Embedded C++ Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Embedded C++
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 159 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Embedded C++ 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.061% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 - £643
% change year-on-year - - +16.82%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 607 431 497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.59% 26.04% 20.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 259 344
10th Percentile £313 £335 £363
25th Percentile £400 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £590 £575 £608
90th Percentile £650 £663 £651
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.65% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 3 15
10th Percentile £28.46 £22.73 £43.85
25th Percentile £41.28 £25.55 £58.49
Median hourly rate £53.75 £31.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.63% -51.54% +52.94%
75th Percentile £82.25 £43.25 £69.22
90th Percentile £83.68 £49.55 £83.50
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +18.18%

Embedded C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Embedded C++ job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Embedded C++
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded C++

Embedded C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Embedded C++

Embedded C++
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 - 4
Embedded C++
South East

Embedded C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Device Driver Development
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware