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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 21 27
Rank change year-on-year +11 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing C++ 23 14 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 11.86% 5.05% 3.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.39% 11.86% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 10
10th Percentile £395 £425 £448
25th Percentile £525 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% +27.27%
75th Percentile £638 - £575
90th Percentile £768 - £603
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63.75 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -
75th Percentile £71.25 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £67.50 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +28.57% - -

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 71 118 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 36.60% 42.60% 44.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 78 91
10th Percentile £405 - £408
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £572 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £575 £675
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £498 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +4.74% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile £51.88 £35.49 -
25th Percentile £54.06 £49.38 £56.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +19.17%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +91.60%

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 20 May 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++
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 (17.39%) Azure
1 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) MQTT
1 1 (4.35%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Git
2 3 (13.04%) GCC
2 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 3 (13.04%) Subversion
3 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio
4 1 (4.35%) VTune
General
1 3 (13.04%) Electronics
1 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Wearables
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Games
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Architect
1 8 (34.78%) Software Architect
1 8 (34.78%) Software Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Compiler Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Verification Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) C Programmer
4 1 (4.35%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (4.35%) Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Development Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Games Programmer
4 1 (4.35%) Graphics Programmer
4 1 (4.35%) Programmer
4 1 (4.35%) Research Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Software Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (39.13%) DirectX
1 9 (39.13%) OpenGL
1 9 (39.13%) Vulkan
2 8 (34.78%) OpenGL ES
3 3 (13.04%) JSON
3 3 (13.04%) LLVM
3 3 (13.04%) YAML
4 2 (8.70%) .NET
4 2 (8.70%) MFC
4 2 (8.70%) WinForms
4 2 (8.70%) WPF
5 1 (4.35%) NumPy
5 1 (4.35%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (4.35%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (34.78%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (13.04%) ASIC
3 3 (13.04%) FPGA
3 3 (13.04%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (13.04%) Verilog
4 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
1 3 (13.04%) Unix
2 2 (8.70%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (47.83%) Software Engineering
3 8 (34.78%) Software Architecture
4 4 (17.39%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) OO
5 3 (13.04%) Open Source
5 3 (13.04%) Performance Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Project Management
5 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.04%) UVM
5 3 (13.04%) Validation
6 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.70%) MLOps
6 2 (8.70%) SDLC
6 2 (8.70%) UML
6 2 (8.70%) Workflow
7 1 (4.35%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 18 (78.26%) C
2 11 (47.83%) Python
3 6 (26.09%) C#
4 3 (13.04%) Assembly Language
4 3 (13.04%) Bash
4 3 (13.04%) Shell Script
4 3 (13.04%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (13.04%) Tcl
5 2 (8.70%) C++/CLI
5 2 (8.70%) Java
5 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
6 1 (4.35%) GLSL
6 1 (4.35%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) PhD
2 11 (47.83%) Degree
3 9 (39.13%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Cadence
1 3 (13.04%) Synopsys
1 3 (13.04%) Xilinx
2 1 (4.35%) SAP