C++ Contracts in the North West

C++
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 127 130 153
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 -47
Contract jobs citing C++ 10 23 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.72% 0.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.46% 2.45% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 21
10th Percentile - £327 £400
25th Percentile £405 £370 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +40.35%
75th Percentile £575 £629 £634
90th Percentile £620 £638 £750
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £48.20 - £31.25
25th Percentile £48.50 £37.80 £39.89
Median hourly rate £49.00 £40.59 £52.34
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% -22.45% +10.19%
75th Percentile £49.50 £43.39 £60.00
90th Percentile £49.80 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
North West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 687 939 1,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.86% 29.23% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 711 1,089
10th Percentile £325 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +21.21%
75th Percentile £539 £589 £588
90th Percentile £612 £650 £663
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 14 33
10th Percentile £41.25 £20.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £44.72 £37.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.43 £40.59 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -2.19% +22.06%
75th Percentile £69.53 £51.93 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.15 £62.95 £60.00
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the North West

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the North West

C++
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +1 4 £480 +1.05% 37
Lancashire +3 3 - - 7
Cheshire +5 1 - - 6
Merseyside - 1 £450 - 7
Cumbria - 1 - -
C++
England

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) TestComplete
2 1 (10.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) GitLab
2 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (10.00%) Avionics
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) C++ Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Research Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Research Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Unix
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) OO
2 3 (30.00%) OOP
2 3 (30.00%) SDLC
2 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Operations
4 1 (10.00%) Complexity Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Physics
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) Delphi
3 2 (20.00%) Go
3 2 (20.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) VBScript
4 1 (10.00%) Bash
4 1 (10.00%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft