C++ Contracts in Berkshire

C++
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 95 110
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 -31
Contract jobs citing C++ 11 17 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.57% 0.96% 1.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.01% 4.06% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 10
10th Percentile £416 £363 £387
25th Percentile - £372 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £411
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +3.34% +2.81%
75th Percentile - £550 £472
90th Percentile £620 £571 £593
South East median daily rate £531 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +2.16% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £61.60 - -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year +13.04% +12.20% -18.65%

All Programming Languages
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 365 419 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.94% 23.59% 20.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 300 357
10th Percentile £325 £361 £363
25th Percentile £413 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £547 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +9.30% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £638
South East median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 4
10th Percentile £56.41 £22.55 £61.28
25th Percentile £56.65 £56.88 £62.06
Median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.45% +52.63%
75th Percentile £64.55 £79.19 £80.93
90th Percentile £68.25 £80.93 £81.87
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -18.24%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Berkshire

C++
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Reading -16 5 £500 +21.21% 19
Bracknell - 2 £500 - 1
C++
South East

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) CMake
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Administrator
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
1 6 (54.55%) Systems Administrator
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Itk
2 2 (18.18%) PyTorch
2 2 (18.18%) TensorFlow
3 1 (9.09%) CNTK
3 1 (9.09%) Google JAX
3 1 (9.09%) OpenVINO
3 1 (9.09%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (36.36%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (9.09%) Android
3 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) PLM
4 4 (36.36%) Change Management
4 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 4 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
5 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
5 3 (27.27%) MLOps
6 2 (18.18%) Data Science
6 2 (18.18%) Deep Learning
6 2 (18.18%) LLM
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) Workflow
7 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 1 (9.09%) Secure Coding
7 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C
2 5 (45.45%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) C#
4 1 (9.09%) Java
4 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft