C++ Contracts in England

C++
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 145 127 176
Rank change year-on-year -18 +49 -60
Contract jobs citing C++ 600 1,084 1,185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.62% 2.14% 1.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.54% 6.07% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 668 709
10th Percentile £396 £425 £425
25th Percentile £450 £536 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £800
90th Percentile £887 £900 £850
UK median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 129 122
10th Percentile £56.25 £51.00 £44.72
25th Percentile £61.25 £56.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.63 £75.00 £67.33
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
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 England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,821 17,871 26,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.28% 35.36% 36.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,859 13,059 19,322
10th Percentile £350 £388 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £670
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 434 455
10th Percentile £35.51 £26.25 £20.00
25th Percentile £47.63 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £60.07 £60.70 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.04% +21.40% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in England

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in England

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for C++ in England

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in England

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in England

C++
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London -62 261 £650 -7.14% 348
East of England +33 119 £550 +10.00% 174
South East +39 115 £500 -4.76% 230
South West -27 45 £550 +18.92% 150
Midlands +9 24 £505 -13.12% 90
West Midlands +27 21 £502 -12.78% 49
North of England +6 18 £600 +26.32% 87
North West +3 10 £450 -10.00% 57
Yorkshire +6 5 £650 +34.02% 21
North East +20 3 £625 +56.25% 10
East Midlands +7 3 £590 -0.92% 41
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (4.33%) Confluence
2 9 (1.50%) BizTalk Server
3 6 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.50%) Apache
4 3 (0.50%) nginx
5 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.17%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.17%) JBoss
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (2.33%) Simulink
2 10 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.17%) Blender
5 1 (0.17%) Maya
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.83%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 59 (9.83%) Azure
2 57 (9.50%) AWS
3 21 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (3.17%) GitHub
5 10 (1.67%) Azure Functions
5 10 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (1.67%) Serverless
6 9 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (1.50%) Azure Storage
7 6 (1.00%) GCP
8 4 (0.67%) Datadog
9 3 (0.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.50%) Amazon ELB
9 3 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.50%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.33%) npm
10 2 (0.33%) NuGet
10 2 (0.33%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.00%) Modbus
1 36 (6.00%) RS-422
1 36 (6.00%) RS-485
2 18 (3.00%) Software-Defined Radio
3 17 (2.83%) TCP/IP
3 17 (2.83%) Wireless
4 15 (2.50%) 5G
4 15 (2.50%) SNMP
5 14 (2.33%) Radio Access Network
5 14 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (2.00%) 802.11
7 9 (1.50%) Ethernet
8 5 (0.83%) 4G
8 5 (0.83%) Internet
8 5 (0.83%) NAS
9 4 (0.67%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.67%) DNS
9 4 (0.67%) RTSP
9 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
10 3 (0.50%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.50%) MongoDB
2 18 (3.00%) NoSQL
3 14 (2.33%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.17%) Couchbase
7 7 (1.17%) KDB
7 7 (1.17%) MySQL
8 6 (1.00%) Data Mining
9 5 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.83%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.50%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.33%) CouchDB
13 1 (0.17%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 76 (12.67%) Git
2 59 (9.83%) JIRA
3 49 (8.17%) Jenkins
4 31 (5.17%) Visual Studio
5 27 (4.50%) Bitbucket
6 24 (4.00%) Eclipse
7 21 (3.50%) GoogleTest
8 19 (3.17%) Subversion
9 18 (3.00%) Rational DOORS
10 16 (2.67%) PVCS
11 14 (2.33%) Robot Framework
12 13 (2.17%) Artifactory
13 6 (1.00%) GCC
13 6 (1.00%) GitLab
13 6 (1.00%) Gradle
13 6 (1.00%) Rational Rhapsody
14 5 (0.83%) CMake
14 5 (0.83%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.67%) CppUnit
15 4 (0.67%) gcov
General
1 130 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 94 (15.67%) Finance
3 55 (9.17%) Banking
4 49 (8.17%) Electronics
5 39 (6.50%) Public Sector
6 35 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (5.67%) Front Office
8 29 (4.83%) Aerospace
9 23 (3.83%) Investment Banking
10 16 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.83%) Games
13 8 (1.33%) Military
14 7 (1.17%) Automotive
14 7 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.00%) Legal
15 6 (1.00%) Multimedia
16 4 (0.67%) Law
16 4 (0.67%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 189 (31.50%) Software Engineer
2 181 (30.17%) Developer
3 97 (16.17%) C++ Software Engineer
4 88 (14.67%) C++ Developer
5 59 (9.83%) Senior
6 40 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
7 33 (5.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 28 (4.67%) Analyst
9 26 (4.33%) Python Developer
9 26 (4.33%) Python Engineer
10 24 (4.00%) C Software Engineer
10 24 (4.00%) Quantitative Developer
11 21 (3.50%) Senior Developer
12 20 (3.33%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (3.00%) Architect
13 18 (3.00%) Java Engineer
14 16 (2.67%) C/C++ Software Engineer
15 15 (2.50%) Linux Developer
15 15 (2.50%) Linux Engineer
15 15 (2.50%) Qualitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.17%) .NET
2 22 (3.67%) NumPy
3 21 (3.50%) .NET Core
3 21 (3.50%) HTML
4 20 (3.33%) CSS
4 20 (3.33%) Kafka
5 19 (3.17%) Pandas
6 17 (2.83%) Node.js
6 17 (2.83%) OpenGL
6 17 (2.83%) RESTful
7 16 (2.67%) Blazor
7 16 (2.67%) SciPy
8 14 (2.33%) DirectX
8 14 (2.33%) REST
8 14 (2.33%) Vulkan
9 13 (2.17%) OpenGL ES
9 13 (2.17%) Yocto
10 12 (2.00%) 802.1X
11 11 (1.83%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.67%) Algorithms
2 60 (10.00%) Derivative
3 39 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (3.83%) Hedge funds
6 19 (3.17%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.17%) Equity Derivative
6 19 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.17%) Equities
9 12 (2.00%) Device Driver
9 12 (2.00%) Fixed Income
10 11 (1.83%) VHDL
11 10 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.67%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.50%) 3D Graphics
12 9 (1.50%) CCTV
12 9 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (1.50%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 154 (25.67%) Linux
2 89 (14.83%) Windows
3 15 (2.50%) Unix
4 13 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.67%) Android
6 8 (1.33%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (1.17%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.17%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.17%) RTLinux
11 1 (0.17%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (43.33%) Software Engineering
2 161 (26.83%) Agile
3 114 (19.00%) DevOps
4 92 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (12.00%) Computer Science
6 67 (11.17%) Continuous Integration
6 67 (11.17%) Validation
7 66 (11.00%) CI/CD
8 63 (10.50%) Test Automation
9 62 (10.33%) Unit Testing
10 55 (9.17%) Scrum
10 55 (9.17%) TDD
11 51 (8.50%) Mathematics
11 51 (8.50%) Software Testing
12 49 (8.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (8.00%) Multithreading
13 48 (8.00%) OO
14 45 (7.50%) Analytics
15 39 (6.50%) Customer Requirements
16 36 (6.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 252 (42.00%) Python
2 246 (41.00%) C
3 161 (26.83%) C#
4 153 (25.50%) Java
5 79 (13.17%) SQL
6 64 (10.67%) JavaScript
7 36 (6.00%) Bash
8 29 (4.83%) Go
9 28 (4.67%) Shell Script
10 27 (4.50%) Perl
11 26 (4.33%) MATLAB
12 24 (4.00%) PL/SQL
12 24 (4.00%) PowerShell
13 23 (3.83%) Embedded C++
14 20 (3.33%) Rust
15 19 (3.17%) Embedded C
16 15 (2.50%) Tcl
16 15 (2.50%) VBA
17 9 (1.50%) T-SQL
17 9 (1.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 103 (17.17%) Degree
2 102 (17.00%) Security Cleared
3 80 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.67%) Master's Degree
5 32 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (5.17%) PhD
7 21 (3.50%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.83%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (1.33%) CREST Certified
9 8 (1.33%) OSCP
10 6 (1.00%) CEH
10 6 (1.00%) GIAC
10 6 (1.00%) GPEN
11 4 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.17%) ISEB
13 1 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.67%) ISO 9001
2 8 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.33%) MISRA
2 8 (1.33%) QA
3 7 (1.17%) JTAG
3 7 (1.17%) NIST
4 4 (0.67%) MiFID
5 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (0.50%) SLA
6 2 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.33%) GDPR
6 2 (0.33%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.17%) COPPA
7 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.17%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.17%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 25 (4.17%) Docker
2 24 (4.00%) Firmware
3 10 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.50%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (1.00%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 5 (0.83%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (6.33%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.50%) Ansible
3 13 (2.17%) Terraform
4 9 (1.50%) BladeLogic
4 9 (1.50%) Consul
4 9 (1.50%) ITRS Geneos
4 9 (1.50%) Puppet
5 8 (1.33%) Grafana
5 8 (1.33%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.67%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.67%) Kibana
7 4 (0.67%) Nagios
8 3 (0.50%) Packer
9 2 (0.33%) WSUS
10 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.17%) logstash
10 1 (0.17%) systemd
Vendors
1 36 (6.00%) Oracle
2 27 (4.50%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.33%) Google
4 15 (2.50%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.17%) Dynatrace
6 9 (1.50%) Altiris
6 9 (1.50%) Citrix
6 9 (1.50%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.33%) Splunk
7 8 (1.33%) VMware
8 7 (1.17%) IBM
9 6 (1.00%) SaltStack
9 6 (1.00%) Xilinx
10 5 (0.83%) HP
11 4 (0.67%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.67%) Klocwork
11 4 (0.67%) New Relic
11 4 (0.67%) NVIDIA
11 4 (0.67%) Perforce
11 4 (0.67%) Sparx