C++ Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

C++
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 12
Rank change year-on-year -4 -16 +11
Contract jobs citing C++ 10 1 20
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.87% 0.55% 12.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.41% 2.63% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £492 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.26%
75th Percentile £627 - £419
90th Percentile £663 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £558 £285 £559
% change year-on-year +95.61% -48.99% -0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 18
10th Percentile £59.90 - £62.13
25th Percentile - £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £57.50 -
90th Percentile £61.30 - £71.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +5.73% -18.93% +21.74%

All Programming Languages
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 49 38 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.04% 20.88% 21.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 21 9
10th Percentile £461 - £390
25th Percentile £502 £418 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £515 £470
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% +9.57% -10.48%
75th Percentile £582 £550 £488
90th Percentile £646 - £566
Hampshire median daily rate £554 £525 £533
% change year-on-year +5.52% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 18
10th Percentile - - £62.13
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -28.57% +21.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 -
90th Percentile - £58.50 £71.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £52.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -27.14% -25.00% +19.47%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C++ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

C++ job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

C++
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing C++

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Portsmouth

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing C++

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 9 (90.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 8 (80.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 8 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (90.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Device Driver
1 9 (90.00%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (80.00%) MicroBlaze
2 8 (80.00%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Embedded Linux
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 9 (90.00%) Signal Processing
3 8 (80.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (10.00%) Device Driver Development
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (90.00%) Firmware