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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 170 | 143 | 147 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | +4 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing C++ | 19 | 34 | 94 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.27% | 1.01% | 1.41% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.18% | 4.40% | 5.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 26 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £25,000 | £30,900 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £30,000 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £40,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.50% | -33.33% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £69,375 | £47,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £62,500 | £84,964 |
| England median annual salary | £70,000 | £66,219 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.71% | +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 | 872 | 772 | 1,821 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 12.24% | 22.97% | 27.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 678 | 576 | 1,601 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £42,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £75,000 | £75,772 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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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 1 April 2026.
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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 April 2026. 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 | -15 | 5 | £25,000 | -37.50% | 3 |
| Shropshire | -27 | 4 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 5 |
| Staffordshire | -13 | 3 | £65,000 | +160.00% | 4 |
| Coventry | -20 | 3 | £80,000 | +33.33% | |
| Worcestershire | - | 3 | £52,500 | - | 5 |
| C++ England |
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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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