C++ Contracts in London

C++
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 101 152
Rank change year-on-year -57 +51 -56
Contract jobs citing C++ 277 672 745
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.58% 2.57% 1.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.33% 6.37% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 475 558
10th Percentile £396 £513 £503
25th Percentile £475 £585 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £700 £745
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% -5.98% +14.54%
75th Percentile £850 £825 £800
90th Percentile £950 £950 £875
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 14
10th Percentile £44.62 £25.75 £38.92
25th Percentile £54.69 £48.60 £48.34
Median hourly rate £67.13 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.86% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £72.03 £58.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.25 £68.81
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
London

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,392 10,547 16,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.52% 40.34% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,883 7,910 12,506
10th Percentile £381 £413 £419
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £700
90th Percentile £829 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 81 112
10th Percentile £23.80 £34.25 £28.53
25th Percentile £40.77 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £51.13 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64.02 £75.00 £67.81
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £78.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.59%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in London

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in London.

Daily rate trend for C++ in London

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in London

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in London.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in London

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

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 14 May 2024. 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 -37 41 £700 +3.70% 20
West London +33 17 £475 -9.52% 25
South London +7 5 £525 -12.50% 6
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.25%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.17%) Confluence
4 3 (1.08%) Apache
4 3 (1.08%) nginx
5 2 (0.72%) SAS
5 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.36%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.36%) JBoss
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.72%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.72%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.77%) AWS
2 39 (14.08%) Azure
3 15 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.33%) GitHub
5 9 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 9 (3.25%) Azure Functions
5 9 (3.25%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (3.25%) Azure Storage
5 9 (3.25%) Serverless
6 3 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (1.08%) Amazon ELB
6 3 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.08%) GCP
6 3 (1.08%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.72%) npm
7 2 (0.72%) NuGet
7 2 (0.72%) Yarn
8 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.08%) 5G
1 3 (1.08%) IPv4
1 3 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
1 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.72%) DNS
2 2 (0.72%) Firewall
3 1 (0.36%) 4G
3 1 (0.36%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.36%) DHCP
3 1 (0.36%) HTTP
3 1 (0.36%) MPLS
3 1 (0.36%) Multicast
3 1 (0.36%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) NFC
3 1 (0.36%) RTSP
3 1 (0.36%) UWB
3 1 (0.36%) VLAN
3 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.22%) MongoDB
2 16 (5.78%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (4.33%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.89%) Couchbase
6 8 (2.89%) KDB
7 7 (2.53%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.17%) Data Mining
8 6 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.81%) MySQL
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.08%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.08%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.72%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.36%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.36%) DB2
12 1 (0.36%) Redis
12 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (11.55%) Git
2 24 (8.66%) Jenkins
3 17 (6.14%) JIRA
4 9 (3.25%) Artifactory
4 9 (3.25%) Subversion
5 8 (2.89%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.89%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.81%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.44%) JMeter
7 4 (1.44%) Karma Test Runner
8 3 (1.08%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.08%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.72%) Babel
9 2 (0.72%) CMake
9 2 (0.72%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.72%) webpack
10 1 (0.36%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 99 (35.74%) Finance
2 57 (20.58%) Social Skills
3 54 (19.49%) Banking
4 34 (12.27%) Front Office
5 33 (11.91%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (8.30%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.89%) Games
8 5 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Back Office
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) International Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (44.77%) Developer
2 57 (20.58%) C++ Developer
3 30 (10.83%) Software Engineer
4 29 (10.47%) Senior
5 26 (9.39%) Analyst
5 26 (9.39%) Quantitative Developer
6 15 (5.42%) Python Developer
7 14 (5.05%) Python Engineer
7 14 (5.05%) Qualitative Analyst
7 14 (5.05%) Quantitative Analyst
7 14 (5.05%) Senior Developer
8 12 (4.33%) C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (3.97%) Architect
10 10 (3.61%) Java Developer
11 9 (3.25%) Development Engineer
11 9 (3.25%) Front Office Developer
12 8 (2.89%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 8 (2.89%) Full Stack Developer
12 8 (2.89%) Linux Developer
12 8 (2.89%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.52%) .NET
2 21 (7.58%) Kafka
2 21 (7.58%) NumPy
3 19 (6.86%) Pandas
4 17 (6.14%) .NET Core
5 16 (5.78%) SciPy
6 14 (5.05%) AngularJS
7 11 (3.97%) ADO
7 11 (3.97%) React
7 11 (3.97%) REST
8 10 (3.61%) Middleware
8 10 (3.61%) Node.js
9 8 (2.89%) Blazor
10 7 (2.53%) RESTful
11 6 (2.17%) CSS
11 6 (2.17%) HTML
11 6 (2.17%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (2.17%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (1.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 60 (21.66%) Derivative
2 39 (14.08%) Algorithms
3 24 (8.66%) Hedge funds
4 22 (7.94%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (6.14%) Equity Derivative
6 16 (5.78%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (5.42%) Data Structures
8 14 (5.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (4.69%) Equities
10 12 (4.33%) Fixed Income
11 10 (3.61%) Cloud Native
11 10 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (2.89%) Blockchain
12 8 (2.89%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (2.17%) Credit Derivative
13 6 (2.17%) Distributed Applications
14 5 (1.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 4 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (1.44%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 44 (15.88%) Linux
2 33 (11.91%) Windows
3 9 (3.25%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.53%) Unix
5 6 (2.17%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.72%) Android
7 1 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (20.94%) Software Engineering
2 46 (16.61%) Computer Science
3 45 (16.25%) Agile
4 43 (15.52%) DevOps
5 41 (14.80%) Analytics
6 40 (14.44%) CI/CD
7 38 (13.72%) Mathematics
8 36 (13.00%) Test Automation
9 35 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (10.83%) Multithreading
11 22 (7.94%) OO
12 21 (7.58%) Quantitative Finance
13 20 (7.22%) Full Stack Development
13 20 (7.22%) Low Latency
13 20 (7.22%) Roadmaps
14 18 (6.50%) Data Pipeline
14 18 (6.50%) Microservices
14 18 (6.50%) Physics
14 18 (6.50%) Validation
15 17 (6.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 149 (53.79%) Python
2 109 (39.35%) Java
3 71 (25.63%) C#
4 64 (23.10%) SQL
5 58 (20.94%) C
6 24 (8.66%) Go
6 24 (8.66%) JavaScript
7 18 (6.50%) Rust
7 18 (6.50%) Shell Script
8 16 (5.78%) VBA
9 14 (5.05%) Bash
10 11 (3.97%) PowerShell
11 10 (3.61%) TypeScript
12 9 (3.25%) PL/SQL
12 9 (3.25%) T-SQL
13 8 (2.89%) Scala
14 7 (2.53%) Perl
14 7 (2.53%) R
14 7 (2.53%) VB.NET
15 4 (1.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 66 (23.83%) Degree
2 24 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (5.78%) Numerate Degree
4 15 (5.42%) Master's Degree
5 9 (3.25%) PhD
5 9 (3.25%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.25%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) MBA
8 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.36%) ISEB
8 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.36%) OSCP
8 1 (0.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.89%) QA
2 4 (1.44%) MiFID
3 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.36%) COPPA
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.36%) JTAG
4 1 (0.36%) NIST
4 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.36%) SLA
4 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (4.69%) Docker
2 6 (2.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 3 (1.08%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (10.83%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.61%) Ansible
3 9 (3.25%) BladeLogic
3 9 (3.25%) Consul
3 9 (3.25%) ITRS Geneos
4 8 (2.89%) Grafana
5 7 (2.53%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.53%) Terraform
6 4 (1.44%) Kibana
7 3 (1.08%) Packer
8 2 (0.72%) Puppet
9 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.36%) logstash
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) systemd
Vendors
1 32 (11.55%) Oracle
2 13 (4.69%) Dynatrace
3 11 (3.97%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.25%) Altiris
4 9 (3.25%) Citrix
4 9 (3.25%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.17%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.44%) AppDynamics
6 4 (1.44%) ION Trading
6 4 (1.44%) Splunk
7 2 (0.72%) CA
7 2 (0.72%) Google
7 2 (0.72%) HP
7 2 (0.72%) IBM
7 2 (0.72%) MarketAxess
7 2 (0.72%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.72%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.72%) Tradeweb
8 1 (0.36%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.36%) QNX