C/C++ Programmer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C/C++ Programmer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median C/C++ Programmer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a C/C++ Programmer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
East of England median daily rate £300 - -

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 425 518 760
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.21% 86.33% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 310 394
10th Percentile £206 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £525
90th Percentile £650 £600 £584
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 103 208
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 £19.88 £15.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £26.44 £20.34
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -7.32%

C/C++ Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C/C++ Programmer in Cambridgeshire

C/C++ Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for C/C++ Programmer in Cambridgeshire

C/C++ Programmer
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/C++ Programmer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 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 - 1 £300 -
C/C++ Programmer
East of England

C/C++ Programmer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, C/C++ Programmer 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/C++ Programmer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) VTune
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL
1 1 (100.00%) HLSL
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
1 1 (100.00%) Vulkan
1 1 (100.00%) Ray Tracing

C/C++ Programmer 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) VTune
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Ray Tracing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL
1 1 (100.00%) HLSL