C++ Contracts in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for C++ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C++ over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 118 160
Rank change year-on-year +25 +42 -50
Contract jobs citing C++ 21 24 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.09% 1.00% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.90% 3.79% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 2
10th Percentile £194 £363 £333
25th Percentile £486 £434 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £575 £375
Median % change year-on-year -12.78% +53.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £538 £590 £394
90th Percentile £581 £623 £398
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +26.32%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 429 633 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.22% 26.36% 25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 440 675
10th Percentile £260 £363 £325
25th Percentile £350 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.13% +15.00%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £544
90th Percentile £638 £700 £638
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile £40.10 £21.73 £16.35
25th Percentile £55.00 £23.81 £16.51
Median hourly rate £57.50 £29.32 £17.39
Median % change year-on-year +96.13% +68.59% -53.63%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.69 £18.38
90th Percentile £69.75 £98.25 £18.60
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +16.46%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend 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 25 April 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
Shropshire - 12 £508 -
Birmingham +14 4 £492 +9.22% 15
Worcestershire +1 2 £590 - 10
Warwickshire -4 1 - - 9
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (4.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Bluetooth
1 2 (9.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
1 2 (9.52%) NoSQL
1 2 (9.52%) RDBMS
1 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (57.14%) PVCS
1 12 (57.14%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.76%) Ant
2 1 (4.76%) Gradle
2 1 (4.76%) JUnit
2 1 (4.76%) Maven
General
1 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Programmer
2 9 (42.86%) C Programmer
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) C++ Programmer
5 2 (9.52%) Data Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Embedded C Programmer
5 2 (9.52%) Software Programmer
6 1 (4.76%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Scientist
6 1 (4.76%) Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Research Scientist
6 1 (4.76%) Senior C++ Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) Data Structures
2 2 (9.52%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
2 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (9.52%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
3 2 (9.52%) Mathematics
3 2 (9.52%) Physics
3 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
3 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (4.76%) Benchmarking
4 1 (4.76%) CI/CD
4 1 (4.76%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (4.76%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 1 (4.76%) Machine Learning
4 1 (4.76%) Project Management
4 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (4.76%) Validation
4 1 (4.76%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) C
2 12 (57.14%) PL/SQL
3 7 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (14.29%) MATLAB
5 2 (9.52%) Bash
5 2 (9.52%) Java
6 1 (4.76%) Scala
6 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (9.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft