C++
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 109 | 127 | 134 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +7 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | 0.56% | 0.36% | 0.72% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.05% | 1.45% | 2.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £729 | - | £327 |
| 25th Percentile | £734 | £405 | £370 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £763 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +69.44% | -10.00% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £784 | £575 | £629 |
| 90th Percentile | £786 | £620 | £638 |
| England median daily rate | £750 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.43% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £48.20 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £48.50 | £37.80 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £49.00 | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.72% | -22.45% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £49.50 | £43.39 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £49.80 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
All Programming Languages
North West
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 the North West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 537 | 689 | 929 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 27.29% | 25.01% | 29.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 398 | 516 | 700 |
| 10th Percentile | £359 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.05% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £544 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £613 | £651 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 7 | 32 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £55.75 | £41.25 | £20.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.25 | £44.72 | £37.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £48.43 | £40.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.54% | +19.32% | -2.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | £69.53 | £51.93 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.10 | £80.15 | £62.95 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North West.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the North West.
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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 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | +18 | 5 | £763 | +58.85% | 99 |
| Cumbria | +3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lancashire | +2 | 2 | - | - | 30 |
| Merseyside | +4 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| Cheshire | 0 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| C++ England |
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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: