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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 205 | 168 | 133 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | -35 | +71 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 388 | 643 | 1,165 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.33% | 1.49% | 1.97% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.91% | 5.04% | 5.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 190 | 338 | 706 |
| 10th Percentile | £398 | £389 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £478 | £450 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £707 | £575 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.87% | -11.54% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £834 | £750 | £784 |
| 90th Percentile | £950 | £896 | £894 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +0.96% | -0.95% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 48 | 152 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.51 | £55.00 | £48.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £61.25 | £54.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £68.75 |
| 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 | 9,926 | 12,769 | 20,585 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.14% | 29.59% | 34.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,749 | 9,080 | 14,839 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £394 |
| 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 | £775 | £763 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +2.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 250 | 487 | 463 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £31.70 | £26.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £49.84 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.46% | +2.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £79.50 | £77.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £60.63 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | +3.09% | +21.86% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -43 | 346 | £750 | +30.43% | 2,151 |
| London | +8 | 213 | £800 | +22.14% | 789 |
| UK excluding London | -57 | 149 | £500 | -4.76% | 1,686 |
| Work from Home | -12 | 137 | £775 | +34.78% | 1,082 |
| South West | +25 | 40 | £550 | +4.76% | 217 |
| South East | -28 | 37 | £500 | - | 514 |
| East of England | -28 | 26 | £490 | -10.91% | 360 |
| Scotland | +26 | 22 | £438 | +2.94% | 130 |
| North of England | +19 | 13 | £763 | +27.08% | 304 |
| North West | +16 | 11 | £763 | +69.44% | 141 |
| Midlands | +5 | 9 | £75 | -85.15% | 196 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 5 | - | - | 105 |
| East Midlands | +15 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 79 |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 2 | - | - | 98 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £410 | - | 12 |
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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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