C++ Job Trends in Yorkshire

C++
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 115 123
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 33 43 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.00% 1.31% 1.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.60% 5.30% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 47
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £31,625 £41,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £61,000
90th Percentile - £61,250 £65,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All Programming Languages
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 717 812 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.62% 24.78% 36.41%
Number of salaries quoted 519 411 916
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £35,312
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,875 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,700 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

C++
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -13 12 £33,250 -23.56% 6
North Yorkshire +5 10 £45,000 -18.18% 2
South Yorkshire -6 10 £55,000 +7.32% 6
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (6.06%) HCL Notes
1 2 (6.06%) IIS
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Modbus
1 1 (3.03%) MQTT
1 1 (3.03%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.09%) MySQL
3 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.03%) ClickHouse
4 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (45.45%) Manufacturing
3 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 8 (24.24%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (24.24%) Retail
4 6 (18.18%) Electronics
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Software Engineer
2 11 (33.33%) Graduate
3 10 (30.30%) C# Software Engineer
3 10 (30.30%) C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Linux Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Logistics Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering Graduate
5 7 (21.21%) Developer
5 7 (21.21%) Embedded Engineer
6 6 (18.18%) Senior
7 5 (15.15%) Design Engineer
7 5 (15.15%) Electronics Design Engineer
7 5 (15.15%) Electronics Engineer
7 5 (15.15%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
7 5 (15.15%) Software Design Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) Graduate Developer
8 3 (9.09%) IT Graduate
8 3 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) .NET
1 5 (15.15%) ASP.NET
2 3 (9.09%) CSS
2 3 (9.09%) jQuery
3 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (6.06%) WCF
4 1 (3.03%) Kafka
4 1 (3.03%) Next.js
4 1 (3.03%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Driving Licence
2 6 (18.18%) Analogue Electronics
2 6 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (6.06%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.03%) CAN bus
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.03%) iPad
4 1 (3.03%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Linux
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 12 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 10 (30.30%) Mentoring
3 10 (30.30%) Multithreading
4 8 (24.24%) Agile
4 8 (24.24%) E-Commerce
4 8 (24.24%) Logistics
5 6 (18.18%) Mathematics
6 5 (15.15%) MVC
6 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.09%) OO
7 3 (9.09%) OOP
8 2 (6.06%) Business Continuity
8 2 (6.06%) Change Control
8 2 (6.06%) Coaching
8 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (6.06%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (6.06%) Quality Management
8 2 (6.06%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) C
1 15 (45.45%) C#
2 11 (33.33%) Java
2 11 (33.33%) SQL
3 8 (24.24%) PL/SQL
4 5 (15.15%) Embedded C
4 5 (15.15%) Embedded C++
5 3 (9.09%) PHP
5 3 (9.09%) Python
6 2 (6.06%) T-SQL
7 1 (3.03%) Go
7 1 (3.03%) Kotlin
7 1 (3.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
System Software
1 16 (48.48%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (48.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Lotus
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle