Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 15 October 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 15 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C++
England > Yorkshire
6 months to
15 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 86 93 192
Rank change year-on-year +7 +99 -83
Permanent jobs citing C++ 223 69 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.34% 2.59% 1.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.87% 4.44% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 171 48 75
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £80,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,245 1,555 3,407
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 48.56% 58.28% 48.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,598 1,394 2,757
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £27,477
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £62,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% +5.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Yorkshire

C++
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for C++ in Yorkshire

C++
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 October 2021.

Salary histogram for C++ in Yorkshire

C++
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 October 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire -37 90 £55,000 +4.76% 14
South Yorkshire +1 85 £55,000 - 9
North Yorkshire +6 12 £47,500 -5.00% 11
East Yorkshire - 3 £52,500 -
C++
England

For the 6 months to 15 October 2021, IT jobs citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for C++.

1 163 (73.09%) Python
2 128 (57.40%) Software Engineering
3 117 (52.47%) Java
4 111 (49.78%) C#
5 98 (43.95%) C
6 84 (37.67%) Wi-Fi
6 84 (37.67%) Wireless
7 76 (34.08%) TDD
8 68 (30.49%) Computer Science
9 63 (28.25%) Continuous Integration
10 59 (26.46%) Agile Software Development
11 58 (26.01%) Azure
12 56 (25.11%) SQL
12 56 (25.11%) Firmware
13 54 (24.22%) DevOps
14 53 (23.77%) MQTT
14 53 (23.77%) Broadband
14 53 (23.77%) Ethernet
14 53 (23.77%) TCP/IP
14 53 (23.77%) Scala
15 52 (23.32%) AWS
16 51 (22.87%) Ruby
17 50 (22.42%) JavaScript
17 50 (22.42%) OOP
18 48 (21.52%) Docker
19 47 (21.08%) AngularJS
19 47 (21.08%) React
20 46 (20.63%) GCP
20 46 (20.63%) Terraform
21 45 (20.18%) Vue.js

C++
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (12.56%) Elasticsearch
1 28 (12.56%) nginx
2 5 (2.24%) Apache
3 4 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.79%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.79%) Luigi
3 4 (1.79%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.90%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.01%) Azure
2 52 (23.32%) AWS
3 46 (20.63%) GCP
4 45 (20.18%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (1.79%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (0.90%) BlazeMeter
7 1 (0.45%) Apigee
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 84 (37.67%) Wi-Fi
1 84 (37.67%) Wireless
2 53 (23.77%) Broadband
2 53 (23.77%) Ethernet
2 53 (23.77%) MQTT
2 53 (23.77%) TCP/IP
3 31 (13.90%) DVB
3 31 (13.90%) MIMO
3 31 (13.90%) Wireshark
4 29 (13.00%) 802.11
4 29 (13.00%) HTTP
4 29 (13.00%) HTTPS
4 29 (13.00%) STUN
5 24 (10.76%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.35%) Network Security
6 3 (1.35%) VoIP
7 2 (0.90%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.90%) PuTTY
7 2 (0.90%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (14.80%) NoSQL
2 32 (14.35%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (12.56%) Redis
4 8 (3.59%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.24%) MySQL
6 4 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.79%) Azkaban
6 4 (1.79%) Big Data
6 4 (1.79%) Hadoop
6 4 (1.79%) Metadata
6 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.90%) DB2
7 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (15.25%) Git (software)
2 32 (14.35%) Jenkins
3 28 (12.56%) Mercurial
3 28 (12.56%) Subversion
4 13 (5.83%) JIRA
5 5 (2.24%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.24%) Gatling
5 5 (2.24%) JMeter
5 5 (2.24%) NeoLoad
5 5 (2.24%) Selenium
5 5 (2.24%) WebLOAD
6 4 (1.79%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.35%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.35%) GitLab
7 3 (1.35%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (1.35%) TestCafe
8 2 (0.90%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.90%) LINQPad
8 2 (0.90%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.90%) Postman
General
1 31 (13.90%) Telecoms
2 9 (4.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.59%) Finance
4 5 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.79%) Games
5 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (1.79%) Wearables
6 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.90%) Banking
7 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.90%) Marketing
7 2 (0.90%) Retail
7 2 (0.90%) Retail Finance
8 1 (0.45%) Automotive
8 1 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 116 (52.02%) Software Engineer
2 58 (26.01%) Wireless Engineer
3 31 (13.90%) Algorithm Engineer
3 31 (13.90%) DSP Algorithm Engineer
3 31 (13.90%) DSP Engineer
3 31 (13.90%) Senior Algorithm Engineer
3 31 (13.90%) Senior DSP Engineer
4 30 (13.45%) Systems Engineer
5 29 (13.00%) Automation Engineer
6 28 (12.56%) Python Engineer
6 28 (12.56%) Python Software Engineer
7 27 (12.11%) C++ Software Engineer
7 27 (12.11%) Validation Engineer
8 26 (11.66%) Embedded Engineer
8 26 (11.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 24 (10.76%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
9 24 (10.76%) C/C++ Firmware Engineer
9 24 (10.76%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 24 (10.76%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
9 24 (10.76%) Embedded Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (21.08%) AngularJS
1 47 (21.08%) React
2 45 (20.18%) Vue.js
3 34 (15.25%) HTML
4 33 (14.80%) CSS
5 29 (13.00%) 802.1X
5 29 (13.00%) XMPP
6 28 (12.56%) RabbitMQ
7 19 (8.52%) .NET
8 9 (4.04%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.69%) PyTorch
9 6 (2.69%) SciPy
9 6 (2.69%) SOAP
9 6 (2.69%) TensorFlow
9 6 (2.69%) XML
10 5 (2.24%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (2.24%) STL
11 4 (1.79%) LAMP
11 4 (1.79%) WSDL
11 4 (1.79%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.35%) Algorithms
2 31 (13.90%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 24 (10.76%) Device Driver
3 24 (10.76%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.69%) Hedge funds
5 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.79%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.35%) Cyberthreat
7 3 (1.35%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.90%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.45%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.45%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.45%) FMCG
9 1 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.45%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (19.73%) Linux
2 21 (9.42%) Windows
3 3 (1.35%) Android
4 2 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (57.40%) Software Engineering
2 76 (34.08%) TDD
3 68 (30.49%) Computer Science
4 63 (28.25%) Continuous Integration
5 59 (26.46%) Agile Software Development
6 54 (24.22%) DevOps
7 50 (22.42%) OOP
8 45 (20.18%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 45 (20.18%) OO
8 45 (20.18%) SOLID
8 45 (20.18%) Unit Testing
9 35 (15.70%) Test Automation
10 34 (15.25%) Software Testing
11 31 (13.90%) Signal Processing
11 31 (13.90%) Validation
12 29 (13.00%) Integration Testing
12 29 (13.00%) Performance Measurement
13 24 (10.76%) Device Driver Development
13 24 (10.76%) Requirements Gathering
14 12 (5.38%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 163 (73.09%) Python
2 117 (52.47%) Java
3 111 (49.78%) C#
4 98 (43.95%) C
5 56 (25.11%) SQL
6 53 (23.77%) Scala
7 51 (22.87%) Ruby
8 50 (22.42%) JavaScript
9 45 (20.18%) Go
9 45 (20.18%) Kotlin
10 31 (13.90%) MATLAB
11 13 (5.83%) VB
12 5 (2.24%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.79%) Bash Shell
13 4 (1.79%) PHP
14 3 (1.35%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.35%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.35%) VBA
15 2 (0.90%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (14.35%) PhD
2 11 (4.93%) Degree
3 6 (2.69%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.69%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.79%) QA
2 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 56 (25.11%) Firmware
2 48 (21.52%) Docker
3 10 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (20.63%) Terraform
2 45 (20.18%) Kubernetes
3 29 (13.00%) Ansible
3 29 (13.00%) Graylog
3 29 (13.00%) Kibana
4 2 (0.90%) Grafana
4 2 (0.90%) nmon
Vendors
1 10 (4.48%) VMware
2 6 (2.69%) ANSYS
2 6 (2.69%) Bloomberg
3 2 (0.90%) Citrix
3 2 (0.90%) F5
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle
3 2 (0.90%) SAP
3 2 (0.90%) Splunk
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe
4 1 (0.45%) Cisco
4 1 (0.45%) Google
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.45%) Xamarin