The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Augmented Reality in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Augmented Reality over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Augmented Reality
Rank 32 45 34
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -11
Contract jobs citing Augmented Reality 4 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.286% 0.897% 1.389%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.714% 2.920% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 -
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £42.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
70 137 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.51% 30.72% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 73 18
Average daily rate £250 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.63% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 28 19
Average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +17.24%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £16.22 £10.76
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%
Augmented Reality
Cambridgeshire

Augmented Reality
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Augmented Reality across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge Augmented Reality Jobs Demand Trend

Augmented Reality
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Augmented Reality across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Augmented Reality Daily Rate Trend

Augmented Reality
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Augmented Reality across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Augmented Reality Hourly Rate Trend

Augmented Reality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Augmented Reality also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Augmented Reality.

1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Games
1 7 (100.00%) Game Development
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) C
2 6 (85.71%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 3 (42.86%) Android
3 3 (42.86%) Objective-C
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
5 1 (14.29%) OpenGL
5 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (14.29%) Cocoa
5 1 (14.29%) Xcode
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
5 1 (14.29%) Direct3D
5 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development

Augmented Reality
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Augmented Reality also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Augmented Reality. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) OpenGL
1 1 (14.29%) Cocoa
1 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
1 1 (14.29%) Direct3D
1 1 (14.29%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Xcode
General
1 7 (100.00%) Games
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) iOS Developer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Game Development
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) C
2 6 (85.71%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
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