C++
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 202 | 168 | 132 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -34 | -36 | +68 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 392 | 640 | 1,172 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.34% | 1.47% | 1.96% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.94% | 4.98% | 5.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 192 | 336 | 711 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £393 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £488 | £445 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £719 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.04% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £838 | £750 | £798 |
| 90th Percentile | £950 | £887 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £515 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -0.96% | +2.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 147 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.94 | £55.00 | £50.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £61.25 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £68.13 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £85.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 9,942 | 12,854 | 20,901 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.01% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,743 | 9,130 | 15,092 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £769 | £760 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 485 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.25 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.87 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | - | +26.21% |
C++
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Top 15 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -41 | 352 | £750 | +30.43% | 1,495 |
| London | +11 | 219 | £800 | +22.61% | 617 |
| UK excluding London | -59 | 146 | £500 | -2.91% | 990 |
| Work from Home | -10 | 140 | £775 | +37.78% | 792 |
| South East | -27 | 39 | £500 | - | 258 |
| South West | +34 | 37 | £550 | - | 129 |
| East of England | -29 | 25 | £490 | -10.91% | 189 |
| Scotland | +22 | 21 | £435 | +2.35% | 91 |
| North of England | +23 | 13 | £763 | +27.08% | 200 |
| North West | +12 | 11 | £763 | +69.44% | 101 |
| Midlands | +9 | 9 | £75 | -85.15% | 115 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 5 | - | - | 65 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 50 |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 2 | - | - | 66 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £410 | - | 9 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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