C++ Contracts in the North of England

C++
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North 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 167 168 206
Rank change year-on-year +1 +38 -56
Contract jobs citing C++ 19 44 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.79% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.60% 2.72% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 29 33
10th Percentile £407 £347 £373
25th Percentile £519 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £485 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.71% -19.17% +50.00%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £634
90th Percentile - £638 £748
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £40.68 £37.80 £28.80
25th Percentile £45.39 £38.35 £33.75
Median hourly rate £55.25 £44.55 £41.84
Median % change year-on-year +24.03% +6.47% -4.91%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £44.68
90th Percentile - £63.75 £44.69
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
North 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 North of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,190 1,620 2,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.63% 29.00% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,190 1,727
10th Percentile £325 £362 £325
25th Percentile £403 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 28 51
10th Percentile £37.63 £30.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £43.57 £39.45 £21.64
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.29 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% +15.96% +63.46%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

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

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

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

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

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

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

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

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

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

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

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

C++
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North 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
North West +6 9 £450 -14.29% 43
Yorkshire +2 8 £650 +35.42% 18
North East +11 2 £625 +31.58% 10
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (10.53%) Blender
1 2 (10.53%) Maya
1 2 (10.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Wireless
2 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) TestComplete
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Legal
3 2 (10.53%) Games
4 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
4 1 (5.26%) German Language
4 1 (5.26%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Tester
2 5 (26.32%) Penetration Tester
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) C++ Developer
4 2 (10.53%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Java Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Java Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Research Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Research Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
1 2 (10.53%) J2EE
1 2 (10.53%) JSP
1 2 (10.53%) REST
1 2 (10.53%) Spring Boot
1 2 (10.53%) Unreal Engine
1 2 (10.53%) XML
2 1 (5.26%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Mobile App
1 6 (31.58%) Operational Technology
2 2 (10.53%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Linux
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
2 6 (31.58%) Application Security
2 6 (31.58%) Ethical Hacking
2 6 (31.58%) Offensive Security
2 6 (31.58%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Red Team
3 3 (15.79%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
3 3 (15.79%) Product Requirements
4 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (10.53%) Interaction Design
4 2 (10.53%) OO
4 2 (10.53%) OOP
4 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) SDLC
4 2 (10.53%) TDD
4 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
2 9 (47.37%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) C
3 4 (21.05%) SQL
4 2 (10.53%) C#
4 2 (10.53%) Delphi
4 2 (10.53%) Java
4 2 (10.53%) VBScript
5 1 (5.26%) Bash
5 1 (5.26%) Fortran
5 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) CEH
2 6 (31.58%) CREST Certified
2 6 (31.58%) GIAC
2 6 (31.58%) GPEN
2 6 (31.58%) OSCP
3 4 (21.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) MISRA
2 1 (5.26%) MISRA C
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Adobe
2 1 (5.26%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft