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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 148 | 88 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -60 | +36 | +16 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 21 | 147 | 79 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.65% | 2.42% | 2.04% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.89% | 10.46% | 6.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 98 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £31,250 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,625 | £50,625 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £68,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.80% | +8.70% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,938 | £70,000 | £63,688 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,250 | £76,250 | £67,500 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | - |
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 | 726 | 1,405 | 1,283 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 22.30% | 23.17% | 33.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 572 | 858 | 1,033 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,125 | £32,500 | £33,681 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £41,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £53,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.80% | +1.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £66,250 | £66,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £76,625 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,617 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.19% | -3.85% | +1.63% |
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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
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 19 September 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 19 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire | -9 | 9 | £77,500 | +29.17% | 8 |
| Herefordshire | +8 | 4 | £69,250 | +1.47% | |
| Warwickshire | +38 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| Birmingham | -15 | 3 | £25,000 | -44.44% | 5 |
| Coventry | +3 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Shropshire | - | 1 | £67,500 | - | 2 |
| 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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