The first table below looks at the demand for OpenGL 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 OpenGL over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenGL
Rank - 42 30
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 0 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 1.675% 0.800%
As % of the Application Development category - 4.268% 2.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £313 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £320 £263
% change year-on-year
+13.28% +21.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £60.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +26.31%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £38.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year
-9.67% -18.42%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
78 164 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.81% 39.23% 37.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 84 45
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 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 10
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
OpenGL
Cambridgeshire

OpenGL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge OpenGL Jobs Demand Trend

OpenGL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge OpenGL Daily Rate Trend

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge OpenGL Hourly Rate Trend

OpenGL
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing OpenGL 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 OpenGL.

1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Game Development
2 1 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (50.00%) Direct3D
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) OpenGL ES
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Phone
2 1 (50.00%) Cocoa
2 1 (50.00%) Xcode
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing OpenGL 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 OpenGL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Cocoa
1 1 (50.00%) iOS SDK
1 1 (50.00%) Direct3D
1 1 (50.00%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Xcode
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
2 1 (50.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Phone
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Game Development
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree