C++ Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

C++
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing C++ 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.31% 0.68% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.55% 5.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £476 £430
% change year-on-year +4.99% +10.76% -21.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £63.75 - -
25th Percentile £65.63 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £73.13 - -
90th Percentile £74.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% -

All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 53 17 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 17.38% 11.49% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 9 16
10th Percentile £485 £462 £319
25th Percentile £500 £513 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £509
90th Percentile - £679 £550
East of England median daily rate £500 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +8.11% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 1
10th Percentile £62.55 £71.60 -
25th Percentile £62.97 £77.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £68.21 £84.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +60.00% +14.13%
75th Percentile £76.25 £88.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.90 - -
East of England median hourly rate £68.00 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.74% +3.85% -

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C++ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

C++ job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

C++
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C++

C++
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. 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
Luton +1 4 £72 - 10
C++
East of England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) WinForms
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared