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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 122 133
Rank change year-on-year -84 +11 +2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 21 137 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.27% 1.98% 1.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.83% 7.74% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18 70 76
10th Percentile £31,825 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,625 £37,500 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.76% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,938 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,375 £70,925 £75,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 1,147 1,769 1,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.85% 25.55% 36.12%
Number of salaries quoted 938 985 1,416
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,125
Median % change year-on-year - -1.18% -3.41%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,001 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 19 December 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 19 December 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
West Midlands -37 15 £55,000 -4.35% 14
East Midlands -51 6 £49,000 +3.16% 24
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 (4.76%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.76%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) 3G
1 4 (19.05%) GPRS
1 4 (19.05%) GSM
1 4 (19.05%) Modbus
1 4 (19.05%) RS-232
1 4 (19.05%) RS-485
1 4 (19.05%) SSL
1 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
2 3 (14.29%) Bluetooth
2 3 (14.29%) UWB
3 1 (4.76%) Wideband
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) MySQL
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.76%) InfluxDB
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Redis
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.76%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) GitLab
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) MLflow
2 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Advertising
3 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Electronics
3 1 (4.76%) Law
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) C# Developer
4 2 (9.52%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Embedded Software Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Graduate Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Qt Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
1 2 (9.52%) CSS
1 2 (9.52%) jQuery
1 2 (9.52%) Qt
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.76%) Entity Framework
2 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.76%) Node.js
2 1 (4.76%) PyTorch
2 1 (4.76%) React
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) scikit-learn
2 1 (4.76%) TensorFlow
2 1 (4.76%) XML
2 1 (4.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (9.52%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (9.52%) CCTV
2 2 (9.52%) Device Driver
2 2 (9.52%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.52%) SCADA
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (19.05%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (19.05%) Secure Coding
4 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Cryptography
5 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 2 (9.52%) AI
6 2 (9.52%) DevOps
6 2 (9.52%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.52%) MVC
6 2 (9.52%) Network Design
6 2 (9.52%) OOP
6 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Project Management
6 2 (9.52%) System Testing
7 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) C
2 7 (33.33%) C#
2 7 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (19.05%) Java
4 3 (14.29%) VB
5 2 (9.52%) Embedded C++
5 2 (9.52%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (9.52%) PHP
5 2 (9.52%) SQL
5 2 (9.52%) TypeScript
5 2 (9.52%) VBA
6 1 (4.76%) Embedded C
6 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) HND
5 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) MISRA
2 1 (4.76%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (19.05%) Firmware
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Nagios
2 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Blue Prism
2 1 (4.76%) OpenAI
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle