STL Job Trends in the West Midlands

Standard Template Library (STL)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring STL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing STL 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.023% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £66,250 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.42% -4.00% -22.84%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

STL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 655 554 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.60% 16.02% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 496 411 672
10th Percentile £39,375 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £68,525 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.50% +5.42% -7.14%

STL
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing STL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

STL job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

STL
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing STL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing STL

STL
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 STL within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 August 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
Solihull - 2 £67,500 - 2
STL
England

STL
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Database Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA