C++ Contracts in Surrey

C++
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 31 35 58
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +10
Contract jobs citing C++ 8 21 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 2.68% 3.58% 1.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.64% 15.00% 6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 9
10th Percentile £470 £395 £485
25th Percentile £475 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £638
90th Percentile - £625 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +60.00% +14.57%
South East median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £58.50
% change year-on-year -1.60% +6.84% +11.43%

All Programming Languages
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 83 140 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 27.85% 23.85% 26.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 114 148
10th Percentile £344 £255 £396
25th Percentile £406 £376 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £540 £619 £594
90th Percentile £641 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £41.00 £50.50
25th Percentile - £55.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +45.45% +161.90%
75th Percentile - - £60.63
90th Percentile - - £62.50
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Surrey

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for C++ in Surrey

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Surrey

C++
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Surrey 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
Redhill +9 7 £500 +11.11% 3
Staines -2 1 - - 4
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Bitbucket
1 7 (87.50%) Git
1 7 (87.50%) GoogleTest
1 7 (87.50%) Jenkins
1 7 (87.50%) JIRA
1 7 (87.50%) Rational DOORS
1 7 (87.50%) TestRail
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Senior
2 7 (87.50%) C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Linux Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Senior Software Engineer
2 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Android Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Graphics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Android Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Graphics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) DirectX
1 1 (12.50%) OpenGL
1 1 (12.50%) OpenGL ES
1 1 (12.50%) Vulkan
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Embedded Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Clean Code
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science
1 7 (87.50%) Continuous Integration
1 7 (87.50%) Design Patterns
1 7 (87.50%) Kanban
1 7 (87.50%) Multithreaded Programming
1 7 (87.50%) Multithreading
1 7 (87.50%) OO
1 7 (87.50%) OOD
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (87.50%) Scrum
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
1 7 (87.50%) SOLID
1 7 (87.50%) Storyboarding
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Android Development
2 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Google