C++ Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 94 83
Rank change year-on-year -30 -11 +86
Contract jobs citing C++ 17 17 31
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.83% 0.89% 1.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.25% 3.91% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 19
10th Percentile - £495 £375
25th Percentile £613 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £600
90th Percentile - £648 £634
England median daily rate £625 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile £41.96 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 523 435 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.55% 22.76% 22.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 260 314
10th Percentile £358 £345 £280
25th Percentile £445 £409 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £568 £575 £600
90th Percentile £627 £660 £700
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 9
10th Percentile £33.91 £25.72 £17.43
25th Percentile - £33.93 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +89.19% -58.89%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £19.25
90th Percentile - £69.00 £25.80
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.53%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

C++ job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Warwickshire +11 16 - - 7
Solihull - 1 £625 - 1
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 16 (94.12%) Maya
2 10 (58.82%) NUKE
3 6 (35.29%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (5.88%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (5.88%) Azure Stack
1 1 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 16 (94.12%) Automotive
1 16 (94.12%) Games
2 12 (70.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
4 6 (35.29%) Aerospace
5 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Senior
2 6 (35.29%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (94.12%) CSS
1 16 (94.12%) Django
1 16 (94.12%) HTML
2 6 (35.29%) Unreal Engine
2 6 (35.29%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 16 (94.12%) Animation
2 6 (35.29%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Analytical Thinking
2 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
3 1 (5.88%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (5.88%) AI
3 1 (5.88%) Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.88%) Data Science
3 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
3 1 (5.88%) Linear Algebra
3 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
3 1 (5.88%) Mathematics
3 1 (5.88%) Naive Bayes
3 1 (5.88%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (5.88%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (5.88%) Support Vector Machines
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) Java
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (64.71%) Python
3 10 (58.82%) Tcl
4 1 (5.88%) R
4 1 (5.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Adobe
2 6 (35.29%) Autodesk
3 1 (5.88%) Databricks