C++ Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

C++ Developer
England > West Midlands

The median C++ Developer salary in the West Midlands is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 208 205
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 3 21 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.075% 0.32% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.34% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 19 11
10th Percentile - - £23,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £37,500 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year - +105.88% -17.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £56,250
90th Percentile - £100,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £107,500 £63,750 £80,000
% change year-on-year +68.63% -20.31% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,677 6,220 4,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 94.56% 90.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,102 4,125 3,069
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,563 £35,700 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,875 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Developer in the West Midlands

C++ Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ Developer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for C++ Developer in the West Midlands

C++ Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Birmingham +17 2 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £70,000 -
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, C++ Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) SIMD
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) CUDA
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) OpenMP
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
3 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (33.33%) UWB
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (33.33%) UWB
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) CUDA
1 2 (66.67%) SIMD
2 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes