C++ Contracts in Bristol

C++
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 40 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +11
Contract jobs citing C++ 38 56 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.57% 4.75% 5.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.77% 15.01% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile £190 £268 £544
25th Percentile £375 £350 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £638
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -27.45% +41.67%
75th Percentile £563 £657 £697
90th Percentile £638 £661 £721
South West median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 44 36
10th Percentile £61.25 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.91 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +36.84%
75th Percentile - £70.30 £65.19
90th Percentile £85.00 - £75.00
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +44.44%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 276 373 480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 25.94% 31.61% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 262 330
10th Percentile £300 £351 £363
25th Percentile £338 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -6.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £635 £675 £625
South West median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 55 39
10th Percentile £52.50 £57.00 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.91 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile - £70.15 -
90th Percentile £82.20 £70.30 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year +3.85% +6.12% +34.62%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Bristol

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for C++ in Bristol

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Bristol

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (39.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) Ethernet
1 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Jenkins
1 15 (39.47%) JIRA
2 11 (28.95%) GoogleTest
3 5 (13.16%) Eclipse
3 5 (13.16%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.63%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Aerospace
2 5 (13.16%) Military
2 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.26%) Automotive
4 1 (2.63%) Electronics
4 1 (2.63%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (65.79%) Software Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) C++ Software Engineer
3 13 (34.21%) Java Engineer
3 13 (34.21%) Java Software Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Architect
5 5 (13.16%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Software Architect
6 4 (10.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Python Software Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Developer
7 3 (7.89%) Java Developer
8 2 (5.26%) C++ Developer
8 2 (5.26%) C++/Java Developer
8 2 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 1 (2.63%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Computer Vision Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Lead
9 1 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (34.21%) Qt
2 6 (15.79%) RESTful
2 6 (15.79%) XML
3 5 (13.16%) Node.js
3 5 (13.16%) Web Services
4 1 (2.63%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (26.32%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (15.79%) Product Ownership
4 5 (13.16%) Verilog
4 5 (13.16%) VHDL
5 4 (10.53%) IoT
6 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.63%) CUDA
7 1 (2.63%) Device Driver
7 1 (2.63%) Robotics
7 1 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) Linux
2 5 (13.16%) Windows
3 4 (10.53%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (68.42%) Software Engineering
2 23 (60.53%) Agile
3 20 (52.63%) DevOps
4 19 (50.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (15.79%) Software Architecture
5 6 (15.79%) Software Delivery
5 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.79%) Unit Testing
5 6 (15.79%) Validation
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (13.16%) Digital Twin
6 5 (13.16%) Synthetic Environment
6 5 (13.16%) TDD
6 5 (13.16%) Verification and Validation
6 5 (13.16%) Visualisation
7 1 (2.63%) Computer Vision
7 1 (2.63%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (2.63%) Device Driver Development
7 1 (2.63%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 18 (47.37%) Python
2 16 (42.11%) Java
3 11 (28.95%) C
4 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 5 (13.16%) C#
6 2 (5.26%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.63%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (36.84%) MISRA
2 1 (2.63%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.63%) DO-178B
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (2.63%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Google
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) IBM