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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 129 | 93 | 89 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | -4 | +57 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 0.39% | 1.03% | 1.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.59% | 4.22% | 6.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £478 | £408 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £513 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £575 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +9.52% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £648 | £610 |
| 90th Percentile | £618 | £649 | £638 |
| England median daily rate | £625 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -4.17% | -10.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | - | - |
| 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 | 567 | 403 | 391 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 24.78% | 24.37% | 21.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 381 | 234 | 282 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £354 | £291 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £409 | £376 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | +5.26% | -9.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £594 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £696 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.65% | -2.27% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 10 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.20 | £16.98 | £17.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.50 | £17.81 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £23.87 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.47% | +29.03% | -15.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.88 | £33.44 | £19.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.25 | £53.25 | £25.80 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.75 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.59% | +0.40% | -3.47% |
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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.
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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.
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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 29 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire | -5 | 2 | - | - | 20 |
| Birmingham | -14 | 2 | £400 | -36.51% | 14 |
| Warwickshire | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Worcestershire | - | 2 | £563 | - | 18 |
| Solihull | +1 | 1 | £625 | - | |
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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: