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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 177 129
Rank change year-on-year +43 -48 -24
Contract jobs citing C++ 291 229 407
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 1.47% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.37% 3.77% 5.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 154 287
10th Percentile £409 £319 £458
25th Percentile £513 £433 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £795 £825 £875
90th Percentile £975 £913 £985
England median daily rate £625 £565 £600
% change year-on-year +10.62% -5.83% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 13
10th Percentile £34.15 £49.15 £42.63
25th Percentile £46.00 £50.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +8.55%
75th Percentile £61.25 £69.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.70 £70.33 £70.62
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 5,423 6,080 7,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.49% 38.98% 36.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,654 4,141 5,509
10th Percentile £368 £365 £394
25th Percentile £426 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £570 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -1.72% -3.33%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £813
England median daily rate £513 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -4.96% -1.95% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 41 73
10th Percentile £22.99 £35.00 £25.88
25th Percentile £31.83 £40.06 £36.28
Median hourly rate £45.50 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63.63 £61.50 £65.11
90th Percentile £87.50 £97.50 £77.00
England median hourly rate £63.32 £65.00 £62.25
% change year-on-year -2.59% +4.42% -0.40%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 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
Central London +3 35 £600 -14.89% 170
West London -22 10 £390 -17.89% 34
East London - 8 £1,000 - 3
South London - 4 £738 - 7
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 9 (3.09%) Apache
2 8 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.72%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) JBoss
4 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.56%) AWS
2 35 (12.03%) Azure
3 16 (5.50%) GitHub
4 14 (4.81%) GCP
5 9 (3.09%) Serverless
6 5 (1.72%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.69%) Datadog
8 2 (0.69%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.34%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.34%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.34%) Figma
9 1 (0.34%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.44%) TCP/IP
2 9 (3.09%) Multicast
3 6 (2.06%) BGP
3 6 (2.06%) DNS
3 6 (2.06%) EIGRP
3 6 (2.06%) HTTPS
3 6 (2.06%) IPsec
3 6 (2.06%) OSPF
4 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.34%) Firewall
4 1 (0.34%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) LAN
4 1 (0.34%) Modbus
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) RS-232
4 1 (0.34%) RS-485
4 1 (0.34%) SMS
4 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.50%) Big Data
2 8 (2.75%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.06%) KDB
3 6 (2.06%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.72%) Metadata
5 3 (1.03%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.03%) HPCC
5 3 (1.03%) Kdb+
6 2 (0.69%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.69%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.69%) Power BI
6 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.69%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.34%) DB2
7 1 (0.34%) HBase
7 1 (0.34%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.34%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.34%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (16.49%) Git
2 13 (4.47%) GCC
3 12 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.09%) Artifactory
4 9 (3.09%) GDB
5 8 (2.75%) JIRA
6 7 (2.41%) Gradle
7 5 (1.72%) JUnit
8 4 (1.37%) Clang
8 4 (1.37%) Maven
9 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.03%) GitLab
9 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.69%) CMake
10 2 (0.69%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.69%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.69%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.69%) Subversion
11 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 140 (48.11%) Finance
2 55 (18.90%) Banking
3 51 (17.53%) Social Skills
4 50 (17.18%) Front Office
5 33 (11.34%) Investment Banking
6 27 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (5.15%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.12%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.75%) International Banking
9 8 (2.75%) Marketing
10 6 (2.06%) Electronics
10 6 (2.06%) Games
10 6 (2.06%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.06%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.72%) Law
12 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.69%) iGaming
13 2 (0.69%) Military
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 127 (43.64%) Developer
2 62 (21.31%) Senior
2 62 (21.31%) Software Engineer
3 56 (19.24%) C++ Developer
4 33 (11.34%) Python Developer
5 30 (10.31%) Quantitative Developer
6 26 (8.93%) C++ Software Engineer
6 26 (8.93%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (7.56%) Linux Engineer
8 17 (5.84%) AWS Developer
8 17 (5.84%) JavaScript Developer
9 15 (5.15%) Analyst
9 15 (5.15%) Linux Developer
10 14 (4.81%) Kafka Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Senior Unix Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Unix Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Unix Linux Engineer
11 13 (4.47%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (4.12%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (16.15%) Kafka
2 27 (9.28%) React
3 25 (8.59%) AngularJS
4 19 (6.53%) NumPy
5 18 (6.19%) FIX Protocol
5 18 (6.19%) Pandas
5 18 (6.19%) SciPy
5 18 (6.19%) Vue
6 17 (5.84%) FastAPI
6 17 (5.84%) Flask
6 17 (5.84%) Polars
7 16 (5.50%) Middleware
8 13 (4.47%) HTML
9 12 (4.12%) STL
10 11 (3.78%) .NET
11 10 (3.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 10 (3.44%) JSON
12 8 (2.75%) Apache NiFi
12 8 (2.75%) REST
13 7 (2.41%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 36 (12.37%) Derivative
3 31 (10.65%) Equities
4 24 (8.25%) Algorithms
5 20 (6.87%) Hedge funds
6 18 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (5.50%) Equity Derivative
8 15 (5.15%) Distributed Computing
9 14 (4.81%) Data Structures
10 10 (3.44%) Virtual Reality
11 9 (3.09%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (3.09%) Fixed Income
12 7 (2.41%) Augmented Reality
12 7 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (2.06%) PKI
14 5 (1.72%) Credit Risk
14 5 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (1.72%) Product Ownership
15 4 (1.37%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 130 (44.67%) Linux
2 51 (17.53%) Unix
3 25 (8.59%) Windows
4 12 (4.12%) Android
5 7 (2.41%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.34%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (39.52%) Software Engineering
2 71 (24.40%) Agile
3 57 (19.59%) CI/CD
4 56 (19.24%) Low Latency
5 54 (18.56%) Mathematics
6 40 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (13.40%) Computer Science
8 30 (10.31%) Data Pipeline
9 29 (9.97%) Clean Code
9 29 (9.97%) Data Engineering
10 25 (8.59%) Risk Management
11 24 (8.25%) Mentoring
12 21 (7.22%) Machine Learning
13 20 (6.87%) DevOps
13 20 (6.87%) Test Automation
14 19 (6.53%) Analytics
14 19 (6.53%) Multithreading
15 18 (6.19%) SDLC
16 17 (5.84%) Structured Programming
16 17 (5.84%) Systematic Trading
Programming Languages
1 172 (59.11%) Python
2 101 (34.71%) Java
3 90 (30.93%) C#
4 82 (28.18%) SQL
5 40 (13.75%) JavaScript
6 36 (12.37%) C
7 29 (9.97%) Rust
8 13 (4.47%) Bash
8 13 (4.47%) Kotlin
9 12 (4.12%) Go
10 11 (3.78%) Perl
10 11 (3.78%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.75%) PHP
11 8 (2.75%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.75%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.72%) Groovy
12 5 (1.72%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.37%) VBA
14 3 (1.03%) Embedded C++
14 3 (1.03%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (20.27%) Degree
2 21 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 20 (6.87%) Master's Degree
4 16 (5.50%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 10 (3.44%) PhD
7 8 (2.75%) CCNP
7 8 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.41%) Numerate Degree
9 6 (2.06%) JNCIA
9 6 (2.06%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.69%) CCNA
11 2 (0.69%) GPEN
11 2 (0.69%) GWAPT
11 2 (0.69%) OCA
11 2 (0.69%) OCP
11 2 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.78%) QA
2 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.03%) EMIR
3 2 (0.69%) NIST
4 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (14.43%) Docker
2 8 (2.75%) Firmware
3 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 44 (15.12%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.81%) Ansible
3 11 (3.78%) Terraform
4 8 (2.75%) Puppet
5 3 (1.03%) Grafana
5 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.69%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.34%) Podman
7 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (11.68%) Oracle
2 10 (3.44%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.09%) SAP
4 8 (2.75%) Cisco
4 8 (2.75%) Solace
5 6 (2.06%) Juniper
5 6 (2.06%) Sophis
6 3 (1.03%) Alibaba
6 3 (1.03%) Splunk
6 3 (1.03%) VMware
7 2 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.69%) Databricks
7 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.69%) Google
7 2 (0.69%) Murex
7 2 (0.69%) Palantir
7 2 (0.69%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.34%) Calypso
8 1 (0.34%) HP
8 1 (0.34%) IBM