C++ Contracts in the West Midlands

C++
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 103 174
Rank change year-on-year +3 +71 -64
Contract jobs citing C++ 16 28 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.82% 1.24% 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.63% 5.08% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 1
10th Percentile £86 £371 -
25th Percentile £467 £538 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £590 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +47.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £600 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.50 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 441 551 948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.67% 24.50% 26.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 373 665
10th Percentile £260 £325 £325
25th Percentile £345 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £556
90th Percentile £638 £700 £638
England median daily rate £543 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 3
10th Percentile £36.36 £21.73 £24.30
25th Percentile £47.75 £23.81 £36.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £29.32 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.13% -49.45% +135.39%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.69 £59.71
90th Percentile £72.50 £98.25 £59.84
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year - +20.77% +17.61%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the West Midlands

C++
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Shropshire - 12 £508 -
Birmingham +16 3 £456 +1.28% 6
Warwickshire -5 1 - - 2
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Data Lake
1 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 2 (12.50%) RDBMS
1 2 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) PVCS
1 12 (75.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (6.25%) Ant
2 1 (6.25%) Gradle
2 1 (6.25%) JUnit
2 1 (6.25%) Maven
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Programmer
2 9 (56.25%) C Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) C++ Programmer
4 2 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded C Programmer
4 2 (12.50%) Software Programmer
5 1 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
2 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
2 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Benchmarking
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (6.25%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
3 1 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) Project Management
3 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) TDD
3 1 (6.25%) Validation
3 1 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) C
2 12 (75.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (18.75%) Python
4 2 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
5 1 (6.25%) Scala
5 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) SC Cleared
1 13 (81.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft