C++ Contract Job Trends in Surrey

C++
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring C++ skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 34 59
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 +18
Contract jobs citing C++ 7 28 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 2.08% 5.03% 2.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.43% 15.14% 8.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 10
10th Percentile - £350 £425
25th Percentile £463 £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £667
90th Percentile - £625 £672
South East median daily rate £475 £507 £550
% change year-on-year -6.31% -7.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - - £56.10
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -
75th Percentile - £80.00 £72.50
90th Percentile - - £75.50
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -21.52% +21.74% +15.00%

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 129 185 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 38.28% 33.21% 26.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 138 161
10th Percentile - £203 £300
25th Percentile £204 £267 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% -15.48% -
75th Percentile £549 £563 £600
90th Percentile £579 £627 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 10
10th Percentile - £68.00 £33.45
25th Percentile £52.50 - £43.44
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +50.00% +146.91%
75th Percentile £57.50 £80.00 £56.75
90th Percentile - £83.00 £68.50
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £69.69 £55.53
% change year-on-year -21.08% +25.50% +2.83%

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++
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing C++

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 3 September 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 +7 6 £475 +5.56%
Guildford -4 1 - - 22
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) NFC
1 6 (85.71%) PPP
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Eclipse
1 6 (85.71%) Valgrind
2 1 (14.29%) Subversion
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Development Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Linux Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
1 6 (85.71%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Development Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Software Development Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Software Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Development Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) JSON
1 6 (85.71%) REST
1 6 (85.71%) Web Services
1 6 (85.71%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cryptography
1 6 (85.71%) Front End Development
1 6 (85.71%) Memory Management
1 6 (85.71%) Multithreaded Programming
1 6 (85.71%) Multithreading
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
1 6 (85.71%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (85.71%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) Java
2 6 (85.71%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) C
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PhD
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared