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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 113 129
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 +53
Permanent jobs citing C++ 20 28 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.45% 1.38% 1.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.78% 3.81% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 20 26 62
10th Percentile - £38,250 £44,100
25th Percentile £45,750 £48,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £56,250 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% -7.79% +6.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £75,000 £82,250
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% -4.49%

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 720 734 1,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.30% 36.26% 35.86%
Number of salaries quoted 596 564 1,381
10th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £48,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +9.57% -0.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 2 April 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub
2 1 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) HTTP
1 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.00%) GDB
2 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.00%) WinDbg
General
1 5 (25.00%) Electronics
2 3 (15.00%) Aeronautics
2 3 (15.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (15.00%) Automotive
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Senior
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) C++ Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Algorithm Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Linux Engineer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior C++ Developer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
5 3 (15.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Broadcast Engineer
6 2 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Graduate C# Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (5.00%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) Qt
2 4 (20.00%) STL
3 3 (15.00%) QML
4 1 (5.00%) CSS
4 1 (5.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (15.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (30.00%) Multithreading
4 5 (25.00%) DevOps
4 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 3 (15.00%) GitOps
6 3 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
8 1 (5.00%) Clean Code
8 1 (5.00%) Concurrent Programming
8 1 (5.00%) Performance Optimisation
8 1 (5.00%) Performance Tuning
8 1 (5.00%) Platform Engineering
8 1 (5.00%) SDLC
8 1 (5.00%) Secure Coding
8 1 (5.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 1 (5.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded C++
3 4 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (5.00%) PHP
5 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
1 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) EMC
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft