C++
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 16 | 8 | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | +15 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 4 | 26 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | 3.51% | 13.40% | 3.74% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.26% | 36.11% | 9.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £379 | £446 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £525 | £489 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £431 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.59% | +3.77% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £561 | £638 | £560 |
| 90th Percentile | £569 | £784 | - |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £431 | £550 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.59% | +3.77% | +6.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £66.00 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £69.38 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £77.50 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +47.62% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £84.38 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £87.00 | - |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | - | £77.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +47.62% | - |
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 39 | 72 | 120 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 34.21% | 37.11% | 40.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 43 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £405 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £430 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £556 | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £630 | £575 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £475 | £499 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.24 | £55.75 | £35.49 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.40 | £58.75 | £49.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +19.05% | -8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £69.00 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £78.25 | - |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £52.50 | £55.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +10.00% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Cambridge.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Cambridge.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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: