C++ Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Software Engineer - C++
South East > Berkshire

As of 5 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Engineer - C++ daily rate in Berkshire.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.056% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% -3.37%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,618 1,145 1,856
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 92.49% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 661 1,015
10th Percentile £300 £270 £213
25th Percentile £403 £409 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £599 £625 £600
90th Percentile £653 £675 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 27 115
10th Percentile £20.25 £35.15 £18.95
25th Percentile £60.13 £51.94 £38.13
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +6.03% -10.32%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £67.38
90th Percentile £105.70 £82.82 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.25% +8.94% -5.56%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C++ Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

C++ Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

C++ Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Reading - 1 - - 2
C++ Software Engineer
South East

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 5 March 2026, C++ Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) WPF

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared