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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 148 79
Rank change year-on-year -44 -69 +25
Contract jobs citing C++ 36 17 113
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.55% 0.49% 2.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.82% 1.90% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 72
10th Percentile £425 £365 £400
25th Percentile £493 £463 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -12.04% -1.82%
75th Percentile £698 £497 £625
90th Percentile £732 £536 £650
England median daily rate £625 £625 £550
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 25
10th Percentile £50.00 - £60.50
25th Percentile £51.00 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.25 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 1,275 895 1,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 19.33% 26.05% 25.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 803 616 755
10th Percentile £306 £278 £325
25th Percentile £408 £392 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £606 £575 £613
90th Percentile £688 £625 £655
England median daily rate £525 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 33 58
10th Percentile £27.75 £50.00 £27.00
25th Percentile £38.25 £52.50 £48.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £69.69
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -21.08% +26.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £74.97
90th Percentile £77.50 - £75.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 20 £675 +136.84% 108
West Sussex - 6 - - 23
Surrey -25 5 - - 35
Thames Valley -46 5 £525 - 128
Oxfordshire - 3 £525 - 74
Berkshire -29 2 - - 43
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) AWS
1 1 (2.78%) Azure
1 1 (2.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (30.56%) Software-Defined Radio
1 11 (30.56%) Wireless
2 3 (8.33%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.78%) MySQL
1 1 (2.78%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Git
2 4 (11.11%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.78%) CMake
3 1 (2.78%) GitLab
3 1 (2.78%) GoogleTest
3 1 (2.78%) JIRA
3 1 (2.78%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (22.22%) Aerospace
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.56%) Avionics
4 2 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Automotive
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 14 (38.89%) Embedded Engineer
3 11 (30.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 10 (27.78%) C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) C Software Engineer
5 7 (19.44%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Developer
7 4 (11.11%) Lecturer
8 3 (8.33%) C++ Developer
8 3 (8.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Embedded C Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
9 1 (2.78%) PowerBuilder Developer
9 1 (2.78%) Principal Software Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (30.56%) Yocto
2 4 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (2.78%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.78%) Node.js
3 1 (2.78%) Qt
3 1 (2.78%) React
3 1 (2.78%) Vue
3 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (41.67%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (38.89%) Device Driver
3 10 (27.78%) MicroBlaze
3 10 (27.78%) RISC-V
4 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.78%) CAN bus
4 1 (2.78%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.78%) FPGA
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Verilog
4 1 (2.78%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 19 (52.78%) Linux
2 16 (44.44%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (41.67%) Signal Processing
3 13 (36.11%) Agile
4 12 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
5 8 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (19.44%) SDLC
7 6 (16.67%) V-Model
8 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (11.11%) Device Driver Development
8 4 (11.11%) Due Diligence
9 3 (8.33%) API Integration
9 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 3 (8.33%) Computer Science
9 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 3 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (8.33%) Software Testing
9 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
10 2 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
10 2 (5.56%) Regression Testing
10 2 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (75.00%) C
2 11 (30.56%) Python
3 5 (13.89%) C#
3 5 (13.89%) Embedded C++
3 5 (13.89%) Java
4 4 (11.11%) Embedded C
4 4 (11.11%) VB.NET
5 3 (8.33%) Ada
6 1 (2.78%) Bash
6 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.78%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 3 (8.33%) Degree
5 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) QA
1 1 (2.78%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (38.89%) Firmware
2 11 (30.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Google
2 1 (2.78%) IBM
2 1 (2.78%) Intel
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle
2 1 (2.78%) SAP
2 1 (2.78%) Xilinx