C++ Contracts in Berkshire

C++
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 104 98
Rank change year-on-year +16 -6 +11
Contract jobs citing C++ 3 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 0.76% 0.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.96% 4.07% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 13
10th Percentile £366 £384 -
25th Percentile £383 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile £469 - £438
90th Percentile £488 £580 £543
South East median daily rate £500 £531 £530
% change year-on-year -5.88% +0.24% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £61.60 -
South East median hourly rate £56.38 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -19.46% +21.74% +12.20%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 313 369 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 27.41% 18.71% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 253 297
10th Percentile £400 £331 £345
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £700 £658 £700
South East median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 16 10
10th Percentile £34.94 £56.45 £20.79
25th Percentile £41.99 £56.65 £58.03
Median hourly rate £54.35 £61.60 £74.60
Median % change year-on-year -11.78% -17.42% +2.89%
75th Percentile £66.08 £67.81 £79.19
90th Percentile £72.75 £73.59 £81.98
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £62.50 £56.24
% change year-on-year -12.10% +11.14% +29.53%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
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++ within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 June 2025. 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 +34 3 £425 +6.25% 18
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (33.33%) CMake
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CNTK
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OpenVINO
1 1 (33.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
1 1 (33.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) GPEN
2 1 (33.33%) GWAPT
2 1 (33.33%) OSCE
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft