C++ Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

C++
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring C++ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 109 111
Rank change year-on-year -65 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing C++ 14 9 23
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.33% 0.47% 0.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.51% 1.86% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 17
10th Percentile £320 £67 £266
25th Percentile - £70 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £75 £505
Median % change year-on-year +433.33% -85.15% -14.04%
75th Percentile £556 £217 £538
90th Percentile £580 £301 £610
England median daily rate £600 £750 £575
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% -11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £30.88 - -
25th Percentile £37.81 - -
Median hourly rate £51.25 £33.91 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.14% -16.27% -19.00%
75th Percentile £65.31 - -
90th Percentile £72.63 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 930 484 622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.77% 25.29% 22.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 325 451
10th Percentile £358 £277 £260
25th Percentile £410 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £550
90th Percentile £602 £650 £638
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 20
10th Percentile £22.85 £16.46 £22.42
25th Percentile £44.06 £17.60 £27.38
Median hourly rate £59.75 £20.24 £51.78
Median % change year-on-year +195.21% -60.91% +72.99%
75th Percentile £71.88 £28.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.38 £33.91 £60.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C++ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

C++ job vacancy trend in the Midlands

C++
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C++.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C++

C++
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C++ in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C++ in the Midlands

C++
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C++.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing C++

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C++ in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C++ in the Midlands

C++
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 3 May 2026. 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 -53 11 £400 - 18
East Midlands -34 3 £525 +600.00% 33
C++
England

C++
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (7.14%) PetaLinux
2 1 (7.14%) SonarQube
2 1 (7.14%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Electronics
1 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Automotive
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Build Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Reliability Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Software Tester
3 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) CSS
1 2 (14.29%) Node.js
1 2 (14.29%) React
2 1 (7.14%) Itk
2 1 (7.14%) NumPy
2 1 (7.14%) PostGIS
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) SciPy
2 1 (7.14%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) FPGA
2 2 (14.29%) Verilog
2 2 (14.29%) VHDL
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.14%) MicroBlaze
3 1 (7.14%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Linux
2 4 (28.57%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (14.29%) Debian
4 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
1 5 (35.71%) Validation
2 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
2 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (21.43%) Data Management
2 3 (21.43%) Visualisation
3 2 (14.29%) Data Acquisition
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (14.29%) FPGA Design
3 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (14.29%) Microservices
3 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 2 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 5 (35.71%) C
3 3 (21.43%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) C#
4 2 (14.29%) SystemVerilog
4 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
5 1 (7.14%) Shell Script
5 1 (7.14%) SQL
5 1 (7.14%) Tcl
5 1 (7.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 14001
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware
2 1 (7.14%) Docker
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle
1 1 (7.14%) Perforce
1 1 (7.14%) Xilinx