C++ Contracts in the South West

C++
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 74 109 76
Rank change year-on-year +35 -33 -6
Contract jobs citing C++ 37 48 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.21% 1.50% 2.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.24% 7.68% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 35
10th Percentile £448 £420 £305
25th Percentile £500 £475 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +18.92% -11.90%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £658
90th Percentile £799 £775 £675
England median daily rate £750 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +30.43% -11.54% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 28 53
10th Percentile £62.25 £61.25 -
25th Percentile - £64.06 £60.91
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £70.30
90th Percentile £68.38 £85.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 449 625 1,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 26.76% 19.54% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 421 759
10th Percentile £355 £325 £350
25th Percentile £406 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £625
90th Percentile £676 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 91 97
10th Percentile £61.30 £46.39 £49.87
25th Percentile £65.00 £55.13 £57.33
Median hourly rate £67.50 £67.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.37% +3.46% +6.12%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £73.75 £78.00 £75.50
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 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 1 May 2025.

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++
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 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
Bristol +21 28 £525 -12.50% 62
Gloucestershire +18 5 - - 54
Wiltshire +23 1 - - 10
Dorset +1 1 £675 +3.85% 12
Somerset +1 1 £865 +73.00% 14
Devon - 1 £425 - 16
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) ATM
2 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Jenkins
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.70%) Git
2 1 (2.70%) JUnit
2 1 (2.70%) Subversion
2 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
1 3 (8.11%) Law
1 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Aviation
3 1 (2.70%) Marketing
3 1 (2.70%) Military
3 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Software Engineer
2 13 (35.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) Product Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) Products Support Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) Software Support Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) Support Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Linux Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Linux Support
5 7 (18.92%) Linux Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Architect
7 1 (2.70%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Java Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Java Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (64.86%) Middleware
2 13 (35.14%) Qt
3 1 (2.70%) Node.js
3 1 (2.70%) pytest
3 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.70%) EMV
1 1 (2.70%) Mainframe
1 1 (2.70%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 15 (40.54%) Linux
2 11 (29.73%) Ubuntu
3 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (16.22%) Agile
3 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
4 4 (10.81%) DevOps
5 2 (5.41%) Machine Learning
5 2 (5.41%) OO
5 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.41%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (5.41%) SDLC
5 2 (5.41%) Validation
6 1 (2.70%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (2.70%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.70%) Data Analysis
6 1 (2.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.70%) OOD
6 1 (2.70%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.70%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (2.70%) TDD
6 1 (2.70%) UML
6 1 (2.70%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (64.86%) Ada
2 14 (37.84%) C
2 14 (37.84%) JavaScript
3 11 (29.73%) Shell Script
4 5 (13.51%) Java
5 4 (10.81%) Python
6 2 (5.41%) Fortran
7 1 (2.70%) C#
7 1 (2.70%) COBOL
7 1 (2.70%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.70%) R
7 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
2 12 (32.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (35.14%) Def Stans
1 13 (35.14%) IEC 61508
1 13 (35.14%) MISRA
1 13 (35.14%) MISRA C
2 1 (2.70%) ISO 8583
2 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.70%) HP
2 1 (2.70%) Intel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Twitter