C++
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 | 95 | 121 | 149 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +26 | +28 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 21 | 8 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 1.29% | 0.36% | 0.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.19% | 1.20% | 1.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £425 | £445 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.35% | -4.49% | -40.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £486 | £438 | £509 |
| 90th Percentile | £514 | - | £542 |
| UK median daily rate | £713 | £575 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.00% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £52.03 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.50 | £53.20 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £60.00 | £55.77 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.59% | +2.32% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £62.50 | £57.71 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £58.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
All Programming Languages
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 658 | 668 | 1,001 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 40.49% | 30.13% | 34.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 370 | 438 | 730 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £369 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £415 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £484 | £493 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.79% | -1.98% | +3.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £586 | £557 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £650 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29.60 | £48.79 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £41.31 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.77 | £57.50 | £59.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -58.67% | -3.83% | +27.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.72 | £60.75 | £67.27 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.00 | £62.50 | £69.63 |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Scotland.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Scotland.
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Contract Job Locations in Scotland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Scotland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | +16 | 18 | £470 | - | 19 |
| Edinburgh | +5 | 3 | £400 | -5.88% | 54 |
| C++ UK |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:
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