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 27 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 72 92
Rank change year-on-year +21 +20 +7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 31 48 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 3.29% 2.38% 2.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.62% 8.39% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 22 44 14
10th Percentile £41,625 £37,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £77,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £64,500 £60,125
UK median annual salary £66,200 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.33% -7.69% -3.70%

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 212 572 637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 22.51% 28.33% 38.19%
Number of salaries quoted 179 431 312
10th Percentile £33,725 £31,250 £31,282
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £74,875
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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +20 8 £60,000 +20.00% 26
West Wales +11 5 - - 3
North Wales +5 4 £32,500 +18.18% 5
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 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (32.26%) Modbus
1 10 (32.26%) MQTT
1 10 (32.26%) Network Security
1 10 (32.26%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.90%) GSM
3 1 (3.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (12.90%) RDBMS
1 4 (12.90%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) GitLab
General
1 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Electronics
3 2 (6.45%) Finance
3 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.45%) Marketing
3 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.23%) Aviation
4 1 (3.23%) Avionics
4 1 (3.23%) Games
4 1 (3.23%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Software Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Lead
3 8 (25.81%) Developer
3 8 (25.81%) Lead Developer
4 7 (22.58%) Senior
4 7 (22.58%) Senior Software Engineer
5 6 (19.35%) Firmware Developer
6 4 (12.90%) Design Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Development Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (9.68%) Software Development Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Lead Software Developer
8 2 (6.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (6.45%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (6.45%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (35.48%) .NET
2 2 (6.45%) .NET Framework
2 2 (6.45%) Regular Expression
3 1 (3.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Device Driver
2 10 (32.26%) IoT
3 3 (9.68%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.45%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Windows
2 10 (32.26%) Linux
2 10 (32.26%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Software Engineering
2 14 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (41.94%) Agile
3 13 (41.94%) Computer Science
4 11 (35.48%) Mentoring
5 10 (32.26%) API Development
5 10 (32.26%) Computer Architecture
5 10 (32.26%) Product Strategy
5 10 (32.26%) Technical Debt
5 10 (32.26%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (25.81%) OO
7 7 (22.58%) Design Patterns
8 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
8 5 (16.13%) E-Commerce
8 5 (16.13%) Mathematics
8 5 (16.13%) OOD
8 5 (16.13%) Order Management
9 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (12.90%) OOP
9 4 (12.90%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (64.52%) C
2 19 (61.29%) C#
3 9 (29.03%) Java
4 8 (25.81%) Python
5 4 (12.90%) SQL
6 2 (6.45%) Go
6 2 (6.45%) Groovy
6 2 (6.45%) Ruby
6 2 (6.45%) Rust
7 1 (3.23%) Ada
7 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Master's Degree
3 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.45%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) ISO 13485
1 3 (9.68%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (32.26%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.45%) SAP