Microsoft Visual C++
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring VC++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VC++ over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 582 | 699 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +117 | +136 |
| Contract jobs citing VC++ | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.002% | 0.010% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.008% | 0.029% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £513 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +40.00% | -37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £538 | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £375 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £50.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
VC++ 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 | 10,005 | 12,825 | 20,772 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.14% | 29.54% | 34.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,798 | 9,114 | 14,977 |
| 10th Percentile | £358 | £350 | £398 |
| 25th Percentile | £417 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £774 | £763 | £783 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 249 | 486 | 467 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £31.63 | £26.20 |
| 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 | £79.59 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.87 | £62.50 | £60.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.20% | +2.97% | +22.63% |
VC++
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing VC++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
VC++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VC++.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VC++.