C++ Developer Contracts in the South East

C++ Developer
England > South East

The median C++ Developer daily rate in the South East is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 205 254
Rank change year-on-year +19 +49 -45
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 14 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 4
10th Percentile - £363 £328
25th Percentile - £400 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £501
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.21% +8.97%
75th Percentile £503 £538 £564
90th Percentile £521 £588 £639
England median daily rate £550 £750 £725
% change year-on-year -26.67% +3.45% +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.50 £43.23
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £46.20
Median % change year-on-year - +40.69% -
75th Percentile - £67.50 £49.18
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 5,301 5,353 7,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 3,704 5,019
10th Percentile £243 £213 £211
25th Percentile £400 £387 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.33 £12.55
25th Percentile £18.82 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%
75th Percentile £66.74 £66.21 £47.44
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

C++ Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured C++ Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ Developer in the South East

C++ Developer
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++ Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hampshire +2 11 £400 -27.27% 3
Surrey +16 2 £400 -36.00% 2
West Sussex - 1 - -
C++ Developer
England

C++ Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, C++ Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring C++ Developer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (57.14%) Linux
2 8 (57.14%) Public Sector
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) C#
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) CCTV
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
4 6 (42.86%) Refactoring
4 6 (42.86%) OCR
5 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
5 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
5 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
5 5 (35.71%) OO
5 5 (35.71%) ISO 9001
6 4 (28.57%) C
6 4 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (28.57%) Link 16
6 4 (28.57%) Tactical Data Link
7 3 (21.43%) SQL
8 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
9 1 (7.14%) Full Stack Development
9 1 (7.14%) Oracle
9 1 (7.14%) Unix
9 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
9 1 (7.14%) ProC
9 1 (7.14%) Billing
9 1 (7.14%) Scrum
9 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving

C++ Developer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Link 16
1 4 (28.57%) Tactical Data Link
General
1 8 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
2 6 (42.86%) Windows
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) OCR
2 6 (42.86%) Refactoring
2 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (35.71%) OO
3 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
4 4 (28.57%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (7.14%) Kanban
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (42.86%) C#
3 4 (28.57%) C
4 3 (21.43%) SQL
5 1 (7.14%) ProC
5 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) ISO 9001
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle