C++ Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

C++
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 71 62
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing C++ 13 11 5
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.24% 1.37% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.59% 2.66% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £438 £638
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.37% +41.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £54.00
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +1.64%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 362 414 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 34.54% 51.56% 37.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 223 199
10th Percentile £304 £307 £333
25th Percentile £320 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +6.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £513
90th Percentile £620 £600 £613
Scotland median daily rate £438 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile - £22.57 £34.09
25th Percentile - £33.80 £51.56
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -4.35% -2.58%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -16.67% +11.63% -7.75%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

C++ job vacancy trend in Glasgow

C++
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Anthropic Claude
1 9 (69.23%) ChatGPT
2 8 (61.54%) GitHub
2 8 (61.54%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
1 2 (15.38%) HTTPS
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) MongoDB
2 9 (69.23%) Db2
2 9 (69.23%) Metadata
2 9 (69.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (7.69%) MySQL
3 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
1 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 10 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (69.23%) Banking
3 9 (69.23%) Front Office
4 7 (53.85%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Python Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Java Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Performance Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Gen AI Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Programmer
4 1 (7.69%) Python Programmer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Programmer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Python Programmer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Equity Derivative
2 8 (61.54%) Derivative
3 2 (15.38%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 1 (7.69%) Legacy Code
4 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) CI/CD
2 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
3 9 (69.23%) BDD
3 9 (69.23%) Data Lineage
3 9 (69.23%) LLM
3 9 (69.23%) Metadata Management
3 9 (69.23%) Risk Management
3 9 (69.23%) TDD
4 8 (61.54%) AI
4 8 (61.54%) Data Governance
5 7 (53.85%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (53.85%) Data Pipeline
5 7 (53.85%) Machine Learning
6 3 (23.08%) Generative AI
6 3 (23.08%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
7 2 (15.38%) Performance Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) Java
1 11 (84.62%) Python
2 9 (69.23%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Perl
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Sybase
2 7 (53.85%) IBM
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle