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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 13 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing C++ 27 80 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.61% 9.32% 7.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.77% 41.24% 24.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £480 - £315
25th Percentile £501 £413 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £428 £400
Median % change year-on-year +34.50% +6.88% -32.63%
75th Percentile £613 £440 £488
90th Percentile - - £525
East of England median daily rate £514 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -6.59% +22.22% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 65 42
10th Percentile £59.00 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.75
Median % change year-on-year - -4.06% +12.92%
75th Percentile £65.19 - £90.00
90th Percentile £66.75 £67.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year - -0.76% +11.49%

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 130 194 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 36.62% 22.61% 31.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 51 109
10th Percentile £423 £325 £362
25th Percentile £479 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £575 £581 £675
90th Percentile £658 £650 £725
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 113 81
10th Percentile £43.87 £58.00 £53.75
25th Percentile £59.00 £61.25 £61.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.63 £85.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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++
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 28 June 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 -8 17 - - 43
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:

Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Ethernet
1 10 (37.04%) TCP/IP
2 7 (25.93%) Wireless
3 5 (18.52%) 3GPP
4 2 (7.41%) 4G
4 2 (7.41%) 5G
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Eclipse
1 11 (40.74%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 11 (40.74%) Presentation Skills
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Military
3 4 (14.81%) Aerospace
3 4 (14.81%) Law
4 3 (11.11%) Electronics
4 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) C# Software Engineer
3 8 (29.63%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (22.22%) Radio Engineer
5 5 (18.52%) Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) RF Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Backend Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Applications Developer
8 1 (3.70%) C# Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Cloud Developer
8 1 (3.70%) CUDA Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) CUDA Software Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Linux Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Programmer
8 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (37.04%) Node.js
1 10 (37.04%) Web Services
2 4 (14.81%) REST
3 3 (11.11%) RESTful
4 2 (7.41%) OpenAPI
4 2 (7.41%) Swagger
5 1 (3.70%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Raspberry Pi
2 2 (7.41%) CUDA
3 1 (3.70%) FPGA
3 1 (3.70%) PCIe
3 1 (3.70%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 21 (77.78%) Linux
2 12 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Software Engineering
2 12 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (44.44%) TDD
3 11 (40.74%) CI/CD
3 11 (40.74%) Digital Twin
3 11 (40.74%) Synthetic Environment
3 11 (40.74%) Unit Testing
4 10 (37.04%) Agile
4 10 (37.04%) Continuous Delivery
4 10 (37.04%) Validation
4 10 (37.04%) Visualisation
5 9 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
6 7 (25.93%) Multithreading
7 4 (14.81%) Containerisation
7 4 (14.81%) OO
7 4 (14.81%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
8 3 (11.11%) Memory Management
8 3 (11.11%) OOP
8 3 (11.11%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) C#
2 10 (37.04%) JavaScript
3 6 (22.22%) C
4 4 (14.81%) Java
4 4 (14.81%) Python
5 3 (11.11%) MATLAB
6 2 (7.41%) Go
7 1 (3.70%) Ada
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft