C++ Job Trends in Durham

C++
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing C++ 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.41% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,939 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,939 - -
75th Percentile £32,939 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £90,000 £25,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +260.00% -58.33% -5.88%

All Programming Languages
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 75 10 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 15.31% 4.41% 23.95%
Number of salaries quoted 43 9 69
10th Percentile £32,400 £27,650 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £27,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -20.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,258 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,860 £75,057 £75,000
North East median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £54,250
% change year-on-year +12.38% -3.23% -1.36%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Durham

C++
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing C++

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware