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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 45 131
Rank change year-on-year -185 +86 +37
Permanent jobs citing C++ 136 535 207
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.57% 5.67% 1.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.88% 22.41% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 106 56 102
10th Percentile £35,011 £25,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,217 £43,000 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £46,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.04% -22.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £100,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £66,750 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 3,503 2,387 3,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.60% 25.32% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,744 1,228 1,909
10th Percentile £38,989 £31,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,025 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 East -9 63 £95,000 +280.00% 14
North West -171 62 £55,000 +10.00% 28
Yorkshire -74 11 £47,988 +4.32% 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 (4.41%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.03%) AWS
2 12 (8.82%) Amazon EC2
2 12 (8.82%) AWS Lambda
2 12 (8.82%) Serverless
3 8 (5.88%) Amazon EMR
3 8 (5.88%) Azure
4 6 (4.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.47%) GCP
5 2 (1.47%) SaaS
6 1 (0.74%) GitHub
6 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) TCP/IP
1 3 (2.21%) Wireless
2 2 (1.47%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.47%) ZigBee
3 1 (0.74%) Broadband
3 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.74%) HTTP
3 1 (0.74%) RS-232
3 1 (0.74%) RS-485
3 1 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.82%) Spark SQL
2 6 (4.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.94%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.74%) Db2
4 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Git
2 3 (2.21%) JIRA
2 3 (2.21%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.47%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (13.97%) Public Sector
2 16 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.29%) Electronics
3 14 (10.29%) Finance
4 8 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.15%) Social Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Retail
7 4 (2.94%) Automotive
8 3 (2.21%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.74%) Back Office
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Games
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (41.91%) Software Engineer
2 53 (38.97%) Developer
3 41 (30.15%) C++ Developer
4 32 (23.53%) Senior
5 24 (17.65%) C++ Software Engineer
6 23 (16.91%) Software Developer
7 22 (16.18%) C++ Software Developer
8 18 (13.24%) Rust Engineer
8 18 (13.24%) Rust Software Engineer
9 16 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (10.29%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (10.29%) Principal Software Engineer
10 14 (10.29%) Rust Developer
11 12 (8.82%) Data Engineer
11 12 (8.82%) Senior C++ Developer
11 12 (8.82%) Senior Developer
12 11 (8.09%) Principal Developer
12 11 (8.09%) Principal Software Developer
13 10 (7.35%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 8 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.44%) .NET
2 12 (8.82%) PySpark
3 8 (5.88%) Vue
4 4 (2.94%) Entity Framework
5 2 (1.47%) QML
5 2 (1.47%) Qt
5 2 (1.47%) REST
5 2 (1.47%) STL
6 1 (0.74%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.74%) MEAN Stack
6 1 (0.74%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.35%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.41%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (4.41%) Legacy Applications
4 5 (3.68%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.94%) Contactless
5 4 (2.94%) EMV
5 4 (2.94%) IoT
5 4 (2.94%) Java Card
5 4 (2.94%) Smartcard
6 3 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.21%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.21%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.47%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.47%) FPGA
7 2 (1.47%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.74%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 30 (22.06%) Linux
2 6 (4.41%) Windows
3 4 (2.94%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.47%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.74%) Android
5 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (58.09%) Software Engineering
2 29 (21.32%) Computer Science
3 28 (20.59%) Mathematics
4 27 (19.85%) Mentoring
5 26 (19.12%) AI
6 24 (17.65%) CI/CD
7 21 (15.44%) Physics
8 20 (14.71%) Agile
8 20 (14.71%) Requirements Management
9 19 (13.97%) DevOps
10 18 (13.24%) Coaching
10 18 (13.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 18 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (12.50%) Workflow
12 14 (10.29%) Analytics
12 14 (10.29%) Technical Debt
13 13 (9.56%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (9.56%) Decision-Making
14 12 (8.82%) ETL
14 12 (8.82%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.88%) Java
2 36 (26.47%) Rust
3 33 (24.26%) C#
4 29 (21.32%) Python
5 25 (18.38%) C
6 24 (17.65%) SQL
7 21 (15.44%) JavaScript
8 8 (5.88%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.21%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.21%) VB
10 2 (1.47%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.74%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.74%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.74%) Swift
Qualifications
1 35 (25.74%) Degree
2 22 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (5.15%) DV Cleared
3 7 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.41%) HNC
5 4 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.21%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 4 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 7816
3 3 (2.21%) QA
4 2 (1.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (2.94%) Firmware
2 3 (2.21%) Docker
2 3 (2.21%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (2.21%) Keysight
1 3 (2.21%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.74%) Cisco
2 1 (0.74%) EMC
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle
2 1 (0.74%) Sybase