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 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 128 156
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 -28
Permanent jobs citing C++ 141 133 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.71% 2.30% 1.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.94% 6.58% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 119 62 42
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £43,100
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +8.49% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £79,375
90th Percentile £84,964 £94,200 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +17.39%

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 2,032 2,022 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.59% 34.98% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,695 1,166 2,048
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,500
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,059 £77,500 £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 June 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 June 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
Worcestershire +4 38 £65,000 +26.83% 10
Birmingham -18 38 £45,000 -18.18% 9
Staffordshire +2 27 £43,750 +82.29% 12
Coventry +32 12 £65,000 +52.94% 5
Herefordshire +7 6 £61,500 -44.09% 1
Wolverhampton +13 4 - -
Warwickshire -20 3 £62,500 -30.17% 3
Shropshire -12 2 £52,500 -12.50%
Dudley - 1 - - 1
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 9 (6.38%) nginx
2 1 (0.71%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 7 (4.96%) Simulink
2 1 (0.71%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.38%) Azure
2 5 (3.55%) GitHub
3 4 (2.84%) AWS
3 4 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.84%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.13%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.22%) Firewall
2 4 (2.84%) Network Security
3 1 (0.71%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.71%) DHCP
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) SSH
3 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.22%) MySQL
3 9 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.84%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (7.80%) Git
2 9 (6.38%) GNU Toolchain
2 9 (6.38%) Subversion
3 5 (3.55%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.84%) Xcode
5 1 (0.71%) CMake
5 1 (0.71%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.71%) GitLab
5 1 (0.71%) PVCS
5 1 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (16.31%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (11.35%) Electronics
4 13 (9.22%) Automotive
5 11 (7.80%) Games
6 9 (6.38%) Finance
7 6 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.55%) Law
9 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.71%) Police
9 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (35.46%) Developer
2 47 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 43 (30.50%) Embedded Engineer
4 34 (24.11%) Senior
5 27 (19.15%) C++ Developer
6 23 (16.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 23 (16.31%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 18 (12.77%) C++ Software Engineer
8 13 (9.22%) Software Developer
9 12 (8.51%) Lead
10 11 (7.80%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 11 (7.80%) Linux Engineer
10 11 (7.80%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 10 (7.09%) Junior
11 10 (7.09%) Junior Developer
12 9 (6.38%) Linux Developer
12 9 (6.38%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (4.96%) Junior Software Developer
13 7 (4.96%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 5 (3.55%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.51%) Yocto
2 10 (7.09%) .NET
3 9 (6.38%) Node.js
3 9 (6.38%) POSIX
4 6 (4.26%) HTML
5 5 (3.55%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.55%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (2.84%) XML
6 4 (2.84%) XSLT
7 3 (2.13%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.13%) Blazor
7 3 (2.13%) Entity Framework
8 2 (1.42%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.42%) CSS
8 2 (1.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (1.42%) Web Services
9 1 (0.71%) JSON
9 1 (0.71%) OpenCV
9 1 (0.71%) RESTful
9 1 (0.71%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.64%) IoT
2 10 (7.09%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (6.38%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.96%) SCADA
5 6 (4.26%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.84%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.13%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.42%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (1.42%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.71%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.71%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.71%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.71%) FPGA
9 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.71%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 32 (22.70%) Linux
2 16 (11.35%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (6.38%) Unix
4 6 (4.26%) Windows
5 5 (3.55%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.42%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (47.52%) Software Engineering
2 30 (21.28%) Agile
3 16 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (9.93%) Mathematics
5 13 (9.22%) Computer Science
5 13 (9.22%) Customer Service
5 13 (9.22%) Embedded Software Development
5 13 (9.22%) Open Source
6 12 (8.51%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.80%) Test Automation
8 10 (7.09%) Proactive Monitoring
9 9 (6.38%) DevOps
10 8 (5.67%) Scrum
11 7 (4.96%) Asset Management
11 7 (4.96%) Defect Management
11 7 (4.96%) System Testing
12 6 (4.26%) Validation
13 5 (3.55%) Biometrics
13 5 (3.55%) Physics
13 5 (3.55%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (42.55%) C
2 39 (27.66%) C#
3 24 (17.02%) Java
4 23 (16.31%) Embedded C
5 15 (10.64%) Embedded C++
5 15 (10.64%) SQL
6 14 (9.93%) Python
7 9 (6.38%) Bash
8 8 (5.67%) VB
9 7 (4.96%) JavaScript
9 7 (4.96%) MATLAB
10 6 (4.26%) PowerShell
11 5 (3.55%) Go
11 5 (3.55%) Rust
12 4 (2.84%) COBOL
12 4 (2.84%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 1 (0.71%) Perl
13 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.71%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (20.57%) Degree
2 10 (7.09%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (2.84%) MISRA
2 4 (2.84%) MISRA C
System Software
1 16 (11.35%) Firmware
2 14 (9.93%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.55%) Cisco
2 5 (3.55%) Remedy
3 4 (2.84%) Micro Focus
3 4 (2.84%) Oracle
4 1 (0.71%) AVEVA
4 1 (0.71%) EMC
4 1 (0.71%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.71%) YouTube