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 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 153 132 210
Rank change year-on-year -21 +78 -25
Contract jobs citing C++ 217 457 566
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.48% 1.90% 1.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.34% 5.19% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 278 392
10th Percentile £375 £400 £421
25th Percentile £475 £511 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £676 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.28% +8.20% +21.95%
75th Percentile £775 £822 £775
90th Percentile £950 £900 £838
UK median daily rate £575 £646 £700
% change year-on-year -11.03% -7.68% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 55 18
10th Percentile £37.50 £44.00 £44.63
25th Percentile £55.94 £53.69 £46.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.25
Median % change year-on-year - +19.82% -6.47%
75th Percentile £85.00 £65.75 £59.69
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

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 4,999 8,808 16,823
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.15% 36.55% 38.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,623 6,506 12,548
10th Percentile £350 £388 £381
25th Percentile £429 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 184 184
10th Percentile £27.75 £32.03 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 (2.76%) Confluence
2 3 (1.38%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.92%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.46%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.46%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.46%) nginx
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
4 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.84%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.46%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.21%) AWS
2 17 (7.83%) Azure
3 3 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.38%) Datadog
4 2 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Functions
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (0.92%) Azure Storage
4 2 (0.92%) GitHub
4 2 (0.92%) SaaS
4 2 (0.92%) Serverless
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.46%) Amazon ELB
5 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.46%) GCP
5 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.46%) IaaS
5 1 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.07%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.23%) 802.11
2 7 (3.23%) Diameter Protocol
2 7 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (3.23%) Wireless
3 4 (1.84%) DNS
4 3 (1.38%) DHCP
4 3 (1.38%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.38%) Internet
4 3 (1.38%) RTSP
5 1 (0.46%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.46%) HTTP
5 1 (0.46%) IPv4
5 1 (0.46%) MPLS
5 1 (0.46%) MQTT
5 1 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.46%) RS-232
5 1 (0.46%) SNMP
5 1 (0.46%) VLAN
5 1 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.45%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (2.76%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (1.84%) Couchbase
3 4 (1.84%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.38%) MySQL
5 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.92%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.46%) Big Data
6 1 (0.46%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.46%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (12.44%) Git
2 19 (8.76%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.37%) JIRA
4 14 (6.45%) Visual Studio
5 9 (4.15%) Subversion
6 8 (3.69%) PVCS
7 7 (3.23%) Artifactory
8 6 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (1.84%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.38%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.92%) Maven
12 1 (0.46%) CMake
12 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.46%) GoogleTest
12 1 (0.46%) JMeter
12 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
12 1 (0.46%) NeoLoad
12 1 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
12 1 (0.46%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 48 (22.12%) Finance
2 44 (20.28%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.90%) Banking
4 22 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.37%) Front Office
6 15 (6.91%) Telecoms
7 14 (6.45%) Investment Banking
8 11 (5.07%) Aerospace
9 9 (4.15%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.23%) Automotive
11 2 (0.92%) Games
11 2 (0.92%) Legal
11 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Billing
12 1 (0.46%) Electronics
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (34.10%) Developer
2 43 (19.82%) Software Engineer
3 42 (19.35%) C++ Developer
4 24 (11.06%) Senior
5 22 (10.14%) C++ Software Engineer
6 13 (5.99%) Analyst
7 12 (5.53%) Architect
8 11 (5.07%) Embedded Engineer
8 11 (5.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) C Software Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) Development Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) Qualitative Analyst
9 9 (4.15%) Quantitative Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) Front Office Developer
10 8 (3.69%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 8 (3.69%) Python Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) Quantitative Developer
10 8 (3.69%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.69%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.82%) .NET
2 15 (6.91%) Kafka
3 14 (6.45%) RESTful
4 11 (5.07%) Spring Boot
5 10 (4.61%) AngularJS
5 10 (4.61%) XML
6 9 (4.15%) HTML
6 9 (4.15%) J2EE
6 9 (4.15%) React
7 8 (3.69%) RabbitMQ
7 8 (3.69%) REST
8 7 (3.23%) 802.1X
9 6 (2.76%) CSS
9 6 (2.76%) Node.js
9 6 (2.76%) Smart Contracts
10 5 (2.30%) Blazor
10 5 (2.30%) JSON
11 4 (1.84%) Middleware
11 4 (1.84%) OpenGL
11 4 (1.84%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (15.21%) Algorithms
2 31 (14.29%) Derivative
3 23 (10.60%) Hedge funds
4 16 (7.37%) Data Structures
5 12 (5.53%) Equity Derivative
6 9 (4.15%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.69%) Blockchain
7 8 (3.69%) Equities
8 6 (2.76%) Credit Derivative
8 6 (2.76%) Device Driver
8 6 (2.76%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.30%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.84%) Distributed Applications
10 4 (1.84%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.84%) Verilog
11 3 (1.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (18.89%) Linux
2 28 (12.90%) Windows
3 11 (5.07%) Unix
4 5 (2.30%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.84%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.38%) Android
6 3 (1.38%) ThreadX
7 2 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.92%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.41%) Software Engineering
2 44 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.59%) Computer Science
4 35 (16.13%) DevOps
5 25 (11.52%) Test Automation
6 24 (11.06%) Agile
7 22 (10.14%) CI/CD
8 21 (9.68%) Analytics
9 19 (8.76%) Validation
10 18 (8.29%) Mathematics
11 16 (7.37%) Unit Testing
12 14 (6.45%) Microservices
12 14 (6.45%) Quantitative Finance
13 12 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (5.53%) OO
13 12 (5.53%) Physics
14 11 (5.07%) Full Stack Development
14 11 (5.07%) Low Latency
14 11 (5.07%) Multithreading
15 10 (4.61%) Algorithmic Trading
Programming Languages
1 94 (43.32%) Python
2 72 (33.18%) C
3 63 (29.03%) Java
4 46 (21.20%) C#
5 35 (16.13%) SQL
6 20 (9.22%) Shell Script
7 18 (8.29%) JavaScript
7 18 (8.29%) Perl
8 14 (6.45%) Go
9 13 (5.99%) PowerShell
10 12 (5.53%) Bash
11 11 (5.07%) VBA
12 9 (4.15%) PL/SQL
13 8 (3.69%) Embedded C
13 8 (3.69%) Embedded C++
13 8 (3.69%) Tcl
14 7 (3.23%) MATLAB
15 6 (2.76%) R
15 6 (2.76%) VB.NET
16 5 (2.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 47 (21.66%) Degree
2 23 (10.60%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (6.45%) Master's Degree
6 12 (5.53%) Numerate Degree
7 11 (5.07%) PhD
8 3 (1.38%) CEH
8 3 (1.38%) CREST Certified
8 3 (1.38%) GIAC
8 3 (1.38%) GPEN
8 3 (1.38%) OSCP
9 2 (0.92%) ISEB
9 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.46%) MBA
10 1 (0.46%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.84%) JTAG
1 4 (1.84%) NIST
2 2 (0.92%) GDPR
2 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (0.92%) MiFID
2 2 (0.92%) SLA
3 1 (0.46%) COPPA
3 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.46%) MISRA
3 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 10 (4.61%) Firmware
2 9 (4.15%) Docker
3 8 (3.69%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 6 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.30%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.84%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (1.38%) VirtualBox
7 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (7.37%) Terraform
2 15 (6.91%) Kubernetes
3 12 (5.53%) Ansible
4 9 (4.15%) Consul
4 9 (4.15%) Grafana
4 9 (4.15%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.23%) Progress Chef
5 7 (3.23%) Puppet
6 4 (1.84%) BladeLogic
6 4 (1.84%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (1.38%) Nagios
8 2 (0.92%) Kibana
8 2 (0.92%) WSUS
9 1 (0.46%) logstash
9 1 (0.46%) Packer
Vendors
1 16 (7.37%) Oracle
2 13 (5.99%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.69%) SaltStack
4 5 (2.30%) Dynatrace
4 5 (2.30%) Splunk
5 4 (1.84%) Altiris
5 4 (1.84%) Citrix
6 3 (1.38%) New Relic
6 3 (1.38%) Renesas
6 3 (1.38%) VMware
7 2 (0.92%) Google
7 2 (0.92%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.92%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.92%) QNX
7 2 (0.92%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.46%) Adobe
8 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.46%) CA
8 1 (0.46%) IBM
8 1 (0.46%) Quadient