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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 149 192
Rank change year-on-year -81 +43 -13
Permanent jobs citing C++ 53 119 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.42% 1.51% 1.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.62% 5.09% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51 44 115
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,225 £41,750
25th Percentile £43,500 £43,750 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,754 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.37% -9.84%
75th Percentile £61,000 £71,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £95,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,230 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +5.97% -7.41%

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 2,022 2,338 4,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.91% 29.76% 32.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 1,318 3,519
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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
Yorkshire -33 27 £45,000 -5.26% 11
North West -41 19 £57,500 -0.10% 43
North East -16 7 £56,500 -29.38% 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.66%) Azure
2 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.89%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.55%) HTTP
1 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.89%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) MySQL
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) ClickHouse
2 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (22.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (39.62%) Electronics
2 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
3 15 (28.30%) Manufacturing
4 9 (16.98%) Retail
5 8 (15.09%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (13.21%) Finance
7 3 (5.66%) Aeronautics
7 3 (5.66%) Aerospace
7 3 (5.66%) Automotive
8 1 (1.89%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (50.94%) Software Engineer
2 20 (37.74%) Embedded Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Electronics Engineer
4 10 (18.87%) C++ Software Engineer
4 10 (18.87%) Developer
4 10 (18.87%) Graduate
5 8 (15.09%) C# Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Graduate Software Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Logistics Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering Graduate
6 6 (11.32%) C++ Developer
7 5 (9.43%) Design Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Lead
7 5 (9.43%) Senior
7 5 (9.43%) Software Design Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Algorithm Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) Qt
2 4 (7.55%) STL
3 3 (5.66%) QML
4 2 (3.77%) .NET
4 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.77%) CSS
4 2 (3.77%) jQuery
5 1 (1.89%) Kafka
5 1 (1.89%) Keras
5 1 (1.89%) Next.js
5 1 (1.89%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.89%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (16.98%) Driving Licence
3 5 (9.43%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (7.55%) Algorithms
4 4 (7.55%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.64%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (52.83%) Software Engineering
2 16 (30.19%) Mentoring
3 13 (24.53%) Multithreading
4 11 (20.75%) Agile
4 11 (20.75%) Computer Science
5 8 (15.09%) E-Commerce
5 8 (15.09%) Logistics
6 7 (13.21%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (13.21%) Mathematics
6 7 (13.21%) Software Testing
7 4 (7.55%) Test Automation
8 3 (5.66%) DevOps
8 3 (5.66%) GitOps
8 3 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (3.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (3.77%) Customer Service
9 2 (3.77%) MVC
9 2 (3.77%) OO
9 2 (3.77%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 31 (58.49%) C
2 14 (26.42%) C#
3 13 (24.53%) Embedded C
4 12 (22.64%) Embedded C++
5 11 (20.75%) Java
6 9 (16.98%) SQL
7 8 (15.09%) PL/SQL
8 5 (9.43%) Python
9 2 (3.77%) PHP
10 1 (1.89%) Go
10 1 (1.89%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 10 (18.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.89%) PhD
3 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) QA
System Software
1 28 (52.83%) Embedded Firmware
1 28 (52.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) EMC
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) YouTube