C/C++ Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

C/C++ Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median C/C++ Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 466 614
Rank change year-on-year +128 +148 -144
Contract jobs requiring a C/C++ Developer 6 5 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.039% 0.019% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.020% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £310 - £420
25th Percentile £325 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +68.42%
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile £390 - £623
UK median daily rate £375 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -36.36% -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -22.73% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

C/C++ Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured C/C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C/C++ Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C/C++ Developer.

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

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

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C/C++ Developer.

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

C/C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, C/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/C++ Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Bash
3 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Billing
4 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (16.67%) ProC
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) Unix

C/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:

General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Billing
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (83.33%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) ProC
3 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle