C++ Contracts in Lancashire

C++
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 22 33 37
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing C++ 7 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.08% 1.67% 1.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.59% 7.84% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 -
North West median daily rate £520 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% -16.67% +40.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - - £27.42
25th Percentile £37.55 £37.80 £30.30
Median hourly rate £48.00 £40.59 £35.34
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% +14.86% -
75th Percentile £51.00 £46.82 £40.14
90th Percentile £51.53 £48.88 £42.86
North West median hourly rate £48.00 £40.59 £35.34
% change year-on-year +18.26% +14.86% -22.33%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 34 51 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.98% 21.25% 36.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 73
10th Percentile £400 £206 £378
25th Percentile £416 £377 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% +2.50% +31.15%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £623 £750
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 7
10th Percentile £37.59 £35.43 £16.77
25th Percentile £43.82 £37.80 £22.06
Median hourly rate £46.18 £47.34 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% +37.22% +56.82%
75th Percentile £48.43 £55.55 £48.07
90th Percentile £51.44 £59.18 £54.37
North West median hourly rate £48.43 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year +4.87% -12.04% +75.00%

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 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
Preston +5 2 - - 1
Lancaster - 1 - -
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 3 (42.86%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Link 16
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (14.29%) Mercurial
3 1 (14.29%) TestComplete
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (57.14%) Military
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Avionics
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) SysML
2 3 (42.86%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) OOP
4 1 (14.29%) QMS
4 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Delphi
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) MISRA
1 3 (42.86%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Atlassian