C++ Contracts in Somerset

C++
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 28 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +2
Contract jobs citing C++ 2 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.20% 0.46% 6.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.09% 3.13% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £877 - £439
25th Percentile £906 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £983 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +96.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £1,081 £525 -
90th Percentile £1,122 - £495
South West median daily rate £638 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +27.50% -2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £48.03
25th Percentile - - £49.33
Median hourly rate - - £60.13
75th Percentile - - £64.75
90th Percentile - - £68.09
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +6.87% +0.77%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 22 32 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 13.17% 14.81% 38.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 50
10th Percentile £406 £375 £347
25th Percentile £413 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.17% -3.16%
75th Percentile £649 £600 £645
90th Percentile £841 - £716
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 13
10th Percentile - - £46.04
25th Percentile £57.50 - £47.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £40.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -28.89% +0.29%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +8.33%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Somerset

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for C++ in Somerset

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Somerset over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Somerset

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Somerset

C++
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Taunton - 2 £983 - 1
C++
South West

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Head of AI
1 2 (100.00%) Head of Data Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Applied Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Decision Tree
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Random Forest
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared