C++ Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 89 90
Rank change year-on-year -74 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing C++ 8 17 21
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.23% 1.07% 1.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.03% 4.22% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 17
10th Percentile £219 - £266
25th Percentile £249 - £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £304 - £515
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.71%
75th Percentile £354 - £538
90th Percentile £382 - -
England median daily rate £600 £659 £550
% change year-on-year -8.88% +19.73% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 1
10th Percentile £30.88 - -
25th Percentile £37.81 £33.91 -
Median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +23.46% -
75th Percentile £65.31 - -
90th Percentile £72.63 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 775 403 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.53% 25.25% 21.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 250 304
10th Percentile £358 £253 £260
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +2.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £638
England median daily rate £520 £520 £541
% change year-on-year - -3.93% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 15
10th Percentile £46.25 £28.18 £36.36
25th Percentile £56.50 £33.91 £47.75
Median hourly rate £59.50 £50.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -13.04% +96.13%
75th Percentile £67.84 - £58.75
90th Percentile £69.77 - £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C++ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

C++ job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Staffordshire - 3 - - 1
Birmingham - 2 - - 1
Warwickshire -29 1 £400 -
Worcestershire - 1 - - 1
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) PetaLinux
2 1 (12.50%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Automotive
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Qt Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Build Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Reliability Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) QML
1 2 (25.00%) Qt
1 2 (25.00%) Yocto
2 1 (12.50%) Itk
2 1 (12.50%) PostGIS
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) FPGA
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Verilog
2 1 (12.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) FPGA Design
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (12.50%) PLM
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (12.50%) Tcl
4 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 26262
1 2 (25.00%) MISRA
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 14001
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) QNX
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Perforce
2 1 (12.50%) Xilinx