C++ Software Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Engineer - C++
UK > Work from Home

The median Software Engineer - C++ daily rate in Work from Home is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 436 572
Rank change year-on-year +108 +136 -104
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 21 30 48
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 18
10th Percentile £399 £333 £514
25th Percentile £425 £463 £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £640 £700
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% -8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £488 £727 £838
90th Percentile £510 £755 -
UK median daily rate £475 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -26.92% -3.70% +80.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 5
10th Percentile £42.25 £47.56 £44.75
25th Percentile £49.38 £51.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +21.50% +25.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £57.50
90th Percentile - £67.50 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +37.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,973 24,016 42,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.35% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,364 16,958 30,661
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 547 602
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.34 £25.71 £19.28
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +43.44%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.51 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%

C++ Software Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ Software Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ Software Engineer.

C++ Software Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

C++ Software Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ Software Engineer.

C++ Software Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ Software Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

C++ Software Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, C++ Software Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) C++
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 11 (52.38%) Perl
4 10 (47.62%) C
5 9 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (42.86%) Tcl
5 9 (42.86%) 802.11
5 9 (42.86%) 802.1X
6 6 (28.57%) Python
6 6 (28.57%) Windows
6 6 (28.57%) Degree
6 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 6 (28.57%) Git
7 5 (23.81%) Linux
7 5 (23.81%) C#
8 4 (19.05%) .NET
8 4 (19.05%) Oracle
8 4 (19.05%) Scrum
8 4 (19.05%) Agile
8 4 (19.05%) Jenkins
9 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (14.29%) Azure
9 3 (14.29%) UML
10 2 (9.52%) OO
10 2 (9.52%) CSS
10 2 (9.52%) SOAP

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) 802.11
1 9 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (4.76%) MQTT
3 1 (4.76%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Git
2 4 (19.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (9.52%) Artifactory
3 2 (9.52%) Bitbucket
3 2 (9.52%) JIRA
4 1 (4.76%) CMake
4 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) 802.1X
2 4 (19.05%) .NET
3 2 (9.52%) Blazor
3 2 (9.52%) CSS
3 2 (9.52%) HTML
3 2 (9.52%) Kafka
3 2 (9.52%) RESTful
3 2 (9.52%) SOAP
3 2 (9.52%) XML
4 1 (4.76%) CNTK
4 1 (4.76%) MFC
4 1 (4.76%) OpenVINO
4 1 (4.76%) PyTorch
4 1 (4.76%) TensorFlow
4 1 (4.76%) WinForms
4 1 (4.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
1 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 5 (23.81%) Linux
3 3 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (9.52%) Android
5 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Scrum
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (14.29%) UML
6 2 (9.52%) Clean Code
6 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 2 (9.52%) Design Patterns
6 2 (9.52%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Manual Testing
6 2 (9.52%) OO
6 2 (9.52%) OOD
6 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Storyboarding
6 2 (9.52%) TDD
6 2 (9.52%) Unit Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Validation
6 2 (9.52%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (52.38%) Perl
3 10 (47.62%) C
4 9 (42.86%) Tcl
5 6 (28.57%) Python
6 5 (23.81%) C#
7 2 (9.52%) Bash
7 2 (9.52%) SQL
8 1 (4.76%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (9.52%) VirtualBox
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Xamarin
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