The first table below looks at the demand for OpenCL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenCL over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Khronos Group OpenCL
Rank 37 47 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing OpenCL 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.610% 0.474% -
As % of the Application Development category 2.703% 1.258% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £303 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 -
% change year-on-year
-6.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 -
All Application Development
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
74 159 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.56% 37.68% 38.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 80 53
Average daily rate £350 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £213 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £395 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 9
Average hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +55.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £35.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.70 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
OpenCL
Cambridgeshire

OpenCL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge OpenCL Jobs Demand Trend

OpenCL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge OpenCL Daily Rate Trend

OpenCL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge OpenCL Hourly Rate Trend

OpenCL
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing OpenCL 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 OpenCL.

1 13 (92.86%) C
2 11 (78.57%) HTML
2 11 (78.57%) Linux
2 11 (78.57%) Python
2 11 (78.57%) Software Testing
3 10 (71.43%) Embedded C
4 3 (21.43%) C++
4 3 (21.43%) LLVM
5 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing

OpenCL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing OpenCL 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 OpenCL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (78.57%) HTML
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) LLVM
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 11 (78.57%) Test Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Software Testing
2 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C
2 11 (78.57%) Python
3 10 (71.43%) Embedded C
4 3 (21.43%) C++