C++ Job Trends in Manchester

C++
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 103 93
Rank change year-on-year -19 -10 +44
Permanent jobs citing C++ 17 56 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.61% 2.07% 2.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.18% 6.13% 5.85%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 50
10th Percentile - £46,750 £32,092
25th Percentile £45,750 £51,563 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £60,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% +7.08% -7.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,375 £71,625
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.13% +0.10% -9.97%

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 534 913 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 19.18% 33.73% 42.97%
Number of salaries quoted 457 477 833
10th Percentile £34,800 £38,750 £36,840
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,251 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,548
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Manchester

C++
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Manchester

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) HTTP
1 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (52.94%) Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Aeronautics
2 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.88%) Automotive
2 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Electronics Engineer
1 9 (52.94%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) C++ Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Senior C++ Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Algorithm Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) SCADA Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Siemens Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) STL
2 4 (23.53%) Qt
3 3 (17.65%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (23.53%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) GitOps
3 3 (17.65%) Multithreading
4 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Embedded C++
2 9 (52.94%) C
2 9 (52.94%) Embedded C
3 3 (17.65%) C#
4 2 (11.76%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (52.94%) Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) EMC
2 2 (11.76%) Siemens