C++
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 187 | 141 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -46 | -17 | +54 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 350 | 611 | 1,083 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 1.44% | 1.64% | 2.15% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.26% | 5.60% | 6.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 177 | 324 | 665 |
| 10th Percentile | £392 | £396 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £445 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £750 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.43% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £850 | £750 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £958 | £888 | £900 |
| UK median daily rate | £713 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.00% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 140 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.94 | £56.13 | £50.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £61.25 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £68.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £85.38 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
All Programming Languages
England
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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 8,221 | 10,920 | 17,806 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 33.76% | 29.36% | 35.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,687 | 7,931 | 13,003 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £652 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £788 | £775 | £798 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 214 | 441 | 430 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.25 | £35.52 | £26.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.65 | £48.00 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £80.00 | £77.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in England.
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Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in England.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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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++ 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 |
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| London | +3 | 219 | £800 | +22.14% | 844 |
| South West | +35 | 37 | £550 | - | 194 |
| South East | -28 | 37 | £500 | - | 521 |
| East of England | -34 | 25 | £490 | -10.91% | 309 |
| North of England | +15 | 13 | £763 | +27.08% | 281 |
| North West | +18 | 11 | £763 | +69.44% | 135 |
| Midlands | +7 | 9 | £75 | -85.15% | 170 |
| West Midlands | -2 | 5 | - | - | 86 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 71 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 2 | - | - | 91 |
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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:
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