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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 123 149
Rank change year-on-year -13 +26 -21
Permanent jobs citing C++ 132 136 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.65% 2.34% 1.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.63% 6.63% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 111 64 43
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,100 £43,200
25th Percentile £43,125 £46,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +7.48% +7.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £81,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £94,100 £91,000
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 1,991 2,051 2,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.86% 35.22% 39.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 1,170 2,051
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £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 £67,300 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £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 1 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 1 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
Birmingham -13 37 £45,000 -18.18% 7
Worcestershire +2 33 £60,000 +17.07% 11
Staffordshire -1 24 £35,000 +45.83% 12
Coventry +35 12 £65,000 +52.94% 4
Herefordshire +4 6 £61,500 -44.09% 1
Wolverhampton +20 4 - -
Warwickshire -25 3 £62,500 -30.17% 2
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 10 (7.58%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Simulink
2 1 (0.76%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.82%) Azure
2 5 (3.79%) GitHub
3 4 (3.03%) AWS
3 4 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.03%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.03%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.27%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (1.52%) Network Security
3 1 (0.76%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.76%) DHCP
3 1 (0.76%) DNS
3 1 (0.76%) SSH
3 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.61%) MySQL
2 13 (9.85%) SQL Server
3 10 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.03%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (9.09%) Git
2 10 (7.58%) GNU Toolchain
2 10 (7.58%) Subversion
3 5 (3.79%) Visual Studio
4 4 (3.03%) Xcode
5 1 (0.76%) CMake
5 1 (0.76%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.76%) GitLab
5 1 (0.76%) PVCS
5 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.12%) Electronics
4 13 (9.85%) Automotive
5 11 (8.33%) Games
6 8 (6.06%) Finance
7 6 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.79%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.76%) Police
9 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (34.09%) Developer
2 44 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 40 (30.30%) Embedded Engineer
4 28 (21.21%) Senior
5 23 (17.42%) C++ Developer
6 20 (15.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 20 (15.15%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 18 (13.64%) C++ Software Engineer
8 11 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 11 (8.33%) Lead
8 11 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (8.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 11 (8.33%) Software Developer
9 10 (7.58%) Linux Developer
10 9 (6.82%) Junior
10 9 (6.82%) Junior Developer
11 6 (4.55%) Junior Software Developer
11 6 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 5 (3.79%) C++ Team Leader
12 5 (3.79%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.09%) Yocto
2 10 (7.58%) .NET
2 10 (7.58%) Node.js
2 10 (7.58%) POSIX
3 5 (3.79%) ASP.NET
3 5 (3.79%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (3.79%) HTML
4 4 (3.03%) XML
4 4 (3.03%) XSLT
5 3 (2.27%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.27%) Blazor
5 3 (2.27%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.52%) CSS
6 2 (1.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.76%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (0.76%) OpenCV
7 1 (0.76%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.76%) Web Services
7 1 (0.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.61%) IoT
2 11 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (7.58%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (5.30%) SCADA
5 6 (4.55%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.27%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.52%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.76%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.76%) CAN bus
8 1 (0.76%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.76%) FPGA
8 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.00%) Linux
2 16 (12.12%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (7.58%) Unix
4 6 (4.55%) Windows
5 5 (3.79%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.52%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (47.73%) Software Engineering
2 28 (21.21%) Agile
3 16 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (10.61%) Mathematics
4 14 (10.61%) Open Source
5 13 (9.85%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 12 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 12 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 11 (8.33%) Test Automation
8 10 (7.58%) Proactive Monitoring
9 9 (6.82%) DevOps
10 7 (5.30%) Scrum
10 7 (5.30%) System Testing
11 6 (4.55%) Asset Management
11 6 (4.55%) Defect Management
11 6 (4.55%) Validation
12 5 (3.79%) Coaching
12 5 (3.79%) MVC
12 5 (3.79%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 58 (43.94%) C
2 36 (27.27%) C#
3 23 (17.42%) Java
4 20 (15.15%) Embedded C
5 15 (11.36%) Embedded C++
6 14 (10.61%) SQL
7 13 (9.85%) Python
8 10 (7.58%) Bash
9 8 (6.06%) VB
10 7 (5.30%) JavaScript
10 7 (5.30%) MATLAB
11 6 (4.55%) PowerShell
12 4 (3.03%) COBOL
12 4 (3.03%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 3 (2.27%) Go
13 3 (2.27%) Rust
14 1 (0.76%) Perl
14 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (21.21%) Degree
2 10 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (3.03%) MISRA
2 4 (3.03%) MISRA C
System Software
1 16 (12.12%) Firmware
2 14 (10.61%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.79%) Cisco
2 5 (3.79%) Remedy
3 4 (3.03%) Micro Focus
3 4 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (0.76%) EMC
4 1 (0.76%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.76%) YouTube