C++ Contracts in the East of England

C++
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 49 54
Rank change year-on-year +25 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing C++ 117 81 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 6.20% 4.13% 3.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.40% 13.85% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 26
10th Percentile £413 £325 £406
25th Percentile £420 £394 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £594
90th Percentile £638 - £674
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 42 34
10th Percentile £60.00 £53.78 £47.98
25th Percentile £61.25 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +23.08%
75th Percentile - £77.00 -
90th Percentile £89.38 £90.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 398 585 779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.08% 29.80% 30.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 334 462
10th Percentile £312 £307 £298
25th Percentile £405 £403 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £583
90th Percentile £638 £700 £649
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 99 88
10th Percentile £52.50 £48.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.40 £77.50 £67.78
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the East of England

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the East of England

C++
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Hertfordshire +8 81 £430 +43.33% 11
Cambridgeshire +8 26 £550 +3.77% 100
Essex +10 8 £550 - 6
Bedfordshire -1 2 £450 - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.42%) Azure
1 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (29.91%) Modbus
1 35 (29.91%) RS-422
1 35 (29.91%) RS-485
2 13 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
3 11 (9.40%) 5G
4 6 (5.13%) Ethernet
4 6 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.27%) NAS
6 4 (3.42%) 4G
6 4 (3.42%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.71%) 5G NR
7 2 (1.71%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (1.71%) Wireless
8 1 (0.85%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.85%) MQTT
8 1 (0.85%) RS-232
8 1 (0.85%) RTMP
8 1 (0.85%) RTP
8 1 (0.85%) RTSP
Development Applications
1 12 (10.26%) Visual Studio
2 11 (9.40%) Git
3 9 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (6.84%) Eclipse
4 8 (6.84%) JIRA
5 7 (5.98%) Subversion
6 4 (3.42%) gcov
6 4 (3.42%) GDB
6 4 (3.42%) Gradle
6 4 (3.42%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (2.56%) CppUnit
7 3 (2.56%) GCC
7 3 (2.56%) PVCS
8 1 (0.85%) CMake
8 1 (0.85%) Gerrit
8 1 (0.85%) VTune
General
1 42 (35.90%) Electronics
2 37 (31.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.13%) Military
4 6 (5.13%) Multimedia
4 6 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.27%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.56%) Law
7 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.71%) Wearables
8 1 (0.85%) Aviation
8 1 (0.85%) Finance
8 1 (0.85%) Games
8 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 76 (64.96%) Software Engineer
2 47 (40.17%) C++ Software Engineer
3 21 (17.95%) C Software Engineer
3 21 (17.95%) Developer
4 15 (12.82%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 12 (10.26%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (10.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) C++ Developer
7 8 (6.84%) Architect
7 8 (6.84%) C# Software Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Linux Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Python Developer
7 8 (6.84%) Software Architect
8 7 (5.98%) Real Time Engineer
8 7 (5.98%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Embedded C Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Verification Engineer
10 5 (4.27%) Embedded Developer
10 5 (4.27%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.69%) DirectX
1 9 (7.69%) OpenGL
1 9 (7.69%) Vulkan
2 8 (6.84%) OpenGL ES
2 8 (6.84%) Web Services
3 6 (5.13%) Node.js
3 6 (5.13%) Yocto
4 3 (2.56%) .NET
4 3 (2.56%) JSON
4 3 (2.56%) LLVM
4 3 (2.56%) YAML
5 2 (1.71%) MFC
5 2 (1.71%) WinForms
5 2 (1.71%) WPF
6 1 (0.85%) FFmpeg
6 1 (0.85%) GStreamer
6 1 (0.85%) Middleware
6 1 (0.85%) NumPy
6 1 (0.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.85%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.93%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.69%) Ray Tracing
3 8 (6.84%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (2.56%) ASIC
4 3 (2.56%) FPGA
4 3 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.56%) Verilog
5 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.85%) MPEG
5 1 (0.85%) STB
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.79%) Linux
2 11 (9.40%) Windows
3 4 (3.42%) Unix
4 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (69.23%) Software Engineering
2 48 (41.03%) Agile
3 44 (37.61%) Unit Testing
4 42 (35.90%) Continuous Integration
5 41 (35.04%) TDD
6 39 (33.33%) DevOps
7 38 (32.48%) Software Testing
8 35 (29.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (29.91%) Customer Requirements
8 35 (29.91%) Pair Programming
9 22 (18.80%) Validation
10 21 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (12.82%) Verification and Validation
12 14 (11.97%) Multithreading
13 13 (11.11%) Visualisation
14 9 (7.69%) CI/CD
15 8 (6.84%) Digital Twin
15 8 (6.84%) Software Architecture
15 8 (6.84%) Synthetic Environment
16 7 (5.98%) Mathematical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 89 (76.07%) C
2 51 (43.59%) C#
3 25 (21.37%) Python
4 9 (7.69%) Bash
4 9 (7.69%) Embedded C
5 7 (5.98%) Embedded C++
5 7 (5.98%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.98%) MATLAB
6 4 (3.42%) Ada
7 3 (2.56%) Assembly Language
7 3 (2.56%) Java
7 3 (2.56%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.56%) SystemVerilog
7 3 (2.56%) Tcl
8 2 (1.71%) C++/CLI
8 2 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.85%) GLSL
9 1 (0.85%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 12 (10.26%) Degree
1 12 (10.26%) PhD
2 11 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.55%) Master's Degree
4 9 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (6.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.42%) IBM
2 4 (3.42%) Klocwork
2 4 (3.42%) Perforce
3 3 (2.56%) Cadence
3 3 (2.56%) Synopsys
3 3 (2.56%) VMware
3 3 (2.56%) Xilinx
4 2 (1.71%) Broadcom
5 1 (0.85%) SAP
5 1 (0.85%) Twitter