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% | - |
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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.
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Salary Trend in South Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing C++.
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Salary Histogram in South Wales
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.
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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 |
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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:
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