C++ Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C++
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 44 63
Rank change year-on-year +14 +19 -30
Contract jobs citing C++ 27 15 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 5.39% 2.54% 2.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.55% 8.62% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 13
10th Percentile £428 £449 £345
25th Percentile £531 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 - £550
90th Percentile £735 - £620
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £66.00 £28.25 -
25th Percentile £69.38 £36.88 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% - -
75th Percentile £84.38 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £87.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 98 174 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.56% 29.44% 29.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 120 160
10th Percentile £405 £391 £297
25th Percentile £439 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.56% +3.75%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £538
90th Percentile £619 £576 £575
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 13
10th Percentile £34.15 £22.00 £12.39
25th Percentile £35.52 £47.50 £24.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £51.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.65 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +25.84%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Cambridgeshire

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 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 +14 25 £550 -1.79% 109
C++
East of England

C++
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 4 (14.81%) Azure
1 4 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) 5G
1 2 (7.41%) 5G NR
1 2 (7.41%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.70%) Bluetooth
2 1 (3.70%) MQTT
2 1 (3.70%) RS-232
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Git
2 4 (14.81%) GCC
3 3 (11.11%) JIRA
3 3 (11.11%) Subversion
4 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (3.70%) VTune
General
1 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (11.11%) Electronics
3 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Wearables
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Games
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Architect
2 8 (29.63%) Software Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Compiler Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Verification Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Developer
5 2 (7.41%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) C Programmer
6 1 (3.70%) C++ Programmer
6 1 (3.70%) Games Programmer
6 1 (3.70%) Programmer
6 1 (3.70%) Python Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Research Software Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Development Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (33.33%) DirectX
1 9 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 9 (33.33%) Vulkan
2 8 (29.63%) OpenGL ES
3 4 (14.81%) LLVM
4 3 (11.11%) JSON
4 3 (11.11%) YAML
5 2 (7.41%) .NET
5 2 (7.41%) MFC
5 2 (7.41%) WinForms
5 2 (7.41%) WPF
6 1 (3.70%) NumPy
6 1 (3.70%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (3.70%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (29.63%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (11.11%) ASIC
3 3 (11.11%) FPGA
3 3 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (11.11%) Verilog
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Unix
2 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 8 (29.63%) Software Architecture
3 4 (14.81%) DevOps
3 4 (14.81%) Open Source
3 4 (14.81%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (11.11%) Agile
4 3 (11.11%) OO
4 3 (11.11%) Project Management
4 3 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 3 (11.11%) UVM
4 3 (11.11%) Validation
5 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
5 2 (7.41%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (7.41%) Machine Learning
5 2 (7.41%) MLOps
5 2 (7.41%) SDLC
5 2 (7.41%) UML
5 2 (7.41%) Workflow
6 1 (3.70%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) C
2 11 (40.74%) Python
3 6 (22.22%) C#
4 3 (11.11%) Assembly Language
4 3 (11.11%) Bash
4 3 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 3 (11.11%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (11.11%) Tcl
5 2 (7.41%) C++/CLI
5 2 (7.41%) Java
5 2 (7.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.70%) GLSL
6 1 (3.70%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) PhD
2 11 (40.74%) Degree
3 9 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Cadence
1 3 (11.11%) Synopsys
1 3 (11.11%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.70%) SAP