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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 195 246
Rank change year-on-year +145 +51 -81
Permanent jobs citing C++ 621 220 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.40% 1.24% 1.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.85% 4.32% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 37 187 144
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £82,813
90th Percentile - £84,964 £87,125
England median annual salary £66,225 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.38% -11.11% -

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 3,128 5,093 7,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.21% 28.75% 41.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,759 4,193 3,555
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,419 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.37% -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 22 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 22 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 +138 583 £57,530 -7.95% 204
Yorkshire +23 31 £45,500 -4.21% 122
North East +27 7 £25,000 -54.55% 66
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 2 (0.32%) Apache
1 2 (0.32%) CMS
1 2 (0.32%) WordPress
2 1 (0.16%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
1 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 184 (29.63%) Azure
2 174 (28.02%) AWS
2 174 (28.02%) GCP
3 2 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.32%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 391 (62.96%) DNS
2 388 (62.48%) VPN
3 6 (0.97%) Wireless
4 3 (0.48%) RS-485
4 3 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.32%) Modbus
6 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
6 1 (0.16%) HTTP
6 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.16%) RS-232
6 1 (0.16%) SSH
6 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.77%) MySQL
2 9 (1.45%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (1.45%) Git
2 6 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.16%) CMake
4 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.16%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.16%) GitLab
4 1 (0.16%) JIRA
4 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 560 (90.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 401 (64.57%) Finance
3 395 (63.61%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (2.90%) Social Skills
5 11 (1.77%) Electronics
6 8 (1.29%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.29%) Telecoms
7 6 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.64%) Marketing
9 3 (0.48%) Law
10 2 (0.32%) Military
10 2 (0.32%) Retail
11 1 (0.16%) Advertising
11 1 (0.16%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 400 (64.41%) Developer
2 390 (62.80%) Software Developer
3 195 (31.40%) Software Engineer
4 183 (29.47%) Senior
4 183 (29.47%) Senior Software Engineer
5 10 (1.61%) Embedded Engineer
6 8 (1.29%) Graduate
6 8 (1.29%) Graduate Developer
6 8 (1.29%) IT Graduate
7 7 (1.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (0.32%) Agile Developer
8 2 (0.32%) C# Developer
8 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 2 (0.32%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 2 (0.32%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 2 (0.32%) Junior
8 2 (0.32%) Junior Software Engineer
8 2 (0.32%) Lecturer
8 2 (0.32%) PHP Developer
8 2 (0.32%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (29.31%) .NET
2 174 (28.02%) Node.js
3 16 (2.58%) HTML
4 11 (1.77%) CSS
5 8 (1.29%) ASP.NET
5 8 (1.29%) jQuery
6 2 (0.32%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.32%) Django
6 2 (0.32%) Protocol Buffers
6 2 (0.32%) React
6 2 (0.32%) ZeroMQ
7 1 (0.16%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.16%) EDI
7 1 (0.16%) JSP
7 1 (0.16%) LAMP
7 1 (0.16%) Loki
7 1 (0.16%) MFC
7 1 (0.16%) Middleware
7 1 (0.16%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 560 (90.18%) Cyberattack
2 173 (27.86%) Linux Command Line
2 173 (27.86%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (0.97%) Device Driver
5 4 (0.64%) EMV
6 3 (0.48%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (0.32%) CAN bus
7 2 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.16%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.16%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.16%) Derivative
8 1 (0.16%) Equities
8 1 (0.16%) FPGA
8 1 (0.16%) Life Science
8 1 (0.16%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.16%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.16%) Replication
8 1 (0.16%) Robotics
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 577 (92.91%) Linux
2 393 (63.29%) Android
3 4 (0.64%) Windows
4 2 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.32%) VMS
5 1 (0.16%) AIX
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.16%) CentOS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (92.43%) Agile
2 399 (64.25%) OO
3 396 (63.77%) OOP
4 394 (63.45%) Mathematics
5 389 (62.64%) Android Development
5 389 (62.64%) Design Patterns
6 388 (62.48%) Line Management
7 200 (32.21%) Software Engineering
8 187 (30.11%) Machine Learning
9 175 (28.18%) Mentoring
10 174 (28.02%) Scrum
11 173 (27.86%) Microservices
12 172 (27.70%) Cloud Security
12 172 (27.70%) Data Engineering
12 172 (27.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 172 (27.70%) User Experience
13 29 (4.67%) Computer Science
14 15 (2.42%) Artificial Intelligence
15 13 (2.09%) Data Privacy
16 10 (1.61%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 595 (95.81%) Java
1 595 (95.81%) Python
2 562 (90.50%) Go
3 189 (30.43%) Rust
4 187 (30.11%) JavaScript
5 34 (5.48%) C
6 32 (5.15%) C#
7 24 (3.86%) PHP
8 19 (3.06%) SQL
9 15 (2.42%) R
10 14 (2.25%) MATLAB
11 13 (2.09%) Dart
11 13 (2.09%) Ruby
11 13 (2.09%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.48%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.48%) Perl
13 2 (0.32%) Ada
14 1 (0.16%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.16%) Korn
14 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 568 (91.47%) Security Cleared
2 562 (90.50%) DV Cleared
3 172 (27.70%) AWS Certification
3 172 (27.70%) AWS Certified Developer
3 172 (27.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 35 (5.64%) Degree
5 23 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.16%) HNC
8 1 (0.16%) HND
8 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.16%) IEC 61508
1 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
1 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 389 (62.64%) Docker
2 5 (0.81%) Firmware
3 4 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) KVM
4 1 (0.16%) Postfix
4 1 (0.16%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 389 (62.64%) Ansible
2 2 (0.32%) Grafana
3 1 (0.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Nagios
3 1 (0.16%) Nessus
3 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (0.48%) Microsoft
1 3 (0.48%) Red Hat
2 2 (0.32%) Atlassian
2 2 (0.32%) Google
3 1 (0.16%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (0.16%) Capita
3 1 (0.16%) IBM
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle
3 1 (0.16%) SAP
3 1 (0.16%) Tenable