C++ Contract Job Trends in Central London

C++
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring C++ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 103 68
Rank change year-on-year +7 -35 -9
Contract jobs citing C++ 31 27 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.59% 1.17% 2.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.33% 3.36% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 56
10th Percentile £495 £420 £436
25th Percentile £575 £582 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £705 £659
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +7.02% -2.41%
75th Percentile £828 £741 £842
90th Percentile £900 £846 £950
London median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £57.00 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% -15.38%

All Programming Languages
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 716 804 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.77% 34.96% 37.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 556 827
10th Percentile £375 £413 £406
25th Percentile £435 £488 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £576 £605
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -4.75% +2.54%
75th Percentile £688 £708 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £832
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £22.98 £37.15 -
25th Percentile £26.13 £37.75 £12.25
Median hourly rate £42.72 £40.00 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +220.00% -76.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.75 £12.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £42.05 -
London median hourly rate £44.95 £47.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -5.37% -20.83% +13.78%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Central London

C++
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing C++

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Central London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Central London

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing C++

C++
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
City of London +4 22 £625 -11.35% 24
C++
London

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) HTTP
1 2 (6.45%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) KDB
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Eclipse
1 2 (6.45%) IntelliJ
2 1 (3.23%) Gradle
General
1 14 (45.16%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Front Office
5 3 (9.68%) Games
6 2 (6.45%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.23%) Back Office
7 1 (3.23%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Software Engineer
2 11 (35.48%) Developer
3 10 (32.26%) C++ Software Engineer
4 9 (29.03%) Senior
5 8 (25.81%) Senior Software Engineer
6 7 (22.58%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (12.90%) C++ Developer
8 3 (9.68%) Quantitative Developer
9 2 (6.45%) Analyst
9 2 (6.45%) C++ Quantitative Developer
9 2 (6.45%) Consultant
9 2 (6.45%) Java Developer
9 2 (6.45%) KDB Developer
9 2 (6.45%) Linux Engineer
9 2 (6.45%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 2 (6.45%) Web Consultant
10 1 (3.23%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
10 1 (3.23%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
10 1 (3.23%) Python Engineer
10 1 (3.23%) Quantitative Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (9.68%) HTML
3 2 (6.45%) CSS
3 2 (6.45%) Middleware
3 2 (6.45%) Spring
3 2 (6.45%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (3.23%) .NET
4 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.23%) Bazel
4 1 (3.23%) Kafka
4 1 (3.23%) LDAP
4 1 (3.23%) Web Services
4 1 (3.23%) XML
4 1 (3.23%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.45%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (6.45%) Distributed Computing
2 2 (6.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (6.45%) Reference Data
2 2 (6.45%) TWAP
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (6.45%) VWAP
3 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.23%) Derivative
3 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (3.23%) Exotic Derivative
3 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (48.39%) Linux
2 11 (35.48%) Unix
3 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Software Engineering
2 10 (32.26%) Agile
3 8 (25.81%) Low Latency
3 8 (25.81%) Mentoring
4 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.13%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (12.90%) Algorithmic Trading
6 4 (12.90%) Mathematics
7 3 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 3 (9.68%) Code Quality
7 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.68%) Data Analysis
7 3 (9.68%) Event-Driven
8 2 (6.45%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (6.45%) Data Ingestion
8 2 (6.45%) Data Management
8 2 (6.45%) Incident Response
8 2 (6.45%) Order Management
8 2 (6.45%) Reference Data Management
8 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (58.06%) Python
2 14 (45.16%) SQL
3 7 (22.58%) C#
3 7 (22.58%) Java
4 2 (6.45%) C
4 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.45%) PHP
4 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.23%) Bash
5 1 (3.23%) Fortran
5 1 (3.23%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.23%) Perl
5 1 (3.23%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.23%) R
5 1 (3.23%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.23%) VBA
5 1 (3.23%) VC++
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) CEH
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.23%) CREST Certified
3 1 (3.23%) OSCP
3 1 (3.23%) PhD
3 1 (3.23%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) EMIR
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Ansible
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.23%) Progress Chef
1 1 (3.23%) Puppet
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle
2 1 (3.23%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) SAP