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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 128 149
Rank change year-on-year -67 +21 -6
Permanent jobs citing C++ 22 123 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.28% 1.92% 1.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.96% 7.16% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 17 58 79
10th Percentile £40,900 £31,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,500 £71,275 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -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 1,124 1,717 1,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.48% 26.75% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 915 930 1,618
10th Percentile £28,850 £32,500 £32,500
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 £65,001 £64,688
90th Percentile £78,774 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 11 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 11 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 -35 13 £55,000 - 35
East Midlands -38 9 £49,000 +3.16% 86
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 (4.55%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) 3G
1 4 (18.18%) GPRS
1 4 (18.18%) GSM
1 4 (18.18%) Modbus
1 4 (18.18%) RS-232
1 4 (18.18%) RS-485
1 4 (18.18%) SSL
1 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.64%) Bluetooth
2 3 (13.64%) UWB
3 1 (4.55%) Wideband
3 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) InfluxDB
1 1 (4.55%) MySQL
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.55%) Redis
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.55%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) GitLab
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) MLflow
2 1 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Advertising
3 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Automotive
3 1 (4.55%) Electronics
3 1 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 10 (45.45%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (45.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Developer
4 5 (22.73%) Qt Software Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Software Developer
6 2 (9.09%) C Software Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (9.09%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Embedded C Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Embedded Software Developer
6 2 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Qt
2 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.55%) CSS
2 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.55%) jQuery
2 1 (4.55%) Node.js
2 1 (4.55%) PyTorch
2 1 (4.55%) React
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) scikit-learn
2 1 (4.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (9.09%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (9.09%) CCTV
2 2 (9.09%) Device Driver
2 2 (9.09%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.09%) SCADA
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (18.18%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Software Engineering
2 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (18.18%) Secure Coding
4 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 3 (13.64%) Cryptography
5 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 2 (9.09%) AI
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.09%) Network Design
6 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Project Management
7 1 (4.55%) CI/CD
7 1 (4.55%) Computer Vision
7 1 (4.55%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Development
7 1 (4.55%) MLOps
7 1 (4.55%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) C
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) Java
5 2 (9.09%) Embedded C++
5 2 (9.09%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
5 2 (9.09%) VB
5 2 (9.09%) VBA
6 1 (4.55%) Embedded C
6 1 (4.55%) MATLAB
6 1 (4.55%) PHP
6 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (9.09%) HND
5 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (18.18%) Firmware
2 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Nagios
2 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.55%) OpenAI