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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 196 | 165 | 134 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -31 | -31 | +67 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 393 | 635 | 1,231 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.35% | 1.44% | 1.97% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.98% | 4.92% | 5.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 204 | 326 | 738 |
| 10th Percentile | £386 | £400 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £441 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £550 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.73% | -15.38% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £825 | £738 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £947 | £881 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +0.96% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 135 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.00 | £52.50 | £49.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £59.50 | £57.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £66.13 | £65.88 | £68.16 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.08 | £88.75 | £73.09 |
| 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 | 9,875 | 12,895 | 22,341 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.95% | 29.21% | 35.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,629 | 9,117 | 16,115 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £757 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £479 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.74% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 244 | 480 | 501 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.30 | £30.63 | £26.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.88 | £46.23 | £49.68 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.56 | £67.38 | £69.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £73.82 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £61.60 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.90% | -1.44% | +25.63% |
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 3 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 3 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 3 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 | -35 | 357 | £700 | +24.44% | 2,088 |
| London | +21 | 217 | £800 | +23.08% | 1,153 |
| UK excluding London | -63 | 149 | £500 | -4.76% | 1,089 |
| Work from Home | -15 | 133 | £775 | +40.91% | 794 |
| South East | -10 | 47 | £500 | - | 364 |
| South West | +31 | 37 | £501 | -22.92% | 119 |
| East of England | -28 | 26 | £463 | -2.63% | 279 |
| Scotland | +21 | 18 | £450 | +5.88% | 106 |
| North of England | +14 | 13 | £750 | +25.00% | 150 |
| North West | +7 | 9 | £763 | +52.50% | 74 |
| Midlands | +5 | 6 | £75 | -86.06% | 71 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 39 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 4 | £700 | +7.69% | 41 |
| West Midlands | -1 | 2 | - | - | 29 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £410 | - | 8 |
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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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