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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | 168 | 132 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | -36 | +63 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 396 | 637 | 1,253 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.36% | 1.44% | 1.99% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.02% | 4.93% | 5.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 205 | 329 | 751 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £450 | £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 | £946 | £875 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +0.48% | +4.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 133 | 148 |
| 10th Percentile | £59.00 | £52.50 | £49.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £59.00 | £56.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £66.00 | - | £67.72 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | £88.75 | £72.32 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.50 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.77% | - | +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 | 9,862 | 12,934 | 22,580 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.95% | 29.22% | 35.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,633 | 9,140 | 16,288 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £350 | £399 |
| 25th Percentile | £414 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £676 |
| 90th Percentile | £752 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 244 | 486 | 507 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.30 | £30.63 | £26.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.88 | £46.20 | £49.84 |
| 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 | £74.72 | £75.85 |
| 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 1 April 2025.
C++
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 1 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 1 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 | -25 | 361 | £700 | +21.74% | 2,196 |
| London | +21 | 218 | £800 | +23.08% | 1,166 |
| UK excluding London | -59 | 151 | £500 | -4.76% | 1,203 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 132 | £775 | +40.91% | 771 |
| South East | -3 | 49 | £500 | - | 394 |
| South West | +42 | 37 | £501 | -22.92% | 125 |
| East of England | -30 | 27 | £463 | +2.78% | 302 |
| Scotland | +21 | 17 | £450 | +5.88% | 113 |
| North of England | +1 | 13 | £750 | +25.00% | 171 |
| North West | +11 | 9 | £763 | +52.50% | 78 |
| Midlands | +6 | 6 | £75 | -86.06% | 94 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 4 | £75 | -87.29% | 45 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 4 | £700 | +7.69% | 56 |
| West Midlands | -1 | 2 | - | - | 44 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £410 | - | 10 |
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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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