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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 196 | 169 | 133 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | -36 | +62 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 397 | 632 | 1,185 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.35% | 1.45% | 1.97% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.97% | 4.93% | 5.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 195 | 333 | 721 |
| 10th Percentile | £388 | £391 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £488 | £450 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £713 | £550 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.64% | -15.38% | -3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £838 | £738 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £950 | £884 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 143 | 132 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.94 | £55.00 | £50.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £61.25 | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £68.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.38 | £88.00 | £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 | 9,997 | 12,830 | 21,120 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.03% | 29.40% | 35.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,774 | 9,114 | 15,252 |
| 10th Percentile | £359 | £350 | £397 |
| 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 | £767 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £478 | £487 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | -2.55% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 247 | 487 | 483 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.25 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | - | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £79.25 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | - | +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 26 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 26 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 26 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 | -30 | 358 | £750 | +30.43% | 2,522 |
| London | +18 | 223 | £800 | +23.08% | 1,317 |
| UK excluding London | -67 | 148 | £500 | -3.85% | 1,422 |
| Work from Home | -13 | 141 | £775 | +37.78% | 1,051 |
| South East | -15 | 40 | £500 | - | 409 |
| South West | +33 | 37 | £613 | +2.08% | 181 |
| East of England | -31 | 26 | £490 | -10.91% | 336 |
| Scotland | +30 | 21 | £435 | +2.35% | 126 |
| North of England | +12 | 13 | £763 | +27.08% | 240 |
| North West | +15 | 11 | £763 | +52.50% | 118 |
| Midlands | +7 | 9 | £75 | -85.15% | 137 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 5 | - | - | 73 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 60 |
| Yorkshire | +9 | 2 | - | - | 79 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £410 | - | 22 |
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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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