C++ Jobs in the North West

C++
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 228 164
Rank change year-on-year +62 -64 -49
Permanent jobs citing C++ 139 61 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.24% 0.83% 1.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.41% 2.19% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 118 53 124
10th Percentile £44,250 £46,250 £34,647
25th Percentile £53,188 £50,000 £41,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +14.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £81,489 - £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,149 2,782 3,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 28.09% 38.06% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 1,727 2,554
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,800 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +0.08% +14.58%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the North West

C++
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester +57 91 £62,500 +2.46% 27
Cheshire +11 37 £62,500 +1.63% 15
Lancashire -10 9 £79,932 -5.96% 2
Merseyside -3 2 £50,000 -39.39% 4
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 16 (11.51%) Apache
2 2 (1.44%) CMS
3 1 (0.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.72%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.19%) Azure
2 4 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.16%) AWS
4 2 (1.44%) GCP
4 2 (1.44%) GitHub
5 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.72%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.60%) MQTT
2 3 (2.16%) Network Security
3 2 (1.44%) RS-232
3 2 (1.44%) RS-485
3 2 (1.44%) Wireless
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (9.35%) Git
2 6 (4.32%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.60%) GDB
4 4 (2.88%) CMake
4 4 (2.88%) GCC
4 4 (2.88%) JIRA
4 4 (2.88%) Subversion
4 4 (2.88%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.44%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.44%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.72%) GitLab
6 1 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (10.79%) Manufacturing
2 7 (5.04%) Automotive
2 7 (5.04%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.32%) Electronics
3 6 (4.32%) Finance
4 5 (3.60%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.88%) Games
5 4 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.16%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.16%) Marketing
6 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.44%) Legal
8 1 (0.72%) Advertising
8 1 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Banking
8 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (43.17%) Developer
2 58 (41.73%) C++ Developer
3 53 (38.13%) Software Engineer
4 29 (20.86%) Lead
4 29 (20.86%) Senior
5 21 (15.11%) C++ Software Engineer
6 19 (13.67%) Embedded Engineer
7 17 (12.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 17 (12.23%) Lead Developer
8 15 (10.79%) Senior Software Engineer
9 12 (8.63%) C++ Software Developer
9 12 (8.63%) Software Developer
10 10 (7.19%) Technical Leader
11 9 (6.47%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 9 (6.47%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 7 (5.04%) GUI Software Engineer
12 7 (5.04%) Senior C++ Developer
12 7 (5.04%) Senior Developer
12 7 (5.04%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 6 (4.32%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.51%) Apache NiFi
1 16 (11.51%) STL
2 13 (9.35%) .NET
3 9 (6.47%) REST
4 8 (5.76%) OpenGL
5 5 (3.60%) Apache Thrift
5 5 (3.60%) React
6 4 (2.88%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.88%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.88%) Node.js
6 4 (2.88%) Qt
6 4 (2.88%) SOAP
7 3 (2.16%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 2 (1.44%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.44%) HTML
8 2 (1.44%) Middleware
8 2 (1.44%) POSIX
8 2 (1.44%) Web Services
9 1 (0.72%) CSS
9 1 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.19%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (6.47%) IoT
3 5 (3.60%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.16%) FPGA
5 2 (1.44%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.44%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (1.44%) Blog
5 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.72%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.72%) PKI
6 1 (0.72%) Robotics
6 1 (0.72%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.72%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 39 (28.06%) Linux
2 28 (20.14%) Windows
3 8 (5.76%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.16%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.44%) FreeBSD
5 2 (1.44%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.44%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (52.52%) Software Engineering
2 24 (17.27%) Agile
3 22 (15.83%) Mentoring
4 18 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (11.51%) Computer Science
6 15 (10.79%) Coaching
7 14 (10.07%) Roadmaps
8 13 (9.35%) Product Roadmap
9 12 (8.63%) Open Source
10 11 (7.91%) CAD
10 11 (7.91%) Multithreading
10 11 (7.91%) SDLC
11 10 (7.19%) Architectural Design
11 10 (7.19%) Feasibility Study
11 10 (7.19%) Re-Platforming
11 10 (7.19%) Strategic Thinking
11 10 (7.19%) TDD
12 8 (5.76%) Unit Testing
13 7 (5.04%) OO
13 7 (5.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.65%) C
2 32 (23.02%) Python
3 31 (22.30%) C#
4 15 (10.79%) Java
5 14 (10.07%) JavaScript
6 10 (7.19%) COBOL
6 10 (7.19%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 5 (3.60%) SQL
8 4 (2.88%) Embedded C
8 4 (2.88%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.44%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.44%) Perl
9 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.44%) R
9 2 (1.44%) Rust
10 1 (0.72%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (16.55%) Degree
2 13 (9.35%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.60%) HND
5 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.72%) CEH
7 1 (0.72%) CISSP
7 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.72%) GIAC
7 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.04%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.44%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.72%) IEC 62304
3 1 (0.72%) NIST
3 1 (0.72%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (4.32%) Firmware
2 3 (2.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.16%) Ansible
1 3 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.72%) Podman
2 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.72%) Puppet
2 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (7.19%) Micro Focus
2 4 (2.88%) Cadence
2 4 (2.88%) Synopsys
3 3 (2.16%) Google
3 3 (2.16%) SAP
4 2 (1.44%) EMC
4 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle
5 1 (0.72%) YouTube