C++ Job Trends in Northampton

C++
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 29 30
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 -
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.20% 0.50% 4.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.32% 1.75% 20.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £42,500
75th Percentile £56,250 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £52,500 - £50,000

All Programming Languages
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 76 57 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 15.42% 28.22% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 40 51 92
10th Percentile £41,813 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £47,683 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.54% -2.19% -13.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,750 £71,250
Northamptonshire median annual salary £53,750 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.72% -4.63% -9.09%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

C++ job vacancy trend in Northampton

C++
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing C++

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
1 1 (100.00%) RTSP
1 1 (100.00%) SCTP
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) SS7
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++/C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FFmpeg
1 1 (100.00%) GStreamer
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (100.00%) WebRTC
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA