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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 192 | 130 | 117 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -62 | -13 | +55 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 341 | 658 | 1,059 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 1.42% | 1.79% | 2.22% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.20% | 5.94% | 6.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 175 | 350 | 658 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £523 | £463 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £750 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.43% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £863 | £750 | £806 |
| 90th Percentile | £1,015 | £888 | £900 |
| UK median daily rate | £700 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.74% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 44 | 154 | 126 |
| 10th Percentile | £50.00 | £59.00 | £49.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.09 | £61.25 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £69.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £79.25 | £77.00 |
| 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 | 8,121 | 11,086 | 16,463 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 33.93% | 30.20% | 34.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,644 | 8,041 | 12,028 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £545 | £564 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.67% | -3.37% | +2.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £641 | £650 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| UK median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 187 | 461 | 399 |
| 10th Percentile | £28.32 | £35.64 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £36.13 | £49.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | - | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £70.00 | £70.28 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £79.19 |
| UK median hourly rate | £57.50 | £62.36 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.79% | -0.23% | +22.11% |
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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 29 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 29 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 29 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 | +10 | 217 | £775 | +18.32% | 894 |
| South West | +16 | 35 | £663 | +32.50% | 170 |
| South East | -44 | 31 | £500 | -3.85% | 436 |
| East of England | -31 | 28 | £490 | -10.91% | 333 |
| Midlands | +4 | 13 | £75 | -85.29% | 103 |
| North of England | -2 | 13 | £375 | -36.17% | 213 |
| North West | +3 | 11 | £375 | -23.08% | 110 |
| West Midlands | +6 | 9 | - | - | 55 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 42 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 2 | - | - | 59 |
| C++ UK |
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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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