C++ Job Trends in the East Midlands

C++
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 110 91
Rank change year-on-year +3 -19 +27
Permanent jobs citing C++ 47 26 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.99% 1.32% 2.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.81% 5.34% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 34 5 100
10th Percentile £26,925 - £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -0.55%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,225 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% +10.38% -11.11%

All Programming Languages
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 809 487 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 17.05% 24.73% 25.31%
Number of salaries quoted 482 333 1,045
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,475 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

C++ job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

C++
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C++ in the East Midlands

C++
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -2 18 £45,000 +80.00% 7
Derbyshire 0 13 £35,000 -36.36% 4
Lincolnshire -9 9 £55,000 - 1
Leicestershire -36 6 £41,250 -26.67% 4
Northamptonshire +7 1 £52,500 - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Azure
2 5 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) Bluetooth
1 4 (8.51%) MQTT
1 4 (8.51%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (8.51%) Wireless
1 4 (8.51%) ZigBee
2 1 (2.13%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (2.13%) FTP
2 1 (2.13%) HTTP
2 1 (2.13%) RTP
2 1 (2.13%) RTSP
2 1 (2.13%) SCTP
2 1 (2.13%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (2.13%) SS7
2 1 (2.13%) VoIP
2 1 (2.13%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Git
2 4 (8.51%) GDB
2 4 (8.51%) GitLab
2 4 (8.51%) Jenkins
2 4 (8.51%) Robot Framework
3 2 (4.26%) JIRA
3 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.13%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (14.89%) Games
1 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) iGaming
3 3 (6.38%) Finance
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.13%) Automotive
5 1 (2.13%) Law
5 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (55.32%) Software Engineer
2 15 (31.91%) Developer
3 12 (25.53%) C++ Software Engineer
4 10 (21.28%) Embedded Engineer
4 10 (21.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 9 (19.15%) Graduate
5 9 (19.15%) Software Developer
6 7 (14.89%) C++ Developer
7 6 (12.77%) C# Developer
7 6 (12.77%) C# Software Developer
7 6 (12.77%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Qt Software Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) Chief Technology Officer
9 4 (8.51%) Senior
10 3 (6.38%) Graduate Developer
10 3 (6.38%) Graduate Software Developer
10 3 (6.38%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 3 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) Qt
2 4 (8.51%) pytest
2 4 (8.51%) Unity DI Container
2 4 (8.51%) Yocto
3 3 (6.38%) CSS
3 3 (6.38%) jQuery
4 2 (4.26%) React
4 2 (4.26%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (2.13%) .NET
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.13%) FFmpeg
5 1 (2.13%) GStreamer
5 1 (2.13%) HTML
5 1 (2.13%) JSON
5 1 (2.13%) WebRTC
5 1 (2.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) IoT
2 4 (8.51%) ARM Cortex
2 4 (8.51%) Device Driver
2 4 (8.51%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.13%) CUDA
5 1 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.13%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (55.32%) Software Engineering
2 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
3 8 (17.02%) Agile
4 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
4 6 (12.77%) OOP
5 5 (10.64%) DevOps
6 4 (8.51%) BDD
6 4 (8.51%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 4 (8.51%) Software Delivery
6 4 (8.51%) Test Automation
6 4 (8.51%) Validation
7 3 (6.38%) Mathematics
7 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
7 3 (6.38%) MVC
7 3 (6.38%) OO
7 3 (6.38%) Physics
7 3 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.38%) Software Testing
8 2 (4.26%) CAD
8 2 (4.26%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) C#
2 11 (23.40%) SQL
3 7 (14.89%) Python
4 4 (8.51%) Bash
4 4 (8.51%) C
5 3 (6.38%) Java
5 3 (6.38%) PHP
6 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) JTAG
2 2 (4.26%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Perforce