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 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 48 176 221
Rank change year-on-year +128 +45 -70
Permanent jobs citing C++ 416 115 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.49% 1.18% 1.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.12% 3.95% 2.46%
Number of salaries quoted 33 103 72
10th Percentile £39,100 £44,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% - +1.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £86,250
90th Percentile - £84,964 -
England median annual salary £66,219 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.37% -14.29% -

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 1,881 2,911 3,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.83% 29.95% 40.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 2,371 1,779
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,825 £82,500 £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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Lancashire +50 311 £57,698 -27.82% 30
Manchester +44 54 £55,000 -12.00% 100
Cheshire +44 30 £52,500 -12.50% 19
Merseyside +57 20 - - 14
Cumbria - 1 - -
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 2 (0.48%) Apache
1 2 (0.48%) CMS
1 2 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.92%) Azure
2 2 (0.48%) AWS
2 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (0.48%) GCP
2 2 (0.48%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 383 (92.07%) DNS
2 379 (91.11%) VPN
3 6 (1.44%) Wireless
4 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.48%) FTP
5 2 (0.48%) HTTP
5 2 (0.48%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.48%) SSH
5 2 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.20%) MySQL
2 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.68%) Git
2 6 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.24%) GitLab
4 1 (0.24%) JIRA
4 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 390 (93.75%) Analytical Skills
2 387 (93.03%) Finance
3 379 (91.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (3.13%) Social Skills
5 8 (1.92%) Electronics
6 7 (1.68%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.72%) Automotive
8 3 (0.72%) Marketing
9 2 (0.48%) Law
9 2 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 384 (92.31%) Developer
2 380 (91.35%) Software Developer
3 17 (4.09%) Software Engineer
4 11 (2.64%) Senior
5 10 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (0.96%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (0.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (0.96%) Lead
7 2 (0.48%) Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) Development Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) Graduate
7 2 (0.48%) Graduate Developer
7 2 (0.48%) Information Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) IT Graduate
7 2 (0.48%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 2 (0.48%) Security Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) Software Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) Software Development Analyst
7 2 (0.48%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.20%) .NET
2 4 (0.96%) CSS
3 3 (0.72%) XML
4 2 (0.48%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.48%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.48%) Django
4 2 (0.48%) EDI
4 2 (0.48%) HTML
4 2 (0.48%) jQuery
4 2 (0.48%) LAMP
4 2 (0.48%) Loki
4 2 (0.48%) Node.js
4 2 (0.48%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (0.48%) React
4 2 (0.48%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (0.24%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (0.24%) Keras
5 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.24%) SwiftUI
5 1 (0.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 379 (91.11%) Cyberattack
2 6 (1.44%) Device Driver
3 5 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (0.96%) Algorithms
4 4 (0.96%) EMV
5 2 (0.48%) IoT
5 2 (0.48%) Life Science
5 2 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.48%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.48%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.48%) Replication
5 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.24%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.24%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.24%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.24%) FPGA
6 1 (0.24%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 394 (94.71%) Linux
2 384 (92.31%) Android
3 2 (0.48%) AIX
3 2 (0.48%) CentOS
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
3 2 (0.48%) Unix
3 2 (0.48%) Windows
4 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.24%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (92.31%) Agile
2 382 (91.83%) OO
3 381 (91.59%) Line Management
3 381 (91.59%) OOP
4 380 (91.35%) Android Development
4 380 (91.35%) Mathematics
5 379 (91.11%) Design Patterns
6 22 (5.29%) Software Engineering
7 12 (2.88%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (2.16%) Computer Science
9 6 (1.44%) High Availability
9 6 (1.44%) Secure Coding
10 5 (1.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (0.96%) Cryptocurrency
11 4 (0.96%) Embedded Software Development
11 4 (0.96%) Penetration Testing
11 4 (0.96%) Roadmaps
11 4 (0.96%) SDLC
12 3 (0.72%) Containerisation
12 3 (0.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 402 (96.63%) Python
2 391 (93.99%) Java
3 382 (91.83%) Go
4 20 (4.81%) C
5 10 (2.40%) C#
6 6 (1.44%) PHP
7 4 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.96%) Rust
8 2 (0.48%) AWK
8 2 (0.48%) Korn
8 2 (0.48%) Perl
8 2 (0.48%) SQL
9 1 (0.24%) Ada
9 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.24%) Swift
9 1 (0.24%) VB
9 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 387 (93.03%) Security Cleared
2 381 (91.59%) DV Cleared
3 12 (2.88%) Degree
4 7 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.72%) HND
6 2 (0.48%) CISSP
6 2 (0.48%) CSSLP
6 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.24%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.48%) NIST
2 1 (0.24%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 380 (91.35%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) KVM
2 2 (0.48%) Postfix
2 2 (0.48%) Sendmail
2 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 380 (91.35%) Ansible
2 3 (0.72%) Grafana
3 2 (0.48%) Nagios
3 2 (0.48%) Nessus
4 1 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (0.96%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.48%) Google
2 2 (0.48%) IBM
2 2 (0.48%) Oracle
2 2 (0.48%) Red Hat
2 2 (0.48%) SAP
2 2 (0.48%) Tenable