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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 95 99
Rank change year-on-year -33 +4 -49
Contract jobs citing C++ 17 29 36
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.65% 1.51% 1.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.45% 3.91% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 16
10th Percentile £575 £590 £595
25th Percentile £664 £647 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £800 £705
Median % change year-on-year - +13.48% +0.71%
75th Percentile £859 £913 £741
90th Percentile £919 £980 £846
London median daily rate £650 £775 £663
% change year-on-year -16.13% +16.98% -8.62%

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 694 742 884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.58% 38.61% 36.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 506 633
10th Percentile £355 £404 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £554 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% -2.04% -9.60%
75th Percentile £650 £690 £688
90th Percentile £750 £781 £798
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £28.68 £21.53 -
25th Percentile £33.75 £29.07 £46.75
Median hourly rate £52.49 £51.44 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +6.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £77.75 £78.75 -
London median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 £50.25
% change year-on-year +46.25% -20.40% -16.25%

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 19 June 2026.

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 19 June 2026. 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 -38 10 £800 +6.67% 15
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) Wireshark
2 1 (5.88%) DHCP
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) Multicast
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Jenkins
2 2 (11.76%) Fiddler
2 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) MSI
2 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.88%) Artifactory
General
1 12 (70.59%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Banking
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
5 2 (11.76%) Front Office
5 2 (11.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Senior
2 8 (47.06%) Developer
3 5 (29.41%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Software Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Software Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Developer
5 2 (11.76%) C# Developer
5 2 (11.76%) C++ Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Quantitative Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior C# Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior C++ Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Support
6 1 (5.88%) Applications Support Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Junior Software Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (29.41%) Web Services
2 4 (23.53%) .NET
3 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
3 2 (11.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (11.76%) COM
3 2 (11.76%) Qt
3 2 (11.76%) React
3 2 (11.76%) XML
4 1 (5.88%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (29.41%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (17.65%) Derivative
4 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (5.88%) Equities
4 1 (5.88%) Exotic Derivative
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.88%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
2 5 (29.41%) Unix
2 5 (29.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Software Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Analytics
2 5 (29.41%) Mathematics
3 4 (23.53%) Low Latency
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) API Design
5 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
5 2 (11.76%) Backtesting
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Multithreading
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Server Management
5 2 (11.76%) User Experience
5 2 (11.76%) Zero Trust
6 1 (5.88%) Electronic Trading
6 1 (5.88%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 3 (17.65%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
3 2 (11.76%) VBA
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PhD
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (5.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) F5
2 1 (5.88%) IBM
2 1 (5.88%) ION Trading
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Splunk