Senior C++ Developer Contracts

Senior C++ Developer
UK

The median Senior 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 579 670 830
Rank change year-on-year +91 +160 -160
Contract jobs requiring a Senior C++ Developer 6 23 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.040% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.042% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 18
10th Percentile £570 £705 £425
25th Percentile £675 - £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £825 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +17.86% +33.33%
75th Percentile £1,025 - £788
90th Percentile £1,130 £945 £791
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - £563
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly 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%

Senior C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior C++ Developer in the UK

Senior C++ Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior C++ Developer in the UK

Senior C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior C++ Developer in the UK

Senior C++ Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior C++ Developer in the UK

Senior C++ Developer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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
Work from Home +113 3 - - 6
England +83 3 £850 +3.03% 13
London +68 2 £1,200 +45.45% 5
UK excluding London +70 1 £500 - 8
Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £500 -

Senior C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior C++ Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (33.33%) QNX
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
3 1 (16.67%) Memory Management
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Low Latency
3 1 (16.67%) Multicast
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (16.67%) Systematic Trading
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Concurrent Programming
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) Front Office
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Derivative
3 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (16.67%) German Language
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing

Senior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Multicast
General
1 2 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Front Office
2 1 (16.67%) German Language
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (16.67%) Derivative
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Equities
1 1 (16.67%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithmic Trading
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Concurrent Programming
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Low Latency
2 1 (16.67%) Memory Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Systematic Trading
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) QNX
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat