C++
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring C++ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 80 | 53 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +65 | -27 | +21 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 375 | 8 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 33.36% | 0.68% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 59.43% | 3.02% | 2.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34,325 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45,500 | £82,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £50,500 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -40.59% | +61.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £55,250 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £61,250 | - |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £61,000 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.03% | +3.39% | -1.67% |
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 631 | 265 | 123 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 56.14% | 22.38% | 25.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 54 | 174 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,375 | £37,574 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,870 | £44,803 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,683 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.30% | +15.79% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,063 | £65,000 | £55,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,600 | £78,375 | £60,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Salary Trend in Lancashire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing C++.
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Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | +11 | 6 | - | - | |
| Blackburn | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Chorley | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Darwen | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Accrington | - | 4 | - | - | |
| Blackpool | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Burnley | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Rossendale | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Skelmersdale | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Colne | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Nelson | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Ormskirk | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Newton-le-Willows | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Bacup | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Clitheroe | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Fleetwood | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Morecambe | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Barnoldswick | - | 1 | - | - | |
| C++ North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: