C++ Contracts in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 172 207
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 -65
Contract jobs citing C++ 18 45 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.77% 0.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.49% 2.65% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 31 25
10th Percentile £405 £337 £376
25th Percentile £475 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -20.83% +50.00%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £625
90th Percentile - £638 £745
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £48.40 £37.73 £31.00
25th Percentile £49.00 £37.80 £38.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £40.59 £44.69
Median % change year-on-year +23.18% -9.16% -5.93%
75th Percentile £56.88 £58.68 £56.17
90th Percentile £61.00 £63.75 £60.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,209 1,698 2,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.38% 29.09% 31.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 863 1,265 1,746
10th Percentile £319 £350 £325
25th Percentile £400 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £680 £650
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 27 44
10th Percentile £37.63 £27.71 £14.25
25th Percentile £44.72 £38.15 £19.66
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year - +19.56% +52.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £50.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £59.63
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the North of England

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the North of England

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the North of England

C++
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
North West +3 10 £450 -10.00% 57
Yorkshire +6 5 £650 +34.02% 21
North East +20 3 £625 +56.25% 10
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (5.56%) Blender
1 1 (5.56%) Maya
1 1 (5.56%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.56%) CTI
3 1 (5.56%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) TestComplete
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) GitLab
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.56%) Avionics
3 1 (5.56%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Tester
2 5 (27.78%) Developer
2 5 (27.78%) Penetration Tester
3 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) C++ Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
6 1 (5.56%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.56%) C# Developer
6 1 (5.56%) C# WPF Developer
6 1 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Research Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Research Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior WPF Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.56%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (5.56%) .NET
2 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (5.56%) OpenCV
2 1 (5.56%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (5.56%) WCF
2 1 (5.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 6 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Linux
2 8 (44.44%) Windows
3 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (33.33%) Application Security
2 6 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 6 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Red Team
3 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 3 (16.67%) OO
4 3 (16.67%) OOP
4 3 (16.67%) SDLC
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Regression Testing
6 1 (5.56%) Complexity Analysis
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security
6 1 (5.56%) Interaction Design
6 1 (5.56%) Physics
6 1 (5.56%) Use Case
6 1 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) Python
2 9 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (16.67%) C#
4 2 (11.11%) C
4 2 (11.11%) Delphi
4 2 (11.11%) Go
4 2 (11.11%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 2 (11.11%) VBScript
5 1 (5.56%) Bash
5 1 (5.56%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) CEH
2 6 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 6 (33.33%) GIAC
2 6 (33.33%) GPEN
2 6 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft