C++ Contract Job Trends in London

C++
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 136 162
Rank change year-on-year -171 +26 -65
Contract jobs citing C++ 129 257 277
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.67% 2.00% 1.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.14% 5.09% 4.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 160 186
10th Percentile £403 £415 £395
25th Percentile £513 £583 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £678
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +10.70% -6.55%
75th Percentile £794 £875 £872
90th Percentile £890 £1,026 £950
England median daily rate £588 £663 £550
% change year-on-year -11.32% +20.45% -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £43.54
25th Percentile £26.25 - £46.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £59.13
75th Percentile £28.75 - £71.88
90th Percentile - - £72.19
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,041 5,053 6,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.36% 39.40% 38.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,023 3,537 5,105
10th Percentile £375 £375 £375
25th Percentile £446 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £845
England median daily rate £518 £520 £543
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.15% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 47 52
10th Percentile £33.21 £26.97 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £38.31
Median hourly rate £57.77 £40.50 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.63% -19.40% -16.25%
75th Percentile £74.00 £56.88 £61.70
90th Percentile £89.00 £82.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £64.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -12.02% +3.20%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

C++ job vacancy trend in London

C++
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in London

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

C++
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the London region over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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
Central London -32 16 £800 +6.67% 16
South London -6 3 - -
East London - 2 £334 - 2
C++
England

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.33%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.33%) Confluence
1 3 (2.33%) IIS
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.55%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.78%) MTS
Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.78%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.08%) AWS
2 9 (6.98%) Azure
3 8 (6.20%) GCP
4 3 (2.33%) GitHub
4 3 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 3 (2.33%) SaaS
5 2 (1.55%) AWS IoT
5 2 (1.55%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.55%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.55%) Serverless
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.78%) Amazon MSK
6 1 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.78%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.78%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (0.78%) Figma
6 1 (0.78%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.78%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.20%) HTTP
2 7 (5.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.33%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.33%) Firewall
3 3 (2.33%) Modbus
3 3 (2.33%) MQTT
3 3 (2.33%) RS-232
3 3 (2.33%) RS-485
3 3 (2.33%) VXLAN
3 3 (2.33%) WAN
4 2 (1.55%) 3GPP
4 2 (1.55%) Internet
4 2 (1.55%) Multicast
4 2 (1.55%) MVNO
4 2 (1.55%) NaaS
4 2 (1.55%) Network Security
4 2 (1.55%) SAN
4 2 (1.55%) SMPP
4 2 (1.55%) SMS
4 2 (1.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.33%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.55%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.55%) Flink
3 2 (1.55%) InfluxDB
3 2 (1.55%) MySQL
3 2 (1.55%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.78%) Big Data
4 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.78%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.78%) KDB
4 1 (0.78%) Kdb+
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (5.43%) Jenkins
1 7 (5.43%) JIRA
2 4 (3.10%) Git
3 3 (2.33%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.33%) VTune
4 2 (1.55%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.55%) Fiddler
4 2 (1.55%) GitLab
4 2 (1.55%) MSI
4 2 (1.55%) Robot Framework
4 2 (1.55%) Subversion
5 1 (0.78%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.78%) CMake
5 1 (0.78%) GoogleTest
General
1 67 (51.94%) Finance
2 32 (24.81%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (18.60%) Banking
4 23 (17.83%) Social Skills
5 19 (14.73%) Front Office
6 18 (13.95%) Investment Banking
7 7 (5.43%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.33%) Agriculture
8 3 (2.33%) Legal
8 3 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.55%) Billing
9 2 (1.55%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.55%) Games
9 2 (1.55%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Korean Language
10 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (37.21%) Developer
2 41 (31.78%) Senior
3 25 (19.38%) C++ Developer
4 22 (17.05%) Software Engineer
5 19 (14.73%) C++ Software Engineer
6 17 (13.18%) Senior Developer
7 14 (10.85%) Quantitative Developer
8 13 (10.08%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 13 (10.08%) Senior Software Engineer
9 12 (9.30%) Senior C++ Developer
10 8 (6.20%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (4.65%) Architect
11 6 (4.65%) Python Developer
11 6 (4.65%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.88%) C# Developer
12 5 (3.88%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 5 (3.88%) Linux Support
12 5 (3.88%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 5 (3.88%) Senior Unix Engineer
12 5 (3.88%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.08%) .NET
1 13 (10.08%) FIX Protocol
1 13 (10.08%) Kafka
2 8 (6.20%) WebSockets
3 7 (5.43%) Web Services
3 7 (5.43%) XML
4 5 (3.88%) gRPC
5 4 (3.10%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (3.10%) React
6 3 (2.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (2.33%) COM
6 3 (2.33%) NumPy
6 3 (2.33%) Pandas
6 3 (2.33%) WinForms
7 2 (1.55%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.55%) HTML5
7 2 (1.55%) JSON
7 2 (1.55%) Qt
7 2 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.93%) Derivative
2 20 (15.50%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (12.40%) Algorithms
4 15 (11.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (10.08%) Data Structures
6 10 (7.75%) Cloud Native
7 8 (6.20%) Equities
7 8 (6.20%) Equity Derivative
8 6 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (3.88%) IoT
9 5 (3.88%) Onboarding
10 4 (3.10%) Exotic Derivative
10 4 (3.10%) Fixed Income
10 4 (3.10%) OTC Derivatives
11 3 (2.33%) Credit Derivative
11 3 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (2.33%) Mainframe
11 3 (2.33%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 47 (36.43%) Linux
2 19 (14.73%) Unix
3 12 (9.30%) Windows
4 4 (3.10%) Solaris
5 3 (2.33%) Android
5 3 (2.33%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.33%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.11%) Software Engineering
2 36 (27.91%) Low Latency
3 34 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (13.95%) Analytics
4 18 (13.95%) Multithreading
5 17 (13.18%) Observability
6 16 (12.40%) Agile
7 13 (10.08%) CI/CD
8 12 (9.30%) Mathematics
8 12 (9.30%) Performance Optimisation
9 11 (8.53%) Algorithmic Trading
9 11 (8.53%) Validation
10 10 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (7.75%) Ultra-Low Latency
11 9 (6.98%) Performance Engineering
12 8 (6.20%) Backtesting
12 8 (6.20%) Financial Modelling
12 8 (6.20%) Fintech
12 8 (6.20%) Full-Stack Development
12 8 (6.20%) Quantitative Finance
Programming Languages
1 63 (48.84%) Python
2 44 (34.11%) SQL
3 41 (31.78%) C#
4 31 (24.03%) Java
5 19 (14.73%) C
5 19 (14.73%) Rust
6 17 (13.18%) TypeScript
7 12 (9.30%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.88%) Go
8 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
9 4 (3.10%) R
10 3 (2.33%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.55%) COBOL
11 2 (1.55%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.55%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.55%) VBA
12 1 (0.78%) Bash
12 1 (0.78%) Erlang
12 1 (0.78%) Fortran
12 1 (0.78%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 24 (18.60%) Degree
2 7 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.10%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.33%) PhD
5 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.55%) DICOM
1 2 (1.55%) HL7
1 2 (1.55%) ISO 15022
1 2 (1.55%) ISO 20022
1 2 (1.55%) QA
2 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (3.88%) Firmware
2 4 (3.10%) Docker
3 3 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.55%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (7.75%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.88%) Grafana
3 3 (2.33%) Ansible
3 3 (2.33%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.55%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (1.55%) Cilium
4 2 (1.55%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.55%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (16.28%) Oracle
2 4 (3.10%) IBM
3 3 (2.33%) Cisco
4 2 (1.55%) Amdocs
4 2 (1.55%) Bloomberg
4 2 (1.55%) Ciena
4 2 (1.55%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.55%) ION Trading
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.55%) Perforce
4 2 (1.55%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.55%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.55%) Splunk
4 2 (1.55%) Thales
4 2 (1.55%) Veritas
5 1 (0.78%) F5
5 1 (0.78%) FIS
5 1 (0.78%) Google
5 1 (0.78%) MarketAxess
5 1 (0.78%) Tradeweb