C++ Jobs in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 97 154
Rank change year-on-year -12 +57 -24
Permanent jobs citing C++ 130 140 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.86% 2.76% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.48% 8.06% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 108 64 61
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £44,000
25th Percentile £48,125 £43,438 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% +9.52% +31.25%
75th Percentile £67,563 £63,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,533 1,736 3,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 21.91% 34.20% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 1,157 2,211
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,825
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,970
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
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++ within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Worcestershire +8 41 £65,000 +26.83% 8
Staffordshire +1 32 £58,750 +80.77% 6
Birmingham -19 28 £45,000 -21.74% 14
Coventry +22 5 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Wolverhampton +10 5 £37,500 -6.25%
Warwickshire -34 5 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Herefordshire - 4 £61,500 -
Shropshire -9 1 £52,500 -12.50% 1
Dudley - 1 - -
C++
England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.31%) ThingWorx
2 2 (1.54%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Simulink
2 2 (1.54%) Maya
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.54%) NUKE
2 2 (1.54%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.77%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.38%) Azure
2 5 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (3.85%) GitHub
3 4 (3.08%) AWS
3 4 (3.08%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.08%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.31%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.15%) Firewall
2 6 (4.62%) Network Security
3 4 (3.08%) Bluetooth
3 4 (3.08%) Wireless
4 1 (0.77%) DHCP
4 1 (0.77%) DNS
4 1 (0.77%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.77%) SSH
4 1 (0.77%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.62%) MySQL
3 4 (3.08%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (2.31%) Power BI
5 2 (1.54%) Data Hub
5 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Git
2 4 (3.08%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.31%) GitLab
3 3 (2.31%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.54%) GNU Toolchain
4 2 (1.54%) Subversion
4 2 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.77%) CMake
5 1 (0.77%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 22 (16.92%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.38%) Electronics
3 17 (13.08%) Automotive
4 10 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.92%) Finance
5 9 (6.92%) Games
6 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.85%) Law
8 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.77%) Marketing
8 1 (0.77%) Police
8 1 (0.77%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (35.38%) Software Engineer
2 41 (31.54%) Developer
2 41 (31.54%) Embedded Engineer
3 38 (29.23%) Senior
4 28 (21.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 21 (16.15%) C++ Developer
6 20 (15.38%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 17 (13.08%) C++ Software Engineer
8 16 (12.31%) Lead
9 13 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (9.23%) Software Developer
11 11 (8.46%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 9 (6.92%) Embedded C++ Engineer
12 9 (6.92%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
13 8 (6.15%) C++ Team Leader
13 8 (6.15%) Embedded Linux Engineer
13 8 (6.15%) Junior
13 8 (6.15%) Junior Software Developer
13 8 (6.15%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (6.15%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.92%) Yocto
2 8 (6.15%) .NET
3 6 (4.62%) HTML
4 4 (3.08%) XML
4 4 (3.08%) XSLT
5 3 (2.31%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.31%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.31%) JSON
5 3 (2.31%) Web Services
6 2 (1.54%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.54%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.54%) CSS
6 2 (1.54%) Node.js
6 2 (1.54%) POSIX
6 2 (1.54%) RESTful
6 2 (1.54%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (1.54%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.77%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.77%) Blazor
7 1 (0.77%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.46%) IoT
2 7 (5.38%) SCADA
3 6 (4.62%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.08%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.08%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (1.54%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.54%) CAN bus
6 2 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.54%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.77%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.77%) FPGA
7 1 (0.77%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.77%) PKI
7 1 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.77%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 25 (19.23%) Linux
2 15 (11.54%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (3.85%) Windows
3 5 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.31%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (46.92%) Software Engineering
2 27 (20.77%) Agile
3 14 (10.77%) Customer Service
4 13 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 13 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 12 (9.23%) Mentoring
6 10 (7.69%) DevOps
7 9 (6.92%) Computer Science
7 9 (6.92%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (6.92%) Scrum
8 8 (6.15%) Asset Management
8 8 (6.15%) Defect Management
8 8 (6.15%) Machine Learning
8 8 (6.15%) Mathematics
8 8 (6.15%) Unit Testing
8 8 (6.15%) Validation
9 7 (5.38%) Biometrics
9 7 (5.38%) Digital Identity
9 7 (5.38%) Digital Twin
9 7 (5.38%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 48 (36.92%) C
2 37 (28.46%) C#
3 25 (19.23%) Java
4 24 (18.46%) Embedded C
5 22 (16.92%) Python
6 16 (12.31%) Embedded C++
7 15 (11.54%) SQL
8 8 (6.15%) MATLAB
8 8 (6.15%) VB
9 7 (5.38%) JavaScript
10 6 (4.62%) Go
10 6 (4.62%) PowerShell
10 6 (4.62%) Rust
11 5 (3.85%) Bash
12 4 (3.08%) COBOL
12 4 (3.08%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 1 (0.77%) Perl
13 1 (0.77%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.77%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (19.23%) Degree
2 9 (6.92%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.08%) MISRA
2 4 (3.08%) MISRA C
System Software
1 23 (17.69%) Firmware
2 20 (15.38%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.85%) Cisco
2 5 (3.85%) Remedy
3 4 (3.08%) Micro Focus
3 4 (3.08%) Oracle
4 3 (2.31%) AVEVA
5 2 (1.54%) Perforce
6 1 (0.77%) EMC
6 1 (0.77%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.77%) SAP
6 1 (0.77%) Thales
6 1 (0.77%) Xamarin