C++ Jobs in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 195 229
Rank change year-on-year +127 +34 -80
Permanent jobs citing C++ 451 214 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.12% 1.24% 1.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.42% 4.26% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 52 182 162
10th Percentile £25,000 £41,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,875 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,313 £70,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £84,964 -
England median annual salary £66,219 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.37% -14.29% -

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 2,746 5,022 7,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.06% 29.06% 42.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 4,152 3,649
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +128 416 £55,000 -9.84% 136
Yorkshire +29 28 £46,000 -3.16% 92
North East +33 7 £25,000 -54.55% 54
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 3 (0.67%) Apache
2 2 (0.44%) CMS
2 2 (0.44%) WordPress
3 1 (0.22%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 15 (3.33%) Azure
2 2 (0.44%) AWS
2 2 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (0.44%) GCP
2 2 (0.44%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 392 (86.92%) DNS
2 388 (86.03%) VPN
3 8 (1.77%) Wireless
4 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.44%) FTP
5 2 (0.44%) HTTP
5 2 (0.44%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.44%) RS-485
5 2 (0.44%) SSH
5 2 (0.44%) SSL
6 1 (0.22%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.22%) Modbus
6 1 (0.22%) RS-232
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.66%) MySQL
2 9 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (2.22%) Git
2 6 (1.33%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.89%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.22%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.22%) GitLab
4 1 (0.22%) JIRA
4 1 (0.22%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 403 (89.36%) Finance
2 399 (88.47%) Analytical Skills
3 388 (86.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (4.88%) Social Skills
5 12 (2.66%) Electronics
6 11 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.22%) Aerospace
8 8 (1.77%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.11%) Automotive
10 4 (0.89%) Marketing
11 2 (0.44%) Games
11 2 (0.44%) Law
11 2 (0.44%) Military
11 2 (0.44%) Retail
12 1 (0.22%) Advertising
12 1 (0.22%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 400 (88.69%) Developer
2 390 (86.47%) Software Developer
3 31 (6.87%) Software Engineer
4 15 (3.33%) Senior
5 14 (3.10%) Senior Software Engineer
6 11 (2.44%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (2.22%) Graduate
8 9 (2.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 8 (1.77%) Graduate Developer
9 8 (1.77%) IT Graduate
10 5 (1.11%) Lead
11 4 (0.89%) Systems Engineer
12 2 (0.44%) Analyst
12 2 (0.44%) C# Developer
12 2 (0.44%) Information Analyst
12 2 (0.44%) Information Security Analyst
12 2 (0.44%) Junior
12 2 (0.44%) Lecturer
12 2 (0.44%) Security Analyst
12 2 (0.44%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.10%) .NET
2 11 (2.44%) CSS
3 8 (1.77%) ASP.NET
3 8 (1.77%) jQuery
4 3 (0.67%) HTML
4 3 (0.67%) XML
5 2 (0.44%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.44%) Django
5 2 (0.44%) EDI
5 2 (0.44%) LAMP
5 2 (0.44%) Loki
5 2 (0.44%) Node.js
5 2 (0.44%) OGRE
5 2 (0.44%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (0.44%) React
5 2 (0.44%) WCF
5 2 (0.44%) WPF
5 2 (0.44%) ZeroMQ
6 1 (0.22%) Keras
6 1 (0.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 388 (86.03%) Cyberattack
2 10 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (1.33%) Device Driver
4 5 (1.11%) Algorithms
5 4 (0.89%) EMV
6 3 (0.67%) IoT
6 3 (0.67%) Robotics
7 2 (0.44%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.44%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.44%) Life Science
7 2 (0.44%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.44%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.44%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.44%) Replication
7 2 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.44%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.22%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.22%) GNSS
8 1 (0.22%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 407 (90.24%) Linux
2 393 (87.14%) Android
3 4 (0.89%) Windows
4 2 (0.44%) AIX
4 2 (0.44%) CentOS
4 2 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.44%) Unix
4 2 (0.44%) VMS
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (89.58%) Agile
2 399 (88.47%) OO
3 397 (88.03%) OOP
4 394 (87.36%) Mathematics
5 390 (86.47%) Line Management
6 389 (86.25%) Android Development
6 389 (86.25%) Design Patterns
7 37 (8.20%) Software Engineering
8 21 (4.66%) Computer Science
9 20 (4.43%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (2.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (1.77%) MVC
12 7 (1.55%) Embedded Software Development
12 7 (1.55%) SDLC
13 6 (1.33%) High Availability
13 6 (1.33%) Roadmaps
13 6 (1.33%) Secure Coding
14 5 (1.11%) Mentoring
14 5 (1.11%) Software Testing
15 4 (0.89%) Cryptocurrency
Programming Languages
1 419 (92.90%) Python
2 414 (91.80%) Java
3 391 (86.70%) Go
4 28 (6.21%) C
5 27 (5.99%) C#
6 12 (2.66%) PHP
7 7 (1.55%) Rust
8 5 (1.11%) SQL
9 4 (0.89%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.89%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.89%) Perl
10 2 (0.44%) Ada
10 2 (0.44%) AWK
10 2 (0.44%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.44%) Korn
10 2 (0.44%) R
10 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.22%) Swift
11 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 396 (87.80%) Security Cleared
2 390 (86.47%) DV Cleared
3 29 (6.43%) Degree
4 15 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.11%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.67%) HND
7 2 (0.44%) CISSP
7 2 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.44%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.22%) HNC
8 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.44%) NIST
2 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.22%) IEC 62304
2 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.22%) MISRA
2 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 389 (86.25%) Docker
2 4 (0.89%) Firmware
3 3 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) KVM
4 2 (0.44%) Postfix
4 2 (0.44%) Sendmail
4 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 389 (86.25%) Ansible
2 3 (0.67%) Grafana
3 2 (0.44%) Nagios
3 2 (0.44%) Nessus
4 1 (0.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (1.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.89%) Red Hat
3 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.44%) Google
3 2 (0.44%) IBM
3 2 (0.44%) Oracle
3 2 (0.44%) SAP
3 2 (0.44%) Tenable
4 1 (0.22%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.22%) Capita