C++ Jobs in the North West

C++
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 225 161
Rank change year-on-year +51 -64 -56
Permanent jobs citing C++ 116 80 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.19% 1.01% 2.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.99% 2.49% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 104 72 130
10th Percentile £44,125 £30,000 £34,941
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,438 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,964 - £86,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,905 3,216 3,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.77% 40.48% 41.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,364 1,800 2,655
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for C++ in the North West

C++
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Manchester +53 81 £62,500 +8.70% 33
Cheshire +8 24 £60,000 - 11
Lancashire - 9 £79,932 - 6
Merseyside -4 2 £50,000 -39.39% 1
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 16 (13.79%) Apache
2 2 (1.72%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.86%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.21%) Azure
2 5 (4.31%) AWS
3 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.45%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.31%) MQTT
2 4 (3.45%) Wireless
3 3 (2.59%) Network Security
4 1 (0.86%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (3.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (9.48%) Git
2 10 (8.62%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.17%) GDB
4 4 (3.45%) CMake
4 4 (3.45%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.45%) Cypress.io
4 4 (3.45%) GCC
4 4 (3.45%) Selenium
4 4 (3.45%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.59%) JIRA
6 2 (1.72%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.72%) LabVIEW
6 2 (1.72%) Subversion
7 1 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (10.34%) Manufacturing
2 7 (6.03%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.17%) Automotive
4 5 (4.31%) Electronics
4 5 (4.31%) Finance
4 5 (4.31%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.45%) Games
5 4 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.59%) Marketing
6 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.72%) Legal
8 1 (0.86%) Advertising
8 1 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (42.24%) Developer
2 47 (40.52%) C++ Developer
2 47 (40.52%) Software Engineer
3 31 (26.72%) Lead
4 21 (18.10%) C++ Software Engineer
5 19 (16.38%) Senior
6 17 (14.66%) Embedded Engineer
6 17 (14.66%) Lead Developer
7 16 (13.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (12.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (8.62%) C++ Software Developer
9 10 (8.62%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (8.62%) Software Developer
9 10 (8.62%) Technical Leader
10 9 (7.76%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (6.03%) GUI Software Engineer
11 7 (6.03%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
12 6 (5.17%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
13 5 (4.31%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.79%) Apache NiFi
1 16 (13.79%) STL
2 10 (8.62%) .NET
3 9 (7.76%) REST
4 8 (6.90%) OpenGL
5 6 (5.17%) React
6 5 (4.31%) Apache Thrift
7 4 (3.45%) Node.js
7 4 (3.45%) SOAP
8 3 (2.59%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.59%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.59%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (1.72%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.72%) HTML
9 2 (1.72%) HTML5
9 2 (1.72%) Middleware
9 2 (1.72%) POSIX
9 2 (1.72%) Redux
9 2 (1.72%) Web Services
10 1 (0.86%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (7.76%) IoT
3 4 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.59%) FPGA
5 2 (1.72%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.72%) Blog
5 2 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.86%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.86%) Robotics
6 1 (0.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 39 (33.62%) Linux
2 28 (24.14%) Windows
3 8 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.59%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.72%) FreeBSD
5 2 (1.72%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.86%) Android
6 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (57.76%) Software Engineering
2 28 (24.14%) Agile
3 22 (18.97%) Mentoring
4 16 (13.79%) Coaching
4 16 (13.79%) Roadmaps
5 15 (12.93%) Product Roadmap
6 14 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (10.34%) Computer Science
8 11 (9.48%) CAD
8 11 (9.48%) Multithreading
8 11 (9.48%) TDD
9 10 (8.62%) Architectural Design
9 10 (8.62%) Feasibility Study
9 10 (8.62%) Open Source
9 10 (8.62%) Re-Platforming
9 10 (8.62%) SDLC
9 10 (8.62%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (7.76%) DevOps
11 7 (6.03%) OO
12 6 (5.17%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.62%) C
2 32 (27.59%) Python
3 25 (21.55%) C#
4 17 (14.66%) Java
4 17 (14.66%) JavaScript
5 10 (8.62%) COBOL
5 10 (8.62%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 9 (7.76%) SQL
7 4 (3.45%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.72%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.72%) Perl
8 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.86%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.86%) Bash
9 1 (0.86%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 19 (16.38%) Degree
2 12 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.31%) HND
5 4 (3.45%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.86%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.86%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.03%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.72%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.17%) Docker
2 5 (4.31%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (4.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.59%) Ansible
3 1 (0.86%) Podman
3 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (8.62%) Micro Focus
2 4 (3.45%) Cadence
2 4 (3.45%) Synopsys
3 3 (2.59%) SAP
4 2 (1.72%) EMC
4 2 (1.72%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.86%) YouTube