C++ Contracts in the East of England

C++
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 52 59
Rank change year-on-year +27 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing C++ 119 74 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 6.26% 3.58% 3.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.61% 12.44% 11.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 22
10th Percentile £413 £300 £325
25th Percentile £420 £440 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £550
90th Percentile £638 - £577
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 40 33
10th Percentile £60.00 £53.28 £49.80
25th Percentile £61.25 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £71.75 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £87.75 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 416 595 776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.89% 28.79% 30.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 344 453
10th Percentile £302 £289 £300
25th Percentile £405 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £574
90th Percentile £634 £684 £631
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 99 88
10th Percentile £52.50 £48.50 £26.98
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.19
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.00 £61.33
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Hertfordshire +15 83 £430 +43.33% 30
Cambridgeshire +15 28 £550 +3.77% 137
Essex +6 6 £550 - 10
Bedfordshire +1 2 £450 - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.36%) Azure
1 4 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (30.25%) Modbus
1 36 (30.25%) RS-422
1 36 (30.25%) RS-485
2 14 (11.76%) Radio Access Network
3 13 (10.92%) 5G
4 5 (4.20%) 4G
4 5 (4.20%) NAS
5 4 (3.36%) Ethernet
5 4 (3.36%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.36%) Wireshark
6 3 (2.52%) Wireless
7 2 (1.68%) 5G NR
7 2 (1.68%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.84%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.84%) MQTT
8 1 (0.84%) RS-232
8 1 (0.84%) RTMP
8 1 (0.84%) RTP
8 1 (0.84%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 12 (10.08%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (7.56%) Git
3 8 (6.72%) Visual Studio
4 6 (5.04%) GCC
4 6 (5.04%) JIRA
4 6 (5.04%) Subversion
5 5 (4.20%) Eclipse
6 4 (3.36%) CppUnit
6 4 (3.36%) gcov
6 4 (3.36%) GDB
6 4 (3.36%) Gradle
6 4 (3.36%) PVCS
6 4 (3.36%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.84%) CMake
7 1 (0.84%) VTune
General
1 43 (36.13%) Electronics
2 35 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.04%) Aerospace
3 6 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (5.04%) Multimedia
3 6 (5.04%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.36%) Military
4 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.52%) Law
6 2 (1.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.68%) Wearables
7 1 (0.84%) Aviation
7 1 (0.84%) Finance
7 1 (0.84%) Games
7 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (67.23%) Software Engineer
2 47 (39.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 24 (20.17%) C Software Engineer
4 20 (16.81%) Developer
5 16 (13.45%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (11.76%) Embedded Engineer
6 14 (11.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (9.24%) C++ Developer
8 9 (7.56%) Python Developer
9 8 (6.72%) Architect
9 8 (6.72%) Embedded C Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Linux Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Real Time Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Software Architect
10 6 (5.04%) Compiler Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) Verification Engineer
11 5 (4.20%) C# Software Engineer
11 5 (4.20%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.56%) DirectX
1 9 (7.56%) OpenGL
1 9 (7.56%) Vulkan
2 8 (6.72%) OpenGL ES
3 6 (5.04%) LLVM
4 5 (4.20%) Web Services
5 4 (3.36%) Node.js
5 4 (3.36%) Yocto
6 2 (1.68%) .NET
6 2 (1.68%) JSON
6 2 (1.68%) MFC
6 2 (1.68%) WinForms
6 2 (1.68%) WPF
6 2 (1.68%) YAML
7 1 (0.84%) FFmpeg
7 1 (0.84%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.84%) NumPy
7 1 (0.84%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (0.84%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.56%) Ray Tracing
3 8 (6.72%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (2.52%) FPGA
5 2 (1.68%) ASIC
5 2 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.68%) Verilog
6 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.84%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 26 (21.85%) Linux
2 8 (6.72%) Windows
3 3 (2.52%) Unix
4 2 (1.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 45 (37.82%) Agile
3 44 (36.97%) Unit Testing
4 41 (34.45%) Continuous Integration
5 40 (33.61%) DevOps
5 40 (33.61%) TDD
6 38 (31.93%) Software Testing
7 36 (30.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (30.25%) Customer Requirements
7 36 (30.25%) Pair Programming
8 22 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (18.49%) Validation
9 16 (13.45%) Verification and Validation
10 14 (11.76%) Multithreading
11 11 (9.24%) Visualisation
12 8 (6.72%) Scrum
12 8 (6.72%) Software Architecture
12 8 (6.72%) Test Automation
12 8 (6.72%) Test Scripting
13 7 (5.88%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 93 (78.15%) C
2 48 (40.34%) C#
3 25 (21.01%) Python
4 10 (8.40%) Embedded C
5 8 (6.72%) Embedded C++
5 8 (6.72%) MATLAB
6 7 (5.88%) Bash
7 5 (4.20%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.36%) Ada
9 3 (2.52%) Java
10 2 (1.68%) Assembly Language
10 2 (1.68%) C++/CLI
10 2 (1.68%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.68%) SystemVerilog
10 2 (1.68%) Tcl
10 2 (1.68%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.84%) GLSL
11 1 (0.84%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.61%) PhD
2 12 (10.08%) Degree
3 10 (8.40%) Master's Degree
3 10 (8.40%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.72%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.36%) IBM
2 4 (3.36%) Klocwork
2 4 (3.36%) Perforce
2 4 (3.36%) VMware
3 2 (1.68%) Broadcom
3 2 (1.68%) Cadence
3 2 (1.68%) Synopsys
3 2 (1.68%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.84%) SAP
4 1 (0.84%) Twitter