C++ Contracts with Work from Home Options

C++
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 153 137 225
Rank change year-on-year -16 +88 -29
Contract jobs citing C++ 214 448 532
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.45% 1.82% 1.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.28% 4.88% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 266 354
10th Percentile £362 £403 £425
25th Percentile £475 £514 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £615
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +13.82% +23.00%
75th Percentile £775 £810 £763
90th Percentile £950 £900 £838
UK median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 55 28
10th Percentile £37.50 £43.39 £45.88
25th Percentile £61.25 £54.88 £48.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -4.76%
75th Percentile £89.38 £65.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.60%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,002 9,174 16,719
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.80% 37.22% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,628 6,731 12,427
10th Percentile £356 £390 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 195 194
10th Percentile £33.13 £32.45 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +26.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +18.47%

C++
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C++ trend for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++.

C++ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

C++ daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C++.

C++ hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C++ over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

C++ hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (2.80%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.93%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.93%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.47%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.47%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) SAS
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.49%) AWS
2 17 (7.94%) Azure
3 3 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.40%) Datadog
4 2 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (0.93%) Azure Functions
4 2 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (0.93%) Azure Storage
4 2 (0.93%) GitHub
4 2 (0.93%) SaaS
4 2 (0.93%) Serverless
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon ELB
5 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.47%) GCP
5 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.47%) IaaS
5 1 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.14%) TCP/IP
2 8 (3.74%) 802.11
2 8 (3.74%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (3.27%) Wireless
4 5 (2.34%) Diameter Protocol
5 4 (1.87%) DNS
6 3 (1.40%) DHCP
6 3 (1.40%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.40%) Internet
6 3 (1.40%) RTSP
7 2 (0.93%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.47%) HTTP
8 1 (0.47%) IPv4
8 1 (0.47%) MPLS
8 1 (0.47%) MQTT
8 1 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.47%) SNMP
8 1 (0.47%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.47%) VLAN
8 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.67%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.80%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (1.87%) Couchbase
3 4 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.40%) MySQL
5 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.47%) Big Data
6 1 (0.47%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.47%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 22 (10.28%) Git
2 17 (7.94%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.54%) JIRA
3 14 (6.54%) Visual Studio
4 9 (4.21%) Subversion
5 8 (3.74%) PVCS
6 7 (3.27%) Artifactory
6 7 (3.27%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (1.87%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.40%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.47%) CppUnit
9 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.47%) JMeter
9 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.47%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.47%) Selenium
9 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.47%) WebDriver
General
1 47 (21.96%) Finance
2 44 (20.56%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.68%) Banking
4 20 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.01%) Front Office
6 12 (5.61%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.14%) Aerospace
7 11 (5.14%) Investment Banking
8 9 (4.21%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.27%) Automotive
10 3 (1.40%) Games
11 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) German Language
12 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.47%) International Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (35.05%) Developer
