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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 166 154
Rank change year-on-year -42 -12 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 36 50 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.35% 1.02% 1.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.57% 4.00% 5.23%
Number of salaries quoted 28 37 135
10th Percentile £27,450 £25,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,438 £27,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £57,813 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £74,500 £63,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.72% +10.35% -14.29%

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 1,399 1,250 2,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.45% 25.61% 28.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 945 2,538
10th Percentile £29,225 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,688 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -20 19 £55,000 +37.50% 29
East Midlands -37 16 £38,500 -31.56% 40
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 (2.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) AWS
2 5 (13.89%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) Serverless
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.78%) GitHub
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) 3G
1 4 (11.11%) GPRS
1 4 (11.11%) GSM
1 4 (11.11%) Modbus
1 4 (11.11%) RS-232
1 4 (11.11%) RS-485
1 4 (11.11%) SSL
1 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.78%) IPsec
2 1 (2.78%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (8.33%) Redis
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (8.33%) TimescaleDB
2 2 (5.56%) MySQL
3 1 (2.78%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) GitLab
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
1 1 (2.78%) MLflow
1 1 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (2.78%) TeamCity
1 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.33%) Automotive
3 3 (8.33%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Law
4 2 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Electronics
4 2 (5.56%) Games
5 1 (2.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) C++ Software Engineer
3 10 (27.78%) Developer
3 10 (27.78%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (27.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) Qt Software Engineer
6 6 (16.67%) Graduate
7 5 (13.89%) Software Developer
8 4 (11.11%) C# Developer
8 4 (11.11%) C# Software Developer
9 3 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (8.33%) Graduate C# Developer
9 3 (8.33%) Graduate C# Software Developer
9 3 (8.33%) Graduate Developer
9 3 (8.33%) Graduate Software Developer
9 3 (8.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 3 (8.33%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 3 (8.33%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) Qt
2 4 (11.11%) OpenCV
3 3 (8.33%) .NET
3 3 (8.33%) .NET Framework
3 3 (8.33%) CSS
3 3 (8.33%) GraphQL
3 3 (8.33%) jQuery
3 3 (8.33%) Node.js
3 3 (8.33%) PyTorch
3 3 (8.33%) React
3 3 (8.33%) TensorFlow
4 2 (5.56%) Avalonia
4 2 (5.56%) REST
4 2 (5.56%) WPF
5 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.78%) RESTful
5 1 (2.78%) scikit-learn
5 1 (2.78%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (5.56%) CCTV
2 2 (5.56%) CUDA
2 2 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.56%) Lidar
2 2 (5.56%) Photography
2 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) Robotics
2 2 (5.56%) SCADA
2 2 (5.56%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) PKI
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (11.11%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (5.56%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (63.89%) Software Engineering
2 8 (22.22%) Agile
2 8 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.89%) Computer Vision
4 5 (13.89%) Secure Coding
5 4 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (11.11%) Image Processing
5 4 (11.11%) OOP
5 4 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 4 (11.11%) Validation
6 3 (8.33%) AI
6 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.33%) Deep Learning
6 3 (8.33%) DevOps
6 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.33%) Microservices
6 3 (8.33%) MVC
6 3 (8.33%) Project Management
6 3 (8.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (33.33%) C#
2 11 (30.56%) C
3 8 (22.22%) Python
4 7 (19.44%) Java
5 6 (16.67%) SQL
6 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 3 (8.33%) PHP
8 2 (5.56%) Embedded C++
8 2 (5.56%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (5.56%) VB
8 2 (5.56%) VBA
9 1 (2.78%) Embedded C
9 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
9 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 8 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.56%) HND
5 2 (5.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) MISRA
2 1 (2.78%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Firmware
2 4 (11.11%) Docker
2 4 (11.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.33%) Nagios
2 3 (8.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.78%) Perforce