C++ Contracts in Essex

C++
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 38 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing C++ 8 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 3.74% 0.79% 2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.52% 2.27% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £574
25th Percentile £525 £431 £574
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £576
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -23.98% +12.84%
75th Percentile £575 £444 £614
90th Percentile - - £681
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £57.23
25th Percentile - - £60.58
Median hourly rate - - £66.16
75th Percentile - - £71.74
90th Percentile - - £75.09
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year - +10.64% +20.51%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 84 88 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 39.25% 34.78% 38.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 53 97
10th Percentile £264 £227 £270
25th Percentile £423 £325 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.09% +4.08%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £594
90th Percentile £600 £592 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 14
10th Percentile £52.50 £66.60 £26.98
25th Percentile £53.63 £68.63 £47.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £74.00 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +11.18% +44.70%
75th Percentile £80.00 £77.75 £76.64
90th Percentile - £78.80 £77.22
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +36.59%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Essex

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Essex

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Essex

C++
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Essex region over the 6 months to 24 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
Brentwood -3 6 - - 2
C++
East of England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) RTMP
1 1 (12.50%) RTP
1 1 (12.50%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) CMake
2 1 (12.50%) Gerrit
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) C Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Embedded C Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Linux Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C/C++ Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) Yocto
2 1 (12.50%) FFmpeg
2 1 (12.50%) GStreamer
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) MPEG
1 1 (12.50%) STB
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Open Source
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
2 6 (75.00%) Bash
3 3 (37.50%) Embedded C
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Broadcom