C++ Job Trends in the Midlands

C++
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 116 129
Rank change year-on-year -83 +13 +7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 18 175 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 2.14% 1.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.59% 8.57% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16 94 77
10th Percentile £29,875 £33,750 £35,300
25th Percentile £46,875 £37,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £69,750 £67,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,625 £74,250 £74,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Programming Languages
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,129 2,041 1,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.31% 24.91% 36.44%
Number of salaries quoted 937 1,134 1,458
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,188
90th Percentile £79,400 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

C++ job vacancy trend in the Midlands

C++
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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

C++
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in the Midlands

C++
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -33 14 £55,000 -10.57% 34
East Midlands -41 4 £45,000 - 33
C++
England

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

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) 3G
1 4 (22.22%) GPRS
1 4 (22.22%) GSM
1 4 (22.22%) Modbus
1 4 (22.22%) RS-232
1 4 (22.22%) RS-485
1 4 (22.22%) SSL
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 3 (16.67%) Bluetooth
2 3 (16.67%) UWB
3 1 (5.56%) Internet
3 1 (5.56%) Wideband
3 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) MySQL
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.56%) InfluxDB
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (5.56%) Redis
2 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.56%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) GitLab
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Advertising
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
1 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
4 2 (11.11%) C Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 2 (11.11%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded C Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded Software Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Graduate
4 2 (11.11%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) .NET
1 2 (11.11%) CSS
1 2 (11.11%) jQuery
2 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
2 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
2 1 (5.56%) Node.js
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) RESTful
2 1 (5.56%) XML
2 1 (5.56%) XSLT
2 1 (5.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (16.67%) Raspberry Pi
3 2 (11.11%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (11.11%) CCTV
3 2 (11.11%) Device Driver
3 2 (11.11%) e-Learning
3 2 (11.11%) SCADA
4 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 5 (27.78%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (22.22%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (22.22%) Secure Coding
4 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 3 (16.67%) Cryptography
5 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 3 (16.67%) Network Design
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) MVC
6 2 (11.11%) OOP
6 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) System Testing
7 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (5.56%) Intelligent Automation
7 1 (5.56%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C
2 7 (38.89%) C#
2 7 (38.89%) Python
3 4 (22.22%) Java
4 3 (16.67%) VB
5 2 (11.11%) Embedded C++
5 2 (11.11%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (11.11%) PHP
5 2 (11.11%) SQL
5 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 2 (11.11%) VBA
6 1 (5.56%) Embedded C
6 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.11%) HND
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) MISRA
2 1 (5.56%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (22.22%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Nagios
1 1 (5.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Atmel
1 1 (5.56%) Blue Prism
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle