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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 141 157
Rank change year-on-year -149 +16 -62
Contract jobs citing C++ 136 246 282
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 1.96% 1.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.27% 4.97% 4.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 154 187
10th Percentile £388 £425 £400
25th Percentile £513 £608 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £775 £655
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +18.32% -9.66%
75th Percentile £794 £875 £844
90th Percentile £888 £1,029 £950
England median daily rate £600 £675 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% -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 5,985 4,946 6,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.40% 39.45% 37.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,992 3,482 5,087
10th Percentile £375 £375 £375
25th Percentile £438 £428 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £515 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -0.96% -3.35% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 44 50
10th Percentile £33.48 £27.88 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £34.99
Median hourly rate £58.13 £40.25 £50.25
Median % change year-on-year +44.43% -19.90% -16.25%
75th Percentile £73.50 £55.94 £62.23
90th Percentile £88.88 £84.38 £72.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.88 £62.50
% change year-on-year +16.33% -10.60% -

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 22 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 22 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 -31 17 £800 - 18
South London -6 3 - -
East London - 2 £334 - 1
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 5 (3.68%) Confluence
2 3 (2.21%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.21%) IIS
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.47%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.74%) MTS
4 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.56%) AWS
2 9 (6.62%) Azure
3 7 (5.15%) GCP
4 5 (3.68%) GitHub
5 3 (2.21%) SaaS
6 2 (1.47%) AWS IoT
6 2 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.47%) Serverless
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon MSK
7 1 (0.74%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.74%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.74%) Figma
7 1 (0.74%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.74%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.88%) HTTP
2 7 (5.15%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.68%) Ethernet
3 5 (3.68%) Modbus
3 5 (3.68%) RS-232
3 5 (3.68%) RS-485
4 3 (2.21%) 3GPP
4 3 (2.21%) Firewall
4 3 (2.21%) MQTT
4 3 (2.21%) MVNO
4 3 (2.21%) Network Security
4 3 (2.21%) SMPP
4 3 (2.21%) SMS
4 3 (2.21%) VXLAN
4 3 (2.21%) WAN
5 2 (1.47%) Internet
5 2 (1.47%) Multicast
5 2 (1.47%) NAS
5 2 (1.47%) SAN
5 2 (1.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.68%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.47%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.47%) Flink
3 2 (1.47%) InfluxDB
3 2 (1.47%) MySQL
3 2 (1.47%) TimescaleDB
4 1 (0.74%) Big Data
4 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.74%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.74%) KDB
4 1 (0.74%) Kdb+
4 1 (0.74%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (6.62%) JIRA
2 7 (5.15%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.94%) Git
4 3 (2.21%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.47%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.47%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.47%) GitLab
5 2 (1.47%) MSI
5 2 (1.47%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.47%) Subversion
5 2 (1.47%) VTune
6 1 (0.74%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.74%) CMake
6 1 (0.74%) GoogleTest
General
1 72 (52.94%) Finance
2 30 (22.06%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.44%) Banking
3 21 (15.44%) Social Skills
4 18 (13.24%) Front Office
5 16 (11.76%) Investment Banking
6 8 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.94%) Agriculture
8 3 (2.21%) Legal
9 2 (1.47%) Billing
9 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.47%) Games
9 2 (1.47%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.74%) Korean Language
10 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (39.71%) Developer
2 43 (31.62%) Senior
3 27 (19.85%) C++ Developer
4 24 (17.65%) Software Engineer
5 21 (15.44%) C++ Software Engineer
6 17 (12.50%) Quantitative Developer
6 17 (12.50%) Senior Developer
7 15 (11.03%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (11.03%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (9.56%) Senior C++ Developer
9 9 (6.62%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Python Developer
11 6 (4.41%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 6 (4.41%) Kafka Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Senior Unix Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Unix Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Unix Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.29%) Kafka
2 12 (8.82%) .NET
2 12 (8.82%) FIX Protocol
3 8 (5.88%) WebSockets
4 6 (4.41%) Web Services
5 5 (3.68%) XML
6 4 (2.94%) gRPC
6 4 (2.94%) React
7 3 (2.21%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (2.21%) COM
7 3 (2.21%) NumPy
7 3 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (2.21%) Pandas
7 3 (2.21%) REST
7 3 (2.21%) WinForms
8 2 (1.47%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.47%) HTML5
8 2 (1.47%) LDAP
8 2 (1.47%) Qt
8 2 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.59%) Derivative
2 21 (15.44%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (12.50%) Algorithms
4 15 (11.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 14 (10.29%) Data Structures
6 10 (7.35%) Equities
7 9 (6.62%) Cloud Native
7 9 (6.62%) Equity Derivative
8 6 (4.41%) IoT
8 6 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (3.68%) Exotic Derivative
9 5 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (3.68%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (2.94%) OTC Derivatives
11 3 (2.21%) Credit Derivative
11 3 (2.21%) Fixed Income
11 3 (2.21%) Java Card
11 3 (2.21%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 49 (36.03%) Linux
2 22 (16.18%) Unix
3 12 (8.82%) Windows
4 5 (3.68%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (2.94%) Solaris
6 3 (2.21%) Android
6 3 (2.21%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.82%) Software Engineering
2 36 (26.47%) Low Latency
3 34 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (13.97%) Agile
4 19 (13.97%) Analytics
4 19 (13.97%) Multithreading
5 16 (11.76%) Observability
6 15 (11.03%) CI/CD
7 14 (10.29%) Mathematics
8 11 (8.09%) Algorithmic Trading
8 11 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (8.09%) Performance Optimisation
8 11 (8.09%) Ultra-Low Latency
8 11 (8.09%) Validation
9 10 (7.35%) Computer Science
9 10 (7.35%) Quantitative Finance
10 9 (6.62%) Full-Stack Development
11 8 (5.88%) Backtesting
11 8 (5.88%) Fintech
11 8 (5.88%) Performance Engineering
Programming Languages
1 67 (49.26%) Python
2 44 (32.35%) C#
2 44 (32.35%) SQL
3 31 (22.79%) Java
4 21 (15.44%) C
5 17 (12.50%) Rust
6 16 (11.76%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.82%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.68%) Embedded C++
9 4 (2.94%) Go
9 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.94%) R
10 2 (1.47%) COBOL
10 2 (1.47%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.47%) VBA
11 1 (0.74%) Bash
11 1 (0.74%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.74%) Erlang
11 1 (0.74%) Fortran
11 1 (0.74%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 27 (19.85%) Degree
2 7 (5.15%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.94%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.21%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.21%) PhD
5 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.21%) QA
2 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.47%) DICOM
2 2 (1.47%) HL7
3 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.74%) ISO 15022
3 1 (0.74%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 7 (5.15%) Firmware
2 5 (3.68%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (2.94%) Docker
4 2 (1.47%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 9 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.68%) Grafana
3 3 (2.21%) Ansible
3 3 (2.21%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.47%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (1.47%) Cilium
4 2 (1.47%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.47%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (14.71%) Oracle
2 3 (2.21%) Cisco
2 3 (2.21%) Thales
3 2 (1.47%) Amdocs
3 2 (1.47%) Bloomberg
3 2 (1.47%) Ciena
3 2 (1.47%) Dynatrace
3 2 (1.47%) IBM
3 2 (1.47%) ION Trading
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.47%) Perforce
3 2 (1.47%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.47%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.47%) Splunk
3 2 (1.47%) Veritas
4 1 (0.74%) BT
4 1 (0.74%) F5
4 1 (0.74%) Google
4 1 (0.74%) MarketAxess
4 1 (0.74%) Tradeweb