C++ Contracts in Central London

C++
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 103 58
Rank change year-on-year +8 -45 +59
Contract jobs citing C++ 33 34 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.64% 1.43% 3.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.26% 3.89% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 74
10th Percentile £556 £508 £575
25th Percentile £614 £650 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £710 £700
Median % change year-on-year +3.87% +1.43% -
75th Percentile £897 £750 £869
90th Percentile £965 £888 £971
London median daily rate £750 £675 £715
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.59% -3.38%

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 775 873 1,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.56% 36.77% 39.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 623 975
10th Percentile £402 £412 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £693 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £810 £850
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £22.05 - £23.95
25th Percentile £27.41 £46.75 £41.50
Median hourly rate £51.44 £48.50 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -26.79% +26.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.25 £84.06
90th Percentile £73.75 - £84.63
London median hourly rate £42.82 £49.75 £61.50
% change year-on-year -13.94% -19.11% +21.48%

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++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Central London

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Central London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Central London

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Central London

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 5 July 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 +6 31 £719 +1.63% 220
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) AWS
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) GCP
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) HTTP
1 2 (6.06%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) KDB
2 1 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Git
2 2 (6.06%) Eclipse
2 2 (6.06%) IntelliJ
3 1 (3.03%) Gradle
3 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Front Office
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.03%) Advertising
5 1 (3.03%) Games
5 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Military
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Developer
2 10 (30.30%) C++ Developer
3 5 (15.15%) Lead
4 4 (12.12%) C# Developer
4 4 (12.12%) C++ Quantitative Developer
4 4 (12.12%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) C++/C# Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Quantitative Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Senior
4 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Java Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior C# Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior C++ Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.06%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (6.06%) C++ Software Developer
6 2 (6.06%) KDB Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (6.06%) CSS
2 2 (6.06%) HTML
2 2 (6.06%) Kafka
2 2 (6.06%) Middleware
2 2 (6.06%) Spring
3 1 (3.03%) .NET
3 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.03%) WCF
3 1 (3.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (12.12%) Algorithms
2 4 (12.12%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (9.09%) Derivative
4 2 (6.06%) Fixed Income
4 2 (6.06%) Hedge funds
4 2 (6.06%) Reference Data
4 2 (6.06%) TWAP
4 2 (6.06%) VWAP
5 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.03%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (3.03%) Exotic Derivative
5 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.03%) Grid Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (12.12%) Unix
3 1 (3.03%) Windows
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Low Latency
1 11 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 10 (30.30%) Algorithmic Trading
3 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (24.24%) Market Making
5 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 6 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 5 (15.15%) Electronic Trading
6 5 (15.15%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (12.12%) Analytics
7 4 (12.12%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (12.12%) Event-Driven
7 4 (12.12%) Multithreading
7 4 (12.12%) Performance Optimisation
8 3 (9.09%) Agile
8 3 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (9.09%) Continuous Deployment
8 3 (9.09%) Data Analysis
8 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (63.64%) Python
2 13 (39.39%) Java
3 7 (21.21%) C#
4 4 (12.12%) C
4 4 (12.12%) SQL
5 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.03%) Ada
6 1 (3.03%) Bash
6 1 (3.03%) Perl
6 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.06%) PhD
4 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.03%) CEH
4 1 (3.03%) CISSP
4 1 (3.03%) CREST Certified
4 1 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (3.03%) OSCP
4 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Grafana
2 1 (3.03%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (3.03%) Kibana
2 1 (3.03%) Progress Chef
2 1 (3.03%) Puppet
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Google
2 1 (3.03%) IBM
2 1 (3.03%) TIBCO