C++ Jobs in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 224 156
Rank change year-on-year +28 -68 -56
Permanent jobs citing C++ 214 231 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.24% 1.32% 2.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.26% 3.12% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 182 162 285
10th Percentile £41,375 £30,000 £32,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £86,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 - £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
North of England

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,025 7,413 7,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.11% 42.52% 43.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,149 3,651 5,584
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North of England.

Salary trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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 +51 115 £61,000 - 60
Yorkshire +34 75 £47,500 +11.76% 19
North East +12 24 £55,000 +4.76% 10
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (10.28%) Apache
2 2 (0.93%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.47%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.41%) Azure
2 8 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.34%) AWS
4 4 (1.87%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.41%) MQTT
2 16 (7.48%) Wireless
3 12 (5.61%) 3G
3 12 (5.61%) 4G
3 12 (5.61%) RS-485
3 12 (5.61%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.93%) VoIP
6 1 (0.47%) Intranet
6 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.67%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) Power BI
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.61%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.14%) Git
3 9 (4.21%) LabVIEW
4 6 (2.80%) GDB
4 6 (2.80%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.87%) CMake
5 4 (1.87%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.87%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.87%) GCC
5 4 (1.87%) JIRA
5 4 (1.87%) Selenium
6 3 (1.40%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (9.35%) Manufacturing
2 18 (8.41%) Automotive
2 18 (8.41%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.61%) Mandarin Language
4 11 (5.14%) Electronics
5 9 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.21%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.74%) Legal
6 8 (3.74%) Marketing
7 7 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.34%) Finance
8 5 (2.34%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.40%) Games
10 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.47%) Advertising
11 1 (0.47%) Avionics
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 109 (50.93%) Software Engineer
2 58 (27.10%) Developer
3 55 (25.70%) C++ Developer
4 48 (22.43%) Embedded Engineer
5 47 (21.96%) Lead
6 45 (21.03%) C++ Software Engineer
7 40 (18.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 35 (16.36%) Senior
9 29 (13.55%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (11.68%) Technical Leader
11 19 (8.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 17 (7.94%) Lead Developer
13 16 (7.48%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 15 (7.01%) Software Developer
15 14 (6.54%) C++ Software Developer
16 13 (6.07%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
17 11 (5.14%) C Software Engineer
17 11 (5.14%) C/C++ Software Engineer
17 11 (5.14%) GUI Software Engineer
18 9 (4.21%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.62%) REST
2 22 (10.28%) .NET
3 16 (7.48%) Apache NiFi
3 16 (7.48%) STL
4 12 (5.61%) OpenGL
5 9 (4.21%) React
6 8 (3.74%) SOAP
6 8 (3.74%) Web Services
7 7 (3.27%) .NET Framework
7 7 (3.27%) HTML
7 7 (3.27%) WPF
8 5 (2.34%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.34%) Apache Thrift
8 5 (2.34%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.87%) DirectX
9 4 (1.87%) Entity Framework
9 4 (1.87%) WebGL
10 3 (1.40%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.40%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (1.40%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.35%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (6.54%) IoT
3 12 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.21%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.80%) SCADA
6 5 (2.34%) Robotics
7 3 (1.40%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (1.40%) FPGA
7 3 (1.40%) Podcast
8 2 (0.93%) Blog
9 1 (0.47%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (0.47%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.47%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 63 (29.44%) Linux
2 28 (13.08%) Windows
3 23 (10.75%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.80%) AIX
5 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.93%) FreeBSD
6 2 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.93%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (68.22%) Software Engineering
2 59 (27.57%) Agile
3 42 (19.63%) Mentoring
4 30 (14.02%) Coaching
4 30 (14.02%) Roadmaps
5 29 (13.55%) Product Roadmap
6 26 (12.15%) Architectural Design
6 26 (12.15%) OO
6 26 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (11.68%) Feasibility Study
7 25 (11.68%) Open Source
7 25 (11.68%) Re-Platforming
7 25 (11.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 21 (9.81%) Software Testing
9 18 (8.41%) CAD
9 18 (8.41%) OOD
10 17 (7.94%) TDD
11 16 (7.48%) Test Automation
12 15 (7.01%) Computer Science
13 13 (6.07%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 101 (47.20%) C
2 66 (30.84%) Python
3 51 (23.83%) C#
4 38 (17.76%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.68%) COBOL
5 25 (11.68%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 23 (10.75%) Java
7 14 (6.54%) SQL
8 9 (4.21%) SystemVerilog
9 8 (3.74%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.80%) VB
11 4 (1.87%) R
12 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.93%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.93%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.93%) Perl
14 1 (0.47%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.47%) Bash
14 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (11.68%) Degree
2 12 (5.61%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.34%) HND
5 4 (1.87%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.87%) PhD
6 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.61%) GDPR
2 7 (3.27%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 18 (8.41%) Firmware
2 13 (6.07%) Docker
3 9 (4.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.47%) Podman
3 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.68%) Micro Focus
2 9 (4.21%) Cadence
2 9 (4.21%) Synopsys
3 6 (2.80%) Oracle
4 3 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (0.93%) EMC
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.47%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.47%) Lotus
6 1 (0.47%) QNX
6 1 (0.47%) YouTube