C++ Software Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Software Engineer - C++
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Software Engineer - C++ daily rate in Hertfordshire is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 55 44
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +12
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 46 19 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.60% 2.31% 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.22% 2.52% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £65 -
Median % change year-on-year +553.85% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £425 £258 £350
% change year-on-year +65.05% -26.43% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 10 17
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile £62.19 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £71.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +18.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile - £77.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £71.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.45% +18.33% +26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 739 754 723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 91.73% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 416 445
10th Percentile £236 £210 £159
25th Percentile £315 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £781 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 148 85
10th Percentile £37.91 £21.00 £16.35
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.95 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -5.62%

C++ Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured C++ Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for C++ Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ Software Engineer in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for C++ Software Engineer in Hertfordshire

C++ Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Stevenage +8 41 - - 3
C++ Software Engineer
East of England

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, C++ Software Engineer 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 Hertfordshire region featuring C++ Software Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (100.00%) C++
1 46 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 37 (80.43%) C
3 31 (67.39%) C#
3 31 (67.39%) Unit Testing
3 31 (67.39%) Continuous Integration
3 31 (67.39%) Agile
3 31 (67.39%) TDD
4 29 (63.04%) Pair Programming
4 29 (63.04%) Electronics
4 29 (63.04%) Software Testing
4 29 (63.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 29 (63.04%) Modbus
4 29 (63.04%) DevOps
4 29 (63.04%) RS-485
4 29 (63.04%) RS-422
4 29 (63.04%) Customer Requirements
5 22 (47.83%) Social Skills
6 20 (43.48%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (23.91%) Linux
8 9 (19.57%) Scrum
8 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
9 8 (17.39%) Multithreading
9 8 (17.39%) MATLAB
10 7 (15.22%) Simulink
10 7 (15.22%) Data Analysis
10 7 (15.22%) Mathematics
10 7 (15.22%) Mathematical Modelling
10 7 (15.22%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
11 4 (8.70%) Radio Access Network

C++ Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 29 (63.04%) Modbus
1 29 (63.04%) RS-422
1 29 (63.04%) RS-485
2 4 (8.70%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (6.52%) Wireless
4 2 (4.35%) Ethernet
4 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.17%) 5G
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Eclipse
1 2 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (63.04%) Electronics
2 22 (47.83%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Military
3 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.17%) Aviation
4 1 (2.17%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Node.js
1 2 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (43.48%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.17%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (67.39%) Agile
2 31 (67.39%) Continuous Integration
2 31 (67.39%) TDD
2 31 (67.39%) Unit Testing
3 29 (63.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (63.04%) Customer Requirements
3 29 (63.04%) DevOps
3 29 (63.04%) Pair Programming
3 29 (63.04%) Software Testing
4 9 (19.57%) Scrum
4 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
5 8 (17.39%) Multithreading
6 7 (15.22%) Data Analysis
6 7 (15.22%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
6 7 (15.22%) Mathematical Modelling
6 7 (15.22%) Mathematics
7 2 (4.35%) Digital Twin
7 2 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.35%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 46 (100.00%) C++
2 37 (80.43%) C
3 31 (67.39%) C#
4 8 (17.39%) MATLAB
5 4 (8.70%) Python
6 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) Twitter