C++ Jobs in the North West

C++
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 197 150
Rank change year-on-year +56 -47 -41
Permanent jobs citing C++ 143 72 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.54% 1.11% 2.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.63% 3.15% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 125 61 147
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £53,000 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £88,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,538 2,283 4,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 27.41% 35.28% 40.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,883 1,590 2,697
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,800 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the North West

C++
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Manchester +24 81 £62,500 +8.70% 16
Cheshire +11 40 £62,500 +4.17% 8
Lancashire -8 16 £54,000 -36.47% 4
Merseyside +22 6 £55,000 +52.78% 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 13 (9.09%) Apache
2 2 (1.40%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.09%) Azure
2 6 (4.20%) AWS
3 5 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.10%) GCP
5 2 (1.40%) GitHub
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.70%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.50%) MQTT
2 4 (2.80%) Bluetooth
3 3 (2.10%) Network Security
4 2 (1.40%) RS-232
4 2 (1.40%) RS-485
4 2 (1.40%) Wireless
5 1 (0.70%) Firewall
5 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.69%) Git
2 7 (4.90%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.20%) GDB
4 5 (3.50%) CMake
4 5 (3.50%) GCC
5 4 (2.80%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.40%) JIRA
6 2 (1.40%) LabVIEW
6 2 (1.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.70%) GitLab
7 1 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (14.69%) Manufacturing
2 10 (6.99%) Electronics
3 8 (5.59%) Automotive
4 7 (4.90%) Finance
5 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.80%) Social Skills
6 3 (2.10%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.10%) Games
6 3 (2.10%) Marketing
6 3 (2.10%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.40%) Legal
8 1 (0.70%) Advertising
8 1 (0.70%) Banking
8 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Retail
8 1 (0.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 64 (44.76%) Software Engineer
2 47 (32.87%) Developer
3 44 (30.77%) C++ Developer
4 40 (27.97%) Senior
5 28 (19.58%) Embedded Engineer
6 25 (17.48%) C++ Software Engineer
7 24 (16.78%) Lead
8 22 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 20 (13.99%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (9.09%) Lead Developer
11 12 (8.39%) C++ Software Developer
11 12 (8.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 12 (8.39%) Software Developer
12 11 (7.69%) Senior C++ Developer
12 11 (7.69%) Senior Developer
13 10 (6.99%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 10 (6.99%) Technical Leader
14 9 (6.29%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 9 (6.29%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 9 (6.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.09%) Apache NiFi
1 13 (9.09%) STL
2 12 (8.39%) .NET
3 11 (7.69%) REST
4 10 (6.99%) OpenGL
5 7 (4.90%) React
6 6 (4.20%) Qt
7 5 (3.50%) .NET Core
7 5 (3.50%) .NET Framework
7 5 (3.50%) Apache Thrift
7 5 (3.50%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 5 (3.50%) Node.js
7 5 (3.50%) SOAP
8 3 (2.10%) HTML
9 2 (1.40%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.40%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.40%) Middleware
9 2 (1.40%) Web Services
10 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.59%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (4.90%) IoT
3 6 (4.20%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.40%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (1.40%) Blog
4 2 (1.40%) FPGA
5 1 (0.70%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.70%) PKI
5 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.70%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 40 (27.97%) Linux
2 29 (20.28%) Windows
3 8 (5.59%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (3.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.40%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Android
6 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (59.44%) Software Engineering
2 21 (14.69%) Agile
3 18 (12.59%) SDLC
4 17 (11.89%) Computer Science
5 15 (10.49%) Mentoring
6 14 (9.79%) Coaching
6 14 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.79%) Product Roadmap
6 14 (9.79%) Roadmaps
7 13 (9.09%) Open Source
8 11 (7.69%) Multithreading
9 10 (6.99%) Architectural Design
9 10 (6.99%) Feasibility Study
9 10 (6.99%) Re-Platforming
9 10 (6.99%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (6.29%) DevOps
10 9 (6.29%) Unit Testing
11 8 (5.59%) CAD
11 8 (5.59%) OO
12 7 (4.90%) Biometrics
Programming Languages
1 55 (38.46%) C
2 30 (20.98%) Python
3 24 (16.78%) C#
4 15 (10.49%) Java
5 10 (6.99%) COBOL
5 10 (6.99%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 9 (6.29%) JavaScript
7 8 (5.59%) SQL
8 6 (4.20%) Embedded C
9 5 (3.50%) Embedded C++
10 3 (2.10%) Rust
11 2 (1.40%) R
12 1 (0.70%) Bash
12 1 (0.70%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.70%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 24 (16.78%) Degree
2 13 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.50%) HND
5 4 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.70%) CEH
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.70%) GIAC
7 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.90%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.40%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.40%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.70%) NIST
3 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (6.29%) Firmware
2 3 (2.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) Ansible
1 3 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.70%) Podman
2 1 (0.70%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.70%) Puppet
2 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (6.99%) Micro Focus
2 3 (2.10%) Google
2 3 (2.10%) Oracle
2 3 (2.10%) SAP
3 2 (1.40%) EMC
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.40%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.70%) Cadence
4 1 (0.70%) NEC
4 1 (0.70%) Synopsys