The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Graphics in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3D Graphics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cheshire 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
3D Graphics
Rank 60 65 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing 3D Graphics 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.274% 0.125% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.235% 0.704% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £365 £263
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +39.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
162 142 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.16% 17.79% 21.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 85 119
Average daily rate £350 £325 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £224 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £483 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 11
Average hourly rate £9.00 £14.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +3.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
3D Graphics
North West

3D Graphics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 3D Graphics Jobs Demand Trend

3D Graphics
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire 3D Graphics Daily Rate Trend

3D Graphics
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing 3D Graphics 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 3D Graphics.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) PhD
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Maya
1 2 (100.00%) 3ds Max
1 2 (100.00%) XNA
1 2 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Modelling

3D Graphics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing 3D Graphics 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 3D Graphics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (100.00%) XNA
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Maya
1 2 (100.00%) 3ds Max
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PhD