C++ Contracts in Lancashire

C++
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 39 34
Rank change year-on-year +23 -5 0
Contract jobs citing C++ 13 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.70% 1.18% 1.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.21% 4.76% 6.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £510
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - £590
North West median daily rate £523 £540 £600
% change year-on-year -3.24% -10.00% +29.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile - £47.40 £25.37
25th Percentile £37.55 £48.38 £28.42
Median hourly rate £44.66 £50.00 £34.63
Median % change year-on-year -10.68% +44.38% -12.83%
75th Percentile £51.00 £50.13 £40.72
90th Percentile £51.44 £50.20 £43.70
North West median hourly rate £44.66 £56.25 £46.09
% change year-on-year -20.60% +22.04% +2.42%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 38 63 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 19.59% 24.71% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 48
10th Percentile - £372 £309
25th Percentile £363 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £623 £510
Median % change year-on-year -35.74% +22.06% +17.92%
75th Percentile £440 £645 £700
90th Percentile £548 £650 £750
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.53% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 8
10th Percentile £37.55 £45.88 £14.00
25th Percentile £39.71 - £17.87
Median hourly rate £46.18 £46.18 £22.82
Median % change year-on-year - +102.41% -46.32%
75th Percentile £49.80 £50.00 £40.50
90th Percentile £51.09 £50.25 £42.06
North West median hourly rate £49.00 £46.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +6.11% -2.78% +8.96%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Lancashire

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Lancashire

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Lancashire

C++
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Preston +9 4 - - 8
C++
North West

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 10 (76.92%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Link 16
Development Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (46.15%) JIRA
3 2 (15.38%) Mercurial
3 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (69.23%) Military
2 2 (15.38%) Avionics
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
1 10 (76.92%) Data Modelling
1 10 (76.92%) Requirements Management
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
1 10 (76.92%) Software Testing
1 10 (76.92%) SysML
1 10 (76.92%) UML
2 7 (53.85%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (15.38%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) QMS
4 1 (7.69%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) MISRA
1 10 (76.92%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Atlassian