C++ Jobs in Northern Ireland

C++
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 33 67 71
Rank change year-on-year +34 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing C++ 4 5 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.39% 0.72% 3.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.97% 1.92% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 21
10th Percentile £58,750 - -
25th Percentile £75,625 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £66,200 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.33% -7.69% -3.70%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 67 260 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.26% 37.57% 64.17%
Number of salaries quoted 23 159 335
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £76,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £97,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Northern Ireland

C++
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for C++ in Northern Ireland

C++
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Northern Ireland

C++
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +43 4 £90,000 - 10
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (75.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Fintech
2 3 (75.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreaded Programming
2 3 (75.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (25.00%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C