C++ Contract Job Trends in the South East

C++
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 98 99
Rank change year-on-year -54 +1 +56
Contract jobs citing C++ 30 60 112
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.65% 1.90% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.13% 6.50% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 31 48
10th Percentile - £400 £414
25th Percentile £463 £429 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £726 £525 £598
90th Percentile £760 £625 £660
England median daily rate £675 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% -14.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 33
10th Percentile £27.50 £55.38 £51.75
25th Percentile £32.19 £60.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +1.46% -5.23%
75th Percentile £55.31 - £67.02
90th Percentile £58.88 £63.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% -

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 959 923 1,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.74% 29.19% 21.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 695 585 792
10th Percentile £294 £350 £325
25th Percentile £400 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% -3.81% -0.94%
75th Percentile £575 £620 £615
90th Percentile £665 £675 £678
England median daily rate £511 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -4.53% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 28 90
10th Percentile £41.94 £44.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £54.09 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +5.49% +3.24%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.15 £67.02
90th Percentile £60.15 £72.34 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

C++ job vacancy trend in the South East

C++
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C++

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
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 4 February 2026. 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 -19 21 £600 - 58
Surrey -12 6 £475 -5.00% 31
West Sussex -11 2 £475 - 5
Berkshire -30 1 £850 +112.50% 14
Thames Valley -35 1 £850 +112.50% 52
C++
England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) NFC
1 3 (10.00%) PPP
1 3 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (6.67%) Bluetooth
2 2 (6.67%) HTTP
2 2 (6.67%) Tactical Data Link
3 1 (3.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.33%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Git
2 7 (23.33%) Jenkins
2 7 (23.33%) JIRA
3 3 (10.00%) Eclipse
3 3 (10.00%) Valgrind
4 2 (6.67%) Android Studio
4 2 (6.67%) GitLab
4 2 (6.67%) Gradle
4 2 (6.67%) WiX
5 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket
5 1 (3.33%) Subversion
5 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Military
2 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 12 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Developer
4 6 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (13.33%) C++ Developer
7 3 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Development Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Development Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Software Development Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) JSON
1 5 (16.67%) REST
2 4 (13.33%) WebSockets
3 3 (10.00%) HTML
3 3 (10.00%) Web Services
3 3 (10.00%) XML
4 2 (6.67%) CSS
4 2 (6.67%) Flask
4 2 (6.67%) JavaFX
4 2 (6.67%) MFC
4 2 (6.67%) Nuxt
4 2 (6.67%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (6.67%) Vue
4 2 (6.67%) WPF
5 1 (3.33%) .NET
5 1 (3.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) CAN bus
2 3 (10.00%) Smartcard
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.33%) FPGA
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Linux
2 11 (36.67%) Windows
3 3 (10.00%) Ubuntu
4 2 (6.67%) Android
5 1 (3.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 10 (33.33%) DevOps
3 8 (26.67%) Agile
3 8 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (23.33%) UML
5 6 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 6 (20.00%) SysML
6 5 (16.67%) Front End Development
6 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (13.33%) Multithreaded Programming
7 4 (13.33%) Multithreading
7 4 (13.33%) Signal Processing
7 4 (13.33%) User Experience
8 3 (10.00%) AI
8 3 (10.00%) Cryptography
8 3 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
8 3 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
8 3 (10.00%) Machine Learning
8 3 (10.00%) Memory Management
8 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) C#
2 11 (36.67%) Python
3 8 (26.67%) Java
3 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 7 (23.33%) Embedded C++
5 5 (16.67%) C
6 4 (13.33%) SQL
7 2 (6.67%) Ada
7 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
8 1 (3.33%) Bash
8 1 (3.33%) MATLAB
8 1 (3.33%) Perl
8 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Docker
1 6 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Atlassian
1 1 (3.33%) Intel