C++ Contracts in the South East

C++
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 79 123 163
Rank change year-on-year +44 +40 -26
Contract jobs citing C++ 121 86 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.22% 1.54% 1.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.98% 5.57% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 55 41
10th Percentile £400 £378 £390
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £663 £634 -
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 14 18
10th Percentile £59.00 £51.25 £43.59
25th Percentile £61.43 £54.85 £46.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £58.70 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.47% +11.81% -9.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £67.50 £56.30
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,212 1,544 2,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.28% 27.63% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 1,096 1,312
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 83 84
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.10 £19.88
Median hourly rate £60.87 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +57.14% -14.11%
75th Percentile £67.02 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
% change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the South East

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South East 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
Hampshire +4 66 £544 +3.57% 42
Surrey +25 20 £500 -3.85% 41
Thames Valley -2 17 £463 -7.50% 99
Middlesex - 11 £625 -
Berkshire -19 9 £500 - 32
Oxfordshire +11 6 - - 51
Kent - 4 £500 - 4
West Sussex +10 2 - - 13
Buckinghamshire - 2 £413 - 16
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 20 (16.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Teamcenter
2 3 (2.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.26%) Azure
2 9 (7.44%) AWS
3 3 (2.48%) Datadog
4 2 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.88%) Software-Defined Radio
2 17 (14.05%) SNMP
3 8 (6.61%) 802.11
3 8 (6.61%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (4.96%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.31%) Link 16
5 4 (3.31%) Tactical Data Link
5 4 (3.31%) Wireless
6 2 (1.65%) DHCP
6 2 (1.65%) DNS
6 2 (1.65%) RS-232
7 1 (0.83%) Diameter Protocol
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.48%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.83%) CouchDB
3 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.83%) MySQL
3 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (25.62%) Git
2 24 (19.83%) JIRA
3 20 (16.53%) Bitbucket
4 18 (14.88%) Eclipse
5 16 (13.22%) GoogleTest
5 16 (13.22%) Robot Framework
6 13 (10.74%) Jenkins
7 4 (3.31%) Artifactory
7 4 (3.31%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (3.31%) Subversion
8 3 (2.48%) ClearCase
8 3 (2.48%) ClearQuest
8 3 (2.48%) GitLab
8 3 (2.48%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.83%) CMake
9 1 (0.83%) MagicDraw
9 1 (0.83%) NUnit
9 1 (0.83%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 25 (20.66%) Public Sector
2 17 (14.05%) Social Skills
3 15 (12.40%) Aerospace
4 5 (4.13%) Electronics
4 5 (4.13%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.65%) Front Office
5 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Automotive
6 1 (0.83%) Billing
6 1 (0.83%) Legal
6 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (41.32%) Software Engineer
2 28 (23.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 27 (22.31%) Developer
4 23 (19.01%) Senior
5 16 (13.22%) C++ Developer
6 12 (9.92%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
7 11 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.79%) Java Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) Java Software Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Administrator
10 6 (4.96%) Lead
10 6 (4.96%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (4.96%) Systems Administrator
11 5 (4.13%) FPGA Engineer
11 5 (4.13%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 5 (4.13%) Python Engineer
11 5 (4.13%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.22%) CSS
1 16 (13.22%) HTML
2 8 (6.61%) 802.1X
3 7 (5.79%) .NET
4 6 (4.96%) Itk
5 5 (4.13%) DirectX
5 5 (4.13%) OpenGL
5 5 (4.13%) OpenGL ES
5 5 (4.13%) PyTorch
5 5 (4.13%) TensorFlow
5 5 (4.13%) Vulkan
6 4 (3.31%) RESTful
6 4 (3.31%) SOAP
6 4 (3.31%) XML
7 3 (2.48%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.48%) Blazor
7 3 (2.48%) J2EE
7 3 (2.48%) Razor View Engine
7 3 (2.48%) Spring Boot
7 3 (2.48%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.40%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.44%) CCTV
3 6 (4.96%) VHDL
4 5 (4.13%) FPGA
5 4 (3.31%) Device Driver
6 3 (2.48%) Animation
6 3 (2.48%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.48%) Mixed Reality
6 3 (2.48%) Photography
6 3 (2.48%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.48%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.65%) GNSS
8 1 (0.83%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.83%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.83%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 52 (42.98%) Linux
2 34 (28.10%) Windows
3 8 (6.61%) Android
4 5 (4.13%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (3.31%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.48%) Unix
7 2 (1.65%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.83%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (57.85%) Software Engineering
2 53 (43.80%) Agile
3 35 (28.93%) Scrum
4 22 (18.18%) Validation
5 21 (17.36%) DevOps
5 21 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (17.36%) UML
6 20 (16.53%) OO
7 18 (14.88%) SysML
8 17 (14.05%) Computer Science
8 17 (14.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (13.22%) Kanban
9 16 (13.22%) Verification and Validation
10 15 (12.40%) Prototyping
11 12 (9.92%) Test Automation
12 11 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (8.26%) Software Testing
14 9 (7.44%) OCR
14 9 (7.44%) Open Source
14 9 (7.44%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 54 (44.63%) C
2 35 (28.93%) Python
3 28 (23.14%) Java
4 24 (19.83%) C#
5 20 (16.53%) JavaScript
6 13 (10.74%) Perl
7 12 (9.92%) SQL
8 9 (7.44%) Bash
9 8 (6.61%) PowerShell
9 8 (6.61%) Tcl
10 7 (5.79%) Embedded C
10 7 (5.79%) Embedded C++
10 7 (5.79%) MATLAB
11 6 (4.96%) Shell Script
12 5 (4.13%) Assembly Language
13 3 (2.48%) Kotlin
13 3 (2.48%) Ruby
14 2 (1.65%) GLSL
14 2 (1.65%) HLSL
14 2 (1.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 39 (32.23%) Security Cleared
2 25 (20.66%) SC Cleared
3 18 (14.88%) Degree
4 11 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 9 (7.44%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.96%) PhD
7 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.26%) ISO 9001
2 8 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.31%) JTAG
4 3 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.65%) SLA
6 1 (0.83%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.83%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.83%) MISRA
6 1 (0.83%) MISRA C
System Software
1 22 (18.18%) Firmware
2 6 (4.96%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.13%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (4.13%) VirtualBox
4 4 (3.31%) Docker
5 3 (2.48%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (8.26%) Terraform
2 7 (5.79%) Ansible
3 6 (4.96%) Progress Chef
3 6 (4.96%) Puppet
4 4 (3.31%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.48%) HP ALM
5 3 (2.48%) Nagios
6 2 (1.65%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (13.22%) Google
2 14 (11.57%) Atlassian
3 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.13%) Oracle
5 4 (3.31%) Xilinx
6 3 (2.48%) HP
6 3 (2.48%) New Relic
6 3 (2.48%) Sparx
6 3 (2.48%) Splunk
6 3 (2.48%) VMware
7 1 (0.83%) Compaq
7 1 (0.83%) QNX
7 1 (0.83%) Qualys