C++
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 | 146 | 125 | 193 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | +68 | -51 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 703 | 1,156 | 1,300 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.63% | 2.06% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.43% | 6.04% | 4.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 367 | 720 | 800 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £513 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £646 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.03% | -7.68% | +21.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £800 | £788 |
| 90th Percentile | £896 | £900 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 168 | 127 | 121 |
| 10th Percentile | £51.06 | £49.50 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £56.25 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.75 | £77.00 | £65.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | +20.00% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the UK 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 |
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| England | -13 | 669 | £575 | -11.54% | 953 |
| UK excluding London | +20 | 373 | £525 | - | 617 |
| London | -51 | 296 | £659 | -7.87% | 354 |
| Work from Home | -21 | 217 | £600 | -11.28% | 366 |
| South East | +43 | 135 | £531 | +2.16% | 177 |
| East of England | +18 | 117 | £550 | +10.00% | 116 |
| South West | -23 | 62 | £500 | +11.11% | 120 |
| North of England | +6 | 28 | £563 | +11.39% | 70 |
| Midlands | +1 | 19 | £503 | -14.70% | 91 |
| North West | +16 | 17 | £520 | +4.00% | 45 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 16 | £497 | -15.85% | 40 |
| Scotland | +26 | 10 | £638 | +37.10% | 46 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 9 | £625 | +19.05% | 20 |
| Wales | +9 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 3 | £590 | -1.67% | 50 |
| North East | +13 | 2 | £625 | +31.58% | 5 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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