C++
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 121 | 70 | 111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -51 | +41 | +88 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 36 | 145 | 107 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 1.12% | 2.54% | 1.85% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.19% | 11.14% | 7.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 81 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £423 | £400 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £626 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £672 | £650 | £632 |
| England median daily rate | £661 | £550 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.09% | -15.38% | -7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 38 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.49 | £59.70 | £51.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £52.14 | £61.60 | £54.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.38 | £70.00 | £57.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.46% | +21.74% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.72 | £72.81 | £64.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.79 | £75.75 | £67.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
All Programming Languages
South East
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 South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 860 | 1,302 | 1,473 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 26.67% | 22.79% | 25.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 578 | 893 | 1,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £511 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.05% | -2.67% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £612 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £691 |
| England median daily rate | £520 | £540 | £555 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | -2.70% | +0.18% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 84 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £37.60 | £35.00 | £21.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.62 | £46.25 | £45.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £54.88 | £62.50 | £56.24 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.20% | +11.14% | +20.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.44 | £70.00 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.52 | £76.75 | £75.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £56.38 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.27% | +4.00% | +18.99% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South East.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South East.
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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++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | -13 | 17 | £633 | +16.41% | 61 |
| Thames Valley | +12 | 8 | £500 | +17.65% | 78 |
| Surrey | +7 | 8 | £475 | -5.00% | 52 |
| Berkshire | +21 | 7 | £500 | - | 29 |
| West Sussex | +7 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| Kent | -1 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| Oxfordshire | -4 | 1 | - | - | 34 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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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