C++ Job Trends in Staffordshire

C++
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 62 43
Rank change year-on-year -14 -19 +29
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.10% 0.72% 1.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.64% 2.90% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile - - £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +78.86% -27.65%
75th Percentile - - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +19.05%

All Programming Languages
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 61 138 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 6.15% 24.86% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 43 96 104
10th Percentile £33,250 - £28,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £44,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.02% -7.37% +1.60%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £56,375
90th Percentile £68,250 £57,500 £63,925
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.26% -4.55%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

C++
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing C++.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing C++

C++
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Rugeley - 1 £65,000 - 2
C++
West Midlands

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared