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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 130 146
Rank change year-on-year -65 +16 +45
Contract jobs citing C++ 145 368 393
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.79% 1.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.89% 7.51% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 147 196
10th Percentile £313 £395 £363
25th Percentile £400 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - -
75th Percentile £613 £608 £603
90th Percentile £675 £688 £641
UK median daily rate £700 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 151 115
10th Percentile £50.00 £57.50 £51.25
25th Percentile £58.09 £61.25 £59.52
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.15
90th Percentile £68.75 £80.00 £77.00
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 3,727 4,902 6,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.97% 23.79% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,493 3,298 4,502
10th Percentile £322 £319 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £561 £585 £592
90th Percentile £638 £650 £678
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 426 324
10th Percentile £27.95 £37.55 £26.16
25th Percentile £44.63 £52.50 £50.94
Median hourly rate £63.37 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% - +22.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.36 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.79% -0.23% +22.11%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +16 35 £663 +32.50% 735
South East -44 31 £500 -3.85% 1,707
East of England -31 28 £490 -10.91% 1,077
Scotland +25 23 £438 +2.94% 350
Midlands +4 13 £75 -85.29% 1,018
North of England -2 13 £375 -36.17% 1,223
North West +3 11 £375 -23.08% 552
West Midlands +6 9 - - 540
East Midlands +8 4 £75 -87.29% 411
Yorkshire +3 2 - - 483
Northern Ireland - 2 £410 - 101
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 13 (8.97%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) nginx
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Maya
2 6 (4.14%) Chatbot
2 6 (4.14%) NUKE
3 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.38%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.69%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.69%) CATIA
5 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.69%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) BASE24
2 1 (0.69%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.83%) Azure
2 5 (3.45%) GitHub
3 3 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.07%) IaaS
3 3 (2.07%) PaaS
3 3 (2.07%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.07%) PowerApps
3 3 (2.07%) SaaS
4 2 (1.38%) AWS
4 2 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.69%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.69%) GCP
5 1 (0.69%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.52%) TCP/IP
2 7 (4.83%) Wireless
3 6 (4.14%) 3GPP
3 6 (4.14%) Ethernet
3 6 (4.14%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (3.45%) SNMP
5 3 (2.07%) 4G
5 3 (2.07%) 5G
5 3 (2.07%) Firewall
5 3 (2.07%) NAS
6 2 (1.38%) ATM
6 2 (1.38%) NFC
7 1 (0.69%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.69%) HTTP
7 1 (0.69%) LTE
7 1 (0.69%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.72%) KDB
1 17 (11.72%) Kdb+
2 4 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.38%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (1.38%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.69%) Big Data
4 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.69%) MS Access
4 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (17.93%) Jenkins
2 25 (17.24%) JIRA
3 24 (16.55%) Eclipse
4 20 (13.79%) Git
5 16 (11.03%) Bitbucket
6 15 (10.34%) GoogleTest
7 12 (8.28%) Robot Framework
8 10 (6.90%) Visual Studio
9 6 (4.14%) GitLab
10 5 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (3.45%) Subversion
11 4 (2.76%) TestRail
12 3 (2.07%) Cucumber
12 3 (2.07%) Cypress.io
12 3 (2.07%) Gradle
12 3 (2.07%) Postman
12 3 (2.07%) Selenium
12 3 (2.07%) TeamCity
12 3 (2.07%) WebDriver
12 3 (2.07%) Xcode
General
1 37 (25.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.03%) Banking
3 13 (8.97%) Investment Banking
4 11 (7.59%) Automotive
5 9 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.21%) Finance
6 8 (5.52%) Aerospace
6 8 (5.52%) Games
6 8 (5.52%) Military
6 8 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.83%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.14%) Electronics
8 6 (4.14%) Law
9 5 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.45%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.76%) Marketing
11 1 (0.69%) Avionics
11 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (29.66%) Developer
2 38 (26.21%) Software Engineer
3 30 (20.69%) Senior
4 20 (13.79%) C++ Developer
5 18 (12.41%) C++ Software Engineer
5 18 (12.41%) Linux Engineer
6 16 (11.03%) Embedded Engineer
6 16 (11.03%) Linux Developer
7 15 (10.34%) Python Developer
8 14 (9.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (9.66%) Senior Developer
9 13 (8.97%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 13 (8.97%) Senior C++ Developer
9 13 (8.97%) Senior Python Developer
10 11 (7.59%) Product Engineer
10 11 (7.59%) Products Support Engineer
10 11 (7.59%) Software Support Engineer
10 11 (7.59%) Support Engineer
11 10 (6.90%) Software Developer
12 9 (6.21%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (15.17%) HTML
2 18 (12.41%) Middleware
3 16 (11.03%) CSS
4 13 (8.97%) Qt
5 8 (5.52%) Django
5 8 (5.52%) Node.js
6 7 (4.83%) Web Services
7 5 (3.45%) REST
8 4 (2.76%) Yocto
9 3 (2.07%) .NET
9 3 (2.07%) LDAP
9 3 (2.07%) POSIX
9 3 (2.07%) RESTful
10 2 (1.38%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.38%) React
10 2 (1.38%) Swagger
10 2 (1.38%) Unreal Engine
10 2 (1.38%) V-Ray
10 2 (1.38%) XML
11 1 (0.69%) OpenVINO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.72%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (5.52%) Animation
3 7 (4.83%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.14%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (4.14%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.76%) FPGA
5 4 (2.76%) Verilog
5 4 (2.76%) VHDL
6 3 (2.07%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.07%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (2.07%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.38%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.38%) EMV
7 2 (1.38%) STB
7 2 (1.38%) Tandem
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.69%) APACS
Operating Systems
1 74 (51.03%) Linux
2 31 (21.38%) Windows
3 14 (9.66%) Ubuntu
4 6 (4.14%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (3.45%) Android
6 3 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.38%) Unix
8 1 (0.69%) VMS
8 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (46.21%) Software Engineering
2 41 (28.28%) Agile
3 22 (15.17%) Containerisation
4 21 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (14.48%) Scrum
5 20 (13.79%) SDLC
6 17 (11.72%) Data Science
7 14 (9.66%) Migration
7 14 (9.66%) TDD
7 14 (9.66%) Test Automation
7 14 (9.66%) Validation
8 13 (8.97%) CI/CD
8 13 (8.97%) Computer Science
9 12 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (8.28%) Multithreading
10 10 (6.90%) Code Quality
10 10 (6.90%) Software Testing
10 10 (6.90%) Unit Testing
10 10 (6.90%) Verification and Validation
11 9 (6.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 53 (36.55%) Python
2 40 (27.59%) JavaScript
3 32 (22.07%) C
3 32 (22.07%) Java
4 23 (15.86%) SQL
5 22 (15.17%) Ada
5 22 (15.17%) C#
6 17 (11.72%) Shell Script
7 6 (4.14%) Tcl
8 4 (2.76%) Go
8 4 (2.76%) Ruby
9 3 (2.07%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.07%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.07%) Scala
9 3 (2.07%) Swift
9 3 (2.07%) VBA
9 3 (2.07%) VBScript
10 2 (1.38%) COBOL
10 2 (1.38%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 33 (22.76%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.79%) Degree
4 7 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.07%) ISEB
5 3 (2.07%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.38%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.69%) GPEN
7 1 (0.69%) GWAPT
7 1 (0.69%) OSCE
7 1 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.28%) MISRA
1 12 (8.28%) MISRA C
2 10 (6.90%) IEC 61508
3 9 (6.21%) Def Stans
4 5 (3.45%) QA
5 3 (2.07%) GDPR
6 2 (1.38%) NIST
6 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.38%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.69%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.69%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.69%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 22 (15.17%) Docker
2 9 (6.21%) Firmware
3 2 (1.38%) 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 22 (15.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.07%) SELinux
3 2 (1.38%) Ansible
3 2 (1.38%) Terraform
4 1 (0.69%) Podman
4 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (11.03%) Red Hat
2 15 (10.34%) Google
2 15 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.28%) Atlassian
4 9 (6.21%) Intel
5 6 (4.14%) PayPal
6 4 (2.76%) HP
7 3 (2.07%) Algorithmics
7 3 (2.07%) SAP
7 3 (2.07%) Splunk
8 2 (1.38%) Adobe
8 2 (1.38%) Autodesk
8 2 (1.38%) QNX