C++ Developer Contract Job Trends in the South East

C++ Developer
England > South East

The median C++ Developer daily rate in the South East is £273, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 164 186
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +68
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 2 15 26
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.052% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.39% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 19
10th Percentile £109 - £400
25th Percentile £168 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £435 £600
Median % change year-on-year -37.36% -27.50% +60.64%
75th Percentile £383 £451 £631
90th Percentile £446 £470 £701
England median daily rate £725 £495 £650
% change year-on-year +46.46% -23.85% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £68.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,430 3,822 5,099
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.58% 92.41% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,220 2,289 3,376
10th Percentile £204 £246 £210
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
75th Percentile £595 £625 £613
90th Percentile £663 £685 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 216 248
10th Percentile £13.38 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.10 £26.81 £21.79
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.52 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.86% +15.04% +42.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £72.36 £67.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C++ Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

C++ Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C++ Developer job vacancies in the South East

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C++ Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C++ Developer job vacancies in the South East

C++ Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Hampshire +1 1 £70 -85.11% 1
West Sussex - 1 £475 - 2
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, C++ Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreaded Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOD
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) UML

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreaded Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOD
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared