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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 106 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 -19 -35
Contract jobs citing C++ 34 27 66
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.78% 1.15% 2.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.93% 3.37% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 33
10th Percentile £493 £417 £360
25th Percentile £550 £489 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £705 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +8.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £728 £711 £831
90th Percentile £819 £978 £950
London median daily rate £650 £688 £675
% change year-on-year -5.45% +1.85% -8.63%
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 £56.50 £60.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.67% +6.19%

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 690 801 1,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 36.03% 34.01% 34.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 519 732
10th Percentile £375 £413 £400
25th Percentile £427 £483 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% +0.84%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
London median daily rate £550 £565 £590
% change year-on-year -2.65% -4.24% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
10th Percentile £24.83 £38.35 £15.65
25th Percentile £26.31 £40.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £41.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.82% +38.33% -42.86%
75th Percentile £60.85 £112.00 £39.75
90th Percentile £66.25 - £45.15
London median hourly rate £44.95 £49.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.20% -10.00% -4.35%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

C++ job vacancy trend 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 7 November 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 7 November 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 -3 22 £600 -14.89% 231
C++
London

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) AWS
2 2 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) KDB
2 1 (2.94%) Big Data
2 1 (2.94%) Kdb+
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Eclipse
1 2 (5.88%) IntelliJ
2 1 (2.94%) Git
2 1 (2.94%) Gradle
General
1 21 (61.76%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Front Office
4 3 (8.82%) Financial Institution
4 3 (8.82%) Games
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Back Office
6 1 (2.94%) Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 15 (44.12%) C++ Software Engineer
3 14 (41.18%) Senior
4 13 (38.24%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (35.29%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 10 (29.41%) Developer
7 3 (8.82%) Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) KDB Developer
8 2 (5.88%) C++ Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Java Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Qualitative Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Quantitative Analyst
9 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Linux Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Performance Analyst
9 1 (2.94%) Python Software Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Quantitative Developer
9 1 (2.94%) Security Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (5.88%) Middleware
2 2 (5.88%) Spring
2 2 (5.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.94%) .NET
3 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.94%) Bazel
3 1 (2.94%) HTML
3 1 (2.94%) Kafka
3 1 (2.94%) LDAP
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
3 1 (2.94%) XML
3 1 (2.94%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (8.82%) Algorithms
2 3 (8.82%) Derivative
2 3 (8.82%) Distributed Computing
2 3 (8.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (5.88%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (5.88%) Reference Data
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.94%) Credit Derivative
4 1 (2.94%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.94%) Equities
4 1 (2.94%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (2.94%) Exotic Derivative
4 1 (2.94%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.94%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Linux
2 15 (44.12%) Unix
3 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Software Engineering
2 15 (44.12%) Agile
3 11 (32.35%) Mentoring
4 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Low Latency
5 6 (17.65%) Mathematics
6 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.82%) Code Quality
7 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.82%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.82%) Data Ingestion
7 3 (8.82%) DevOps
7 3 (8.82%) Event-Driven
7 3 (8.82%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (8.82%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (5.88%) Algorithmic Trading
8 2 (5.88%) Data Management
8 2 (5.88%) Multithreading
8 2 (5.88%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) SQL
2 15 (44.12%) Python
3 8 (23.53%) C#
4 6 (17.65%) Java
5 2 (5.88%) C
5 2 (5.88%) PHP
5 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.94%) Fortran
6 1 (2.94%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.94%) Perl
6 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.94%) R
6 1 (2.94%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.94%) VBA
6 1 (2.94%) VC++
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.94%) CEH
4 1 (2.94%) CISSP
4 1 (2.94%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.94%) OSCP
4 1 (2.94%) PhD
4 1 (2.94%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) EMIR
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) SAP