C++
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 118 | 91 | 88 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | -3 | +23 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 76 | 79 | 228 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South West | 1.18% | 2.76% | 2.98% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 8.01% | 7.84% | 8.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 39 | 30 | 180 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,165 | £36,125 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,640 | £38,750 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £49,750 | £56,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.50% | -11.56% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £68,438 | £65,313 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,500 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £70,000 | £66,212 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.72% | +10.35% | -11.11% |
All Programming Languages
South West
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 South West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 949 | 1,008 | 2,818 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 14.78% | 35.22% | 36.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 635 | 644 | 2,367 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £35,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £57,500 | £52,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +9.00% | -3.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,838 | £73,750 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £87,500 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £63,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.08% | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Salary Trend in the South West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing C++.
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Salary Histogram in the South West
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.
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Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucestershire | +22 | 29 | £50,000 | -14.89% | 39 |
| Dorset | -15 | 15 | £70,000 | +41.41% | 8 |
| Wiltshire | +4 | 11 | £40,792 | -39.57% | 9 |
| Bristol | -30 | 11 | £60,000 | +24.35% | 32 |
| Cornwall | - | 5 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| Devon | -24 | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| Somerset | -24 | 1 | £47,500 | +6.15% | 5 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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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