C++ Contracts in the East of England

C++
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 52 63
Rank change year-on-year +29 +11 -6
Contract jobs citing C++ 121 74 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 6.34% 3.58% 3.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.95% 12.44% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 21
10th Percentile £413 £300 £325
25th Percentile £420 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £550
90th Percentile £638 - £577
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 40 33
10th Percentile £60.00 £53.28 £49.80
25th Percentile £61.25 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66.25 £71.75 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £87.75 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 418 595 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.88% 28.79% 30.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 344 453
10th Percentile £302 £289 £300
25th Percentile £405 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £574
90th Percentile £634 £684 £631
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 99 89
10th Percentile £52.50 £48.50 £26.98
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.00 £62.28
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +14 85 £430 +43.33% 30
Cambridgeshire +15 28 £550 +3.77% 137
Essex +6 6 £550 - 11
Bedfordshire +1 2 £450 - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

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

Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.31%) Azure
1 4 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (29.75%) Modbus
1 36 (29.75%) RS-422
1 36 (29.75%) RS-485
2 14 (11.57%) Radio Access Network
3 13 (10.74%) 5G
4 5 (4.13%) 4G
4 5 (4.13%) Ethernet
4 5 (4.13%) NAS
4 5 (4.13%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.31%) Wireshark
6 3 (2.48%) Wireless
7 2 (1.65%) 5G NR
7 2 (1.65%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.83%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.83%) MQTT
8 1 (0.83%) RS-232
8 1 (0.83%) RTMP
8 1 (0.83%) RTP
8 1 (0.83%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 12 (9.92%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (8.26%) Visual Studio
3 9 (7.44%) Git
4 7 (5.79%) Eclipse
5 6 (4.96%) GCC
5 6 (4.96%) JIRA
5 6 (4.96%) Subversion
6 4 (3.31%) CppUnit
6 4 (3.31%) gcov
6 4 (3.31%) GDB
6 4 (3.31%) Gradle
6 4 (3.31%) PVCS
6 4 (3.31%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.83%) CMake
7 1 (0.83%) VTune
General
1 43 (35.54%) Electronics
2 36 (29.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.96%) Aerospace
3 6 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (4.96%) Multimedia
3 6 (4.96%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.13%) Military
4 5 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.48%) Law
6 2 (1.65%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.65%) Wearables
7 1 (0.83%) Aviation
7 1 (0.83%) Finance
7 1 (0.83%) Games
7 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.83%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 81 (66.94%) Software Engineer
2 48 (39.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 24 (19.83%) C Software Engineer
4 21 (17.36%) Developer
5 16 (13.22%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (11.57%) Embedded Engineer
6 14 (11.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (9.09%) C++ Developer
8 9 (7.44%) Python Developer
9 8 (6.61%) Architect
9 8 (6.61%) Embedded C Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Linux Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Real Time Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 8 (6.61%) Software Architect
10 6 (4.96%) C# Software Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Compiler Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Verification Engineer
11 5 (4.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.44%) DirectX
1 9 (7.44%) OpenGL
1 9 (7.44%) Vulkan
2 8 (6.61%) OpenGL ES
3 6 (4.96%) LLVM
3 6 (4.96%) Web Services
4 5 (4.13%) Node.js
5 4 (3.31%) Yocto
6 3 (2.48%) .NET
7 2 (1.65%) JSON
7 2 (1.65%) MFC
7 2 (1.65%) WinForms
7 2 (1.65%) WPF
7 2 (1.65%) YAML
8 1 (0.83%) FFmpeg
8 1 (0.83%) GStreamer
8 1 (0.83%) NumPy
8 1 (0.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 1 (0.83%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.14%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.44%) Ray Tracing
3 8 (6.61%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (2.48%) FPGA
5 2 (1.65%) ASIC
5 2 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.65%) Verilog
6 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.83%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 27 (22.31%) Linux
2 9 (7.44%) Windows
3 3 (2.48%) Unix
4 2 (1.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (71.07%) Software Engineering
2 47 (38.84%) Agile
3 45 (37.19%) Unit Testing
4 42 (34.71%) Continuous Integration
5 41 (33.88%) TDD
6 40 (33.06%) DevOps
7 38 (31.40%) Software Testing
8 36 (29.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (29.75%) Customer Requirements
8 36 (29.75%) Pair Programming
9 23 (19.01%) Validation
10 22 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (14.05%) Verification and Validation
12 14 (11.57%) Multithreading
13 12 (9.92%) Visualisation
14 8 (6.61%) CI/CD
14 8 (6.61%) Scrum
14 8 (6.61%) Software Architecture
14 8 (6.61%) Test Automation
14 8 (6.61%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 93 (76.86%) C
2 50 (41.32%) C#
3 25 (20.66%) Python
4 10 (8.26%) Embedded C
5 8 (6.61%) Embedded C++
5 8 (6.61%) MATLAB
6 7 (5.79%) Bash
7 6 (4.96%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.31%) Ada
9 3 (2.48%) Java
10 2 (1.65%) Assembly Language
10 2 (1.65%) C++/CLI
10 2 (1.65%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.65%) SystemVerilog
10 2 (1.65%) Tcl
10 2 (1.65%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.83%) GLSL
11 1 (0.83%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.40%) PhD
2 12 (9.92%) Degree
3 11 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.26%) Master's Degree
5 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.31%) IBM
2 4 (3.31%) Klocwork
2 4 (3.31%) Perforce
2 4 (3.31%) VMware
3 2 (1.65%) Broadcom
3 2 (1.65%) Cadence
3 2 (1.65%) Synopsys
3 2 (1.65%) Xilinx
4 1 (0.83%) SAP
4 1 (0.83%) Twitter