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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 168 | 144 | 136 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -24 | -8 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 32 | 108 | 146 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.72% | 1.49% | 2.20% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.48% | 5.77% | 6.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 94 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £31,625 | £30,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,250 | £44,375 | £40,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.43% | +4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £47,500 | £67,500 | £67,813 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,000 | £84,964 | £94,100 |
| England median annual salary | £66,219 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.37% | -14.29% | - |
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 | 919 | 1,872 | 2,428 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 20.57% | 25.86% | 36.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 594 | 1,629 | 1,248 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,775 | £76,900 | £79,000 |
| England median annual salary | £62,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -7.69% | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.
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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | +31 | 21 | £40,000 | -13.51% | 14 |
| Coventry | -12 | 4 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 12 |
| Warwickshire | -26 | 3 | - | - | 21 |
| Shropshire | +22 | 2 | £58,750 | +11.90% | 7 |
| Staffordshire | +13 | 2 | £25,000 | -24.24% | 29 |
| C++ England |
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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:
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