X++
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring X++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited X++ over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 512 | 572 | 704 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +60 | +132 | +146 |
| Contract jobs citing X++ | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.027% | 0.023% | 0.023% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.080% | 0.078% | 0.067% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £432 | £375 | £460 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £406 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -15.56% | +2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £609 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £713 | £652 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -2.44% | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
X++ 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 | 9,965 | 12,846 | 20,898 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.04% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,755 | 9,122 | 15,089 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £350 | £400 |
| 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 | £768 | £762 | £777 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 487 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.70 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.50 | £60.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.31% | -0.33% | +21.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | - | +26.21% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing X++ 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 X++.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing X++ over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing X++.
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Top 6 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing X++ within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 | +53 | 5 | £500 | - | 18 |
| Work from Home | +39 | 4 | £500 | +33.33% | 16 |
| London | - | 3 | £650 | - | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +56 | 2 | £475 | -5.00% | 13 |
| South East | +42 | 1 | £450 | -10.00% | 4 |
| South West | - | 1 | £500 | - |
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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: