C++ Contracts in Hertfordshire

C++
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 32 11 25
Rank change year-on-year -21 +14 -2
Contract jobs citing C++ 13 85 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.05% 10.19% 7.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.75% 45.21% 23.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile £480 - £112
25th Percentile £501 £413 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £430 £300
Median % change year-on-year +33.72% +43.33% -52.00%
75th Percentile £613 £440 £400
90th Percentile - - £460
East of England median daily rate £490 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 65 37
10th Percentile - £60.00 £63.00
25th Percentile £59.00 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.19 - £77.00
90th Percentile £66.65 £90.00 £88.50
East of England median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% - +8.33%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 102 188 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 31.78% 22.54% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 101
10th Percentile £399 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £634 £506 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £676
East of England median daily rate £479 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +0.79% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 108 84
10th Percentile £49.77 £60.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £60.69 £61.25 £54.69
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +16.07%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £90.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.54% - +16.07%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
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++ within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -12 6 - - 33
C++
East of England

C++
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Wireless
2 5 (38.46%) 3GPP
3 4 (30.77%) Ethernet
3 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 2 (15.38%) 4G
4 2 (15.38%) 5G
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Visual Studio
2 5 (38.46%) Eclipse
3 1 (7.69%) Git
3 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (38.46%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Military
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Software Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Developer
3 4 (30.77%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Radio Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Backend Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Applications Developer
6 1 (7.69%) C# Developer
6 1 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Cloud Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Linux Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Node.js
1 4 (30.77%) REST
1 4 (30.77%) Web Services
2 3 (23.08%) RESTful
3 2 (15.38%) OpenAPI
3 2 (15.38%) Swagger
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 1 (7.69%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) TDD
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Digital Twin
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Synthetic Environment
3 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
3 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (30.77%) Unit Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Multithreading
4 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Validation
4 3 (23.08%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
5 2 (15.38%) API Development
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) OO
6 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
2 4 (30.77%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) C
4 2 (15.38%) Go
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Wind River