C++ Software Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Software Engineer - C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Software Engineer - C++ daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 56 75
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 -33
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.41% 0.17% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.19% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £425 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +28.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile - £475 £375
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £425 £258 £350
% change year-on-year +65.05% -26.43% +2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 419 521 775
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.34% 87.12% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 309 405
10th Percentile £225 £199 £200
25th Percentile £350 £267 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.22%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £525
90th Percentile £683 £600 £598
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 108 211
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £27.50 £19.70 £15.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £25.86 £20.25
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £34.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +26.47% +119.35% -3.13%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for C++ Software Engineer in Cambridgeshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
Cambridge +9 2 £550 +22.22% 10
C++ Software Engineer
East of England

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) MFC
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) C++/CLI
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) MQTT
2 1 (50.00%) RS-232
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) MQTT
1 1 (50.00%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) MFC
1 2 (100.00%) WinForms
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) C++/CLI
1 2 (100.00%) Python