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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 163 | 120 | 114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -43 | -6 | +35 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 27 | 137 | 138 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.65% | 1.75% | 2.61% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.93% | 7.57% | 7.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 114 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31,250 | £31,400 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £46,875 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £25,000 | £60,750 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -58.85% | +5.65% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £67,500 | £63,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,550 | £76,250 | £68,750 |
| England median annual salary | £66,212 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.35% | -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 | 923 | 1,810 | 1,795 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 22.23% | 23.13% | 33.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 641 | 1,446 | 1,191 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £33,986 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 | +10 | 11 | £25,000 | -44.44% | 13 |
| Staffordshire | 0 | 10 | £77,500 | +34.78% | 11 |
| Warwickshire | +11 | 3 | - | - | 18 |
| Shropshire | +10 | 1 | £67,500 | +28.57% | 6 |
| Herefordshire | +5 | 1 | £68,500 | +11.38% | 4 |
| Coventry | -2 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| 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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