C++ Contracts in London

C++
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 93 149
Rank change year-on-year -56 +56 -52
Contract jobs citing C++ 296 676 765
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.68% 2.67% 1.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.47% 6.68% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 478 577
10th Percentile £413 £513 £513
25th Percentile £498 £600 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £725 £747
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% -2.88% +14.85%
75th Percentile £851 £863 £800
90th Percentile £950 £961 £875
England median daily rate £575 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -11.54% -7.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 13
10th Percentile £44.62 £25.75 £38.63
25th Percentile £47.75 £48.95 £48.49
Median hourly rate £67.13 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.86% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72.03 £55.59 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £61.63 £69.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +19.14%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,616 10,123 16,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.49% 40.06% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,030 7,629 12,521
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £540 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% +2.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 74 107
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.40 £31.15
25th Percentile £40.75 £39.31 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.50 £77.70
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +18.91%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing C++ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C++ in London

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C++ in London.

Daily rate trend for C++ in London

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in London

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C++ in London.

Hourly rate trend for C++ in London

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in London

C++
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London -48 37 £710 +4.03% 27
West London +46 26 £475 -29.10% 22
South London +6 5 £525 -12.50% 3
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 8 (2.70%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.69%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (1.69%) Confluence
3 3 (1.01%) Apache
3 3 (1.01%) nginx
4 2 (0.68%) SAS
4 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.03%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Simulink
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Distributed Ledger
1 2 (0.68%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 53 (17.91%) AWS
2 36 (12.16%) Azure
3 15 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (4.39%) GitHub
5 5 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (1.69%) Azure Functions
5 5 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (1.69%) Azure Storage
5 5 (1.69%) Serverless
6 4 (1.35%) GCP
7 3 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.01%) Amazon ELB
7 3 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.01%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.68%) npm
8 2 (0.68%) NuGet
8 2 (0.68%) Yarn
9 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.01%) 5G
1 3 (1.01%) IPv4
1 3 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
1 3 (1.01%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.68%) DNS
2 2 (0.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.34%) 4G
3 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.34%) DHCP
3 1 (0.34%) HTTP
3 1 (0.34%) MPLS
3 1 (0.34%) Multicast
3 1 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) NFC
3 1 (0.34%) RTSP
3 1 (0.34%) UWB
3 1 (0.34%) VLAN
3 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.42%) MongoDB
2 17 (5.74%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (4.05%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.70%) Couchbase
5 8 (2.70%) KDB
5 8 (2.70%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.03%) Data Mining
7 6 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.69%) MySQL
9 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.01%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.68%) Big Data
11 1 (0.34%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.34%) Redis
11 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (11.82%) Git
2 26 (8.78%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.42%) JIRA
4 9 (3.04%) Artifactory
4 9 (3.04%) Subversion
4 9 (3.04%) Visual Studio
5 8 (2.70%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.69%) Karma Test Runner
6 5 (1.69%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.35%) JMeter
8 3 (1.01%) Jasmine
8 3 (1.01%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.01%) Maven
8 3 (1.01%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.68%) Babel
9 2 (0.68%) CMake
9 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.68%) webpack
10 1 (0.34%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
General
1 107 (36.15%) Finance
2 67 (22.64%) Banking
3 60 (20.27%) Social Skills
4 39 (13.18%) Front Office
5 36 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (10.47%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.70%) Games
8 5 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Back Office
11 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.34%) International Banking
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
11 1 (0.34%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 132 (44.59%) Developer
2 65 (21.96%) C++ Developer
3 36 (12.16%) Senior
4 29 (9.80%) Software Engineer
5 27 (9.12%) Quantitative Developer
6 26 (8.78%) Analyst
7 22 (7.43%) Python Developer
8 15 (5.07%) Python Engineer
8 15 (5.07%) Senior Developer
9 14 (4.73%) Qualitative Analyst
9 14 (4.73%) Quantitative Analyst
10 13 (4.39%) Front Office Developer
11 12 (4.05%) Architect
11 12 (4.05%) C++ Software Engineer
11 12 (4.05%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.72%) C++ Quantitative Developer
12 11 (3.72%) Development Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (3.38%) Front Office C++ Developer
13 10 (3.38%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (13.85%) .NET
2 25 (8.45%) Kafka
3 21 (7.09%) NumPy
4 19 (6.42%) Pandas
4 19 (6.42%) REST
5 18 (6.08%) AngularJS
6 16 (5.41%) SciPy
7 13 (4.39%) .NET Core
7 13 (4.39%) React
7 13 (4.39%) Spring Boot
8 12 (4.05%) CSS
8 12 (4.05%) HTML
9 11 (3.72%) ADO
10 10 (3.38%) Middleware
11 9 (3.04%) Node.js
11 9 (3.04%) RESTful
12 8 (2.70%) J2EE
12 8 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
13 7 (2.36%) Swagger
14 6 (2.03%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 63 (21.28%) Derivative
2 40 (13.51%) Algorithms
3 27 (9.12%) Hedge funds
4 23 (7.77%) Data Structures
4 23 (7.77%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (5.74%) Equity Derivative
6 16 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (5.07%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (4.73%) Equities
9 12 (4.05%) Fixed Income
10 10 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (3.04%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (2.03%) Blockchain
13 6 (2.03%) Cloud Native
13 6 (2.03%) Credit Derivative
14 5 (1.69%) Distributed Applications
14 5 (1.69%) iPad
14 5 (1.69%) iPhone
14 5 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.20%) Linux
2 28 (9.46%) Windows
3 9 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.69%) Unix
6 2 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (18.92%) Software Engineering
2 50 (16.89%) DevOps
3 44 (14.86%) Computer Science
4 43 (14.53%) Analytics
5 42 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (13.85%) Agile
6 41 (13.85%) CI/CD
7 38 (12.84%) Mathematics
8 34 (11.49%) Test Automation
9 29 (9.80%) OO
10 28 (9.46%) Multithreading
11 23 (7.77%) Unit Testing
12 21 (7.09%) Full Stack Development
13 20 (6.76%) Quantitative Finance
13 20 (6.76%) Roadmaps
14 19 (6.42%) Low Latency
14 19 (6.42%) Microservices
14 19 (6.42%) Physics
15 18 (6.08%) Data Pipeline
16 16 (5.41%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 159 (53.72%) Python
2 119 (40.20%) Java
3 70 (23.65%) C#
4 62 (20.95%) SQL
5 60 (20.27%) C
6 26 (8.78%) JavaScript
7 22 (7.43%) Go
8 20 (6.76%) Shell Script
9 18 (6.08%) Rust
10 16 (5.41%) VBA
11 13 (4.39%) Bash
11 13 (4.39%) PowerShell
12 11 (3.72%) TypeScript
13 8 (2.70%) R
13 8 (2.70%) Scala
13 8 (2.70%) VB.NET
14 7 (2.36%) Perl
15 6 (2.03%) Swift
16 5 (1.69%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (21.96%) Degree
2 24 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (5.74%) Numerate Degree
4 13 (4.39%) Master's Degree
5 8 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.70%) Security Cleared
6 7 (2.36%) PhD
7 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.68%) MBA
9 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.34%) ISEB
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.34%) OSCP
9 1 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.70%) QA
2 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.35%) MiFID
3 2 (0.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) COPPA
4 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.34%) JTAG
4 1 (0.34%) NIST
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.34%) SLA
4 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (4.39%) Docker
2 8 (2.70%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 6 (2.03%) Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.39%) Terraform
3 11 (3.72%) Consul
4 10 (3.38%) Ansible
4 10 (3.38%) Grafana
5 9 (3.04%) BladeLogic
5 9 (3.04%) ITRS Geneos
5 9 (3.04%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.35%) Kibana
7 3 (1.01%) Packer
8 2 (0.68%) Puppet
9 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.34%) logstash
9 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.34%) systemd
Vendors
1 28 (9.46%) Oracle
2 13 (4.39%) Dynatrace
2 13 (4.39%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.04%) Altiris
3 9 (3.04%) Citrix
4 8 (2.70%) SaltStack
5 5 (1.69%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.35%) AppDynamics
6 4 (1.35%) Google
6 4 (1.35%) ION Trading
6 4 (1.35%) Splunk
7 2 (0.68%) CA
7 2 (0.68%) HP
7 2 (0.68%) MarketAxess
7 2 (0.68%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.68%) Tradeweb
8 1 (0.34%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.34%) IBM
8 1 (0.34%) Renesas