C++ Contracts in the North West

C++
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 135 146
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 -35
Contract jobs citing C++ 9 23 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.34% 0.74% 0.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.36% 2.51% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 25
10th Percentile - £325 £400
25th Percentile £405 £364 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +40.35%
75th Percentile £550 £632 £634
90th Percentile £610 £638 £750
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £38.59 - £31.25
25th Percentile £40.16 £37.80 £39.89
Median hourly rate £44.16 £40.59 £52.34
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -22.45% +15.03%
75th Percentile £46.78 £45.10 £60.00
90th Percentile £47.51 £48.19 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +21.21%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 660 918 1,398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.72% 29.41% 34.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 686 1,074
10th Percentile £325 £325 £319
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +23.46%
75th Percentile £550 £593 £588
90th Percentile £613 £658 £663
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.28% +2.33% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 30
10th Percentile £38.96 £24.29 £14.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.80 £16.83
Median hourly rate £48.43 £40.59 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% +21.16% +11.67%
75th Percentile £71.87 £54.69 £55.63
90th Percentile £80.63 £65.90 £60.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.18 £50.10
% change year-on-year +2.17% +22.11% +15.84%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North West.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the North West

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Manchester +5 3 £410 -18.00% 32
Lancashire +4 3 - - 6
Cheshire +5 1 £550 - 10
Cumbria - 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 £450 - 1
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) TestComplete
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
1 1 (11.11%) German Language
1 1 (11.11%) Military
1 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) C++ Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Research Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Research Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) OpenCV
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) OOP
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) SDLC
2 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Parallel Programming
3 1 (11.11%) Physics
3 1 (11.11%) Product Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) SysML
3 1 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Delphi
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VBScript
3 1 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (11.11%) Fortran
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) MISRA
1 1 (11.11%) MISRA C
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft