The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Augmented Reality in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Augmented Reality over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridgeshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Augmented Reality
Rank 47 64 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing Augmented Reality 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.107% 0.292% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.580% 1.439% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £438 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
131 139 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 24.17% 20.32% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 71 25
Average daily rate £280 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £400 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 23
Average hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.11% +104.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £21.75 £10.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £37.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
Augmented Reality
East of England

Augmented Reality
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Augmented Reality Hourly Rate Trend

Augmented Reality
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Augmented Reality within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +14 6 £438 -
Augmented Reality
East of England

Augmented Reality
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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%) QA Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) iOS Developer
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 7
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Game Development
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) C
3 3 (42.86%) Objective-C
3 3 (42.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA