C++ Contracts in the South East

C++
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 130 178
Rank change year-on-year +40 +48 -47
Contract jobs citing C++ 117 88 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.13% 1.55% 1.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.71% 5.60% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 56 41
10th Percentile £400 £381 £390
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.97% -0.48% +16.67%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £575
90th Percentile £671 £633 -
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 18
10th Percentile £58.58 £51.25 £43.59
25th Percentile £61.34 £53.80 £46.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +11.43% -9.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £67.50 £56.30
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
South East

C++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,205 1,571 2,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.97% 27.60% 26.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 1,112 1,323
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £588
90th Percentile £682 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 90 84
10th Percentile £35.50 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.09 £19.88
Median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -16.17%
75th Percentile £67.02 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.00 £61.51
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.59%

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

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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.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the South East

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 13 May 2024. 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 +8 64 £545 +3.81% 45
Surrey +28 20 £500 -3.85% 48
Thames Valley +8 17 £463 -7.50% 91
Berkshire -15 9 £500 - 26
Middlesex - 9 - -
Oxfordshire +9 6 - - 51
Kent - 4 £500 - 6
West Sussex +8 2 - - 14
Buckinghamshire - 2 £413 - 14
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 19 (16.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.55%) Azure
2 6 (5.13%) AWS
3 3 (2.56%) Datadog
4 2 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.53%) Software-Defined Radio
2 16 (13.68%) SNMP
3 9 (7.69%) 802.11
3 9 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.42%) Wireless
6 3 (2.56%) Link 16
6 3 (2.56%) Tactical Data Link
7 2 (1.71%) DHCP
7 2 (1.71%) DNS
7 2 (1.71%) RS-232
8 1 (0.85%) Diameter Protocol
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.56%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.85%) CouchDB
3 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.85%) MySQL
3 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (25.64%) Git
2 23 (19.66%) JIRA
3 19 (16.24%) Bitbucket
4 17 (14.53%) Eclipse
5 15 (12.82%) GoogleTest
5 15 (12.82%) Robot Framework
6 13 (11.11%) Jenkins
7 4 (3.42%) Artifactory
7 4 (3.42%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (3.42%) Subversion
8 3 (2.56%) ClearCase
8 3 (2.56%) ClearQuest
8 3 (2.56%) GitLab
8 3 (2.56%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.85%) CMake
9 1 (0.85%) MagicDraw
9 1 (0.85%) NUnit
9 1 (0.85%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 25 (21.37%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.53%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.97%) Aerospace
4 5 (4.27%) Electronics
4 5 (4.27%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.71%) Front Office
5 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Automotive
6 1 (0.85%) Billing
6 1 (0.85%) Legal
6 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (42.74%) Software Engineer
2 28 (23.93%) C++ Software Engineer
3 26 (22.22%) Developer
4 23 (19.66%) Senior
5 15 (12.82%) C++ Developer
6 12 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.84%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.98%) Java Engineer
9 7 (5.98%) Java Software Engineer
10 6 (5.13%) Administrator
10 6 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (5.13%) Systems Administrator
11 5 (4.27%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Python Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 5 (4.27%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.82%) CSS
1 15 (12.82%) HTML
2 9 (7.69%) 802.1X
3 7 (5.98%) .NET
4 6 (5.13%) Itk
5 5 (4.27%) DirectX
5 5 (4.27%) OpenGL
5 5 (4.27%) OpenGL ES
5 5 (4.27%) PyTorch
5 5 (4.27%) TensorFlow
5 5 (4.27%) Vulkan
6 4 (3.42%) RESTful
6 4 (3.42%) SOAP
6 4 (3.42%) XML
7 3 (2.56%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.56%) Blazor
7 3 (2.56%) Razor View Engine
7 3 (2.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.69%) CCTV
3 6 (5.13%) VHDL
4 5 (4.27%) FPGA
5 4 (3.42%) Device Driver
6 3 (2.56%) Animation
6 3 (2.56%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.56%) Mixed Reality
6 3 (2.56%) Photography
6 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.71%) GNSS
8 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.85%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.85%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 51 (43.59%) Linux
2 34 (29.06%) Windows
3 8 (6.84%) Android
4 5 (4.27%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.56%) Unix
7 2 (1.71%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.85%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (59.83%) Software Engineering
2 52 (44.44%) Agile
3 34 (29.06%) Scrum
4 22 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (18.80%) Validation
5 20 (17.09%) UML
6 19 (16.24%) OO
7 18 (15.38%) DevOps
8 17 (14.53%) Computer Science
8 17 (14.53%) SysML
9 16 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (13.68%) Kanban
9 16 (13.68%) Verification and Validation
10 15 (12.82%) Prototyping
11 12 (10.26%) Test Automation
12 11 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (8.55%) Software Testing
14 9 (7.69%) OCR
14 9 (7.69%) Open Source
14 9 (7.69%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (44.44%) C
2 32 (27.35%) Python
3 25 (21.37%) Java
4 24 (20.51%) C#
5 19 (16.24%) JavaScript
6 14 (11.97%) Perl
7 12 (10.26%) SQL
8 9 (7.69%) Bash
8 9 (7.69%) Tcl
9 8 (6.84%) PowerShell
10 7 (5.98%) Embedded C
10 7 (5.98%) Embedded C++
10 7 (5.98%) MATLAB
11 6 (5.13%) Shell Script
12 5 (4.27%) Assembly Language
13 3 (2.56%) Kotlin
13 3 (2.56%) Ruby
14 2 (1.71%) GLSL
14 2 (1.71%) HLSL
14 2 (1.71%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (32.48%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 18 (15.38%) Degree
4 11 (9.40%) DV Cleared
5 9 (7.69%) Master's Degree
6 6 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (5.13%) PhD
7 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.55%) ISO 9001
2 8 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.42%) JTAG
4 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.71%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.85%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.85%) MISRA
6 1 (0.85%) MISRA C
System Software
1 21 (17.95%) Firmware
2 6 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (4.27%) VirtualBox
4 4 (3.42%) Docker
5 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.71%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.98%) Ansible
1 7 (5.98%) Terraform
2 6 (5.13%) Progress Chef
2 6 (5.13%) Puppet
3 4 (3.42%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.56%) HP ALM
4 3 (2.56%) Nagios
5 2 (1.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (12.82%) Google
2 13 (11.11%) Atlassian
3 9 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.27%) Oracle
5 4 (3.42%) Xilinx
6 3 (2.56%) HP
6 3 (2.56%) New Relic
6 3 (2.56%) Sparx
6 3 (2.56%) Splunk
6 3 (2.56%) VMware
7 1 (0.85%) Compaq
7 1 (0.85%) QNX
7 1 (0.85%) Qualys