2 42 (19.63%) C++ Developer
2 42 (19.63%) Software Engineer
3 22 (10.28%) Senior
4 21 (9.81%) C++ Software Engineer
5 13 (6.07%) Analyst
5 13 (6.07%) Embedded Engineer
5 13 (6.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 11 (5.14%) Architect
7 9 (4.21%) Qualitative Analyst
7 9 (4.21%) Quantitative Analyst
7 9 (4.21%) Senior Developer
8 8 (3.74%) C Software Engineer
8 8 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (3.74%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 8 (3.74%) Programmer
8 8 (3.74%) Python Engineer
8 8 (3.74%) Quantitative Developer
9 7 (3.27%) Development Engineer
9 7 (3.27%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.55%) .NET
2 13 (6.07%) Kafka
3 12 (5.61%) RESTful
4 9 (4.21%) 802.1X
4 9 (4.21%) XML
5 8 (3.74%) AngularJS
5 8 (3.74%) HTML
6 7 (3.27%) J2EE
6 7 (3.27%) React
6 7 (3.27%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.80%) Node.js
7 6 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.80%) Smart Contracts
8 5 (2.34%) Blazor
8 5 (2.34%) CSS
8 5 (2.34%) REST
9 4 (1.87%) Middleware
9 4 (1.87%) OpenGL
9 4 (1.87%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.49%) Algorithms
1 31 (14.49%) Derivative
2 21 (9.81%) Hedge funds
3 12 (5.61%) Equity Derivative
4 10 (4.67%) Data Structures
5 8 (3.74%) Blockchain
5 8 (3.74%) Device Driver
5 8 (3.74%) Equities
6 7 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.27%) Fixed Income
7 6 (2.80%) Credit Derivative
7 6 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.34%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.87%) Distributed Applications
9 4 (1.87%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.87%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.87%) Verilog
10 3 (1.40%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 39 (18.22%) Linux
2 29 (13.55%) Windows
3 11 (5.14%) Unix
4 5 (2.34%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.40%) Android
5 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.91%) Software Engineering
2 44 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (17.76%) Computer Science
4 31 (14.49%) DevOps
5 27 (12.62%) Test Automation
6 26 (12.15%) Agile
7 21 (9.81%) Validation
8 19 (8.88%) Analytics
8 19 (8.88%) Mathematics
9 17 (7.94%) CI/CD
10 15 (7.01%) Quantitative Finance
10 15 (7.01%) Unit Testing
11 12 (5.61%) Low Latency
11 12 (5.61%) Physics
12 11 (5.14%) Algorithmic Trading
12 11 (5.14%) OO
13 10 (4.67%) Microservices
13 10 (4.67%) Systematic Trading
13 10 (4.67%) TDD
13 10 (4.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 92 (42.99%) Python
2 73 (34.11%) C
3 59 (27.57%) Java
4 48 (22.43%) C#
5 36 (16.82%) SQL
6 19 (8.88%) Perl
7 18 (8.41%) Shell Script
8 17 (7.94%) JavaScript
9 14 (6.54%) Bash
10 13 (6.07%) PowerShell
11 12 (5.61%) Go
12 11 (5.14%) VBA
13 10 (4.67%) PL/SQL
14 9 (4.21%) Embedded C++
14 9 (4.21%) Tcl
15 7 (3.27%) MATLAB
16 6 (2.80%) Embedded C
16 6 (2.80%) R
16 6 (2.80%) VB.NET
17 5 (2.34%) Rust
Qualifications
1 49 (22.90%) Degree
2 25 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 21 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.48%) Master's Degree
6 12 (5.61%) Numerate Degree
6 12 (5.61%) PhD
7 4 (1.87%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.40%) CEH
8 3 (1.40%) GIAC
8 3 (1.40%) GPEN
8 3 (1.40%) OSCP
9 2 (0.93%) ISEB
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.47%) CISM
10 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.87%) JTAG
1 4 (1.87%) NIST
2 2 (0.93%) GDPR
2 2 (0.93%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (0.93%) MiFID
2 2 (0.93%) SLA
3 1 (0.47%) COPPA
3 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 9 (4.21%) Docker
2 7 (3.27%) Firmware
3 6 (2.80%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 6 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.34%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.87%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (1.40%) VirtualBox
6 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.54%) Terraform
2 13 (6.07%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.61%) Ansible
4 7 (3.27%) Consul
4 7 (3.27%) Grafana
4 7 (3.27%) Progress Chef
4 7 (3.27%) Prometheus
4 7 (3.27%) Puppet
5 4 (1.87%) BladeLogic
5 4 (1.87%) ITRS Geneos
6 3 (1.40%) Nagios
7 2 (0.93%) Kibana
7 2 (0.93%) WSUS
8 1 (0.47%) logstash
8 1 (0.47%) Packer
Vendors
1 16 (7.48%) Oracle
2 11 (5.14%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.80%) SaltStack
4 5 (2.34%) Dynatrace
4 5 (2.34%) Splunk
5 4 (1.87%) Altiris
5 4 (1.87%) Citrix
6 3 (1.40%) New Relic
6 3 (1.40%) VMware
7 2 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.93%) Google
7 2 (0.93%) IBM
7 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.93%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.93%) QNX
7 2 (0.93%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe
8 1 (0.47%) CA
8 1 (0.47%) Quadient
8 1 (0.47%) Qualys