C++ Job Trends in West Yorkshire

C++
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 103 122
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 +35
Permanent jobs citing C++ 9 14 23
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.54% 0.75% 1.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.16% 2.67% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 19
10th Percentile - £36,500 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% - -26.67%
75th Percentile £63,125 £57,500 £60,625
90th Percentile £76,500 - £66,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.21% -13.64% +7.32%

All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 416 525 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 25.00% 28.27% 39.75%
Number of salaries quoted 335 314 665
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,825 £38,655
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,014 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +12.61% -6.76% +8.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £73,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

C++ job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

C++
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in West Yorkshire

C++
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Leeds +7 6 £32,500 -7.14% 13
Bradford -15 2 - - 1
C++
Yorkshire

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) HCL Notes
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon S3
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 1 (11.11%) Modbus
1 1 (11.11%) MQTT
1 1 (11.11%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) ClickHouse
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Redis
General
1 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (44.44%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Graduate
2 4 (44.44%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Linux Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Logistics Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering Graduate
3 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Software Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) iOS Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Software Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
1 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (22.22%) WCF
2 1 (11.11%) Kafka
2 1 (11.11%) Next.js
2 1 (11.11%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (11.11%) iPad
3 1 (11.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) E-Commerce
3 4 (44.44%) Logistics
4 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Change Control
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (22.22%) MVC
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
4 2 (22.22%) Release Management
4 2 (22.22%) SOA
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Debt
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) C
3 4 (44.44%) Java
3 4 (44.44%) PL/SQL
4 2 (22.22%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
5 1 (11.11%) Go
5 1 (11.11%) Kotlin
5 1 (11.11%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Lotus
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (11.11%) Siemens