C++ Job Trends in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 38 141
Rank change year-on-year -190 +103 +69
Permanent jobs citing C++ 132 636 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.59% 6.60% 1.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.64% 23.85% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 100 57 200
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £36,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £46,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.04% -22.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £90,000 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £63,500 £84,964
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,624 2,667 3,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.29% 27.66% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,737 1,405 2,897
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,733 £61,206
% change year-on-year +3.61% +2.49% -5.84%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

C++ job vacancy trend in the North of England

C++
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in the North of England

C++
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
North West -151 71 £55,000 +2.33% 21
North East -19 53 £90,000 +260.00% 18
Yorkshire -69 8 £43,250 -5.98% 9
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.55%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.33%) Azure
2 7 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (3.79%) AWS
5 2 (1.52%) GCP
5 2 (1.52%) GitHub
5 2 (1.52%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.52%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.52%) Wireless
2 2 (1.52%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.76%) Broadband
3 1 (0.76%) HTTP
3 1 (0.76%) LTE
3 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.76%) Db2
2 1 (0.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.82%) Git
2 3 (2.27%) JIRA
2 3 (2.27%) LabVIEW
2 3 (2.27%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) GDB
4 1 (0.76%) WinDbg
General
1 15 (11.36%) Electronics
2 12 (9.09%) Finance
3 10 (7.58%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.30%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.30%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.79%) Retail
7 3 (2.27%) Automotive
7 3 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.52%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.76%) Back Office
9 1 (0.76%) Banking
9 1 (0.76%) Games
9 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 56 (42.42%) Developer
3 41 (31.06%) C++ Developer
4 35 (26.52%) Senior
5 26 (19.70%) C++ Software Engineer
6 25 (18.94%) Software Developer
7 22 (16.67%) C++ Software Developer
8 20 (15.15%) Senior Software Engineer
9 18 (13.64%) Rust Engineer
9 18 (13.64%) Rust Software Engineer
10 14 (10.61%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (10.61%) Principal Software Engineer
10 14 (10.61%) Rust Developer
10 14 (10.61%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (9.09%) Senior C++ Developer
11 12 (9.09%) Senior Developer
12 11 (8.33%) Principal Developer
12 11 (8.33%) Principal Software Developer
13 9 (6.82%) Graduate
14 8 (6.06%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.09%) .NET
2 8 (6.06%) Vue
3 4 (3.03%) Entity Framework
4 3 (2.27%) HTML
5 2 (1.52%) CSS
5 2 (1.52%) jQuery
5 2 (1.52%) QML
5 2 (1.52%) Qt
5 2 (1.52%) REST
5 2 (1.52%) STL
6 1 (0.76%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.76%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.76%) MEAN Stack
6 1 (0.76%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.06%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.55%) Legacy Applications
2 6 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.79%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.79%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.03%) Contactless
4 4 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.03%) EMV
4 4 (3.03%) Hedge funds
4 4 (3.03%) Java Card
4 4 (3.03%) Smartcard
5 3 (2.27%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.27%) IoT
5 3 (2.27%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.52%) Robotics
6 2 (1.52%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.76%) EPoS
7 1 (0.76%) FPGA
7 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.76%) Linux
2 8 (6.06%) Windows
3 4 (3.03%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.52%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Android
5 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (62.12%) Software Engineering
2 35 (26.52%) Computer Science
3 28 (21.21%) Mathematics
4 27 (20.45%) AI
5 23 (17.42%) DevOps
6 22 (16.67%) Physics
6 22 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (15.15%) Requirements Management
8 18 (13.64%) Mentoring
9 17 (12.88%) Workflow
10 15 (11.36%) Agile
11 14 (10.61%) Technical Debt
12 13 (9.85%) CI/CD
13 10 (7.58%) Test Automation
14 9 (6.82%) SDLC
15 8 (6.06%) Collaborative Culture
15 8 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (6.06%) OOP
16 6 (4.55%) Full-Stack Development
16 6 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.79%) Python
2 36 (27.27%) Rust
3 30 (22.73%) Java
4 28 (21.21%) C#
5 27 (20.45%) C
6 14 (10.61%) SQL
7 12 (9.09%) JavaScript
8 8 (6.06%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.27%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.27%) VB
10 2 (1.52%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.52%) PHP
10 2 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.76%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (30.30%) Degree
2 26 (19.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (7.58%) DV Cleared
3 10 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.55%) HNC
4 6 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.27%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 4 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 7816
2 3 (2.27%) QA
3 2 (1.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (3.03%) Firmware
2 3 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (3.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.27%) Keysight
3 1 (0.76%) Cisco
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle
3 1 (0.76%) Sybase