...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Strong knowledge of the Linux and the Open Source world and community... Qualifications : Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or Dciences... Some Open Source technologies would be an...
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 20,000 to 40,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Object Oriented design. - Java SE and Java EE... - ideally some of the following: DBMS, jboss, maven, ant, spring framework, hibernate, Unix/Linux environment, Agile Development, .NET, Python, Ruby,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Corporate Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set, ASP.NET C# VB SQL Server Visual Studio 2008+ Any experience with the following would be desirable,...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Passionate and experienced Windows CE/Windows Mobile developer wanted to come and work on an interesting and challenging internal product... You will have developed several commercial applications on...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 29 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Relational Database (Oracle, Postgres) Object Oriented Design and Development. Windows and UNIX operating systems... OO... OO design, UML. OO programming ( Java. or C++)... Oracle or Postgres database systems /...
Aria Select Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
They are looking for someone with familiarity with Real Time operating systems, multi-threading and embedded systems... The Senior C/C++ Developer would be expected to mentor junior...
TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
As an IOS Developer / Mobile Software Engineer the essential skills that will be required are: - Excellent knowledge/experience of C/C++ - Web Application Development experience (HTML/CSS/Javascript)...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Within a team of six highly skilled software engineers, you will take your place as a .Net Software Engineer amongst a larger multi disciplined team of engineers including...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Within a team of six highly skilled software engineers, you will take your place as a .Net Software Engineer amongst a larger multi disciplined team of engineers including...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Essential Technical: - Excellent Microsoft .Net C# (2.0 +) - ASP.Net, MVC, Web Forms - Microsoft Visual Studio 2008+ - jQuery, jQuery UI, javascript, CSS, HTML, AJAX - Excellent Web UI design...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills, C++, C#, Software Developer, Scientific Developer, extreme Programming (XP), TDD, AGILE, Pair Programming, .NET, MS SQL Server, Statistics, Mathematical, algorithms, ASP.NET, Javascript... We are looking for...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Web Application Developer (C++ OR Java, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Linux or UNIX, AJAX) - Central Manchester... To be considered for this role you require a good understanding of...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Healthcare and pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, Wordpress oObject Orientated or Event Driven Programming, e.g. Java, C++ oDatabase Design and development, e.g. Oracle, SQL oGeneral computer hardware, network and...
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The Role… The role reports directly to the Software Engineering Team Leader and will be part of a small team dedicated to Software Engineering/Development... Technical Skills: *High...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Linux; Relational database design and programming using e.g. Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Excel spreadsheet design and VBA programming; Use of data tools e.g... Java, Python, Perl,...
Oliver James Associates
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + car, pension, negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
An opportunity has arisen within a small technical team based out of the City Centre of Manchester for a talented C++ to work on a next generation 3D...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Android Developer/ Mobile - Java, C++, C#, Android, OOP, Agile, Android... Technical skills and Experience: *Java/C/C# - a minimum of five years commercial experience... *Understanding of OOP concepts. *...
IT Ventures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Attendance Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
Manchester, North West
A portfolio of at least one demonstrable, working mobile app *App Store submission process.*Understanding of OOP concepts.*Source Control*Agile/Scrum Desirable skills include *Blackberry/iOS Development *...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Attendance Bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
Quay House, Manchester, United Kingdom
MUSIC GROUP is currently looking for an iOS Developer... Responsibilities: - As a mobile application developer, you will have a customer focus and deliver cool apps for a world...
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Responsibilities of the Software Engineer (C++ Software Engineer) : - Handle all software aspects of the design, development, and continuous improvement of state of the art professional digital audio systems...
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stockport, North West
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a well established and growing company. This role is responsible for the management of the 3rd and 4th Line support...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Working as part of the Product Management team you will gather, document and design new product functionality and requested changes for the client base, reporting to the Director...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The role involves developing against specifications outlining Customer requirements, which can have tight deadlines.You should be strong in mobile development technologies, particularly with knowledge and experience of...
Hudson
Salary: £34000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, benefits, flexi-time
Posted: 17 May 2013
Quay House, Manchester, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: - Handle all software aspects of the design, development, and continuous improvement of state of the art professional digital audio systems for the live performance arena - Liaise with...
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Senior Java / Web Developer -Stockport- £40,000 - £47,000 My international client is now urgently looking for an experienced Java software developer to join their team of highly...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Principal Embedded Software Engineer Technical Skills: *Embedded C/C++ programming *Digital Signal Processing *Real Time Operating Systems *Comms Protocols - Ethernet, TCP/IP Beneficial: *Object orientated programming *Embedded Linux...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Principal Embedded Software Engineer Technical Skills:*Embedded C/C++ programming*Digital Signal Processing*Real Time Operating Systems*Comms Protocols - Ethernet, TCP/IPBeneficial:*Object orientated programming*Embedded LinuxThe role...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013