C++ Job Trends in Birmingham

C++
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 87 112
Rank change year-on-year -27 +25 -16
Permanent jobs citing C++ 3 13 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.098% 1.13% 1.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.77% 3.76% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 37
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -44.44% -21.74%
75th Percentile £49,992 £47,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,988 - £91,478
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £35,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +71.43% -41.67% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 389 346 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.68% 30.09% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 294 286 740
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £46,789 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,188 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

C++ job vacancy trend in Birmingham

C++
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Birmingham over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in Birmingham

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) C# Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate C# Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate C# Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate PHP Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Graduate SQL Developer
1 2 (66.67%) PHP Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Refactoring
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) PHP
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft