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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 120 | 54 | 88 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -66 | +34 | -14 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 57 | 175 | 158 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South West | 1.12% | 4.22% | 3.33% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 7.45% | 12.63% | 8.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 30 | 63 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,165 | £38,750 | £34,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,281 | £40,000 | £44,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -13.04% | -8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £68,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,250 | £83,000 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £67,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.85% | - | -3.70% |
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 | 765 | 1,386 | 1,874 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 15.06% | 33.42% | 39.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 562 | 750 | 1,519 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £35,000 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,281 | £43,650 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £71,250 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £82,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | -3.85% |
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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 14 January 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 14 January 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 | +32 | 17 | £82,500 | +43.48% | 34 |
| Bristol | -19 | 15 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 45 |
| Wiltshire | -5 | 8 | £36,061 | -46.58% | 16 |
| Dorset | -25 | 7 | £70,000 | +40.70% | 13 |
| Cornwall | -13 | 5 | £55,000 | +33.33% | 3 |
| Devon | -31 | 5 | £45,000 | -48.57% | 7 |
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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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