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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 98 117
Rank change year-on-year -30 +19 +45
Permanent jobs citing C++ 16 55 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.46% 2.18% 1.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.64% 6.08% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 16 19 50
10th Percentile - £42,650 £44,875
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +6.38% -3.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 - £75,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.07% -6.06%

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 606 904 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 17.52% 35.83% 40.25%
Number of salaries quoted 520 504 1,250
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £76,563 £77,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,600 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -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 16 February 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) HTTP
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (43.75%) Electronics
2 3 (18.75%) Aeronautics
2 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
2 3 (18.75%) Automotive
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Electronics Engineer
1 7 (43.75%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Algorithm Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Senior C++ Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Broadcast Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) Qt
2 4 (25.00%) STL
3 3 (18.75%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (31.25%) Multithreading
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) GitOps
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C
1 7 (43.75%) Embedded C
1 7 (43.75%) Embedded C++
2 3 (18.75%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (43.75%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) EMC