C++ Contracts in the South West

C++
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 77 66
Rank change year-on-year -30 -11 +4
Contract jobs citing C++ 45 102 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.42% 2.81% 3.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.29% 9.61% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 35 22
10th Percentile £420 £305 £450
25th Percentile £475 £394 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -11.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £725 £658 £573
90th Percentile £775 £675 £650
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 53 41
10th Percentile - - £57.50
25th Percentile £61.25 £60.91 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +30.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.30 -
90th Percentile £85.00 - £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 617 1,061 1,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 19.44% 29.26% 30.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 760 770
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £630
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 97 69
10th Percentile £44.47 £49.87 £46.62
25th Percentile £54.38 £57.33 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.14 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +4.00% +37.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £75.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +13.64%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the South West

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the South West

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Bristol -11 23 £600 +23.08% 69
Wiltshire -5 10 £625 +37.74% 13
Dorset +8 4 £650 - 19
Gloucestershire +1 4 £625 -3.85% 23
Somerset -3 3 £500 +11.11% 8
Cornwall - 1 - - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) GitHub
2 1 (2.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.67%) Internet
2 3 (6.67%) RTSP
3 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Jenkins
1 8 (17.78%) JIRA
2 6 (13.33%) GoogleTest
3 3 (6.67%) Git
3 3 (6.67%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.44%) Eclipse
5 1 (2.22%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 5 (11.11%) Automotive
1 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.89%) Military
2 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Electronics
4 1 (2.22%) Games
4 1 (2.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) Software Engineer
2 9 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Java Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Java Software Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Architect
5 5 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Software Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Lead
6 4 (8.89%) Python Software Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Developer
8 2 (4.44%) C# Software Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Computer Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Computer Vision Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) MATLAB Developer
8 2 (4.44%) Software Team Leader
8 2 (4.44%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.22%) IoT Developer
9 1 (2.22%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) Qt
1 6 (13.33%) RESTful
1 6 (13.33%) XML
2 5 (11.11%) Blazor
3 3 (6.67%) OpenGL
3 3 (6.67%) WebRTC
4 2 (4.44%) .NET
4 2 (4.44%) CSS
4 2 (4.44%) HTML
4 2 (4.44%) Node.js
4 2 (4.44%) TensorFlow
4 2 (4.44%) Web Services
5 1 (2.22%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (2.22%) Kafka
5 1 (2.22%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 6 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 5 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 5 (11.11%) IoT
2 5 (11.11%) Verilog
2 5 (11.11%) VHDL
3 4 (8.89%) CUDA
3 4 (8.89%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.22%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.22%) Robotics
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.67%) Linux
2 4 (8.89%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (4.44%) Windows
4 1 (2.22%) CentOS
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.22%) RTLinux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Software Engineering
2 20 (44.44%) Agile
3 14 (31.11%) DevOps
4 8 (17.78%) CI/CD
4 8 (17.78%) Software Architecture
5 7 (15.56%) Scrum
6 6 (13.33%) Software Delivery
6 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (8.89%) Computer Vision
8 3 (6.67%) Test Automation
8 3 (6.67%) Unit Testing
8 3 (6.67%) Validation
9 2 (4.44%) Continuous Delivery
9 2 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (4.44%) Defect Management
9 2 (4.44%) Regression Testing
9 2 (4.44%) TDD
9 2 (4.44%) UML
9 2 (4.44%) Visualisation
9 2 (4.44%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 21 (46.67%) Python
2 20 (44.44%) C
3 15 (33.33%) Java
4 11 (24.44%) C#
5 6 (13.33%) JavaScript
6 5 (11.11%) Embedded C++
7 4 (8.89%) SQL
8 3 (6.67%) PL/SQL
9 2 (4.44%) MATLAB
10 1 (2.22%) Fortran
10 1 (2.22%) Perl
10 1 (2.22%) Ruby
10 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (15.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.22%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) MISRA
2 2 (4.44%) JTAG
3 1 (2.22%) Def Stans
3 1 (2.22%) DO-178B
3 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Google
2 3 (6.67%) NVIDIA
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.44%) Xamarin
4 1 (2.22%) IBM
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat