C++ Jobs in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 235 153
Rank change year-on-year +41 -82 -56
Permanent jobs citing C++ 215 220 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.24% 1.26% 2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.29% 2.98% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 183 157 286
10th Percentile £41,500 £30,000 £32,938
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
North of England

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,007 7,371 7,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.94% 42.16% 43.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,141 3,663 5,539
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,581 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North of England.

Salary trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the North of England

C++
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
North West +46 115 £61,000 +1.67% 56
Yorkshire +35 76 £47,500 +11.76% 19
North East +9 24 £55,000 +4.76% 11
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (10.23%) Apache
2 2 (0.93%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.47%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.91%) Azure
2 8 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.33%) AWS
4 4 (1.86%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.37%) MQTT
2 16 (7.44%) Wireless
3 12 (5.58%) 3G
3 12 (5.58%) 4G
3 12 (5.58%) RS-485
3 12 (5.58%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.26%) Network Security
5 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.93%) VoIP
7 1 (0.47%) Intranet
7 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.65%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) Power BI
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.05%) Jenkins
2 12 (5.58%) Git
3 9 (4.19%) LabVIEW
4 6 (2.79%) GDB
4 6 (2.79%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.86%) CMake
5 4 (1.86%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.86%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.86%) GCC
5 4 (1.86%) JIRA
5 4 (1.86%) Selenium
6 3 (1.40%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (9.30%) Manufacturing
2 18 (8.37%) Automotive
2 18 (8.37%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.58%) Mandarin Language
4 11 (5.12%) Electronics
5 9 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.72%) Legal
6 8 (3.72%) Marketing
7 7 (3.26%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.33%) Finance
8 5 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.40%) Games
10 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Advertising
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (49.77%) Software Engineer
2 60 (27.91%) Developer
3 56 (26.05%) C++ Developer
4 48 (22.33%) Embedded Engineer
5 47 (21.86%) Lead
6 45 (20.93%) C++ Software Engineer
7 40 (18.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (16.28%) Senior
9 29 (13.49%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (11.63%) Technical Leader
11 19 (8.84%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 17 (7.91%) Lead Developer
12 17 (7.91%) Software Developer
13 16 (7.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 15 (6.98%) C++ Software Developer
15 13 (6.05%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
16 11 (5.12%) C Software Engineer
16 11 (5.12%) C/C++ Software Engineer
16 11 (5.12%) GUI Software Engineer
17 9 (4.19%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.56%) REST
2 21 (9.77%) .NET
3 17 (7.91%) STL
4 16 (7.44%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (5.58%) OpenGL
6 10 (4.65%) React
7 9 (4.19%) SOAP
8 8 (3.72%) Web Services
9 7 (3.26%) HTML
9 7 (3.26%) WPF
10 6 (2.79%) .NET Framework
11 5 (2.33%) Apache Thrift
11 5 (2.33%) ASP.NET
12 4 (1.86%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.86%) DirectX
12 4 (1.86%) Entity Framework
12 4 (1.86%) Node.js
12 4 (1.86%) WebGL
13 3 (1.40%) ASP.NET Core
13 3 (1.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.30%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (6.51%) IoT
3 12 (5.58%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.72%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.79%) SCADA
6 5 (2.33%) Robotics
7 3 (1.40%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (1.40%) FPGA
7 3 (1.40%) Podcast
8 2 (0.93%) Blog
9 1 (0.47%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (0.47%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.47%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 65 (30.23%) Linux
2 28 (13.02%) Windows
3 23 (10.70%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.79%) AIX
5 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.93%) FreeBSD
6 2 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.93%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (67.44%) Software Engineering
2 59 (27.44%) Agile
3 42 (19.53%) Mentoring
4 31 (14.42%) Coaching
4 31 (14.42%) Roadmaps
5 30 (13.95%) Product Roadmap
6 27 (12.56%) OO
7 26 (12.09%) Architectural Design
7 26 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (11.63%) Feasibility Study
8 25 (11.63%) Open Source
8 25 (11.63%) Re-Platforming
8 25 (11.63%) Strategic Thinking
9 21 (9.77%) Software Testing
10 18 (8.37%) CAD
10 18 (8.37%) OOD
11 17 (7.91%) TDD
11 17 (7.91%) Test Automation
12 15 (6.98%) Computer Science
13 13 (6.05%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 102 (47.44%) C
2 67 (31.16%) Python
3 50 (23.26%) C#
4 39 (18.14%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.63%) COBOL
5 25 (11.63%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 23 (10.70%) Java
7 14 (6.51%) SQL
8 9 (4.19%) SystemVerilog
9 8 (3.72%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.79%) VB
11 4 (1.86%) R
12 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.93%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.93%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.93%) Perl
14 1 (0.47%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.47%) Bash
14 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (12.09%) Degree
2 12 (5.58%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.33%) HND
5 4 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.86%) PhD
6 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.58%) GDPR
2 7 (3.26%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 18 (8.37%) Firmware
2 13 (6.05%) Docker
3 9 (4.19%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.47%) Podman
3 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.63%) Micro Focus
2 9 (4.19%) Cadence
2 9 (4.19%) Synopsys
3 6 (2.79%) Oracle
4 3 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (0.93%) EMC
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.47%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.47%) Lotus
6 1 (0.47%) QNX
6 1 (0.47%) YouTube