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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 107 | 88 | 92 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | +4 | +81 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 20 | 23 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 1.09% | 1.23% | 1.46% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.42% | 5.31% | 6.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 15 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £486 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £613 | £493 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.05% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £563 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £648 | - |
| England median daily rate | £625 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | -11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.91 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41.96 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 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 | 453 | 433 | 469 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 24.66% | 23.12% | 22.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 285 | 263 | 321 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £313 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £381 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £492 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.73% | +3.47% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £569 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £648 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £545 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.50% | -0.91% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 5 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.36 | £17.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £35.00 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £57.50 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +210.81% | -58.89% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60.00 | £22.35 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £69.00 | £50.38 |
| England median hourly rate | £57.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.31% | - | +8.62% |
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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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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.
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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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.
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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 30 September 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 | +13 | 19 | - | - | 5 |
| Solihull | - | 1 | £625 | - | |
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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: