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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 236 158
Rank change year-on-year +50 -78 -63
Permanent jobs citing C++ 219 201 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.24% 1.19% 2.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.31% 2.84% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 186 144 276
10th Percentile £41,875 £30,000 £32,563
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year - +9.00% -4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,125 £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 5,077 7,089 7,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.72% 41.98% 43.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,183 3,565 5,449
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £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 20 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 20 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 +39 121 £62,500 +3.31% 49
Yorkshire +40 74 £47,500 +11.76% 23
North East +16 24 £55,000 +10.55% 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 (10.05%) Apache
2 2 (0.91%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) 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 (7.76%) Azure
2 8 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.74%) AWS
4 4 (1.83%) OpenShift
5 2 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.46%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.76%) MQTT
2 15 (6.85%) Wireless
3 12 (5.48%) 3G
3 12 (5.48%) 4G
3 12 (5.48%) RS-485
3 12 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (3.20%) Network Security
5 3 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.91%) VoIP
7 1 (0.46%) Intranet
7 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.57%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.65%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.46%) Power BI
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.39%) Jenkins
2 13 (5.94%) Git
3 9 (4.11%) LabVIEW
4 6 (2.74%) GDB
4 6 (2.74%) 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%) JIRA
5 4 (1.83%) Selenium
6 3 (1.37%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.37%) Subversion
7 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (9.13%) Manufacturing
2 18 (8.22%) Automotive
3 17 (7.76%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.48%) Mandarin Language
5 10 (4.57%) Electronics
6 9 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.65%) Legal
7 8 (3.65%) Marketing
8 7 (3.20%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.28%) Finance
11 4 (1.83%) Games
12 2 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.91%) 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 (49.32%) Software Engineer
2 63 (28.77%) Developer
3 60 (27.40%) C++ Developer
4 47 (21.46%) Embedded Engineer
4 47 (21.46%) Lead
5 44 (20.09%) C++ Software Engineer
6 40 (18.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 33 (15.07%) Senior
8 29 (13.24%) Senior Software Engineer
9 25 (11.42%) Technical Leader
10 18 (8.22%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 18 (8.22%) Software Developer
11 17 (7.76%) C++ Software Developer
11 17 (7.76%) Lead Developer
12 16 (7.31%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 13 (5.94%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (5.02%) C Software Engineer
14 11 (5.02%) C/C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (5.02%) GUI Software Engineer
15 9 (4.11%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.79%) REST
2 23 (10.50%) .NET
3 17 (7.76%) STL
4 16 (7.31%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (5.48%) OpenGL
6 10 (4.57%) React
6 10 (4.57%) SOAP
7 8 (3.65%) HTML
7 8 (3.65%) Web Services
8 7 (3.20%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.74%) WPF
10 5 (2.28%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.28%) Apache Thrift
10 5 (2.28%) ASP.NET
11 4 (1.83%) DirectX
11 4 (1.83%) Entity Framework
11 4 (1.83%) Node.js
11 4 (1.83%) WebGL
12 3 (1.37%) Boost C++ Libraries
12 3 (1.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.13%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (6.39%) IoT
3 12 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.11%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.20%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.74%) SCADA
7 5 (2.28%) Robotics
8 3 (1.37%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (1.37%) FPGA
8 3 (1.37%) Podcast
9 2 (0.91%) 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 (29.68%) Linux
2 29 (13.24%) Windows
3 23 (10.50%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (2.74%) AIX
5 3 (1.37%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.91%) FreeBSD
6 2 (0.91%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.91%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.46%) Android
7 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 60 (27.40%) Agile
3 43 (19.63%) Mentoring
4 31 (14.16%) Coaching
4 31 (14.16%) Roadmaps
5 30 (13.70%) Product Roadmap
6 27 (12.33%) OO
6 27 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (11.87%) Architectural Design
8 25 (11.42%) Feasibility Study
8 25 (11.42%) Open Source
8 25 (11.42%) Re-Platforming
8 25 (11.42%) Strategic Thinking
9 22 (10.05%) Software Testing
10 19 (8.68%) Test Automation
11 18 (8.22%) CAD
11 18 (8.22%) OOD
12 17 (7.76%) TDD
13 16 (7.31%) Computer Science
14 14 (6.39%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 103 (47.03%) C
2 65 (29.68%) Python
3 52 (23.74%) C#
4 40 (18.26%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.42%) COBOL
5 25 (11.42%) Java
5 25 (11.42%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 14 (6.39%) SQL
7 9 (4.11%) SystemVerilog
8 8 (3.65%) Embedded C
9 6 (2.74%) VB
10 4 (1.83%) R
11 3 (1.37%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.91%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.91%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.91%) 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 (12.33%) Degree
2 15 (6.85%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.02%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.28%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.28%) HND
5 4 (1.83%) PhD
6 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.48%) GDPR
2 7 (3.20%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.37%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 17 (7.76%) Firmware
2 13 (5.94%) Docker
3 8 (3.65%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.37%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Podman
3 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.42%) Micro Focus
2 9 (4.11%) Cadence
2 9 (4.11%) Synopsys
3 7 (3.20%) Oracle
4 3 (1.37%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.37%) SAP
5 2 (0.91%) EMC
5 2 (0.91%) 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