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

Senior C++ Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior 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 289 342 460
Rank change year-on-year +53 +118 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Senior C++ Developer 15 3 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.020% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.021% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 12
10th Percentile £714 - -
25th Percentile £753 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £825
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - £960
UK median daily rate £800 £850 £825
% change year-on-year -5.88% +3.03% +17.86%

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%

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

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

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

Senior 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 Senior C++ Developer.

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

Senior 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, Senior 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 Senior C++ Developer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) C++
2 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (80.00%) Banking
2 12 (80.00%) Investment Banking
2 12 (80.00%) Linux
2 12 (80.00%) Python
3 11 (73.33%) Windows
3 11 (73.33%) KDB
3 11 (73.33%) Containerisation
3 11 (73.33%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (73.33%) Docker
3 11 (73.33%) Kubernetes
3 11 (73.33%) SDLC
3 11 (73.33%) Kdb+
3 11 (73.33%) Data Science
4 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Low Latency
4 4 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (20.00%) C#
5 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (20.00%) Finance
6 1 (6.67%) Order Management
6 1 (6.67%) High-Frequency Trading
6 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.67%) React

Senior 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (73.33%) KDB
1 11 (73.33%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (80.00%) Banking
1 12 (80.00%) Investment Banking
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Flask
1 1 (6.67%) Motif
1 1 (6.67%) React
1 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (6.67%) Derivative
3 1 (6.67%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (6.67%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Linux
2 11 (73.33%) Windows
3 1 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Containerisation
1 11 (73.33%) Data Science
1 11 (73.33%) SDLC
2 4 (26.67%) Low Latency
2 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.67%) High-Frequency Trading
4 1 (6.67%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C++
2 12 (80.00%) Python
3 3 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) C
4 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (73.33%) Kubernetes