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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 73 74
Rank change year-on-year -25 +1 -12
Contract jobs citing C++ 56 101 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.76% 2.86% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.85% 9.89% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 36 17
10th Percentile £375 £313 -
25th Percentile £438 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% -11.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £716 £633 £600
90th Percentile £775 £675 £693
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 51 43
10th Percentile £61.25 - £54.86
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.91 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile - £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 633 1,021 1,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.89% 28.93% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 730 768
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £638
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 92 70
10th Percentile £49.20 £48.60 £46.66
25th Percentile £61.25 £54.69 £53.81
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +6.12% +34.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.70 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year - +21.95% +19.19%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 11 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
Bristol -1 35 £513 +10.81% 50
Wiltshire 0 11 £550 +21.21% 12
Gloucestershire -5 4 £625 -3.85% 24
Somerset -8 3 £500 +12.68% 9
Dorset +3 2 - - 12
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 (1.79%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.79%) GitHub
2 1 (1.79%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.29%) Ethernet
2 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.36%) Internet
3 3 (5.36%) RTSP
4 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (28.57%) Jenkins
1 16 (28.57%) JIRA
2 12 (21.43%) GoogleTest
3 6 (10.71%) Visual Studio
4 5 (8.93%) Eclipse
5 3 (5.36%) Git
6 1 (1.79%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.71%) Aerospace
2 6 (10.71%) Automotive
3 5 (8.93%) Military
3 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Banking
5 1 (1.79%) Electronics
5 1 (1.79%) Games
5 1 (1.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 15 (26.79%) Java Engineer
3 15 (26.79%) Java Software Engineer
4 8 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) Architect
5 5 (8.93%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (8.93%) Software Architect
6 4 (7.14%) Lead
6 4 (7.14%) Python Software Architect
7 2 (3.57%) Computer Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Computer Vision Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Developer
7 2 (3.57%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Software Team Leader
7 2 (3.57%) Team Leader
7 2 (3.57%) Test Engineer
8 1 (1.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (1.79%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.21%) Qt
2 6 (10.71%) RESTful
2 6 (10.71%) XML
3 5 (8.93%) Blazor
3 5 (8.93%) Node.js
3 5 (8.93%) Web Services
4 3 (5.36%) OpenGL
4 3 (5.36%) WebRTC
5 2 (3.57%) .NET
5 2 (3.57%) CSS
5 2 (3.57%) HTML
5 2 (3.57%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.79%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (1.79%) Kafka
6 1 (1.79%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 9 (16.07%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (10.71%) Product Ownership
4 5 (8.93%) Algorithms
4 5 (8.93%) IoT
4 5 (8.93%) Verilog
4 5 (8.93%) VHDL
5 4 (7.14%) CUDA
6 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.79%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.79%) Robotics
7 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (35.71%) Linux
2 5 (8.93%) Windows
3 4 (7.14%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.79%) CentOS
4 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.79%) RTLinux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 30 (53.57%) Agile
3 22 (39.29%) DevOps
4 19 (33.93%) CI/CD
5 8 (14.29%) Software Architecture
6 7 (12.50%) Scrum
6 7 (12.50%) Unit Testing
7 6 (10.71%) Software Delivery
7 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.71%) Validation
8 5 (8.93%) Continuous Delivery
8 5 (8.93%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (8.93%) Digital Twin
8 5 (8.93%) Synthetic Environment
8 5 (8.93%) TDD
8 5 (8.93%) Verification and Validation
8 5 (8.93%) Visualisation
9 4 (7.14%) Computer Vision
9 4 (7.14%) Test Automation
10 2 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 26 (46.43%) Python
2 24 (42.86%) Java
3 21 (37.50%) C
4 14 (25.00%) C#
5 9 (16.07%) JavaScript
6 5 (8.93%) Embedded C++
7 4 (7.14%) SQL
8 3 (5.36%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.79%) Fortran
9 1 (1.79%) Perl
9 1 (1.79%) Ruby
9 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) MISRA
2 2 (3.57%) JTAG
3 1 (1.79%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.79%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Google
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) NVIDIA
4 2 (3.57%) Xamarin
5 1 (1.79%) IBM
5 1 (1.79%) Red Hat