C++ Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	29	24	23
Rank change year-on-year	-5	-1	-2
Contract jobs citing C++	11	18	21
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	2.86%	4.95%	5.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category	15.28%	16.36%	18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	3	16
10^th Percentile	-	£330	-
25^th Percentile	£413	£356	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£400	£551
Median % change year-on-year	+6.25%	-27.44%	+15.57%
75^th Percentile	£438	£509	£588
90^th Percentile	-	£575	£638
East of England median daily rate	£250	£438	£570
% change year-on-year	-42.86%	-23.25%	+26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	1	2
10^th Percentile	£41.25	-	£48.65
25^th Percentile	£46.25	£41.25	£50.38
Median hourly rate	£56.25	£42.50	£56.00
Median % change year-on-year	+32.35%	-24.11%	-2.61%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£43.75	£61.88
90^th Percentile	£78.75	-	£63.75
East of England median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£65.00
% change year-on-year	-	-	-5.80%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	72	110	111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	18.70%	30.22%	27.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	25	47	63
10^th Percentile	£406	£240	£303
25^th Percentile	£413	£350	£344
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£513	£425	£454
Median % change year-on-year	+20.59%	-6.39%	-4.42%
75^th Percentile	£625	£578	£556
90^th Percentile	£686	£666	£598
East of England median daily rate	£506	£500	£420
% change year-on-year	+1.15%	+19.11%	-15.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	11	10
10^th Percentile	£41.25	£28.41	£44.08
25^th Percentile	£46.25	£31.25	£46.56
Median hourly rate	£56.25	£37.50	£55.00
Median % change year-on-year	+50.00%	-31.82%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£43.75	£63.75
90^th Percentile	£78.75	£44.75	£63.88
East of England median hourly rate	£70.00	£65.00	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+7.69%	-	-5.80%

C++ Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

C++ Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

C++ Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

C++ Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++ 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++ within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Cambridge	+2	9	£425	+6.25%	170
C++ East of England

C++ Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing C++ also mentioned 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 Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for C++.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	C	72.7%	8
2	Firmware	54.5%	6
3	Degree	36.4%	4
3	Master's Degree	36.4%	4
3	Software Engineering	36.4%	4
6	Azure	27.3%	3
6	Azure DevOps	27.3%	3
6	Computer Science	27.3%	3
6	DevOps	27.3%	3
6	Embedded Firmware	27.3%	3
6	Integration Testing	27.3%	3
6	Migration	27.3%	3
6	RS-232	27.3%	3
6	RS-485	27.3%	3
6	Team Foundation Server	27.3%	3
16	Cost Reduction	18.2%	2
16	Embedded C	18.2%	2
16	Embedded C++	18.2%	2
16	Git	18.2%	2
16	GitHub	18.2%	2
16	GitHub Copilot	18.2%	2
16	LoRaWAN	18.2%	2
16	MATLAB	18.2%	2
16	Motion Control	18.2%	2
16	Motion Planning	18.2%	2
16	Python	18.2%	2
16	Robot Operating System	18.2%	2
16	Robotic Control	18.2%	2
16	Signal Processing	18.2%	2
16	Wireless	18.2%	2

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	C	72.7%	8
2	Embedded C	18.2%	2
2	Embedded C++	18.2%	2
2	MATLAB	18.2%	2
2	Python	18.2%	2
6	C#	9.1%	1
6	Rust	9.1%	1