C++ Jobs in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 136 155
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 -27
Permanent jobs citing C++ 106 149 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.47% 2.23% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.69% 6.07% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 93 64 45
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,750 £44,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £94,100 £99,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,863 2,454 3,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.76% 36.74% 41.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,622 1,255 2,149
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,425 £79,000 £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 28 April 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 28 April 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
Birmingham -10 28 £46,250 -11.90% 13
Worcestershire -3 18 £50,000 - 10
Staffordshire -3 17 £31,000 -23.46% 7
Coventry +47 15 £65,000 +52.94% 4
Herefordshire +8 6 £61,500 -44.09% 4
Warwickshire -6 5 £100,000 +11.73% 10
Shropshire -5 2 £52,500 -12.50%
Wolverhampton +14 1 - - 2
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 10 (9.43%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Simulink
2 2 (1.89%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.94%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.72%) Azure
2 4 (3.77%) GitHub
3 2 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.43%) Firewall
2 3 (2.83%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.89%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.89%) Wireless
4 1 (0.94%) DHCP
4 1 (0.94%) DNS
4 1 (0.94%) SSH
4 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.43%) MySQL
1 10 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.43%) Git
1 10 (9.43%) GNU Toolchain
1 10 (9.43%) Subversion
2 4 (3.77%) Xcode
3 2 (1.89%) CANoe
4 1 (0.94%) PVCS
4 1 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.04%) Electronics
4 16 (15.09%) Automotive
5 11 (10.38%) Games
6 7 (6.60%) Law
7 5 (4.72%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.83%) Finance
9 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.94%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (34.91%) Embedded Engineer
2 31 (29.25%) Developer
2 31 (29.25%) Software Engineer
3 24 (22.64%) Senior
4 21 (19.81%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 20 (18.87%) C++ Developer
6 14 (13.21%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 14 (13.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 14 (13.21%) Linux Engineer
6 14 (13.21%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 11 (10.38%) C++ Software Engineer
8 10 (9.43%) Linux Developer
9 7 (6.60%) Lead
10 5 (4.72%) IT Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Operations Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Software Developer
11 4 (3.77%) Junior
11 4 (3.77%) Junior Developer
11 4 (3.77%) SCADA Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.09%) Yocto
2 10 (9.43%) Node.js
2 10 (9.43%) POSIX
3 5 (4.72%) .NET
3 5 (4.72%) ASP.NET
3 5 (4.72%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (4.72%) HTML
4 3 (2.83%) Blazor
5 2 (1.89%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.89%) CSS
5 2 (1.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.94%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.94%) Ionic Framework
6 1 (0.94%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.04%) IoT
2 13 (12.26%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (9.43%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (5.66%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.72%) SCADA
6 3 (2.83%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.89%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.94%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.94%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.94%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.94%) FPGA
8 1 (0.94%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.94%) Robotics
8 1 (0.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 35 (33.02%) Linux
2 18 (16.98%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (9.43%) Unix
4 6 (5.66%) Windows
5 5 (4.72%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.94%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (19.81%) Agile
3 19 (17.92%) Embedded Software Development
4 18 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (13.21%) Mathematics
5 14 (13.21%) Open Source
6 10 (9.43%) Mentoring
7 8 (7.55%) Proactive Monitoring
8 7 (6.60%) Computer Science
8 7 (6.60%) Customer Service
8 7 (6.60%) Test Automation
9 6 (5.66%) Validation
10 5 (4.72%) Coaching
10 5 (4.72%) MVC
10 5 (4.72%) Physics
10 5 (4.72%) Roadmaps
11 4 (3.77%) Feasibility Study
11 4 (3.77%) Re-Platforming
11 4 (3.77%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (3.77%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (54.72%) C
2 24 (22.64%) C#
3 16 (15.09%) Java
4 14 (13.21%) Python
5 13 (12.26%) Embedded C
6 12 (11.32%) Embedded C++
7 11 (10.38%) Bash
8 9 (8.49%) MATLAB
8 9 (8.49%) SQL
9 7 (6.60%) JavaScript
10 6 (5.66%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.77%) COBOL
11 4 (3.77%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 3 (2.83%) VB
13 1 (0.94%) Perl
13 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (20.75%) Degree
2 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.72%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.60%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.77%) MISRA
2 4 (3.77%) MISRA C
3 3 (2.83%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.89%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 15 (14.15%) Firmware
2 13 (12.26%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.72%) Cisco
1 5 (4.72%) Remedy
2 4 (3.77%) Micro Focus
3 1 (0.94%) EMC
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.94%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.94%) YouTube