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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 87 125
Rank change year-on-year -106 +38 -4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 42 269 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.75% 2.67% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.38% 11.41% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 178 91
10th Percentile - £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £37,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,250 £73,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

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 1,244 2,357 1,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.18% 23.40% 33.98%
Number of salaries quoted 953 1,419 1,553
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,750 £39,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £63,075 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -3.85% +1.63%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C++ 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
East Midlands -52 21 £47,500 +11.76% 19
West Midlands -65 21 £68,000 +10.57% 29
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Simulink
2 1 (2.38%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) Bluetooth
1 3 (7.14%) Internet
1 3 (7.14%) UWB
2 1 (2.38%) DNS
2 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.38%) Modbus
2 1 (2.38%) Profibus
2 1 (2.38%) VPN
2 1 (2.38%) Wideband
2 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) MySQL
3 2 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Git
1 2 (4.76%) webpack
2 1 (2.38%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Finance
4 3 (7.14%) Electronics
5 2 (4.76%) Law
6 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.38%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Developer
2 8 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Graduate
4 4 (9.52%) Graduate Developer
4 4 (9.52%) IT Graduate
4 4 (9.52%) Software Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Agile C# Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Agile Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Architect
5 2 (4.76%) C# Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Graduate C# Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 2 (4.76%) PHP Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Rust Developer
5 2 (4.76%) SQL Developer
6 1 (2.38%) Algorithm Engineer
6 1 (2.38%) Intelligent Automation Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (45.24%) HTML
2 7 (16.67%) .NET
3 4 (9.52%) ASP.NET
3 4 (9.52%) CSS
3 4 (9.52%) jQuery
4 3 (7.14%) Yocto
5 2 (4.76%) Electron
5 2 (4.76%) Node.js
5 2 (4.76%) Pandas
5 2 (4.76%) React
6 1 (2.38%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.38%) Entity Framework
6 1 (2.38%) XML
6 1 (2.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 3 (7.14%) IoT
2 3 (7.14%) Raspberry Pi
2 3 (7.14%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.76%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (4.76%) Device Driver
3 2 (4.76%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.38%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.38%) Infotainment
4 1 (2.38%) Lidar
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) Robotics
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.95%) Linux
2 5 (11.90%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (9.52%) Android
4 1 (2.38%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 20 (47.62%) Artificial Intelligence
2 20 (47.62%) Machine Learning
3 19 (45.24%) Data Privacy
4 15 (35.71%) Agile
5 13 (30.95%) Software Engineering
6 8 (19.05%) Mathematics
6 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (16.67%) OO
7 7 (16.67%) OOP
8 4 (9.52%) MVC
9 3 (7.14%) Android Development
9 3 (7.14%) Asset Management
9 3 (7.14%) Cryptography
9 3 (7.14%) Design Patterns
9 3 (7.14%) DevOps
9 3 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
9 3 (7.14%) Line Management
9 3 (7.14%) Network Design
9 3 (7.14%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 34 (80.95%) Python
2 31 (73.81%) Java
3 28 (66.67%) C#
4 26 (61.90%) C
4 26 (61.90%) JavaScript
5 24 (57.14%) SQL
6 23 (54.76%) PHP
6 23 (54.76%) Rust
7 22 (52.38%) MATLAB
8 21 (50.00%) TypeScript
9 19 (45.24%) Dart
9 19 (45.24%) R
9 19 (45.24%) Ruby
10 3 (7.14%) Go
11 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
11 1 (2.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (61.90%) Degree
2 23 (54.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) HND
6 1 (2.38%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) COBIT
1 1 (2.38%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Ansible
2 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Atmel
2 1 (2.38%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (2.38%) Blue Prism
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle
2 1 (2.38%) QNX
2 1 (2.38%) Siemens