C++
Scotland > West Lothian
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Lothian 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | 22 | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | -20 | +42 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian | 18.18% | 3.60% | 44.16% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 50.00% | 13.79% | 80.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,000 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £48,750 | £28,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £56,250 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.22% | -6.25% | +37.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £71,250 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +13.21% | +6.00% |
All Programming Languages
West Lothian
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 West Lothian.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 20 | 29 | 42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian | 36.36% | 26.13% | 54.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16 | 29 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,125 | £34,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £48,750 | £28,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +9.09% | -12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | - | £71,250 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £58,033 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.51% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.
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Salary Trend in West Lothian
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in West Lothian.
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Job Locations in West Lothian
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | +17 | 4 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 2 |
| Linlithgow | -1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| C++ Scotland |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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: