Microsoft Visual C++
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for VC++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VC++ over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 712 844
Rank change year-on-year +122 +132 -152
Contract jobs citing VC++ 1 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.008% 0.029% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile £513 £363 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -37.50% -
75th Percentile £538 £388 £706
90th Percentile - - £763
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Median hourly rate - £50.42 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -15.97% +66.67%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +66.67%

All Programming Languages
UK

VC++ is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,769 20,649 32,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.59% 34.91% 36.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,080 14,885 23,465
10th Percentile £350 £394 £384
25th Percentile £425 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.46% +14.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 487 467 511
10th Percentile £31.70 £26.20 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.55 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +21.10% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £77.40 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £49.75
% change year-on-year +1.07% +24.30% +17.75%

VC++
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VC++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VC++ in the UK

VC++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VC++.

Daily rate trend for VC++ in the UK

VC++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VC++.

Hourly rate trend for VC++ in the UK

VC++
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VC++ within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +105 1 £525 +40.00%
London +98 1 £525 -
Work from Home - 1 £525 -

VC++
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM