C++ Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 42 59
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 -26
Contract jobs citing C++ 29 15 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.82% 2.55% 2.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.29% 8.57% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 12
10th Percentile £428 £449 £335
25th Percentile £531 £500 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 - £541
90th Percentile £735 - £550
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £66.00 £28.25 -
25th Percentile £69.38 £36.88 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% - -
75th Percentile £84.38 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £87.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 99 175 248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.88% 29.71% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 120 156
10th Percentile £405 £391 £300
25th Percentile £439 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.56% +4.80%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £525
90th Percentile £619 £576 £550
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 13
10th Percentile £34.15 £22.50 £12.39
25th Percentile £35.52 £42.25 £24.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.65 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +16 27 £550 -1.79% 124
C++
East of England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) 5G
1 2 (6.90%) 5G NR
1 2 (6.90%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.45%) Bluetooth
2 1 (3.45%) MQTT
2 1 (3.45%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) GCC
2 5 (17.24%) Git
3 3 (10.34%) JIRA
3 3 (10.34%) Subversion
4 2 (6.90%) Visual Studio
5 1 (3.45%) VTune
General
1 6 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (10.34%) Electronics
3 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Wearables
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Games
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Software Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Architect
2 8 (27.59%) Software Architect
3 6 (20.69%) Compiler Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Verification Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) C++ Games Programmer
6 1 (3.45%) Development Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Graphics Programmer
6 1 (3.45%) Python Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Research Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Research Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Development Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) DirectX
1 9 (31.03%) OpenGL
1 9 (31.03%) Vulkan
2 8 (27.59%) OpenGL ES
3 6 (20.69%) LLVM
4 3 (10.34%) JSON
4 3 (10.34%) YAML
5 2 (6.90%) .NET
5 2 (6.90%) MFC
5 2 (6.90%) WinForms
5 2 (6.90%) WPF
6 1 (3.45%) NumPy
6 1 (3.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (3.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (27.59%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (10.34%) ASIC
3 3 (10.34%) FPGA
3 3 (10.34%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (10.34%) Verilog
4 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
1 3 (10.34%) Unix
2 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Software Engineering
2 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (27.59%) Software Architecture
4 6 (20.69%) Open Source
4 6 (20.69%) Performance Analysis
5 4 (13.79%) DevOps
6 3 (10.34%) Agile
6 3 (10.34%) OO
6 3 (10.34%) Project Management
6 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.34%) UVM
6 3 (10.34%) Validation
7 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.90%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (6.90%) Machine Learning
7 2 (6.90%) MLOps
7 2 (6.90%) SDLC
7 2 (6.90%) UML
7 2 (6.90%) Workflow
8 1 (3.45%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (82.76%) C
2 11 (37.93%) Python
3 6 (20.69%) C#
4 3 (10.34%) Assembly Language
4 3 (10.34%) Bash
4 3 (10.34%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.34%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (10.34%) Tcl
5 2 (6.90%) C++/CLI
5 2 (6.90%) Java
5 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.45%) GLSL
6 1 (3.45%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) PhD
2 11 (37.93%) Degree
3 9 (31.03%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Cadence
1 3 (10.34%) Synopsys
1 3 (10.34%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.45%) SAP