C++ Developer Contracts in England

C++ Developer
UK > England

The median C++ Developer daily rate in England is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 454 429
Rank change year-on-year +32 -25 +117
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 63 88 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.26% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 71 145
10th Percentile £566 £400 £463
25th Percentile £750 £416 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £750
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -33.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £825 £788 £825
90th Percentile £950 £1,200 £963
UK median daily rate £800 £500 £750
% change year-on-year +60.00% -33.33% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile - - £25.75
25th Percentile - - £49.24
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Developer in England

C++ Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for C++ Developer in England

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ Developer in England

C++ Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for C++ Developer in England

C++ Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +37 54 £800 +10.34% 71
North of England +20 3 £763 +85.98% 10
North West +18 3 £763 +85.98% 9
East of England +21 2 £325 -24.42% 2
South West - 2 - - 4
South East +32 1 - - 35
C++ Developer
UK

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, C++ Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 63 (100.00%) C++
2 39 (61.90%) Finance
3 34 (53.97%) Social Skills
4 32 (50.79%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (49.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (44.44%) C#
7 26 (41.27%) Analytics
8 23 (36.51%) DevOps
8 23 (36.51%) Kafka
8 23 (36.51%) Agile
8 23 (36.51%) .NET
8 23 (36.51%) .NET Core
9 22 (34.92%) ASP.NET
10 21 (33.33%) Web Services
10 21 (33.33%) Oracle
11 20 (31.75%) WCF
12 18 (28.57%) Legacy Applications
13 17 (26.98%) Python
14 16 (25.40%) Linux
15 15 (23.81%) Banking
16 14 (22.22%) Front Office
17 13 (20.63%) Investment Banking
17 13 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
18 11 (17.46%) SQL
19 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
19 8 (12.70%) Low Latency
20 7 (11.11%) Equities
21 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
21 6 (9.52%) STL
21 6 (9.52%) Algorithms

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.59%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) Multicast
2 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.35%) GCC
2 4 (6.35%) GDB
3 3 (4.76%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.17%) Git
5 1 (1.59%) GoogleTest
5 1 (1.59%) Subversion
5 1 (1.59%) TeamCity
General
1 39 (61.90%) Finance
2 34 (53.97%) Social Skills
3 32 (50.79%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (23.81%) Banking
5 14 (22.22%) Front Office
6 13 (20.63%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.17%) Electronics
8 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.17%) Marketing
8 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.59%) Back Office
9 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (36.51%) .NET
1 23 (36.51%) .NET Core
1 23 (36.51%) Kafka
2 22 (34.92%) ASP.NET
3 21 (33.33%) Web Services
4 20 (31.75%) WCF
5 6 (9.52%) STL
6 5 (7.94%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (3.17%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (3.17%) Middleware
8 2 (3.17%) Qt
9 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
9 1 (1.59%) Flask
9 1 (1.59%) FpML
9 1 (1.59%) Motif
9 1 (1.59%) Protocol Buffers
9 1 (1.59%) React
9 1 (1.59%) Rendezvous
9 1 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (49.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 18 (28.57%) Legacy Applications
3 7 (11.11%) Equities
4 6 (9.52%) Algorithms
5 5 (7.94%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (6.35%) Derivative
6 4 (6.35%) Fixed Income
7 3 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (3.17%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (3.17%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (3.17%) Grid Computing
8 2 (3.17%) TWAP
8 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
8 2 (3.17%) VWAP
9 1 (1.59%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.59%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.40%) Linux
2 3 (4.76%) Windows
3 2 (3.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.27%) Analytics
2 23 (36.51%) Agile
2 23 (36.51%) DevOps
3 13 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (12.70%) Low Latency
4 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
5 6 (9.52%) Mathematics
5 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
6 5 (7.94%) CI/CD
6 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
6 5 (7.94%) Multithreading
7 4 (6.35%) Algorithmic Trading
7 4 (6.35%) High Availability
7 4 (6.35%) OO
7 4 (6.35%) OOP
7 4 (6.35%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.35%) SOA
8 3 (4.76%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.76%) Migration
8 3 (4.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 63 (100.00%) C++
2 28 (44.44%) C#
3 17 (26.98%) Python
4 11 (17.46%) SQL
5 4 (6.35%) C
5 4 (6.35%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.76%) Java
7 2 (3.17%) Ada
7 2 (3.17%) Groovy
8 1 (1.59%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 5 (7.94%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) Def Stans
1 2 (3.17%) IEC 61508
1 2 (3.17%) MISRA
1 2 (3.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Ansible
1 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (3.17%) Google
2 2 (3.17%) HP
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.17%) SAP
3 1 (1.59%) IBM
3 1 (1.59%) TIBCO