C++ Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

C++
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -34 +14 +12
Contract jobs citing C++ 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.27% 0.75% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.33% 2.96% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £67 £521
25th Percentile £513 £70 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £75 £590
Median % change year-on-year +600.00% -87.29% -0.92%
75th Percentile £538 £217 £642
90th Percentile - £301 £669
England median daily rate £600 £750 £575
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% -11.54%

All Programming Languages
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 225 135 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.27% 25.23% 24.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 107 140
10th Percentile £363 £312 £286
25th Percentile £402 £360 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.24% - -
75th Percentile £575 £500 £545
90th Percentile £600 £545 £608
England median daily rate £507 £525 £542
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.05% -4.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile £17.02 £14.50 £15.66
25th Percentile £21.68 £16.88 £22.12
Median hourly rate £42.71 £18.60 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +129.61% -25.60% -34.62%
75th Percentile £79.94 £20.38 £31.00
90th Percentile £84.25 £21.95 £40.71
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +2.56%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

C++ job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing C++

C++
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Derbyshire - 2 - - 6
Northamptonshire -22 1 £525 +46.65% 3
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Data Acquisition
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cross-Platform Development
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) SOLID
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Shell Script