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 13 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Oct 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 145 | 110 | 146 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -35 | +36 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 634 | 1,065 | 1,570 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.69% | 2.23% | 1.91% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.28% | 7.03% | 5.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 291 | 627 | 992 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £440 | £463 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £600 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £709 | £750 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £875 | £938 | £900 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -7.89% | +23.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 139 | 162 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.13 | £51.25 | £47.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.50 | £55.00 | £54.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £67.97 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90.00 | £70.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +23.81% |
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 | 11,999 | 15,149 | 31,029 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.01% | 31.76% | 37.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7,844 | 10,808 | 22,403 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £363 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £442 | £466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -2.65% | +7.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £664 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | -2.44% | +13.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 321 | 443 | 482 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.99 | £34.40 | £21.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.25 | £48.31 | £44.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +4.17% | +31.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £67.47 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £79.35 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.00% | +37.36% |
C++
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 13 October 2024.
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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 13 October 2024.
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Top 16 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 13 October 2024. 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 | -29 | 603 | £550 | -8.33% | 848 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 349 | £520 | -0.95% | 663 |
| London | -49 | 257 | £656 | -2.78% | 250 |
| Work from Home | -47 | 173 | £543 | -8.67% | 1,153 |
| East of England | +5 | 98 | £575 | +27.78% | 90 |
| South East | +4 | 95 | £500 | -9.09% | 186 |
| South West | -8 | 91 | £413 | -23.26% | 124 |
| North of England | +31 | 35 | £523 | -12.92% | 125 |
| North West | +31 | 23 | £523 | -7.52% | 59 |
| Midlands | -10 | 23 | £525 | -8.70% | 80 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 19 | £525 | -12.50% | 27 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 12 | £513 | -14.58% | 49 |
| Scotland | +3 | 8 | £425 | -5.56% | 41 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 3 | £413 | -5.71% | 53 |
| Wales | +1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | -11 | 1 | - | - | 24 |
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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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