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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 168 146
Rank change year-on-year -45 -22 +9
Permanent jobs citing C++ 42 45 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.36% 0.93% 1.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.64% 3.64% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 34 34 154
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,813 £25,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -21.95% -2.38%
75th Percentile £63,438 £53,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,250 £70,875
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 1,588 1,236 3,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.57% 25.49% 27.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 973 2,606
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,065 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 12 April 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 12 April 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
East Midlands -36 21 £35,000 -37.78% 38
West Midlands -27 20 £56,250 +40.63% 27
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 (2.38%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) AWS
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (7.14%) Serverless
4 2 (4.76%) GCP
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.38%) GitHub
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.76%) Modbus
3 1 (2.38%) IPsec
3 1 (2.38%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.14%) Redis
2 3 (7.14%) TimescaleDB
3 2 (4.76%) MySQL
4 1 (2.38%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) MLflow
2 1 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.38%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Games
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
4 4 (9.52%) Electronics
4 4 (9.52%) Law
5 3 (7.14%) Automotive
5 3 (7.14%) iGaming
6 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 15 (35.71%) Developer
3 10 (23.81%) C++ Software Engineer
3 10 (23.81%) Embedded Engineer
3 10 (23.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 8 (19.05%) Graduate
5 7 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 7 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (16.67%) Qt Software Engineer
6 6 (14.29%) C# Developer
6 6 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Software Developer
7 5 (11.90%) Graduate C# Developer
7 5 (11.90%) Graduate C# Software Developer
7 5 (11.90%) Graduate Developer
7 5 (11.90%) Graduate Software Developer
7 5 (11.90%) Graduate SQL Developer
7 5 (11.90%) SQL Developer
8 3 (7.14%) Azure Developer
8 3 (7.14%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) Qt
2 5 (11.90%) CSS
2 5 (11.90%) jQuery
2 5 (11.90%) OpenCV
3 4 (9.52%) .NET
3 4 (9.52%) .NET Framework
4 3 (7.14%) Avalonia
4 3 (7.14%) GraphQL
4 3 (7.14%) Node.js
4 3 (7.14%) PyTorch
4 3 (7.14%) React
4 3 (7.14%) TensorFlow
4 3 (7.14%) WPF
5 2 (4.76%) REST
6 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.38%) RESTful
6 1 (2.38%) scikit-learn
6 1 (2.38%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Algorithms
1 3 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Photography
1 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
1 3 (7.14%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.76%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (4.76%) CCTV
2 2 (4.76%) CUDA
2 2 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Lidar
2 2 (4.76%) Robotics
2 2 (4.76%) SCADA
2 2 (4.76%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.38%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) FreeRTOS
1 2 (4.76%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) Software Engineering
2 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
3 7 (16.67%) Agile
4 6 (14.29%) Computer Vision
4 6 (14.29%) OOP
4 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.29%) Validation
5 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.90%) Image Processing
5 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
5 5 (11.90%) MVC
5 5 (11.90%) Software Architecture
5 5 (11.90%) Software Testing
6 4 (9.52%) OO
7 3 (7.14%) AI
7 3 (7.14%) Deep Learning
7 3 (7.14%) DevOps
7 3 (7.14%) Machine Learning
7 3 (7.14%) Microservices
7 3 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (38.10%) C#
2 12 (28.57%) Python
3 9 (21.43%) C
3 9 (21.43%) Java
4 8 (19.05%) SQL
5 5 (11.90%) PHP
6 4 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 3 (7.14%) MATLAB
8 2 (4.76%) Ladder Logic
8 2 (4.76%) VB
8 2 (4.76%) VBA
9 1 (2.38%) Embedded C
9 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (19.05%) SC Cleared
2 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 7 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.76%) HND
5 2 (4.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) IEC 61508
1 2 (4.76%) MISRA
1 2 (4.76%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.38%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Firmware
2 4 (9.52%) Docker
3 2 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Nagios
2 3 (7.14%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.76%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.38%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.38%) Perforce