X++ Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

X++
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring X++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing X++ 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% - 0.040%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £550
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £480 - £550

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

X++ 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 454 518 542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.96% 25.62% 21.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 324 404
10th Percentile £350 £380 £350
25th Percentile £410 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £568 £638 £615
90th Percentile £612 £671 £675
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 12
10th Percentile £39.25 £34.80 £33.93
25th Percentile £70.00 £53.34 £48.40
Median hourly rate £75.00 £56.75 £52.15
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% +8.82% -5.19%
75th Percentile £82.00 £68.67 £58.96
90th Percentile £84.40 £76.13 £69.04
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.54 £56.69
% change year-on-year -4.41% +1.50% -5.52%

X++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

X++ job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

X++
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

X++
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 X++ within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Berkshire - 3 £480 - 2
X++
South East

X++
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Billing
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) ATL
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft