C++ Job Trends in the North East

C++
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 66 56
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 +28
Permanent jobs citing C++ 8 21 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.79% 2.18% 1.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.19% 5.32% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 6
10th Percentile £44,075 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £52,250 £59,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.38% +45.45% -
75th Percentile £60,750 £95,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £113,000 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All Programming Languages
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 191 395 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 18.93% 40.93% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 144 209 169
10th Percentile £28,250 - £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.44%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,375 £95,250 £69,840
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

C++ job vacancy trend in the North East

C++
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North East over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in the North East

C++
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North East region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Tyne and Wear 0 8 £56,500 -29.38% 15
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Developer
2 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate PHP Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Graduate SQL Developer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Graduate
2 1 (12.50%) PHP Developer
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Mentoring
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
1 7 (87.50%) Software Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) MVC
2 1 (12.50%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) OOP
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) PHP
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (87.50%) Firmware