C++ Contracts in the South West

C++
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 77 70
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing C++ 48 102 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.50% 2.81% 3.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.68% 9.61% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 22
10th Percentile £420 £305 £450
25th Percentile £475 £394 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -11.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £725 £658 £573
90th Percentile £775 £675 £661
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 53 41
10th Percentile £61.25 - £57.50
25th Percentile £64.06 £60.91 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +30.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.30 -
90th Percentile £85.00 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
South 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 South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 625 1,061 1,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.54% 29.26% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 760 768
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £630
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 97 68
10th Percentile £46.39 £49.87 £46.57
25th Percentile £55.13 £57.33 £53.44
Median hourly rate £67.25 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +6.12% +34.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol -13 26 £600 +23.08% 70
Wiltshire 0 10 £625 +37.74% 13
Dorset +8 4 £650 - 19
Gloucestershire 0 4 £625 -3.85% 22
Somerset -2 3 £500 +11.11% 9
Cornwall - 1 - - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) GitHub
2 1 (2.08%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.25%) Internet
2 3 (6.25%) RTSP
2 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Jenkins
1 10 (20.83%) JIRA
2 7 (14.58%) GoogleTest
3 4 (8.33%) Visual Studio
4 3 (6.25%) Eclipse
4 3 (6.25%) Git
5 1 (2.08%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (10.42%) Aerospace
1 5 (10.42%) Automotive
1 5 (10.42%) Military
1 5 (10.42%) Social Skills
1 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Banking
4 1 (2.08%) Electronics
4 1 (2.08%) Games
4 1 (2.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 24 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 12 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (18.75%) Java Engineer
3 9 (18.75%) Java Software Engineer
4 8 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Software Architect
6 4 (8.33%) Lead
6 4 (8.33%) Python Software Architect
7 3 (6.25%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) Developer
8 2 (4.17%) Computer Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Computer Vision Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) MATLAB Developer
8 2 (4.17%) Software Team Leader
8 2 (4.17%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.08%) IoT Developer
9 1 (2.08%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) Qt
2 6 (12.50%) RESTful
2 6 (12.50%) XML
3 5 (10.42%) Blazor
4 3 (6.25%) Node.js
4 3 (6.25%) OpenGL
4 3 (6.25%) Web Services
4 3 (6.25%) WebRTC
5 2 (4.17%) .NET
5 2 (4.17%) CSS
5 2 (4.17%) HTML
5 2 (4.17%) TensorFlow
6 1 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (2.08%) Kafka
6 1 (2.08%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 5 (10.42%) Algorithms
3 5 (10.42%) IoT
3 5 (10.42%) Verilog
3 5 (10.42%) VHDL
4 4 (8.33%) CUDA
4 4 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.08%) Device Driver
6 1 (2.08%) Robotics
6 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.08%) Linux
2 4 (8.33%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (6.25%) Windows
4 1 (2.08%) CentOS
4 1 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.08%) RTLinux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Software Engineering
2 23 (47.92%) Agile
3 16 (33.33%) DevOps
4 11 (22.92%) CI/CD
5 8 (16.67%) Software Architecture
6 7 (14.58%) Scrum
7 6 (12.50%) Software Delivery
7 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (8.33%) Computer Vision
8 4 (8.33%) Unit Testing
8 4 (8.33%) Validation
9 3 (6.25%) Continuous Delivery
9 3 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (6.25%) Digital Twin
9 3 (6.25%) Synthetic Environment
9 3 (6.25%) TDD
9 3 (6.25%) Test Automation
9 3 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
9 3 (6.25%) Visualisation
10 2 (4.17%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 21 (43.75%) Python
2 20 (41.67%) C
3 17 (35.42%) Java
4 12 (25.00%) C#
5 7 (14.58%) JavaScript
6 5 (10.42%) Embedded C++
7 4 (8.33%) SQL
8 3 (6.25%) PL/SQL
9 2 (4.17%) MATLAB
10 1 (2.08%) Fortran
10 1 (2.08%) Perl
10 1 (2.08%) Ruby
10 1 (2.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.58%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.08%) Degree
4 1 (2.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) MISRA
2 2 (4.17%) JTAG
3 1 (2.08%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.08%) DO-178B
3 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (14.58%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) Google
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) NVIDIA
3 2 (4.17%) Xamarin
4 1 (2.08%) IBM
4 1 (2.08%) Red Hat