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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 59 131
Rank change year-on-year -75 +72 +43
Permanent jobs citing C++ 34 107 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.63% 4.92% 1.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.12% 13.53% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 22 27 68
10th Percentile £45,750 £38,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £74,250 £76,500
North West median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +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 826 791 1,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.39% 36.40% 33.58%
Number of salaries quoted 654 561 1,388
10th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -0.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £80,000
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 6 May 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 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.94%) GitHub
2 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) HTTP
1 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.94%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.94%) GDB
2 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.94%) WinDbg
General
1 4 (11.76%) Electronics
2 3 (8.82%) Aeronautics
2 3 (8.82%) Aerospace
2 3 (8.82%) Automotive
3 1 (2.94%) Finance
3 1 (2.94%) Retail
3 1 (2.94%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Developer
2 13 (38.24%) C++ Developer
3 10 (29.41%) Senior
4 8 (23.53%) Software Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (17.65%) Senior C++ Developer
5 6 (17.65%) Senior Developer
6 5 (14.71%) Java Developer
7 4 (11.76%) Electronics Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (8.82%) Algorithm Engineer
8 3 (8.82%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (8.82%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 2 (5.88%) Broadcast Engineer
9 2 (5.88%) Lead
9 2 (5.88%) Lead Software Engineer
10 1 (2.94%) Graduate Developer
10 1 (2.94%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) Qt
2 3 (8.82%) STL
3 2 (5.88%) QML
4 1 (2.94%) CSS
4 1 (2.94%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Algorithms
1 3 (8.82%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Software Engineering
2 10 (29.41%) Agile
2 10 (29.41%) DevOps
3 5 (14.71%) Multithreading
4 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (11.76%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (8.82%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.88%) AI
6 2 (5.88%) Code Quality
6 2 (5.88%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (5.88%) GitOps
6 2 (5.88%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.88%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (5.88%) Secure Coding
6 2 (5.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 2 (5.88%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.94%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.94%) OO
7 1 (2.94%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) Python
2 6 (17.65%) C
2 6 (17.65%) Java
3 4 (11.76%) Embedded C
3 4 (11.76%) Embedded C++
4 3 (8.82%) C#
5 1 (2.94%) PHP
5 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) DV Cleared
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (11.76%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) EMC
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft