C++ Job Trends in Cheshire

C++
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 45 61
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 +24
Permanent jobs citing C++ 2 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.15% 2.29% 1.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.60% 8.18% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £51,500 £49,033 £53,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,332 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,509 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -13.73% +31.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,854 £72,750
90th Percentile £63,500 - £78,063
North West median annual salary £57,500 £58,918 £56,500
% change year-on-year -2.41% +4.28% -13.08%

All Programming Languages
Cheshire

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 125 159 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.60% 28.04% 34.92%
Number of salaries quoted 103 93 172
10th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £63,500 £82,548
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

C++ job vacancy trend in Cheshire

C++
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cheshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Cheshire

C++
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Crewe -8 1 £65,000 -
Chester - 1 £50,000 - 8
C++
North West

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Keras
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft