X++
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for X++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited X++ over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 576 | 708 | 825 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +132 | +117 | -155 |
| Contract jobs citing X++ | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.023% | 0.023% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.078% | 0.066% | 0.019% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £460 | £475 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £506 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £563 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.56% | +2.27% | +9.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £625 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £652 | £595 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £513 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
X++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,830 | 21,120 | 32,260 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.40% | 35.18% | 36.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,114 | 15,252 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £397 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.55% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 487 | 483 | 513 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.25 | £19.93 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.00% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.63% | +18.45% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing X++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing X++.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing X++ over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing X++.
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Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X++ within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +120 | 9 | £500 | -8.05% | 11 |
| UK excluding London | +77 | 9 | £500 | -2.44% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +124 | 6 | £375 | -35.48% | 5 |
| South East | - | 5 | £500 | - | 5 |
| North of England | +33 | 2 | £425 | -17.07% | |
| North West | +17 | 2 | £425 | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £700 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 2 | £700 | - | 1 |
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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: