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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 145 168
Rank change year-on-year -143 +23 -64
Contract jobs citing C++ 154 264 253
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 1.99% 1.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.42% 5.16% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 160 178
10th Percentile £420 £409 £325
25th Percentile £538 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £813 £813 £834
90th Percentile £888 £950 £913
England median daily rate £625 £625 £550
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -10.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £29.50 £33.90 £47.25
25th Percentile £34.38 £45.38 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £57.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +11.14%
75th Percentile £48.25 £63.94 £71.09
90th Percentile £48.70 £68.78 £71.88
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 6,370 5,112 6,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.56% 38.48% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,272 3,528 4,685
10th Percentile £385 £370 £370
25th Percentile £450 £429 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 64 40
10th Percentile £26.52 £27.90 £25.11
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £32.62
Median hourly rate £52.50 £44.95 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.80% -5.37% -20.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £63.75 £63.26
90th Percentile £88.75 £87.13 £78.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.12% -14.62% +3.17%

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 8 September 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++
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in London

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 8 September 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 -43 10 £678 +1.31% 32
South London -8 4 - - 7
East London 0 2 £334 -66.65% 3
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 4 (2.60%) WebSphere
2 3 (1.95%) IIS
3 2 (1.30%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.65%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.34%) AWS
2 14 (9.09%) Azure
3 9 (5.84%) GCP
4 5 (3.25%) IaaS
5 4 (2.60%) SaaS
5 4 (2.60%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.30%) AWS IoT
7 2 (1.30%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.30%) GitHub
7 2 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.30%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.30%) Serverless
8 1 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.65%) Boomi
8 1 (0.65%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.49%) TCP/IP
2 8 (5.19%) HTTP
3 3 (1.95%) Firewall
3 3 (1.95%) MQTT
3 3 (1.95%) VXLAN
4 2 (1.30%) DHCP
4 2 (1.30%) DNS
4 2 (1.30%) Internet
4 2 (1.30%) Multicast
4 2 (1.30%) WAN
4 2 (1.30%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.65%) BGP
5 1 (0.65%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.65%) IPv4
5 1 (0.65%) IPv6
5 1 (0.65%) LAN
5 1 (0.65%) MPLS
5 1 (0.65%) SSL
5 1 (0.65%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.95%) MySQL
1 3 (1.95%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.30%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.65%) Big Data
3 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.65%) Flink
3 1 (0.65%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.65%) KDB
3 1 (0.65%) Kdb+
3 1 (0.65%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (0.65%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 15 (9.74%) Git
2 12 (7.79%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.60%) GitLab
3 4 (2.60%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.95%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.95%) VTune
5 2 (1.30%) Ant
5 2 (1.30%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.30%) CMake
5 2 (1.30%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.30%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.30%) JIRA
5 2 (1.30%) MSI
5 2 (1.30%) Subversion
6 1 (0.65%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.65%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.65%) PetaLinux
6 1 (0.65%) Robot Framework
General
1 52 (33.77%) Finance
2 34 (22.08%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (22.08%) Banking
3 32 (20.78%) Social Skills
4 27 (17.53%) Front Office
5 20 (12.99%) Investment Banking
6 6 (3.90%) Automotive
7 4 (2.60%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.95%) Games
8 3 (1.95%) Legal
8 3 (1.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.30%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.30%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.65%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.65%) Back Office
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Electronics
10 1 (0.65%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 39 (25.32%) Developer
1 39 (25.32%) Senior
2 26 (16.88%) Software Engineer
3 19 (12.34%) C++ Developer
4 16 (10.39%) C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (9.09%) Senior Developer
6 11 (7.14%) Quantitative Developer
7 10 (6.49%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (5.84%) Analyst
8 9 (5.84%) Architect
8 9 (5.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 9 (5.84%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (5.19%) Senior C++ Developer
10 7 (4.55%) C# Developer
10 7 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.90%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 6 (3.90%) Robotics Engineer
11 6 (3.90%) Senior Architect
11 6 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.25%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.34%) .NET
2 16 (10.39%) XML
3 15 (9.74%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (5.19%) Kafka
4 8 (5.19%) WebSockets
5 6 (3.90%) JSON
5 6 (3.90%) React
5 6 (3.90%) WinForms
6 5 (3.25%) Middleware
6 5 (3.25%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (3.25%) Web Services
7 4 (2.60%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.60%) eBPF
7 4 (2.60%) gRPC
7 4 (2.60%) REST
7 4 (2.60%) Terraform
7 4 (2.60%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (1.30%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.30%) LlamaIndex
8 2 (1.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.48%) Derivative
2 27 (17.53%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (16.88%) Algorithms
4 18 (11.69%) Cloud Native
4 18 (11.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (7.79%) Data Structures
6 9 (5.84%) AI Agents
7 8 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (4.55%) Robotics
9 6 (3.90%) Equity Derivative
9 6 (3.90%) Fixed Income
9 6 (3.90%) OTC Derivatives
9 6 (3.90%) Private Cloud
10 5 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (3.25%) Onboarding
11 4 (2.60%) Hedge funds
11 4 (2.60%) IoT
11 4 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (31.82%) Linux
2 17 (11.04%) Unix
3 15 (9.74%) Windows
4 10 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (5.19%) Android
5 8 (5.19%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.60%) Solaris
7 1 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.42%) Software Engineering
2 38 (24.68%) Low Latency
3 37 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.88%) CI/CD
5 24 (15.58%) Observability
6 22 (14.29%) AI
7 21 (13.64%) Mathematics
8 20 (12.99%) Multithreading
9 18 (11.69%) Analytics
10 17 (11.04%) Computer Science
11 15 (9.74%) Validation
12 13 (8.44%) Algorithmic Trading
12 13 (8.44%) DevOps
12 13 (8.44%) Performance Optimisation
13 12 (7.79%) Performance Engineering
13 12 (7.79%) Test Automation
14 11 (7.14%) Agile
15 10 (6.49%) Software Testing
15 10 (6.49%) Ultra-Low Latency
16 9 (5.84%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 77 (50.00%) Python
2 44 (28.57%) Java
3 41 (26.62%) C#
4 37 (24.03%) SQL
5 26 (16.88%) C
6 22 (14.29%) Rust
7 19 (12.34%) TypeScript
8 12 (7.79%) PowerShell
9 9 (5.84%) Go
10 8 (5.19%) R
11 7 (4.55%) JavaScript
12 6 (3.90%) Perl
13 4 (2.60%) Embedded C++
13 4 (2.60%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.30%) COBOL
14 2 (1.30%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.65%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.65%) Fortran
15 1 (0.65%) Haskell
15 1 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (20.78%) Degree
2 10 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.25%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.25%) PhD
4 4 (2.60%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.60%) Data Quality
1 4 (2.60%) ISO 15022
1 4 (2.60%) ISO 20022
2 3 (1.95%) Automotive SPICE
3 2 (1.30%) MISRA
4 1 (0.65%) JTAG
4 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.25%) Firmware
2 3 (1.95%) Docker
2 3 (1.95%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (9.74%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.19%) Progress Chef
2 8 (5.19%) Puppet
3 6 (3.90%) Ansible
4 4 (2.60%) Grafana
5 3 (1.95%) Functional Safety
6 2 (1.30%) Cilium
6 2 (1.30%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.30%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.65%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.65%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (9.74%) Oracle
2 9 (5.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.90%) IBM
3 6 (3.90%) SaltStack
4 5 (3.25%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.60%) Cisco
6 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.30%) Ciena
7 2 (1.30%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.30%) Perforce
7 2 (1.30%) Splunk
8 1 (0.65%) Arista
8 1 (0.65%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.65%) FIS
8 1 (0.65%) Google
8 1 (0.65%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.65%) Mistral
8 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.65%) Tradeweb
8 1 (0.65%) Xilinx