Embedded C++ Contract Job Trends in the South East

Embedded C++
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Embedded C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 - 185
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs citing Embedded C++ 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.091% - 0.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.45% - 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile £513 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £643
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.82%
75th Percentile £538 - £782
90th Percentile - - £794
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £66.00 - -
England median hourly rate £66.00 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - -19.44%

All Programming Languages
South East

Embedded 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 1,331 879 1,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.11% 25.58% 23.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 611 850
10th Percentile £310 £318 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £608
90th Percentile £688 £638 £660
England median daily rate £521 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.07% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 23 63
10th Percentile £33.70 £33.10 £27.15
25th Percentile £43.81 £47.62 £54.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.72 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £64.36 £77.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Embedded C++ job vacancy trend in the South East

Embedded C++
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Embedded C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Embedded 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 Embedded C++ within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 July 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 - 4 - - 2
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 4
Thames Valley - 2 £525 - 5
Embedded C++
England

Embedded 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) FPGA
1 3 (50.00%) Verilog
1 3 (50.00%) VHDL
2 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (16.67%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Signal Processing
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 3 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Test Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Trade-off Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) API Integration
3 2 (33.33%) Device Driver Development
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) C
2 5 (83.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Intel
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
1 3 (50.00%) Xilinx