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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 263 164
Rank change year-on-year +85 -99 -65
Permanent jobs citing C++ 240 166 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.27% 1.03% 2.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.54% 2.58% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 197 115 273
10th Percentile £42,000 £32,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

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 5,287 6,431 7,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.94% 40.01% 42.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,306 3,490 5,366
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +54 132 £62,500 -7.41% 48
Yorkshire +44 83 £47,500 +11.76% 20
North East +8 25 £56,000 +6.67% 5
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 (9.17%) Apache
2 2 (0.83%) CMS
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Fusion 360
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.42%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.83%) Azure
2 8 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.83%) AWS
3 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.42%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.42%) GCP
4 1 (0.42%) GitHub
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.42%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.50%) MQTT
2 16 (6.67%) Wireless
3 14 (5.83%) RS-485
4 13 (5.42%) 3G
4 13 (5.42%) 4G
4 13 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.92%) Network Security
6 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.83%) VoIP
8 1 (0.42%) Firewall
8 1 (0.42%) Intranet
8 1 (0.42%) RS-232
8 1 (0.42%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.50%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.83%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (6.67%) Git
2 10 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.33%) LabVIEW
4 6 (2.50%) GDB
5 5 (2.08%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.67%) CMake
6 4 (1.67%) GCC
6 4 (1.67%) JIRA
7 3 (1.25%) Subversion
8 2 (0.83%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.42%) GitLab
9 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
General
1 22 (9.17%) Manufacturing
2 17 (7.08%) Automotive
2 17 (7.08%) Social Skills
3 13 (5.42%) Electronics
3 13 (5.42%) Mandarin Language
4 9 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (3.33%) Legal
6 7 (2.92%) Finance
6 7 (2.92%) Marketing
6 7 (2.92%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.08%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.67%) Games
9 3 (1.25%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Advertising
10 1 (0.42%) Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 116 (48.33%) Software Engineer
2 70 (29.17%) Developer
3 67 (27.92%) C++ Developer
4 55 (22.92%) Embedded Engineer
5 51 (21.25%) C++ Software Engineer
6 47 (19.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 45 (18.75%) Lead
8 40 (16.67%) Senior
9 27 (11.25%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (10.42%) Technical Leader
11 19 (7.92%) Software Developer
12 18 (7.50%) C++ Software Developer
12 18 (7.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 17 (7.08%) Lead Developer
14 15 (6.25%) C Software Engineer
14 15 (6.25%) C/C++ Software Engineer
14 15 (6.25%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 15 (6.25%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
14 15 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 14 (5.83%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.08%) REST
2 24 (10.00%) .NET
3 18 (7.50%) STL
4 16 (6.67%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (5.00%) OpenGL
6 10 (4.17%) React
6 10 (4.17%) SOAP
7 8 (3.33%) HTML
7 8 (3.33%) Web Services
8 7 (2.92%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.50%) Qt
10 5 (2.08%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.08%) Apache Thrift
10 5 (2.08%) ASP.NET
11 4 (1.67%) DirectX
11 4 (1.67%) Entity Framework
11 4 (1.67%) Node.js
11 4 (1.67%) WebGL
11 4 (1.67%) WPF
12 3 (1.25%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.17%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (5.83%) IoT
3 13 (5.42%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.75%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.50%) SCADA
7 5 (2.08%) Robotics
8 3 (1.25%) FPGA
8 3 (1.25%) Podcast
9 2 (0.83%) Analogue Electronics
9 2 (0.83%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.83%) Blog
10 1 (0.42%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.42%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.42%) PKI
10 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.42%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 72 (30.00%) Linux
2 28 (11.67%) Embedded Linux
2 28 (11.67%) Windows
3 6 (2.50%) AIX
4 3 (1.25%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.25%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.83%) FreeBSD
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (64.17%) Software Engineering
2 58 (24.17%) Agile
3 45 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 32 (13.33%) Coaching
4 32 (13.33%) OO
5 31 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (12.08%) Roadmaps
7 28 (11.67%) Architectural Design
7 28 (11.67%) Product Roadmap
8 27 (11.25%) Open Source
9 25 (10.42%) Feasibility Study
9 25 (10.42%) Re-Platforming
9 25 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
10 24 (10.00%) Software Testing
11 20 (8.33%) Test Automation
12 19 (7.92%) OOD
13 18 (7.50%) CAD
13 18 (7.50%) Computer Science
14 17 (7.08%) TDD
15 14 (5.83%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 112 (46.67%) C
2 65 (27.08%) Python
3 52 (21.67%) C#
4 37 (15.42%) JavaScript
5 25 (10.42%) COBOL
5 25 (10.42%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 23 (9.58%) Java
7 13 (5.42%) SQL
8 9 (3.75%) Embedded C
8 9 (3.75%) SystemVerilog
9 6 (2.50%) VB
10 5 (2.08%) R
11 4 (1.67%) Embedded C++
12 3 (1.25%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.83%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.83%) Perl
13 2 (0.83%) Rust
14 1 (0.42%) Bash
14 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (12.92%) Degree
2 14 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.08%) HND
4 5 (2.08%) PhD
5 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.25%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.42%) CEH
8 1 (0.42%) CISSP
8 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.42%) GIAC
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.42%) GDPR
2 7 (2.92%) ISO 9000
3 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.42%) NIST
4 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 18 (7.50%) Firmware
2 10 (4.17%) Docker
2 10 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.25%) Ansible
3 1 (0.42%) Podman
3 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.42%) Puppet
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (10.42%) Micro Focus
2 9 (3.75%) Cadence
2 9 (3.75%) Synopsys
3 7 (2.92%) Oracle
4 3 (1.25%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.25%) SAP
5 2 (0.83%) EMC
5 2 (0.83%) Google
5 2 (0.83%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.42%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.42%) Lotus
6 1 (0.42%) YouTube