C++ Contracts in Hertfordshire

C++
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 21 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +18
Contract jobs citing C++ 78 58 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 9.26% 7.66% 9.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.21% 24.47% 28.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 15
10th Percentile - £330 £508
25th Percentile £413 £375 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £440 £525 £711
90th Percentile - £540 £738
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £556
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.11% +23.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 38 30
10th Percentile £60.00 £63.50 £47.50
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +9.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £84.88 -
90th Percentile £88.75 £90.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +26.32%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 194 237 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 23.04% 31.31% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 105 124
10th Percentile £325 £363 £359
25th Percentile £363 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.72% -0.05%
75th Percentile £578 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £715 £711
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 77 52
10th Percentile £59.50 £53.75 £40.22
25th Percentile £61.25 £56.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £90.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +31.76%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in Hertfordshire

C++
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Stevenage -3 69 - - 6
C++
East of England

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

Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 34 (43.59%) Modbus
1 34 (43.59%) RS-422
1 34 (43.59%) RS-485
2 12 (15.38%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (10.26%) 5G
4 6 (7.69%) Ethernet
4 6 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.41%) NAS
6 4 (5.13%) Wireshark
7 3 (3.85%) 4G
8 2 (2.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Visual Studio
2 8 (10.26%) Eclipse
2 8 (10.26%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (5.13%) gcov
3 4 (5.13%) GDB
3 4 (5.13%) Git
3 4 (5.13%) Gradle
3 4 (5.13%) JIRA
3 4 (5.13%) Rational Rhapsody
3 4 (5.13%) Subversion
4 3 (3.85%) CppUnit
4 3 (3.85%) PVCS
General
1 38 (48.72%) Electronics
2 34 (43.59%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.69%) Military
3 6 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (6.41%) Multimedia
4 5 (6.41%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.13%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.85%) Law
7 1 (1.28%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 65 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 43 (55.13%) C++ Software Engineer
3 19 (24.36%) C Software Engineer
4 14 (17.95%) C/C++ Software Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Developer
6 8 (10.26%) C# Software Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) C++ Developer
6 8 (10.26%) Embedded Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 8 (10.26%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Python Developer
7 7 (8.97%) Real Time Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Real Time Software Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Embedded C Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Ada Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Ada Software Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Python Software Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) RAN Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) Web Services
2 6 (7.69%) Node.js
3 1 (1.28%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (35.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (28.21%) Linux
2 8 (10.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (84.62%) Software Engineering
2 43 (55.13%) Agile
2 43 (55.13%) Unit Testing
3 40 (51.28%) Continuous Integration
3 40 (51.28%) TDD
4 34 (43.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (43.59%) Customer Requirements
4 34 (43.59%) DevOps
4 34 (43.59%) Pair Programming
4 34 (43.59%) Software Testing
5 18 (23.08%) Validation
6 14 (17.95%) Verification and Validation
7 13 (16.67%) Visualisation
8 8 (10.26%) Digital Twin
8 8 (10.26%) Synthetic Environment
9 7 (8.97%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
9 7 (8.97%) Mathematical Modelling
9 7 (8.97%) Mathematics
9 7 (8.97%) Multithreading
9 7 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 58 (74.36%) C
2 44 (56.41%) C#
3 12 (15.38%) Python
4 7 (8.97%) MATLAB
5 6 (7.69%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.41%) Embedded C
6 5 (6.41%) Embedded C++
7 4 (5.13%) Ada
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.13%) IBM
2 4 (5.13%) Klocwork
2 4 (5.13%) Perforce
3 3 (3.85%) VMware
4 1 (1.28%) Twitter