Front Office C++ Developer Contracts

Front Office C++ Developer
UK

The median Front Office C++ Developer daily rate in the UK is £850 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 690 842
Rank change year-on-year +111 +152 -154
Contract jobs requiring a Front Office C++ Developer 6 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.005% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.005% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £750 - £715
25th Percentile £763 - £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £1,000 £900
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £1,363 - -
90th Percentile £1,500 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Front Office C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Front Office C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Front Office C++ Developer in the UK

Front Office C++ Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Front Office C++ Developer.

Daily rate trend for Front Office C++ Developer in the UK

Front Office C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Front Office C++ Developer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Front Office C++ Developer in the UK

Front Office C++ Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Front Office C++ Developer within the UK 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
England +106 6 £850 -15.00%
London +91 6 £850 -15.00%
Work from Home +129 4 £1,125 -

Front Office C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Front Office C++ Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Front Office C++ Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Front Office
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) Equities
3 4 (66.67%) Banking
3 4 (66.67%) Investment Banking
3 4 (66.67%) Derivative
4 3 (50.00%) Python
5 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
6 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Finance
6 1 (16.67%) PnL Attribution
6 1 (16.67%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (16.67%) Degree
6 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 1 (16.67%) Physics
6 1 (16.67%) Numerical Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (16.67%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio

Front Office C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Front Office
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) Banking
3 4 (66.67%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Derivative
1 4 (66.67%) Equities
2 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
3 1 (16.67%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Equity Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
1 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
1 1 (16.67%) Numerical Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Physics
1 1 (16.67%) PnL Attribution
1 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Finance
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Numerate Degree