C++ Job Trends in South Wales

C++
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 53 62
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +16
Permanent jobs citing C++ 24 15 6
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 2.92% 2.25% 1.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.27% 6.73% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 5
10th Percentile £47,000 - £37,000
25th Percentile £50,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,125 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +12.82%

All Programming Languages
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 139 223 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 16.91% 33.38% 37.66%
Number of salaries quoted 114 139 149
10th Percentile £35,675 £23,750 £37,130
25th Percentile £48,250 £31,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -5.88% +3.06%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £74,315 £72,750
Wales median annual salary £57,066 £49,104 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.21% -1.79% -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

C++ job vacancy trend in South Wales

C++
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in South Wales

C++
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 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
Torfaen - 11 £52,500 -
Cardiff +8 7 £75,000 +25.00% 2
Newport - 4 - - 1
Gwent +3 1 £45,000 -
Glamorgan - 1 £34,500 - 2
C++
Wales

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Google Workspace
1 4 (16.67%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 9 (37.50%) Modbus
2 8 (33.33%) Network Security
2 8 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.67%) Bluetooth
3 4 (16.67%) Firewall
3 4 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (16.67%) MQTT
3 4 (16.67%) VLAN
3 4 (16.67%) Wireshark
3 4 (16.67%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Git
2 4 (16.67%) Burp Suite
2 4 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 10 (41.67%) Electronics
3 9 (37.50%) Automotive
4 7 (29.17%) Aviation
5 6 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (16.67%) Law
7 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Firmware Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) Software Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Design Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Senior
3 1 (4.17%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) IoT
2 7 (29.17%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (29.17%) FPGA
3 4 (16.67%) CAN bus
3 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (16.67%) Device Driver
3 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 4 (16.67%) SCADA
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Android
2 4 (16.67%) Kali Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
2 4 (16.67%) Unix
2 4 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Agile
1 7 (29.17%) CI/CD
1 7 (29.17%) System Testing
1 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
1 7 (29.17%) Validation
1 7 (29.17%) Verification and Validation
2 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (20.83%) Prototyping
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) API Development
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (16.67%) Data Science
4 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Product Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (16.67%) Smart Manufacturing
4 4 (16.67%) Technical Debt
4 4 (16.67%) User Experience
4 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) C
2 4 (16.67%) Java
2 4 (16.67%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) R
2 4 (16.67%) Rust
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded C
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) IEC 62304
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Firmware
2 7 (29.17%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Nessus
1 4 (16.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco
1 4 (16.67%) Google
1 4 (16.67%) Qualtrics
1 4 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 4 (16.67%) Splunk