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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 125 147
Rank change year-on-year -75 +22 -1
Permanent jobs citing C++ 23 127 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.29% 1.93% 1.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.02% 7.32% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 18 61 71
10th Percentile £31,825 £31,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £37,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -5.17% +10.48%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,375 £70,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

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 1,141 1,734 1,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.61% 26.34% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 934 945 1,495
10th Percentile £28,825 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £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 3 January 2026.

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 3 January 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
West Midlands -36 15 £55,000 -4.35% 64
East Midlands -44 8 £49,000 +3.16% 59
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 (4.35%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) GCP
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (4.35%) GitHub
4 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) 3G
1 4 (17.39%) GPRS
1 4 (17.39%) GSM
1 4 (17.39%) Modbus
1 4 (17.39%) RS-232
1 4 (17.39%) RS-485
1 4 (17.39%) SSL
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) Bluetooth
2 3 (13.04%) UWB
3 1 (4.35%) Wideband
3 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) MySQL
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.35%) InfluxDB
2 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.35%) Redis
2 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.35%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) MLflow
2 1 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
1 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Advertising
3 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.35%) Automotive
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Law
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Software Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Embedded Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Developer
4 6 (26.09%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Qt Software Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Software Developer
6 2 (8.70%) C Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.70%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded C Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Embedded Software Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) Qt
2 2 (8.70%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) CSS
2 2 (8.70%) jQuery
3 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
3 1 (4.35%) GraphQL
3 1 (4.35%) Node.js
3 1 (4.35%) PyTorch
3 1 (4.35%) React
3 1 (4.35%) RESTful
3 1 (4.35%) scikit-learn
3 1 (4.35%) TensorFlow
3 1 (4.35%) XML
3 1 (4.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (8.70%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (8.70%) CCTV
2 2 (8.70%) Device Driver
2 2 (8.70%) e-Learning
2 2 (8.70%) SCADA
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (17.39%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Software Engineering
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (17.39%) Secure Coding
4 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
5 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
5 3 (13.04%) Cryptography
5 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 2 (8.70%) AI
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps
6 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.70%) MVC
6 2 (8.70%) Network Design
6 2 (8.70%) OOP
6 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Project Management
6 2 (8.70%) System Testing
7 1 (4.35%) Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) C
2 7 (30.43%) C#
2 7 (30.43%) Python
3 4 (17.39%) Java
4 3 (13.04%) VB
5 2 (8.70%) Embedded C++
5 2 (8.70%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (8.70%) PHP
5 2 (8.70%) SQL
5 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (8.70%) VBA
6 1 (4.35%) Embedded C
6 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) HND
4 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) MISRA
2 1 (4.35%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (17.39%) Firmware
2 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.35%) Nagios
2 1 (4.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Blue Prism
2 1 (4.35%) OpenAI
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle