C++ Jobs in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 140 160
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -30
Permanent jobs citing C++ 114 137 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.57% 2.14% 1.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.08% 5.87% 4.66%
Number of salaries quoted 98 61 48
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year - +5.99% +0.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £94,250 £95,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +21.74%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,876 2,332 2,981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.82% 36.47% 40.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,629 1,202 2,105
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,713 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
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 May 2024. 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 -9 30 £46,250 -15.91% 12
Staffordshire -2 22 £35,000 +8.53% 6
Worcestershire -6 19 £50,000 - 8
Coventry +47 15 £65,000 +52.94% 5
Herefordshire +5 6 £61,500 -44.09% 6
Warwickshire -1 6 £100,000 +11.73% 4
Wolverhampton +13 2 - - 1
Shropshire -11 2 £52,500 -12.50% 2
C++
England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (8.77%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Simulink
2 2 (1.75%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.88%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.02%) Azure
2 4 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (3.51%) GitHub
2 4 (3.51%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.51%) PowerApps
3 3 (2.63%) AWS
3 3 (2.63%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.77%) Firewall
2 3 (2.63%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.88%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.88%) DHCP
3 1 (0.88%) DNS
3 1 (0.88%) SSH
3 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.28%) MySQL
2 10 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (7.89%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.51%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Git
1 10 (8.77%) GNU Toolchain
1 10 (8.77%) Subversion
2 5 (4.39%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.51%) Xcode
4 2 (1.75%) CANoe
5 1 (0.88%) PVCS
5 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 18 (15.79%) Electronics
4 17 (14.91%) Automotive
5 11 (9.65%) Games
6 7 (6.14%) Law
7 6 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.51%) Finance
9 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.88%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.88%) Police
9 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 36 (31.58%) Developer
3 34 (29.82%) Software Engineer
4 23 (20.18%) Senior
5 21 (18.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 20 (17.54%) C++ Developer
7 15 (13.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (12.28%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 14 (12.28%) Linux Engineer
8 14 (12.28%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 13 (11.40%) C++ Software Engineer
10 10 (8.77%) Linux Developer
11 8 (7.02%) Lead
12 6 (5.26%) Software Developer
13 5 (4.39%) IT Engineer
13 5 (4.39%) Junior
13 5 (4.39%) Junior Developer
13 5 (4.39%) Operations Engineer
13 5 (4.39%) SCADA Engineer
13 5 (4.39%) SCADA Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.16%) Yocto
2 10 (8.77%) Node.js
2 10 (8.77%) POSIX
3 9 (7.89%) .NET
4 5 (4.39%) ASP.NET
4 5 (4.39%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (4.39%) HTML
5 4 (3.51%) XML
5 4 (3.51%) XSLT
6 3 (2.63%) .NET Framework
6 3 (2.63%) Blazor
6 3 (2.63%) Entity Framework
7 2 (1.75%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.75%) CSS
7 2 (1.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.88%) Ionic Framework
8 1 (0.88%) Web Services
8 1 (0.88%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.91%) IoT
2 13 (11.40%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (8.77%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (5.26%) SCADA
4 6 (5.26%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.63%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.75%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.88%) FPGA
7 1 (0.88%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.88%) Robotics
7 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 35 (30.70%) Linux
2 18 (15.79%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (8.77%) Unix
4 6 (5.26%) Windows
5 5 (4.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (48.25%) Software Engineering
2 26 (22.81%) Agile
3 21 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
5 14 (12.28%) Mathematics
5 14 (12.28%) Open Source
6 11 (9.65%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.89%) Proactive Monitoring
8 8 (7.02%) Computer Science
8 8 (7.02%) Customer Service
8 8 (7.02%) Test Automation
9 6 (5.26%) DevOps
9 6 (5.26%) System Testing
9 6 (5.26%) Validation
10 5 (4.39%) Coaching
10 5 (4.39%) MVC
10 5 (4.39%) Physics
10 5 (4.39%) Roadmaps
10 5 (4.39%) UML
11 4 (3.51%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 59 (51.75%) C
2 30 (26.32%) C#
3 18 (15.79%) Java
4 14 (12.28%) Embedded C
5 13 (11.40%) Embedded C++
5 13 (11.40%) Python
6 10 (8.77%) Bash
6 10 (8.77%) SQL
7 9 (7.89%) MATLAB
8 8 (7.02%) VB
9 7 (6.14%) JavaScript
10 6 (5.26%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.51%) COBOL
11 4 (3.51%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 1 (0.88%) Perl
12 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Degree
2 6 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.14%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.51%) MISRA
2 4 (3.51%) MISRA C
3 3 (2.63%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.75%) Automotive SPICE
System Software
1 15 (13.16%) Firmware
2 13 (11.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.39%) Cisco
2 5 (4.39%) Remedy
3 4 (3.51%) Micro Focus
3 4 (3.51%) Oracle
4 1 (0.88%) EMC
4 1 (0.88%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.88%) YouTube