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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 154 | 127 | 201 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | +74 | -60 |
| Contract jobs citing C++ | 667 | 1,151 | 1,277 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.57% | 2.01% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.24% | 5.81% | 4.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 353 | 703 | 776 |
| 10th Percentile | £388 | £406 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £516 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £650 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.54% | -7.14% | +21.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £800 | £788 |
| 90th Percentile | £887 | £900 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £523 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.48% | -0.48% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 158 | 128 | 125 |
| 10th Percentile | £54.14 | £48.70 | £46.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.25 | £55.94 | £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 | £80.00 | £76.48 | £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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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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 20 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 20 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 20 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 | -13 | 635 | £575 | -11.54% | 1,263 |
| UK excluding London | +15 | 346 | £525 | +0.48% | 894 |
| London | -56 | 286 | £650 | -7.14% | 509 |
| Work from Home | -15 | 215 | £575 | -17.86% | 511 |
| South East | +40 | 122 | £514 | -1.63% | 337 |
| East of England | +28 | 115 | £550 | +10.00% | 184 |
| South West | -21 | 59 | £500 | +11.11% | 141 |
| Midlands | -1 | 21 | £510 | -13.56% | 99 |
| North of England | +6 | 19 | £600 | +25.00% | 79 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 18 | £508 | -13.86% | 42 |
| North West | +3 | 9 | £450 | -14.29% | 49 |
| Scotland | +31 | 8 | £425 | - | 49 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 8 | £650 | +36.84% | 23 |
| Wales | +11 | 3 | - | - | 11 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 3 | £590 | -1.67% | 56 |
| North East | +13 | 2 | £625 | +31.58% | 7 |
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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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