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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 153 | 128 | 201 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -25 | +73 | -60 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 661 | 1,138 | 1,270 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.55% | 1.99% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.21% | 5.75% | 4.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 348 | 699 | 771 |
| 10th Percentile | £394 | £409 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £525 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £650 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | -7.14% | +21.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £800 | £795 |
| 90th Percentile | £888 | £900 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 158 | 127 | 132 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.85 | £48.69 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £56.25 | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £68.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £76.55 | £65.54 |
| 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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
C++
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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -15 | 630 | £575 | -11.54% | 986 |
| UK excluding London | +21 | 347 | £525 | - | 666 |
| London | -46 | 280 | £653 | -6.79% | 362 |
| Work from Home | -11 | 214 | £575 | -17.86% | 423 |
| South East | +47 | 120 | £514 | -1.63% | 213 |
| East of England | +23 | 118 | £550 | +10.00% | 120 |
| South West | -15 | 58 | £500 | +8.11% | 129 |
| Midlands | +13 | 22 | £505 | -14.41% | 86 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 19 | £502 | -15.00% | 36 |
| North of England | -4 | 19 | £600 | +23.71% | 72 |
| North West | +6 | 9 | £450 | -14.29% | 42 |
| Scotland | +38 | 8 | £425 | - | 41 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 8 | £650 | +35.42% | 20 |
| Wales | +15 | 3 | - | - | 11 |
| East Midlands | +4 | 3 | £590 | -0.92% | 49 |
| North East | +12 | 2 | £625 | +31.58% | 11 |
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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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