Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Skill Sets
Period
to 12 December 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 12 December 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

C++
Central London > City of London
6 months to
12 Dec 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 150 83 104
Rank change year-on-year -67 +21 -28
Contract jobs citing C++ 111 225 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 1.56% 3.12% 2.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.86% 5.94% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 181 129
City of London median daily rate £600 £600 £550
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
10th Percentile £413 £425 £388
90th Percentile £838 £813 £688
Central London median daily rate £588 £589 £525
% change year-on-year -0.21% +12.14% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
City of London median hourly rate - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - -

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
City of London
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,883 3,791 3,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 54.44% 52.59% 50.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,223 3,167 2,770
City of London median daily rate £525 £525 £475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +10.53% -
10th Percentile £383 £363 £325
90th Percentile £675 £688 £660
Central London median daily rate £525 £513 £475
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 10
City of London median hourly rate £37.09 £24.49 £27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +51.48% -10.96% +8.16%
10th Percentile £16.10 £13.35 £16.06
90th Percentile £74.46 £30.00 £55.19
Central London median hourly rate £37.09 £25.79 £27.50
% change year-on-year +43.83% -6.23% +8.16%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing C++ as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the City of London

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing C++ in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate trend for C++ in the City of London

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing C++ in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 December 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for C++ in the City of London

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for C++ in the City of London

For the 6 months to 12 December 2018, IT contractor jobs citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for C++.

1 68 (61.26%) Python
2 41 (36.94%) Linux
2 41 (36.94%) Finance
3 39 (35.14%) C#
3 39 (35.14%) Java
4 27 (24.32%) Front Office
5 26 (23.42%) C
5 26 (23.42%) OO
5 26 (23.42%) Algorithms
6 24 (21.62%) SQL
7 23 (20.72%) Hedge funds
7 23 (20.72%) Agile Software Development
8 22 (19.82%) Data Structures
9 20 (18.02%) Banking
10 18 (16.22%) OOD
11 17 (15.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 17 (15.32%) Flask
12 16 (14.41%) Pandas
12 16 (14.41%) NumPy
13 15 (13.51%) Test Automation
13 15 (13.51%) Client/Server
13 15 (13.51%) IPython
13 15 (13.51%) Cython
13 15 (13.51%) Automated Trading
13 15 (13.51%) Backtesting
14 13 (11.71%) Blockchain
14 13 (11.71%) Fixed Income
14 13 (11.71%) Amazon AWS
15 12 (10.81%) JavaScript
15 12 (10.81%) Go

C++
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (13.51%) IPython
2 7 (6.31%) CMS
3 4 (3.60%) Drupal
3 4 (3.60%) WordPress
4 2 (1.80%) Apache Solr
4 2 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.90%) Confluence
5 1 (0.90%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.90%) JBoss
5 1 (0.90%) Luigi
5 1 (0.90%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.90%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.90%) 3000 Xtra
2 1 (0.90%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.90%) RMDS
2 1 (0.90%) Summit
2 1 (0.90%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.71%) Amazon AWS
2 3 (2.70%) GitHub
2 3 (2.70%) OpenShift
3 2 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (1.80%) IaaS
3 2 (1.80%) Serverless
4 1 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.90%) AWS CodePipeline
4 1 (0.90%) CloudFront
4 1 (0.90%) Fastly
4 1 (0.90%) Google Play
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.60%) AMQP
2 3 (2.70%) Internet
2 3 (2.70%) MQTT
2 3 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.80%) DHCP
3 2 (1.80%) DNS
3 2 (1.80%) SSL
4 1 (0.90%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.90%) FTP
4 1 (0.90%) HTTP
4 1 (0.90%) ICMP
4 1 (0.90%) IPFS
4 1 (0.90%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.90%) LAN
4 1 (0.90%) Network Security
4 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.71%) Blockchain
2 11 (9.91%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.60%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.60%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.70%) MySQL
4 3 (2.70%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.70%) Redis
5 2 (1.80%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.80%) HBase
5 2 (1.80%) Riak
6 1 (0.90%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.90%) Big Data
6 1 (0.90%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.90%) DataStage
6 1 (0.90%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.90%) Impala
6 1 (0.90%) KDB
6 1 (0.90%) Kdb+
6 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.90%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 11 (9.91%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.50%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.50%) Git (software)
2 5 (4.50%) Selenium
3 4 (3.60%) GoogleTest
4 3 (2.70%) CMake
4 3 (2.70%) JIRA
4 3 (2.70%) Valgrind
4 3 (2.70%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.80%) Grunt
5 2 (1.80%) gulp
5 2 (1.80%) Jasmine
5 2 (1.80%) Vagrant
5 2 (1.80%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.90%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.90%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.90%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.90%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.90%) webpack
General
1 41 (36.94%) Finance
2 27 (24.32%) Front Office
3 20 (18.02%) Banking
4 7 (6.31%) Investment Banking
5 6 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.60%) Publishing
7 2 (1.80%) Games
7 2 (1.80%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (0.90%) Advertising
8 1 (0.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 71 (63.96%) Developer
2 30 (27.03%) Quantitative Developer
3 24 (21.62%) Python Developer
4 17 (15.32%) C++ Developer
5 12 (10.81%) C# Developer
6 9 (8.11%) Architect
7 7 (6.31%) Full Stack Developer
7 7 (6.31%) Java Developer
7 7 (6.31%) Security Architect
7 7 (6.31%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.41%) Analyst
8 6 (5.41%) SQL Developer
9 5 (4.50%) .NET Developer
9 5 (4.50%) C++ Software Engineer
9 5 (4.50%) Quantitative Modeller
9 5 (4.50%) SQL Server Developer
10 4 (3.60%) Front Office Developer
10 4 (3.60%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.70%) C# Quant Developer
11 3 (2.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.32%) Flask
2 16 (14.41%) NumPy
2 16 (14.41%) Pandas
3 11 (9.91%) .NET
4 7 (6.31%) CSS
5 5 (4.50%) Gherkin
5 5 (4.50%) HTML
5 5 (4.50%) jQuery
5 5 (4.50%) Redux
5 5 (4.50%) Smart Contracts
5 5 (4.50%) XML
6 4 (3.60%) Ajax
6 4 (3.60%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.60%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 4 (3.60%) JSON
6 4 (3.60%) Kafka
6 4 (3.60%) Symfony
6 4 (3.60%) Web Services
7 3 (2.70%) React
7 3 (2.70%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.42%) Algorithms
2 23 (20.72%) Hedge funds
3 22 (19.82%) Data Structures
4 17 (15.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (13.51%) Client/Server
6 13 (11.71%) Fixed Income
7 12 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (6.31%) Digital Currency
9 6 (5.41%) Derivative
10 5 (4.50%) User Experience
11 4 (3.60%) Data Centre
11 4 (3.60%) Equities
11 4 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (3.60%) Mobile App
12 3 (2.70%) CUDA
12 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (2.70%) Fintech
13 2 (1.80%) Blog
13 2 (1.80%) Credit Risk
13 2 (1.80%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 41 (36.94%) Linux
2 8 (7.21%) Unix
3 6 (5.41%) Windows
4 5 (4.50%) Android
4 5 (4.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.90%) AIX
5 1 (0.90%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.90%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.42%) OO
2 23 (20.72%) Agile Software Development
3 18 (16.22%) OOD
4 15 (13.51%) Automated Trading
4 15 (13.51%) Backtesting
4 15 (13.51%) Test Automation
5 11 (9.91%) Software Engineering
6 10 (9.01%) Artificial Intelligence
6 10 (9.01%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (9.01%) Cryptography
7 9 (8.11%) Monte Carlo Method
7 9 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (7.21%) Cryptocurrency
9 7 (6.31%) Computer Science
9 7 (6.31%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (6.31%) Scrum
9 7 (6.31%) TDD
10 6 (5.41%) SDLC
10 6 (5.41%) Stochastic Calculus
10 6 (5.41%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (61.26%) Python
2 39 (35.14%) C#
2 39 (35.14%) Java
3 26 (23.42%) C
4 24 (21.62%) SQL
5 15 (13.51%) Cython
6 12 (10.81%) Go
6 12 (10.81%) JavaScript
7 6 (5.41%) Bash Shell
7 6 (5.41%) PHP
8 5 (4.50%) Kotlin
8 5 (4.50%) Ruby
9 3 (2.70%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.70%) Perl
9 3 (2.70%) Scala
9 3 (2.70%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.80%) Apple Swift
10 2 (1.80%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.80%) R
10 2 (1.80%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (7.21%) PhD
2 7 (6.31%) Degree
3 2 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.80%) CREST Certified
4 1 (0.90%) CEH
4 1 (0.90%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.90%) OSCP
4 1 (0.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) QA
2 2 (1.80%) HIPAA
2 2 (1.80%) MiFID
2 2 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.90%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (6.31%) Docker
2 2 (1.80%) Varnish
3 1 (0.90%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.90%) etcd
3 1 (0.90%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 7 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.50%) Ansible
3 4 (3.60%) Consul
4 3 (2.70%) Terraform
5 2 (1.80%) Opscode Chef
5 2 (1.80%) Packer
5 2 (1.80%) Puppet
5 2 (1.80%) Salt
6 1 (0.90%) Control-M
6 1 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.90%) Rancher
6 1 (0.90%) WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
Vendors
1 5 (4.50%) Google
1 5 (4.50%) Oracle
2 4 (3.60%) Sybase
3 3 (2.70%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.80%) IBM
4 2 (1.80%) NVIDIA
4 2 (1.80%) SaltStack
5 1 (0.90%) Apple
5 1 (0.90%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.90%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.90%) Calypso
5 1 (0.90%) FIS
5 1 (0.90%) Reuters
5 1 (0.90%) SunGard
5 1 (0.90%) Tableau
5 1 (0.90%) TIBCO