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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 182 89
Rank change year-on-year -2 -93 +23
Permanent jobs citing C++ 83 50 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.58% 0.87% 2.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.27% 3.69% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 67 16 206
10th Percentile £26,250 - £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% - -8.89%
75th Percentile £70,625 £72,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £78,125 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% 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 1,942 1,354 2,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.59% 23.62% 22.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 1,032 1,795
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £32,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +4.92% -6.15%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +13 65 £45,000 -12.20% 21
West Midlands -41 16 £62,500 +56.25% 21
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) Azure
2 8 (9.64%) AWS
2 8 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.41%) AWS IoT
3 2 (2.41%) GCP
4 1 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.46%) Wi-Fi
1 12 (14.46%) Wireless
2 6 (7.23%) MQTT
2 6 (7.23%) ZigBee
3 4 (4.82%) Bluetooth
4 3 (3.61%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.41%) LoRaWAN
5 2 (2.41%) Modbus
6 1 (1.20%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (1.20%) FTP
6 1 (1.20%) HTTP
6 1 (1.20%) IPsec
6 1 (1.20%) J1939
6 1 (1.20%) RTP
6 1 (1.20%) RTSP
6 1 (1.20%) SCTP
6 1 (1.20%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (1.20%) SS7
6 1 (1.20%) VoLTE
6 1 (1.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.41%) MySQL
3 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.20%) Redis
3 1 (1.20%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 22 (26.51%) Git
2 7 (8.43%) GitLab
2 7 (8.43%) Jenkins
3 6 (7.23%) GDB
3 6 (7.23%) JIRA
3 6 (7.23%) Visual Studio
4 4 (4.82%) Robot Framework
5 2 (2.41%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.20%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.05%) Games
3 8 (9.64%) Electronics
4 7 (8.43%) Finance
5 6 (7.23%) iGaming
6 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Law
8 3 (3.61%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.41%) Automotive
10 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (50.60%) Software Engineer
2 21 (25.30%) Developer
3 20 (24.10%) Senior
4 17 (20.48%) Embedded Engineer
5 14 (16.87%) C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (15.66%) Graduate
6 13 (15.66%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (13.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (13.25%) Software Developer
8 9 (10.84%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (9.64%) C# Developer
9 8 (9.64%) C# Software Developer
9 8 (9.64%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 8 (9.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 7 (8.43%) C++ Developer
11 6 (7.23%) Chief Technology Officer
11 6 (7.23%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 6 (7.23%) Lead
11 6 (7.23%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (7.23%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.46%) Yocto
2 6 (7.23%) .NET
2 6 (7.23%) React
3 5 (6.02%) CSS
3 5 (6.02%) jQuery
4 4 (4.82%) .NET Framework
4 4 (4.82%) pytest
4 4 (4.82%) Unity DI Container
4 4 (4.82%) WPF
5 3 (3.61%) Avalonia
5 3 (3.61%) OpenCV
5 3 (3.61%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (2.41%) Spring
6 2 (2.41%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.20%) FFmpeg
7 1 (1.20%) GStreamer
7 1 (1.20%) JSON
7 1 (1.20%) Node.js
7 1 (1.20%) REST
7 1 (1.20%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (15.66%) IoT
3 12 (14.46%) Device Driver
4 8 (9.64%) ARM Cortex
5 6 (7.23%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.61%) Photography
6 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.20%) CUDA
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.20%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.20%) PKI
8 1 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.48%) Linux
2 8 (9.64%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (3.61%) Windows
4 2 (2.41%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (60.24%) Software Engineering
2 19 (22.89%) CI/CD
3 17 (20.48%) Computer Science
4 16 (19.28%) Agile
5 13 (15.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (13.25%) OOP
7 10 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (12.05%) Validation
8 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Engineering
8 9 (10.84%) DevOps
8 9 (10.84%) Test Automation
9 8 (9.64%) Collaborative Culture
9 8 (9.64%) Software Architecture
9 8 (9.64%) Software Delivery
9 8 (9.64%) Software Testing
10 7 (8.43%) BDD
10 7 (8.43%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 6 (7.23%) Device Driver Development
11 6 (7.23%) Mathematics
11 6 (7.23%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 33 (39.76%) C#
2 21 (25.30%) C
3 19 (22.89%) SQL
4 15 (18.07%) Python
5 10 (12.05%) Java
6 6 (7.23%) Embedded C
6 6 (7.23%) JavaScript
7 5 (6.02%) PHP
8 4 (4.82%) Bash
9 3 (3.61%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.20%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (25.30%) Degree
2 13 (15.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (8.43%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) JTAG
2 4 (4.82%) QA
3 2 (2.41%) IEC 61508
3 2 (2.41%) MISRA
3 2 (2.41%) MISRA C
4 1 (1.20%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 10 (12.05%) Firmware
2 3 (3.61%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.41%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Nagios
2 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.41%) Google
2 2 (2.41%) Perforce