C++ Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

C++ Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median C++ Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 301 372
Rank change year-on-year +30 +71 +167
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 33 44 105
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.29% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.31% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 32 62
10th Percentile - £325 £450
25th Percentile £775 £405 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £675 £750
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £825 £1,150 £825
90th Percentile - £1,250 £926
UK median daily rate £800 £500 £750
% change year-on-year +60.00% -33.33% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £25.75
25th Percentile - - £28.06
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £43.61
Median % change year-on-year - +60.53% -20.72%
75th Percentile - - £62.74
90th Percentile - - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

C++ Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing C++ Developer.

C++ Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing C++ Developer.

C++ Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, C++ Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) C++
2 30 (90.91%) Social Skills
3 22 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (63.64%) C#
4 21 (63.64%) Finance
5 19 (57.58%) DevOps
5 19 (57.58%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (57.58%) Web Services
6 18 (54.55%) .NET
6 18 (54.55%) Oracle
6 18 (54.55%) ASP.NET
6 18 (54.55%) Agile
6 18 (54.55%) Legacy Applications
6 18 (54.55%) .NET Core
6 18 (54.55%) Kafka
6 18 (54.55%) Analytics
6 18 (54.55%) WCF
7 12 (36.36%) Banking
7 12 (36.36%) Investment Banking
7 12 (36.36%) Linux
7 12 (36.36%) Python
8 11 (33.33%) Windows
8 11 (33.33%) KDB
8 11 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (33.33%) Docker
8 11 (33.33%) Data Science
8 11 (33.33%) Kdb+
8 11 (33.33%) Containerisation
8 11 (33.33%) Kubernetes
8 11 (33.33%) SDLC

C++ Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (33.33%) KDB
1 11 (33.33%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 21 (63.64%) Finance
3 19 (57.58%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (36.36%) Banking
4 12 (36.36%) Investment Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (57.58%) Web Services
2 18 (54.55%) .NET
2 18 (54.55%) .NET Core
2 18 (54.55%) ASP.NET
2 18 (54.55%) Kafka
2 18 (54.55%) WCF
3 1 (3.03%) Flask
3 1 (3.03%) Motif
3 1 (3.03%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 18 (54.55%) Legacy Applications
3 11 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Derivative
4 1 (3.03%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (3.03%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) Linux
2 11 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) DevOps
2 18 (54.55%) Agile
2 18 (54.55%) Analytics
3 11 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 11 (33.33%) Data Science
3 11 (33.33%) SDLC
4 4 (12.12%) Low Latency
4 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 3 (9.09%) Multithreading
5 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.03%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.03%) High-Frequency Trading
6 1 (3.03%) OO
6 1 (3.03%) OOP
6 1 (3.03%) Order Management
6 1 (3.03%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) C++
2 21 (63.64%) C#
3 12 (36.36%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) C
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Oracle
105 C++ Developer jobs Nationwide