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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 45 102
Rank change year-on-year -120 +57 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 36 126 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.47% 5.31% 1.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.14% 16.24% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 19 17 44
10th Percentile £53,000 £43,950 £47,700
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,750 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -17.36% +5.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £74,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,250 £61,000
% change year-on-year +7.32% -15.98% +2.52%

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 1,147 776 1,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.13% 32.73% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 852 474 692
10th Percentile £40,575 £32,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -2.65%

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 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Manchester

C++
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Salford -18 5 £55,000 - 1
Stockport -4 2 £70,000 - 2
C++
North West

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 3 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) GCP
2 2 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) HTTP
1 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Git
2 2 (5.56%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 2 (5.56%) Retail
2 1 (2.78%) Back Office
2 1 (2.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (75.00%) Developer
2 19 (52.78%) C++ Developer
3 10 (27.78%) Senior
4 9 (25.00%) Senior C++ Developer
4 9 (25.00%) Senior Developer
5 8 (22.22%) Software Engineer
6 6 (16.67%) Java Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) Lead Developer
8 1 (2.78%) C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Engineering Specialist
8 1 (2.78%) Junior
8 1 (2.78%) Junior C++ Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Junior Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) QML
1 2 (5.56%) Qt
1 2 (5.56%) REST
1 2 (5.56%) STL
2 1 (2.78%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.78%) MEAN Stack
2 1 (2.78%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.78%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Software Engineering
2 11 (30.56%) DevOps
3 7 (19.44%) Agile
4 4 (11.11%) AI
5 2 (5.56%) CI/CD
5 2 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.56%) Line Management
5 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.56%) Microservices
5 2 (5.56%) People Management
5 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.56%) Secure Coding
5 2 (5.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (5.56%) Software Architecture
5 2 (5.56%) Software Delivery
5 2 (5.56%) Software Testing
5 2 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (5.56%) Test Automation
5 2 (5.56%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) Java
1 9 (25.00%) Python
2 8 (22.22%) C
3 7 (19.44%) C#
4 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.56%) SQL
6 1 (2.78%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes