C++ Jobs in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 244 168
Rank change year-on-year +51 -76 -71
Permanent jobs citing C++ 218 203 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.24% 1.19% 2.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.31% 2.85% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 186 145 278
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -1.43% +21.74%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,054 7,117 7,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.82% 41.86% 43.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,187 3,544 5,451
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North of England.

Salary trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the North of England

C++
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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 West +46 119 £62,500 +4.17% 44
Yorkshire +46 75 £47,500 +11.76% 19
North East +14 24 £55,000 +10.55% 10
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (10.09%) Apache
2 2 (0.92%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.46%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.80%) Azure
2 8 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.75%) AWS
4 4 (1.83%) OpenShift
5 2 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.80%) MQTT
2 15 (6.88%) Wireless
3 12 (5.50%) 3G
3 12 (5.50%) 4G
3 12 (5.50%) RS-485
3 12 (5.50%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.21%) Network Security
5 3 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.92%) VoIP
7 1 (0.46%) Intranet
7 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.59%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.42%) Jenkins
2 13 (5.96%) Git
3 9 (4.13%) LabVIEW
4 6 (2.75%) GDB
4 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.83%) CMake
5 4 (1.83%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.83%) GCC
5 4 (1.83%) Selenium
6 3 (1.38%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.38%) JIRA
6 3 (1.38%) Subversion
7 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (9.17%) Manufacturing
2 18 (8.26%) Automotive
3 17 (7.80%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.50%) Mandarin Language
5 11 (5.05%) Electronics
6 9 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.67%) Legal
7 8 (3.67%) Marketing
8 7 (3.21%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.75%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.29%) Finance
11 4 (1.83%) Games
12 2 (0.92%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.46%) Advertising
13 1 (0.46%) Banking
13 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 108 (49.54%) Software Engineer
2 62 (28.44%) Developer
3 59 (27.06%) C++ Developer
4 47 (21.56%) Embedded Engineer
4 47 (21.56%) Lead
5 45 (20.64%) C++ Software Engineer
6 40 (18.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 33 (15.14%) Senior
8 29 (13.30%) Senior Software Engineer
9 25 (11.47%) Technical Leader
10 18 (8.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 17 (7.80%) Lead Developer
11 17 (7.80%) Software Developer
12 16 (7.34%) C++ Software Developer
12 16 (7.34%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 13 (5.96%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (5.05%) C Software Engineer
14 11 (5.05%) C/C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (5.05%) GUI Software Engineer
15 9 (4.13%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.84%) REST
2 22 (10.09%) .NET
3 17 (7.80%) STL
4 16 (7.34%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (5.50%) OpenGL
6 10 (4.59%) React
6 10 (4.59%) SOAP
7 8 (3.67%) HTML
7 8 (3.67%) Web Services
8 6 (2.75%) .NET Framework
8 6 (2.75%) WPF
9 5 (2.29%) Apache Thrift
9 5 (2.29%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.83%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.83%) DirectX
10 4 (1.83%) Entity Framework
10 4 (1.83%) Node.js
10 4 (1.83%) WebGL
11 3 (1.38%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.17%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (6.42%) IoT
3 12 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.67%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.75%) SCADA
7 5 (2.29%) Robotics
8 3 (1.38%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (1.38%) FPGA
8 3 (1.38%) Podcast
9 2 (0.92%) Blog
10 1 (0.46%) ARM Cortex
10 1 (0.46%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.46%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 65 (29.82%) Linux
2 29 (13.30%) Windows
3 23 (10.55%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.75%) AIX
5 3 (1.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.92%) FreeBSD
6 2 (0.92%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.92%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.46%) Android
7 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (66.97%) Software Engineering
2 60 (27.52%) Agile
3 43 (19.72%) Mentoring
4 31 (14.22%) Coaching
4 31 (14.22%) Roadmaps
5 30 (13.76%) Product Roadmap
6 27 (12.39%) OO
6 27 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (11.93%) Architectural Design
8 25 (11.47%) Feasibility Study
8 25 (11.47%) Open Source
8 25 (11.47%) Re-Platforming
8 25 (11.47%) Strategic Thinking
9 22 (10.09%) Software Testing
10 19 (8.72%) Test Automation
11 18 (8.26%) CAD
11 18 (8.26%) OOD
12 17 (7.80%) TDD
13 16 (7.34%) Computer Science
14 14 (6.42%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 103 (47.25%) C
2 66 (30.28%) Python
3 51 (23.39%) C#
4 40 (18.35%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.47%) COBOL
5 25 (11.47%) Java
5 25 (11.47%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 14 (6.42%) SQL
7 9 (4.13%) SystemVerilog
8 8 (3.67%) Embedded C
9 6 (2.75%) VB
10 4 (1.83%) R
11 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.92%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.92%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.92%) Perl
13 1 (0.46%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.46%) Bash
13 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (12.39%) Degree
2 14 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.59%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.29%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.29%) HND
5 4 (1.83%) PhD
6 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.50%) GDPR
2 7 (3.21%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.38%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.92%) QA
System Software
1 17 (7.80%) Firmware
2 13 (5.96%) Docker
3 8 (3.67%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.38%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Podman
3 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.47%) Micro Focus
2 9 (4.13%) Cadence
2 9 (4.13%) Synopsys
3 7 (3.21%) Oracle
4 3 (1.38%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.38%) SAP
5 2 (0.92%) EMC
5 2 (0.92%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.46%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.46%) Google
6 1 (0.46%) Lotus
6 1 (0.46%) QNX
6 1 (0.46%) YouTube