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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 105 97
Rank change year-on-year -59 -8 +27
Contract jobs citing C++ 43 49 117
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.78% 1.66% 2.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.10% 6.01% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 55
10th Percentile £464 £440 £400
25th Percentile £500 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £703 £610 £581
90th Percentile £757 £668 £660
England median daily rate £625 £694 £575
% change year-on-year -9.91% +20.65% -14.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 27
10th Percentile £27.50 £54.94 £53.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £59.94 £59.00
Median hourly rate £48.50 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% +0.81% +3.33%
75th Percentile £50.25 - £65.00
90th Percentile £53.10 £62.63 £70.00
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 1,048 815 1,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 19.09% 27.59% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 741 536 827
10th Percentile £315 £350 £325
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £501
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.30% -4.57%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 30 73
10th Percentile £34.01 £41.28 £35.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £47.87 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £59.13 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +0.21% +7.27%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.52 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.00 £68.78 £73.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% +4.58% -4.00%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -22 28 £600 -4.15% 67
Surrey -17 6 £500 - 26
West Sussex -11 5 £488 - 4
Berkshire -39 4 £850 +81.82% 15
Thames Valley -44 4 £850 +70.00% 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (6.98%) Wireless
3 2 (4.65%) Bluetooth
3 2 (4.65%) Firewall
3 2 (4.65%) HTTP
3 2 (4.65%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (2.33%) NFC
4 1 (2.33%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.33%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Git
2 6 (13.95%) Visual Studio
3 5 (11.63%) JIRA
4 4 (9.30%) Jenkins
5 3 (6.98%) GitLab
6 2 (4.65%) Android Studio
6 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
6 2 (4.65%) Gradle
6 2 (4.65%) WiX
7 1 (2.33%) Eclipse
7 1 (2.33%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (2.33%) Valgrind
General
1 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.65%) Avionics
4 2 (4.65%) Electronics
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Software Engineer
2 13 (30.23%) Developer
3 11 (25.58%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Embedded Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 6 (13.95%) Software Developer
5 5 (11.63%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) C++ Developer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior
7 3 (6.98%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Lead
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Android Developer
8 2 (4.65%) GUI Software Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Lead Software Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.93%) .NET
2 5 (11.63%) WinForms
3 4 (9.30%) WebSockets
4 3 (6.98%) JSON
4 3 (6.98%) React
4 3 (6.98%) REST
4 3 (6.98%) WPF
4 3 (6.98%) Yocto
5 2 (4.65%) CSS
5 2 (4.65%) Flask
5 2 (4.65%) HTML
5 2 (4.65%) JavaFX
5 2 (4.65%) MFC
5 2 (4.65%) Nuxt
5 2 (4.65%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (4.65%) Vue
5 2 (4.65%) YAML
6 1 (2.33%) Middleware
6 1 (2.33%) Web Services
6 1 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (9.30%) FPGA
1 4 (9.30%) VHDL
2 3 (6.98%) CAN bus
2 3 (6.98%) Device Driver
2 3 (6.98%) MicroBlaze
2 3 (6.98%) RISC-V
2 3 (6.98%) Verilog
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.33%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 15 (34.88%) Linux
1 15 (34.88%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (4.65%) Android
4 1 (2.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) Software Engineering
2 15 (34.88%) Agile
3 11 (25.58%) DevOps
4 10 (23.26%) Signal Processing
5 9 (20.93%) Digital Signal Processing
5 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (18.60%) Scrum
7 7 (16.28%) CI/CD
8 6 (13.95%) Front End Development
8 6 (13.95%) Mentoring
9 5 (11.63%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (11.63%) Test Automation
10 4 (9.30%) Configuration Management
10 4 (9.30%) SDLC
10 4 (9.30%) UML
11 3 (6.98%) Acceptance Criteria
11 3 (6.98%) DevSecOps
11 3 (6.98%) Full-Stack Development
11 3 (6.98%) Sprint Planning
11 3 (6.98%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 16 (37.21%) C
2 14 (32.56%) C#
3 13 (30.23%) Python
4 9 (20.93%) Java
5 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
6 7 (16.28%) Embedded C++
7 6 (13.95%) SQL
8 4 (9.30%) Ada
9 3 (6.98%) Bash
9 3 (6.98%) Embedded C
10 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
11 1 (2.33%) MATLAB
11 1 (2.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 30 (69.77%) Security Cleared
2 27 (62.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) Degree
3 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Firmware
2 3 (6.98%) Docker
2 3 (6.98%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Ansible
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (6.98%) Intel
1 3 (6.98%) SAP
1 3 (6.98%) Xilinx
2 2 (4.65%) F5
3 1 (2.33%) Atlassian