C++ Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Software Engineer - C++
Central London > City of London

The median Software Engineer - C++ daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 127 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.047% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.050% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £600 £600 -
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,677 1,989 2,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 93.12% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,176 1,227 1,762
10th Percentile £325 £363 £353
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £686 £688
90th Percentile £771 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £23.25 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -42.35%
75th Percentile £52.19 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.30 £129.85 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.08% -40.51%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C++ Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

C++ Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

C++ Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C++ Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, C++ Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Data Ingestion
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 2 (66.67%) Order Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Reference Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Fortran
3 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
3 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
3 1 (33.33%) R
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Reference Data
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Data Ingestion
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
2 2 (66.67%) Order Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (66.67%) Reference Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Fortran
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
C++ Software Engineer jobs