C++
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 92 | 90 | 115 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +25 | +53 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 5 | 21 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.37% | 1.08% | 1.01% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.46% | 4.94% | 3.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 15 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £194 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £486 | £434 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £502 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -12.78% | +53.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £590 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £581 | £600 |
| England median daily rate | £750 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.43% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.91 | £40.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.27% | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
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 | 343 | 425 | 628 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 25.50% | 21.83% | 26.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 211 | 308 | 439 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £260 | £362 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £350 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £456 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.11% | -13.10% | +14.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £638 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.85 | £40.10 | £21.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £55.00 | £23.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.33 | £58.75 | £64.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £69.75 | £98.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.
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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 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire | +5 | 3 | - | - | 21 |
| Birmingham | +14 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| Solihull | - | 1 | - | - | |
| C++ England |
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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: