C++ Contracts in Cambridge

C++
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing C++ 26 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 13.54% 3.70% 4.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.62% 9.02% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 12
10th Percentile £379 £446 £335
25th Percentile £525 £489 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £638 £560 £541
90th Percentile £784 - £550
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £66.00 - -
25th Percentile £69.38 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% - -
75th Percentile £84.38 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £87.00 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £77.50 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +47.62% - -

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 71 122 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 36.98% 41.08% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 80 85
10th Percentile £405 - £378
25th Percentile £430 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £538
90th Percentile £630 £576 £625
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £499 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.56% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile - £35.49 £43.50
25th Percentile £58.75 £49.38 £56.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.90% -8.70% +24.32%
75th Percentile £70.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.00 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +11.76%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Cambridge

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 4 (15.38%) Azure
1 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Bluetooth
1 1 (3.85%) MQTT
1 1 (3.85%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) GCC
2 4 (15.38%) Git
3 2 (7.69%) JIRA
3 2 (7.69%) Subversion
3 2 (7.69%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.85%) VTune
General
1 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (11.54%) Electronics
3 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Wearables
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Games
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Software Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Architect
2 8 (30.77%) Software Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Compiler Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Verification Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) C Programmer
5 1 (3.85%) C++ Programmer
5 1 (3.85%) Games Programmer
5 1 (3.85%) Programmer
5 1 (3.85%) Python Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Research Software Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (34.62%) DirectX
1 9 (34.62%) OpenGL
1 9 (34.62%) Vulkan
2 8 (30.77%) OpenGL ES
3 6 (23.08%) LLVM
4 2 (7.69%) .NET
4 2 (7.69%) JSON
4 2 (7.69%) MFC
4 2 (7.69%) WinForms
4 2 (7.69%) WPF
4 2 (7.69%) YAML
5 1 (3.85%) NumPy
5 1 (3.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (3.85%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (30.77%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (7.69%) ASIC
3 2 (7.69%) FPGA
3 2 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (7.69%) Verilog
4 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
1 2 (7.69%) Unix
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 11 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) Software Architecture
4 6 (23.08%) Open Source
4 6 (23.08%) Performance Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) DevOps
6 3 (11.54%) Agile
7 2 (7.69%) CI/CD
7 2 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (7.69%) Machine Learning
7 2 (7.69%) MLOps
7 2 (7.69%) OO
7 2 (7.69%) Project Management
7 2 (7.69%) SDLC
7 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.69%) UML
7 2 (7.69%) UVM
7 2 (7.69%) Validation
7 2 (7.69%) Workflow
8 1 (3.85%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 21 (80.77%) C
2 10 (38.46%) Python
3 6 (23.08%) C#
4 2 (7.69%) Assembly Language
4 2 (7.69%) Bash
4 2 (7.69%) C++/CLI
4 2 (7.69%) Java
4 2 (7.69%) Shell Script
4 2 (7.69%) SystemVerilog
4 2 (7.69%) Tcl
4 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.85%) GLSL
5 1 (3.85%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 15 (57.69%) PhD
2 11 (42.31%) Degree
3 9 (34.62%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Cadence
1 2 (7.69%) Synopsys
1 2 (7.69%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.85%) SAP