C++ Contracts in Wales

C++
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 40 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 +16
Contract jobs citing C++ 3 12 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.76% 2.05% 3.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.83% 9.23% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 17
10th Percentile - £515 £463
25th Percentile - £594 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - £653 £673
UK median daily rate £575 £643 £700
% change year-on-year -10.51% -8.21% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 106 130 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 26.84% 22.18% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 100 203
10th Percentile £356 £358 £376
25th Percentile £385 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -5.95% +18.64%
75th Percentile £550 £627 £625
90th Percentile £592 £663 £686
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £15.57 £17.18 £17.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £17.48 £19.00
Median hourly rate £20.24 £18.82 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% -5.50% -21.15%
75th Percentile £22.11 £19.81 £21.18
90th Percentile £35.75 £19.91 £23.47
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.12
% change year-on-year -0.80% +22.26% +14.88%

C++
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for C++ in Wales

C++
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Wales 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
South Wales +5 2 - - 6
North Wales - 1 - -
C++
UK

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

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree