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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 216 166
Rank change year-on-year +43 -50 -67
Permanent jobs citing C++ 121 77 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.21% 1.00% 2.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.11% 2.47% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 108 69 121
10th Percentile £43,375 £30,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £70,625 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,964 - £86,250
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 2,947 3,116 3,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 29.54% 40.32% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,385 1,769 2,571
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £34,273
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,245 £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 19 May 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 19 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
Manchester +58 84 £62,500 +8.70% 30
Cheshire +14 27 £60,000 -2.04% 10
Lancashire -2 8 £79,932 -5.96% 8
Merseyside -6 2 £50,000 -39.39% 2
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 (13.22%) Apache
2 2 (1.65%) CMS
3 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Fusion 360
2 1 (0.83%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.74%) Azure
2 6 (4.96%) AWS
3 4 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.31%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) MQTT
2 3 (2.48%) Network Security
2 3 (2.48%) Wireless
3 1 (0.83%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (3.31%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (9.09%) Git
2 10 (8.26%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.96%) GDB
4 4 (3.31%) CMake
4 4 (3.31%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.31%) Cypress.io
4 4 (3.31%) GCC
4 4 (3.31%) JIRA
4 4 (3.31%) Selenium
4 4 (3.31%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.65%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.65%) LabVIEW
5 2 (1.65%) Subversion
6 1 (0.83%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (9.92%) Manufacturing
2 7 (5.79%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.96%) Automotive
3 6 (4.96%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.13%) Electronics
4 5 (4.13%) Finance
5 4 (3.31%) Games
5 4 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.48%) Marketing
6 3 (2.48%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.65%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.65%) Legal
8 1 (0.83%) Advertising
8 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Banking
8 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (42.98%) Developer
2 50 (41.32%) C++ Developer
3 49 (40.50%) Software Engineer
4 31 (25.62%) Lead
5 21 (17.36%) C++ Software Engineer
6 18 (14.88%) Senior
7 17 (14.05%) Lead Developer
8 16 (13.22%) Embedded Engineer
8 16 (13.22%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (11.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (9.92%) C++ Software Developer
10 12 (9.92%) Software Developer
11 10 (8.26%) Technical Leader
12 9 (7.44%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 9 (7.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 7 (5.79%) GUI Software Engineer
13 7 (5.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 6 (4.96%) Embedded C++ Engineer
14 6 (4.96%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
15 5 (4.13%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.22%) Apache NiFi
1 16 (13.22%) STL
2 13 (10.74%) .NET
3 9 (7.44%) REST
4 8 (6.61%) OpenGL
5 6 (4.96%) React
6 5 (4.13%) Apache Thrift
7 4 (3.31%) .NET Core
7 4 (3.31%) .NET Framework
7 4 (3.31%) Node.js
7 4 (3.31%) SOAP
8 3 (2.48%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (2.48%) HTML
9 2 (1.65%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.65%) HTML5
9 2 (1.65%) Middleware
9 2 (1.65%) POSIX
9 2 (1.65%) Spring
9 2 (1.65%) Spring Boot
9 2 (1.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.26%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (7.44%) IoT
3 5 (4.13%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.48%) FPGA
5 2 (1.65%) Analogue Electronics
5 2 (1.65%) Blog
5 2 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.83%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.83%) Robotics
6 1 (0.83%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 38 (31.40%) Linux
2 28 (23.14%) Windows
3 8 (6.61%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.48%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.65%) FreeBSD
5 2 (1.65%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.83%) Android
6 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (57.02%) Software Engineering
2 29 (23.97%) Agile
3 23 (19.01%) Mentoring
4 16 (13.22%) Coaching
4 16 (13.22%) Roadmaps
5 15 (12.40%) Product Roadmap
6 14 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (10.74%) Computer Science
8 11 (9.09%) CAD
8 11 (9.09%) Multithreading
8 11 (9.09%) TDD
9 10 (8.26%) Architectural Design
9 10 (8.26%) DevOps
9 10 (8.26%) Feasibility Study
9 10 (8.26%) Open Source
9 10 (8.26%) Re-Platforming
9 10 (8.26%) SDLC
9 10 (8.26%) Strategic Thinking
10 7 (5.79%) OO
10 7 (5.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (32.23%) C
2 32 (26.45%) Python
3 28 (23.14%) C#
4 19 (15.70%) Java
5 18 (14.88%) JavaScript
6 10 (8.26%) COBOL
6 10 (8.26%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 9 (7.44%) SQL
8 4 (3.31%) SystemVerilog
9 2 (1.65%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.65%) Perl
9 2 (1.65%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.83%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.83%) Bash
10 1 (0.83%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 20 (16.53%) Degree
2 15 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.13%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.13%) HND
5 3 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.83%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.65%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.96%) Docker
2 5 (4.13%) Embedded Firmware
2 5 (4.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Podman
3 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (8.26%) Micro Focus
2 4 (3.31%) Cadence
2 4 (3.31%) Synopsys
3 3 (2.48%) SAP
4 2 (1.65%) EMC
4 2 (1.65%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.83%) Google
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle
5 1 (0.83%) YouTube