C++ Contracts in the UK excluding London

C++
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 196 135 158
Rank change year-on-year -61 +23 +42
Contract jobs citing C++ 144 337 392
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.62% 1.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.95% 6.93% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 134 193
10th Percentile £313 £400 £363
25th Percentile £408 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% +2.46%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £713 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +24.00% -11.54% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 133 121
10th Percentile £53.65 £57.50 £51.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £88.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the UK excluding London

C++
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the UK excluding London 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
South West +35 37 £550 - 193
South East -28 37 £500 - 521
East of England -34 25 £490 -10.91% 309
Scotland +26 21 £435 +2.35% 119
North of England +15 13 £763 +27.08% 281
North West +18 11 £763 +69.44% 135
Midlands +7 9 £75 -85.15% 170
West Midlands -2 5 - - 86
East Midlands +11 4 £75 -87.29% 71
Yorkshire +5 2 - - 91
Northern Ireland - 2 £410 - 12
C++
UK

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.42%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.17%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.08%) Maya
2 3 (2.08%) NUKE
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.39%) Simulink
4 1 (0.69%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.69%) CATIA
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.39%) BASE24
1 2 (1.39%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.25%) Azure
2 6 (4.17%) GitHub
3 4 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.08%) IaaS
4 3 (2.08%) PaaS
4 3 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.08%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.08%) SaaS
5 2 (1.39%) AWS
5 2 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.69%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.56%) Software-Defined Radio
1 8 (5.56%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.86%) SNMP
2 7 (4.86%) Wireless
3 6 (4.17%) 3GPP
4 5 (3.47%) Ethernet
5 3 (2.08%) 4G
5 3 (2.08%) 5G
5 3 (2.08%) Firewall
5 3 (2.08%) NAS
6 2 (1.39%) ATM
7 1 (0.69%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.69%) HTTP
7 1 (0.69%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.42%) KDB
1 15 (10.42%) Kdb+
2 4 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.39%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (1.39%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.69%) Big Data
5 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.69%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.69%) MS Access
5 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (20.83%) JIRA
2 26 (18.06%) Jenkins
3 24 (16.67%) Eclipse
4 22 (15.28%) Git
5 21 (14.58%) Bitbucket
6 20 (13.89%) GoogleTest
7 14 (9.72%) Robot Framework
8 10 (6.94%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (6.94%) Visual Studio
9 7 (4.86%) TestRail
10 6 (4.17%) GitLab
10 6 (4.17%) Subversion
11 3 (2.08%) Cucumber
11 3 (2.08%) Cypress.io
11 3 (2.08%) Postman
11 3 (2.08%) Selenium
11 3 (2.08%) TeamCity
11 3 (2.08%) WebDriver
12 2 (1.39%) Burp Suite
12 2 (1.39%) Metasploit
General
1 35 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.64%) Banking
2 11 (7.64%) Investment Banking
3 9 (6.25%) Finance
4 8 (5.56%) Military
5 7 (4.86%) Aerospace
5 7 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (4.86%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.17%) Automotive
6 6 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.78%) Electronics
8 4 (2.78%) Law
8 4 (2.78%) Marketing
9 3 (2.08%) Games
10 2 (1.39%) Aviation
10 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.69%) Avionics
11 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 42 (29.17%) Developer
3 28 (19.44%) Senior
4 26 (18.06%) C++ Software Engineer
5 22 (15.28%) C++ Developer
6 20 (13.89%) Embedded Engineer
7 19 (13.19%) Linux Engineer
8 18 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (9.72%) Linux Developer
10 13 (9.03%) Python Developer
11 12 (8.33%) Senior Developer
12 11 (7.64%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
12 11 (7.64%) Senior C++ Developer
12 11 (7.64%) Senior Python Developer
13 10 (6.94%) Software Developer
14 9 (6.25%) Product Engineer
14 9 (6.25%) Products Support Engineer
14 9 (6.25%) Software Support Engineer
14 9 (6.25%) Support Engineer
15 8 (5.56%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (17.36%) Middleware
2 17 (11.81%) Qt
3 16 (11.11%) HTML
4 10 (6.94%) CSS
5 6 (4.17%) Node.js
6 5 (3.47%) Web Services
7 4 (2.78%) REST
7 4 (2.78%) Yocto
8 3 (2.08%) .NET
8 3 (2.08%) Django
8 3 (2.08%) LDAP
8 3 (2.08%) POSIX
8 3 (2.08%) RESTful
9 2 (1.39%) OpenAPI
9 2 (1.39%) Swagger
10 1 (0.69%) OpenGL ES
10 1 (0.69%) OpenVINO
10 1 (0.69%) pytest
10 1 (0.69%) TensorFlow
10 1 (0.69%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.42%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.78%) FPGA
4 4 (2.78%) Verilog
4 4 (2.78%) VHDL
5 3 (2.08%) Animation
5 3 (2.08%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.39%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.39%) STB
6 2 (1.39%) Tandem
6 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.69%) APACS
7 1 (0.69%) Digital TV
7 1 (0.69%) EMV
7 1 (0.69%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (52.08%) Linux
2 28 (19.44%) Windows
3 11 (7.64%) Ubuntu
4 9 (6.25%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.39%) Android
6 2 (1.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.69%) Unix
7 1 (0.69%) VMS
7 1 (0.69%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 46 (31.94%) Agile
3 25 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (17.36%) Scrum
4 19 (13.19%) Containerisation
4 19 (13.19%) Test Automation
5 18 (12.50%) SDLC
6 17 (11.81%) Validation
7 14 (9.72%) Computer Science
7 14 (9.72%) Data Science
7 14 (9.72%) Migration
7 14 (9.72%) OO
8 13 (9.03%) CI/CD
8 13 (9.03%) Continuous Integration
8 13 (9.03%) Software Testing
9 12 (8.33%) DevOps
10 11 (7.64%) Multithreading
10 11 (7.64%) TDD
10 11 (7.64%) Verification and Validation
11 10 (6.94%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 48 (33.33%) Python
2 36 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 27 (18.75%) C
4 24 (16.67%) Ada
4 24 (16.67%) Java
5 20 (13.89%) C#
6 19 (13.19%) SQL
7 15 (10.42%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.08%) Tcl
8 3 (2.08%) VBA
8 3 (2.08%) VBScript
9 2 (1.39%) COBOL
9 2 (1.39%) Fortran
9 2 (1.39%) Go
9 2 (1.39%) Groovy
9 2 (1.39%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.39%) Ruby
10 1 (0.69%) Bash
10 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (29.86%) Security Cleared
2 37 (25.69%) SC Cleared
3 23 (15.97%) Degree
4 11 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.08%) ISEB
5 3 (2.08%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (2.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.39%) GPEN
6 2 (1.39%) GWAPT
6 2 (1.39%) OSCE
6 2 (1.39%) OSCP
7 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.81%) MISRA
1 17 (11.81%) MISRA C
2 14 (9.72%) IEC 61508
3 13 (9.03%) Def Stans
4 5 (3.47%) QA
5 4 (2.78%) GDPR
6 3 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.39%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.39%) NIST
7 2 (1.39%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.69%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.69%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.69%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 19 (13.19%) Docker
2 8 (5.56%) Firmware
3 2 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.69%) KVM
4 1 (0.69%) QEMU
4 1 (0.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 20 (13.89%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.08%) SELinux
3 1 (0.69%) Ansible
3 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.69%) Puppet
3 1 (0.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (13.89%) Google
2 15 (10.42%) Atlassian
3 14 (9.72%) Microsoft
3 14 (9.72%) Red Hat
4 10 (6.94%) Intel
5 6 (4.17%) PayPal
6 4 (2.78%) HP
7 3 (2.08%) Algorithmics
7 3 (2.08%) SAP
7 3 (2.08%) Splunk
8 2 (1.39%) QNX
8 2 (1.39%) Twitter
9 1 (0.69%) Wind River