C++ Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

C++
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 67 71
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 +44
Contract jobs citing C++ 15 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.57% 0.93% 1.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.94% 2.96% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 9
10th Percentile - - £342
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -83.75% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile - £419 £525
90th Percentile £289 £430 £545
Scotland median daily rate £65 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -84.71% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £54.46
25th Percentile £53.75 - £55.60
Median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £61.25 - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year -23.33% +27.05% +12.75%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 216 203 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 36.99% 31.62% 26.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 110 175
10th Percentile £400 £399 £400
25th Percentile £431 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £476 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% -2.86% +3.16%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £543
90th Percentile £625 £615 £600
Scotland median daily rate £484 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £57.13 - £54.46
25th Percentile £62.19 - £55.60
Median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £61.23 £19.59 £60.00
% change year-on-year +212.53% -67.35% +14.92%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

C++
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing C++

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Edinburgh

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing C++

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
1 3 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (13.33%) ClearCase
2 2 (13.33%) Subversion
2 2 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
3 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 7 (46.67%) Aerospace
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Principal Test Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Test Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Leader
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) SCADA Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) SCADA
3 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) Integration Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) UML
5 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) DevOps
5 2 (13.33%) Energy Management
5 2 (13.33%) Microservices
5 2 (13.33%) OO
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) SOA
5 2 (13.33%) Software Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C
2 5 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) C#
3 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) MISRA
1 1 (6.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) IBM
2 2 (13.33%) Atlassian
2 2 (13.33%) NetApp
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Sitecore