C++ Jobs in Wales

C++
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 73 100
Rank change year-on-year +18 +27 -7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 26 49 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.13% 2.23% 2.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.00% 8.55% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 18 45 18
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £55,625 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £78,438 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £79,875 £62,000 £58,625
UK median annual salary £66,212 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.35% -7.69% -

All Programming Languages
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 200 573 646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.39% 26.03% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 172 430 319
10th Percentile £37,590 £31,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £41,250 £35,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in Wales.

Salary trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C++ in Wales

C++
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South Wales +15 8 £62,500 +25.00% 20
North Wales +3 4 £32,500 +18.18% 4
West Wales +13 3 - - 2
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) Modbus
1 10 (38.46%) MQTT
1 10 (38.46%) Network Security
1 10 (38.46%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.85%) GSM
2 1 (3.85%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (15.38%) RDBMS
1 4 (15.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) GitLab
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Electronics
2 3 (11.54%) Games
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.69%) Marketing
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Aviation
4 1 (3.85%) Avionics
4 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.85%) iGaming
4 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (42.31%) Lead
3 10 (38.46%) Developer
4 9 (34.62%) Lead Developer
5 8 (30.77%) Senior
6 7 (26.92%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (23.08%) Firmware Developer
8 3 (11.54%) Lead Software Engineer
8 3 (11.54%) Senior Developer
8 3 (11.54%) Senior Software Developer
9 2 (7.69%) Analyst
9 2 (7.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 2 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
9 2 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (7.69%) Lead Software Developer
9 2 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 2 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 1 (3.85%) Backend Developer
10 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (34.62%) .NET
2 2 (7.69%) Regular Expression
3 1 (3.85%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Device Driver
2 10 (38.46%) IoT
3 4 (15.38%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.69%) CUDA
5 1 (3.85%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 11 (42.31%) Windows
2 10 (38.46%) Linux
2 10 (38.46%) Unix
3 1 (3.85%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (80.77%) Software Engineering
2 13 (50.00%) Agile
3 12 (46.15%) Mentoring
4 11 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (38.46%) API Development
5 10 (38.46%) Computer Architecture
5 10 (38.46%) Product Strategy
5 10 (38.46%) Technical Debt
5 10 (38.46%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
7 7 (26.92%) CI/CD
8 6 (23.08%) Mathematics
8 6 (23.08%) OO
9 5 (19.23%) Design Patterns
9 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
10 4 (15.38%) OOP
10 4 (15.38%) Web Development
11 3 (11.54%) E-Commerce
11 3 (11.54%) OOD
11 3 (11.54%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) C
1 16 (61.54%) C#
2 8 (30.77%) Java
3 5 (19.23%) Python
3 5 (19.23%) SQL
4 2 (7.69%) Go
4 2 (7.69%) Groovy
4 2 (7.69%) Ruby
4 2 (7.69%) Rust
5 1 (3.85%) Ada
5 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Numerate Degree
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 13485
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) SAP