C++ Contracts in Wales

C++
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 49 52
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing C++ 3 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.79% 2.27% 2.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.68% 9.27% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 13
10th Percentile - £413 -
25th Percentile - £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £650 £638
90th Percentile - - £708
UK median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +21.21%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 112 151 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.55% 24.43% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 119 217
10th Percentile £333 £361 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +21.39%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £615
90th Percentile £600 £665 £688
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile £15.45 £17.18 £18.45
25th Percentile £15.81 £17.48 £19.91
Median hourly rate £20.47 £18.82 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -9.33% -17.82%
75th Percentile £23.75 £19.81 £22.88
90th Percentile £41.75 £19.91 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £60.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.27% +21.25% +14.94%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
South Wales +5 2 - - 5
North Wales - 1 - - 1
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree