C++
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 62 | 71 | 101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +30 | -24 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 8 | 36 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 0.75% | 2.15% | 0.93% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.20% | 8.35% | 2.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 36 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £41,250 | £34,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,688 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -9.09% | +29.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £53,750 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,750 | £65,000 | £59,000 |
| Wales median annual salary | £65,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.00% | +11.11% | +5.88% |
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 | 129 | 431 | 417 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 12.07% | 25.69% | 35.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 113 | 317 | 205 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,250 | £35,195 | £33,733 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £42,500 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,000 | £52,101 | £51,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.00% | +1.17% | -1.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,000 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £73,000 | £77,000 |
| Wales median annual salary | £60,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | +11.11% | -10.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
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Salary Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in South Wales.
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Salary Histogram in South Wales
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 June 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 11 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | +35 | 4 | £65,000 | - | 13 |
| Neath Port Talbot | +5 | 3 | £42,500 | +13.33% | |
| Glamorgan | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: