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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 117 150
Rank change year-on-year -29 +33 -13
Permanent jobs citing C++ 29 34 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.73% 1.37% 1.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.52% 4.55% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 27 11 40
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £31,625 £36,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £61,250 £69,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,230 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +5.97% -7.41%

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 823 747 1,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.67% 30.00% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 579 402 1,228
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £54,614 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.05% -10.44%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,500 £96,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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
North Yorkshire +6 10 £45,000 -18.18% 1
West Yorkshire -30 10 £33,250 -23.56% 6
South Yorkshire -18 7 £55,000 +15.79% 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) MySQL
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) ClickHouse
2 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (34.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (48.28%) Manufacturing
2 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 8 (27.59%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (27.59%) Retail
4 7 (24.14%) Finance
5 6 (20.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Software Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) C# Software Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) C++ Software Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) Graduate
3 8 (27.59%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Linux Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Logistics Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Software Engineering Graduate
4 5 (17.24%) Design Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Electronics Design Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Electronics Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Embedded Software Design Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Software Design Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Customer Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.90%) C++ Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Graduate Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET
1 2 (6.90%) CSS
1 2 (6.90%) jQuery
2 1 (3.45%) Kafka
2 1 (3.45%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Driving Licence
2 5 (17.24%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (17.24%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Software Engineering
2 11 (37.93%) Computer Science
3 10 (34.48%) Multithreading
4 9 (31.03%) Mentoring
5 8 (27.59%) E-Commerce
5 8 (27.59%) Logistics
6 7 (24.14%) Agile
7 6 (20.69%) Mathematics
8 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.90%) MVC
8 2 (6.90%) OO
8 2 (6.90%) OOP
8 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (3.45%) API Integration
9 1 (3.45%) Code Quality
9 1 (3.45%) Data Pipeline
9 1 (3.45%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 16 (55.17%) C
2 13 (44.83%) C#
3 10 (34.48%) Java
4 9 (31.03%) SQL
5 8 (27.59%) PL/SQL
6 6 (20.69%) Embedded C
7 5 (17.24%) Embedded C++
8 3 (10.34%) Python
9 2 (6.90%) PHP
10 1 (3.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Degree
2 10 (34.48%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 16 (55.17%) Embedded Firmware
1 16 (55.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes