C++
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 166 | 120 | 119 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -46 | -1 | +26 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 15 | 102 | 51 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.32% | 2.05% | 1.56% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.18% | 8.22% | 4.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 59 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,000 | £31,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,438 | £37,500 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £61,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -2.44% | +17.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,750 | £69,875 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,875 | £76,250 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
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 | 688 | 1,241 | 1,124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 14.74% | 24.89% | 34.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 559 | 657 | 931 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,500 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,500 | £41,580 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £70,000 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £76,250 | £76,250 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C++ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.
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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 7 December 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 7 December 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 |
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| Herefordshire | -1 | 4 | £69,250 | -7.67% | |
| Birmingham | -3 | 4 | £35,000 | -12.50% | 5 |
| Worcestershire | -20 | 4 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 9 |
| Warwickshire | +26 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Coventry | -10 | 1 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 7 |
| Staffordshire | -19 | 1 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 10 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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