VC++ Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Visual C++
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VC++ 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 548 - 549
Rank change year-on-year - - +192
Contract jobs citing VC++ 2 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% - 0.021%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.021% - 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £429
25th Percentile £809 - £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £819 - £545
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.25%
75th Percentile £828 - £565
90th Percentile - - £698
UK median daily rate £819 - £565
% change year-on-year - - +41.25%

All Programming Languages
England

VC++ 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 9,728 9,560 11,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.29% 32.59% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,454 6,216 8,446
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 243 388
10th Percentile £32.50 £26.25 £34.20
25th Percentile £50.44 £44.75 £46.66
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +1.99% -0.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.23
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -0.80%

VC++
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VC++ job vacancy trend in England

VC++
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VC++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VC++

VC++
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VC++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VC++

VC++
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 VC++ within the England region over the 6 months to 14 December 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 - 2 £819 -
VC++
UK

VC++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Qualitative Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Derivative
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collateral Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreaded Programming
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) EMIR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle