C++ Jobs in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 125 163
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 -41
Permanent jobs citing C++ 144 135 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.68% 2.34% 1.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.91% 6.64% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 122 62 43
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £43,200
25th Percentile £44,375 £46,563 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £94,200 £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++ 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 2,083 2,032 3,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 24.30% 35.16% 38.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,714 1,170 2,067
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,786
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 £77,500 £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 12 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 12 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 +6 40 £65,000 +26.83% 7
Birmingham -16 38 £45,000 -20.00% 9
Staffordshire 0 29 £53,750 +66.67% 16
Coventry +33 11 £65,000 +52.94% 6
Herefordshire +5 6 £61,500 -44.09% 1
Wolverhampton +16 4 - -
Warwickshire -37 3 £62,500 -30.17% 4
Shropshire -15 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 (6.25%) nginx
2 2 (1.39%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Simulink
2 1 (0.69%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.25%) Azure
2 5 (3.47%) GitHub
3 4 (2.78%) AWS
3 4 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.78%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.78%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.08%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.72%) Firewall
2 5 (3.47%) Network Security
3 1 (0.69%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.69%) DHCP
3 1 (0.69%) DNS
3 1 (0.69%) SSH
3 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.72%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.03%) MySQL
3 9 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (7.64%) Git
2 9 (6.25%) GNU Toolchain
2 9 (6.25%) Subversion
3 5 (3.47%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.78%) Xcode
5 1 (0.69%) CMake
5 1 (0.69%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.69%) GitLab
5 1 (0.69%) PVCS
5 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (15.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (11.11%) Electronics
4 13 (9.03%) Automotive
5 11 (7.64%) Games
6 9 (6.25%) Finance
7 6 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.47%) Law
9 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.69%) Police
9 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (36.81%) Developer
2 47 (32.64%) Software Engineer
3 42 (29.17%) Embedded Engineer
4 35 (24.31%) Senior
5 29 (20.14%) C++ Developer
6 23 (15.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 22 (15.28%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 18 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
9 14 (9.72%) Software Developer
10 12 (8.33%) Lead
11 10 (6.94%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 10 (6.94%) Junior
11 10 (6.94%) Junior Developer
11 10 (6.94%) Linux Engineer
11 10 (6.94%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 9 (6.25%) Linux Developer
12 9 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (4.86%) Junior Software Developer
13 7 (4.86%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 5 (3.47%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.64%) Yocto
2 10 (6.94%) .NET
3 9 (6.25%) Node.js
3 9 (6.25%) POSIX
4 7 (4.86%) HTML
5 5 (3.47%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.47%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (2.78%) XML
6 4 (2.78%) XSLT
7 3 (2.08%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.08%) Blazor
7 3 (2.08%) Entity Framework
8 2 (1.39%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.39%) CSS
8 2 (1.39%) JSON
8 2 (1.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (1.39%) Web Services
9 1 (0.69%) OpenCV
9 1 (0.69%) RESTful
9 1 (0.69%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.42%) IoT
2 10 (6.94%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.86%) SCADA
5 6 (4.17%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.47%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.08%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.39%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (1.39%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.69%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.69%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.69%) FPGA
9 1 (0.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.53%) Linux
2 15 (10.42%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (6.25%) Unix
4 6 (4.17%) Windows
5 5 (3.47%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (46.53%) Software Engineering
2 30 (20.83%) Agile
3 15 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (9.72%) Mathematics
5 13 (9.03%) Computer Science
5 13 (9.03%) Customer Service
5 13 (9.03%) Open Source
6 12 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
6 12 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.64%) Test Automation
8 10 (6.94%) Proactive Monitoring
9 9 (6.25%) DevOps
10 8 (5.56%) Scrum
11 7 (4.86%) Asset Management
11 7 (4.86%) Defect Management
11 7 (4.86%) System Testing
12 6 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (4.17%) Digital Identity
12 6 (4.17%) Unit Testing
12 6 (4.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 59 (40.97%) C
2 40 (27.78%) C#
3 24 (16.67%) Java
4 23 (15.97%) Embedded C
5 15 (10.42%) Embedded C++
5 15 (10.42%) Python
5 15 (10.42%) SQL
6 9 (6.25%) Bash
7 8 (5.56%) VB
8 7 (4.86%) JavaScript
8 7 (4.86%) MATLAB
9 6 (4.17%) Go
9 6 (4.17%) PowerShell
9 6 (4.17%) Rust
10 4 (2.78%) COBOL
10 4 (2.78%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 1 (0.69%) Perl
11 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (20.14%) Degree
2 10 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.86%) AUTOSAR
2 4 (2.78%) MISRA
2 4 (2.78%) MISRA C
System Software
1 16 (11.11%) Firmware
2 14 (9.72%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.47%) Cisco
2 5 (3.47%) Remedy
3 4 (2.78%) Micro Focus
3 4 (2.78%) Oracle
4 2 (1.39%) AVEVA
5 1 (0.69%) EMC
5 1 (0.69%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.69%) YouTube