C++ Jobs in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 133 151
Rank change year-on-year -8 +18 -18
Permanent jobs citing C++ 113 145 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.56% 2.20% 1.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.02% 6.06% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 97 64 47
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £44,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £94,100 £97,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,876 2,394 2,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.85% 36.34% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 1,238 2,123
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,125 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,825 £79,000 £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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Birmingham -14 29 £45,000 -14.29% 10
Staffordshire +2 22 £35,000 +8.53% 6
Worcestershire -1 19 £50,000 - 7
Coventry +49 15 £65,000 +52.94% 4
Herefordshire +3 6 £61,500 -44.09% 4
Warwickshire +1 6 £100,000 +11.73% 4
Wolverhampton +12 2 - - 1
Shropshire -8 2 £52,500 -12.50% 1
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (8.85%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Simulink
2 2 (1.77%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.88%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.08%) Azure
2 4 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (3.54%) GitHub
2 4 (3.54%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.54%) PowerApps
3 3 (2.65%) AWS
3 3 (2.65%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.85%) Firewall
2 3 (2.65%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.88%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.88%) DHCP
3 1 (0.88%) DNS
3 1 (0.88%) SSH
3 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.39%) MySQL
2 10 (8.85%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (7.96%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.54%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.85%) Git
1 10 (8.85%) GNU Toolchain
1 10 (8.85%) Subversion
2 5 (4.42%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.54%) Xcode
4 2 (1.77%) CANoe
5 1 (0.88%) PVCS
5 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.93%) Electronics
4 17 (15.04%) Automotive
5 11 (9.73%) Games
6 7 (6.19%) Law
7 6 (5.31%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.54%) Finance
9 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.88%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.88%) Police
9 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (33.63%) Embedded Engineer
2 36 (31.86%) Developer
3 33 (29.20%) Software Engineer
4 23 (20.35%) Senior
5 21 (18.58%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (17.70%) C++ Developer
7 15 (13.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (12.39%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 14 (12.39%) Linux Engineer
8 14 (12.39%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 12 (10.62%) C++ Software Engineer
10 10 (8.85%) Linux Developer
11 8 (7.08%) Lead
12 6 (5.31%) Software Developer
13 5 (4.42%) IT Engineer
13 5 (4.42%) Junior
13 5 (4.42%) Junior Developer
13 5 (4.42%) Operations Engineer
13 5 (4.42%) SCADA Engineer
13 5 (4.42%) SCADA Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.27%) Yocto
2 10 (8.85%) Node.js
2 10 (8.85%) POSIX
3 9 (7.96%) .NET
4 5 (4.42%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.42%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (4.42%) HTML
5 4 (3.54%) XML
5 4 (3.54%) XSLT
6 3 (2.65%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.65%) Blazor
6 3 (2.65%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.77%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.77%) CSS
7 2 (1.77%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.88%) Ionic Framework
8 1 (0.88%) Web Services
8 1 (0.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.04%) IoT
2 13 (11.50%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (8.85%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (5.31%) SCADA
4 6 (5.31%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.65%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.77%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (1.77%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.88%) FPGA
7 1 (0.88%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.88%) Robotics
7 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 35 (30.97%) Linux
2 18 (15.93%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (8.85%) Unix
4 6 (5.31%) Windows
5 5 (4.42%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (47.79%) Software Engineering
2 26 (23.01%) Agile
3 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.81%) Embedded Software Development
5 14 (12.39%) Mathematics
5 14 (12.39%) Open Source
6 11 (9.73%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.96%) Proactive Monitoring
8 8 (7.08%) Computer Science
8 8 (7.08%) Customer Service
9 7 (6.19%) Test Automation
10 6 (5.31%) System Testing
10 6 (5.31%) Validation
11 5 (4.42%) Coaching
11 5 (4.42%) DevOps
11 5 (4.42%) MVC
11 5 (4.42%) Physics
11 5 (4.42%) Roadmaps
11 5 (4.42%) UML
12 4 (3.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (52.21%) C
2 30 (26.55%) C#
3 18 (15.93%) Java
4 14 (12.39%) Embedded C
5 13 (11.50%) Embedded C++
5 13 (11.50%) Python
6 10 (8.85%) Bash
6 10 (8.85%) SQL
7 9 (7.96%) MATLAB
8 8 (7.08%) VB
9 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
10 6 (5.31%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.54%) COBOL
11 4 (3.54%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 1 (0.88%) Perl
12 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (23.01%) Degree
2 5 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.42%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.19%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.54%) MISRA
2 4 (3.54%) MISRA C
3 3 (2.65%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.77%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 15 (13.27%) Firmware
2 13 (11.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (5.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.42%) Cisco
2 5 (4.42%) Remedy
3 4 (3.54%) Micro Focus
3 4 (3.54%) Oracle
4 1 (0.88%) EMC
4 1 (0.88%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.88%) YouTube