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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 146 172
Rank change year-on-year -148 +26 -63
Contract jobs citing C++ 153 267 251
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.76% 1.99% 1.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.42% 5.18% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 166 179
10th Percentile £419 £408 £345
25th Percentile £541 £516 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £819 £822 £850
90th Percentile £888 £950 £915
England median daily rate £625 £625 £550
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -12.00%
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% +9.09%
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 6,325 5,156 6,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.50% 38.52% 39.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,242 3,591 4,763
10th Percentile £381 £375 £370
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 62 42
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.43 £25.32
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £40.06
Median hourly rate £52.50 £44.70 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.46% -7.84% -19.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 £63.06 £60.45
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.25 £78.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -40 10 £678 -4.91% 40
South London -15 4 - - 6
East London +1 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 (2.61%) WebSphere
2 3 (1.96%) IIS
3 2 (1.31%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Orchestrade
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.65%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.11%) AWS
2 14 (9.15%) Azure
3 9 (5.88%) GCP
4 5 (3.27%) IaaS
5 4 (2.61%) SaaS
5 4 (2.61%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (1.31%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.31%) AWS IoT
7 2 (1.31%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.31%) GitHub
7 2 (1.31%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.31%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.31%) Serverless
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.65%) Boomi
8 1 (0.65%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.54%) TCP/IP
2 8 (5.23%) HTTP
3 3 (1.96%) Firewall
3 3 (1.96%) MQTT
3 3 (1.96%) VXLAN
4 2 (1.31%) DHCP
4 2 (1.31%) DNS
4 2 (1.31%) Internet
4 2 (1.31%) Multicast
4 2 (1.31%) WAN
4 2 (1.31%) 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%) SSH
5 1 (0.65%) SSL
5 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) MySQL
1 3 (1.96%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.31%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.31%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.31%) 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 (9.80%) Git
2 12 (7.84%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.61%) GitLab
3 4 (2.61%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.96%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.96%) VTune
5 2 (1.31%) Ant
5 2 (1.31%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.31%) CMake
5 2 (1.31%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.31%) Fiddler
5 2 (1.31%) JIRA
5 2 (1.31%) MSI
5 2 (1.31%) 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 (33.99%) Finance
2 34 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (22.22%) Banking
3 32 (20.92%) Social Skills
4 27 (17.65%) Front Office
5 20 (13.07%) Investment Banking
6 6 (3.92%) Automotive
7 4 (2.61%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.96%) Games
8 3 (1.96%) Legal
8 3 (1.96%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.31%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.31%) 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 (25.49%) Developer
1 39 (25.49%) Senior
2 26 (16.99%) Software Engineer
3 19 (12.42%) C++ Developer
4 16 (10.46%) C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (9.15%) Senior Developer
6 11 (7.19%) Quantitative Developer
7 10 (6.54%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (5.88%) Analyst
8 9 (5.88%) Architect
8 9 (5.88%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (5.23%) Senior C++ Developer
10 7 (4.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (4.58%) C# Developer
10 7 (4.58%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 6 (3.92%) Embedded Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) Robotics Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) Senior Architect
11 6 (3.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.42%) .NET
2 16 (10.46%) XML
3 15 (9.80%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (5.23%) Kafka
4 8 (5.23%) WebSockets
5 6 (3.92%) JSON
5 6 (3.92%) React
5 6 (3.92%) WinForms
6 5 (3.27%) Middleware
6 5 (3.27%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (3.27%) Web Services
7 4 (2.61%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.61%) eBPF
7 4 (2.61%) gRPC
7 4 (2.61%) REST
7 4 (2.61%) Terraform
7 4 (2.61%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (1.31%) J2SE
8 2 (1.31%) LlamaIndex
8 2 (1.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.61%) Derivative
2 25 (16.34%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (15.69%) Algorithms
4 18 (11.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (11.11%) Cloud Native
6 10 (6.54%) Data Structures
7 8 (5.23%) Embedded Systems
7 8 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (4.58%) AI Agents
8 7 (4.58%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (4.58%) Robotics
9 6 (3.92%) Equity Derivative
9 6 (3.92%) Fixed Income
9 6 (3.92%) OTC Derivatives
9 6 (3.92%) Private Cloud
10 5 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (3.27%) Onboarding
11 4 (2.61%) Hedge funds
11 4 (2.61%) IoT
11 4 (2.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 50 (32.68%) Linux
2 17 (11.11%) Unix
3 15 (9.80%) Windows
4 10 (6.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (5.23%) Android
5 8 (5.23%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.61%) Solaris
7 1 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.64%) Software Engineering
2 38 (24.84%) Low Latency
3 37 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.99%) CI/CD
5 23 (15.03%) Observability
6 21 (13.73%) Mathematics
7 20 (13.07%) AI
7 20 (13.07%) Multithreading
8 18 (11.76%) Analytics
9 17 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 14 (9.15%) Validation
11 13 (8.50%) Algorithmic Trading
11 13 (8.50%) DevOps
11 13 (8.50%) Performance Optimisation
12 12 (7.84%) Performance Engineering
12 12 (7.84%) Test Automation
13 11 (7.19%) Agile
14 10 (6.54%) Software Testing
14 10 (6.54%) Ultra-Low Latency
15 9 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (50.33%) Python
2 44 (28.76%) Java
3 41 (26.80%) C#
4 37 (24.18%) SQL
5 25 (16.34%) C
6 20 (13.07%) Rust
7 19 (12.42%) TypeScript
8 12 (7.84%) PowerShell
9 9 (5.88%) Go
10 8 (5.23%) R
11 7 (4.58%) JavaScript
12 6 (3.92%) Perl
13 4 (2.61%) Embedded C++
13 4 (2.61%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.31%) COBOL
14 2 (1.31%) 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 (20.92%) Degree
2 10 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (6.54%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.27%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.27%) PhD
4 4 (2.61%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.61%) Data Quality
1 4 (2.61%) ISO 15022
1 4 (2.61%) ISO 20022
2 3 (1.96%) Automotive SPICE
3 2 (1.31%) MISRA
4 1 (0.65%) JTAG
4 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.27%) Firmware
2 3 (1.96%) Docker
2 3 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.23%) Progress Chef
2 8 (5.23%) Puppet
3 6 (3.92%) Ansible
4 4 (2.61%) Grafana
5 3 (1.96%) Functional Safety
6 2 (1.31%) Cilium
6 2 (1.31%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.31%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.65%) Amdocs OSS
7 1 (0.65%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (9.80%) Oracle
2 9 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.92%) IBM
3 6 (3.92%) SaltStack
4 5 (3.27%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.61%) Cisco
6 3 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.31%) Ciena
7 2 (1.31%) ION Trading
7 2 (1.31%) Perforce
7 2 (1.31%) Splunk
8 1 (0.65%) Amdocs
8 1 (0.65%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.65%) Google
8 1 (0.65%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.65%) Tradeweb
8 1 (0.65%) VMware
8 1 (0.65%) webMethods
8 1 (0.65%) Xilinx