C++ Contracts in the South East

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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 94 125
Rank change year-on-year -28 +31 +43
Contract jobs citing C++ 37 117 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 2.11% 1.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.67% 9.71% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 63 65
10th Percentile £413 £400 £363
25th Percentile £475 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £626 £575 £613
90th Percentile £675 £667 £681
England median daily rate £750 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +30.43% -11.54% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 28 19
10th Percentile £52.07 £54.95 £51.25
25th Percentile £54.66 £60.94 £52.75
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +6.84% +11.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.51 £66.06
90th Percentile £62.88 £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 792 1,205 1,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.31% 21.68% 27.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 831 1,136
10th Percentile £353 £325 £328
25th Percentile £450 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £679 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 73 91
10th Percentile £40.05 £35.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £48.99 £46.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%
75th Percentile £64.52 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.19 £74.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the South East

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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.

Hourly rate trend for 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 1 May 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 -10 20 £633 +16.68% 53
Surrey +4 8 £500 - 53
Thames Valley +33 6 £463 - 118
Berkshire +27 5 £463 -7.50% 45
West Sussex +12 2 - - 5
Kent +5 1 - - 18
Oxfordshire +1 1 - - 45
C++
England

C++
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (37.84%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) CATIA
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.70%) GitHub
2 1 (2.70%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (18.92%) SNMP
3 1 (2.70%) 3GPP
3 1 (2.70%) 4G
3 1 (2.70%) 5G
3 1 (2.70%) HTTP
3 1 (2.70%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Big Data
1 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (56.76%) Bitbucket
1 21 (56.76%) JIRA
2 20 (54.05%) GoogleTest
3 16 (43.24%) Git
4 15 (40.54%) Jenkins
5 14 (37.84%) Robot Framework
6 12 (32.43%) Eclipse
7 7 (18.92%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (18.92%) TestRail
8 6 (16.22%) GitLab
9 2 (5.41%) Burp Suite
9 2 (5.41%) Metasploit
10 1 (2.70%) CMake
General
1 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
2 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) Aviation
4 1 (2.70%) Avionics
4 1 (2.70%) Electronics
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Embedded Engineer
2 14 (37.84%) Software Engineer
3 13 (35.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) C++ Software Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Senior
5 7 (18.92%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Linux Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Software Test Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) Test Engineer
7 5 (13.51%) Developer
8 3 (8.11%) FPGA Developer
8 3 (8.11%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) CSS
1 7 (18.92%) HTML
2 3 (8.11%) Qt
3 1 (2.70%) CNTK
3 1 (2.70%) DirectX
3 1 (2.70%) Node.js
3 1 (2.70%) OAuth
3 1 (2.70%) OpenGL
3 1 (2.70%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (2.70%) OpenVINO
3 1 (2.70%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.70%) QML
3 1 (2.70%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.70%) Vulkan
3 1 (2.70%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Algorithms
1 4 (10.81%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (10.81%) FPGA
1 4 (10.81%) Verilog
1 4 (10.81%) VHDL
2 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.70%) GNSS
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (62.16%) Linux
2 8 (21.62%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (5.41%) Android
3 2 (5.41%) Windows
4 1 (2.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Agile
2 22 (59.46%) Software Engineering
3 21 (56.76%) Scrum
4 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (32.43%) Computer Science
6 9 (24.32%) Migration
6 9 (24.32%) Test Automation
7 8 (21.62%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (21.62%) Software Testing
8 7 (18.92%) Clean Code
8 7 (18.92%) Design Patterns
8 7 (18.92%) Kanban
8 7 (18.92%) Multithreading
8 7 (18.92%) OO
8 7 (18.92%) OOD
8 7 (18.92%) Storyboarding
8 7 (18.92%) SysML
8 7 (18.92%) UML
8 7 (18.92%) Validation
8 7 (18.92%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) Python
2 7 (18.92%) JavaScript
3 6 (16.22%) Java
4 3 (8.11%) C
5 2 (5.41%) Ruby
6 1 (2.70%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.70%) Bash
6 1 (2.70%) C#
6 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
2 15 (40.54%) SC Cleared
3 12 (32.43%) Degree
4 10 (27.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
6 2 (5.41%) GPEN
6 2 (5.41%) GWAPT
6 2 (5.41%) OSCE
6 2 (5.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
1 2 (5.41%) HIPAA
1 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.70%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Firmware
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Ansible
1 1 (2.70%) Progress Chef
1 1 (2.70%) Puppet
1 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Google
2 13 (35.14%) Atlassian
3 9 (24.32%) Intel
4 3 (8.11%) Algorithmics
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Twitter