C++
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring C++ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 44 | 103 | 101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +59 | -2 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 126 | 79 | 78 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 5.32% | 1.94% | 2.80% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 16.36% | 6.40% | 6.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 49 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,450 | £48,450 | £40,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,750 | £55,500 | £45,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £61,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.03% | +6.09% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £70,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £51,250 | £61,000 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.98% | +3.39% | -1.67% |
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 | 770 | 1,234 | 1,207 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 32.49% | 30.36% | 43.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 468 | 718 | 1,018 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,750 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -4.17% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £80,000 | £83,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -3.51% | +3.64% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Salary Trend in Manchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing C++.
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Salary Histogram in Manchester
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
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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 18 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | - | 8 | - | - | |
| Stockport | +8 | 7 | - | - | 1 |
| Oldham | +3 | 7 | - | - | 2 |
| Heywood | - | 7 | - | - | |
| Cheadle | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Dukinfield | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Altrincham | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Sale | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Stalybridge | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Wigan | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Rochdale | +15 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bolton | +7 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| Littleborough | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Salford | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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