C++ Job Trends in Torfaen

C++
South Wales > Torfaen

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Torfaen requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing C++ 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Torfaen 37.50% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 48.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £47,625 - -
25th Percentile £49,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
Torfaen

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 Torfaen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 25 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Torfaen 78.13% - 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25 0 2
10th Percentile £45,000 - £28,450
25th Percentile £48,750 - £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £35,125
90th Percentile - - £36,550
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £47,750 £52,301
% change year-on-year +15.18% -8.70% +4.60%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Torfaen

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Torfaen

C++
Salary Trend in Torfaen

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Torfaen citing C++

C++
Salary Histogram in Torfaen

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Torfaen over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Torfaen

C++
Job Locations in Torfaen

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Torfaen region over the 6 months to 25 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
Cwmbran - 12 £51,500 -
C++
South Wales

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

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Modbus
1 4 (33.33%) MQTT
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) Git
General
1 8 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 8 (66.67%) Automotive
1 8 (66.67%) Aviation
1 8 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) FPGA
2 5 (41.67%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (33.33%) Device Driver
3 4 (33.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Unix
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 8 (66.67%) System Testing
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 8 (66.67%) Validation
1 8 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (33.33%) API Development
2 4 (33.33%) Computer Architecture
2 4 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Firmware
2 8 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware