C++ Contracts in the Midlands

C++
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring C++ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C++ over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 115 120
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +61
Contract jobs citing C++ 21 22 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.94% 0.74% 1.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.52% 3.31% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 24
10th Percentile £67 £264 £363
25th Percentile £70 £425 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £75 £502 £590
Median % change year-on-year -85.04% -15.00% +19.49%
75th Percentile £217 £538 £600
90th Percentile £301 £543 £625
England median daily rate £663 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +20.45% -15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.91 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £40.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

C++ falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 597 664 840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.72% 22.44% 26.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 463 611
10th Percentile £268 £260 £313
25th Percentile £363 £351 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £501 £550 £575
90th Percentile £605 £635 £700
England median daily rate £521 £543 £555
% change year-on-year -4.01% -2.25% +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 15
10th Percentile £18.60 £22.50 £23.53
25th Percentile £28.18 £30.37 £25.55
Median hourly rate £33.91 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.35% +10.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £61.88
90th Percentile - £72.50 £86.50
England median hourly rate £56.75 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.69% +4.00% +19.05%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in the Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 July 2025. 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
West Midlands +8 17 - - 136
East Midlands +4 4 £75 -86.21% 63
C++
England

C++
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Applications
1 17 (80.95%) Maya
2 11 (52.38%) NUKE
3 6 (28.57%) Adobe Captivate
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.76%) CANalyzer
4 1 (4.76%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Eclipse
2 2 (9.52%) NetBeans
General
1 18 (85.71%) Automotive
2 17 (80.95%) Games
3 14 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
5 6 (28.57%) Aerospace
6 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Lead
3 2 (9.52%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) BASE24 Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (80.95%) CSS
1 17 (80.95%) Django
1 17 (80.95%) HTML
2 6 (28.57%) Unreal Engine
2 6 (28.57%) V-Ray
3 2 (9.52%) POSIX
4 1 (4.76%) XML
4 1 (4.76%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (80.95%) Animation
2 6 (28.57%) Virtual Reality
3 2 (9.52%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.76%) APACS
4 1 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Analytical Thinking
2 6 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.76%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Machine Learning
5 1 (4.76%) Mathematics
5 1 (4.76%) Physics
5 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (80.95%) Java
1 17 (80.95%) SQL
2 11 (52.38%) Python
2 11 (52.38%) Tcl
3 3 (14.29%) C
4 1 (4.76%) COBOL
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
1 2 (9.52%) MISRA
1 2 (9.52%) MISRA C
1 2 (9.52%) QA
1 2 (9.52%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (4.76%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Adobe
2 6 (28.57%) Autodesk
3 2 (9.52%) QNX
4 1 (4.76%) HP