C++ Contract Job Trends in Wales

C++
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing C++ 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.20% - 1.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.02% - 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 - -
UK median daily rate £625 £630 £550
% change year-on-year -0.79% +14.55% -17.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £51.40
25th Percentile - - £51.63
Median hourly rate - - £53.50
75th Percentile - - £55.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £63.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.77% -2.69% -

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 98 110 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 19.37% 30.30% 25.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 73 87
10th Percentile £304 £210 £207
25th Percentile £400 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +21.21% -17.50%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £635 £588 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £532
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.32% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 6
10th Percentile £30.00 £15.69 £36.43
25th Percentile £30.25 £20.12 £48.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.25 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.72% -58.02% +171.93%
75th Percentile - £31.13 £55.25
90th Percentile £85.50 £45.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.07
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.05% -7.58%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C++ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

C++ job vacancy trend in Wales

C++
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing C++

C++
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Wales region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. 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
North Wales - 1 £345 -
C++
UK

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) VMware