East of England 3D Graphics Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term '3D Graphics' in contract IT jobs within the East of England region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited 3D Graphics over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Crawley Ealing East of England England Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire London Scotland South East South West UK West Midlands West Sussex	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	128	148
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	3	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.182 %	0.430 %
Daily rates quoted	0	8
Average minimum daily rate	-	£200
Average daily rate	-	£263
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£264
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.33	£34.86
% change on same period last year	+1.36 %
General East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1650	2091
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.305 %	2.101 %
Daily rates quoted	528	788
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£343
Average daily rate	£388	£365
% change on same period last year	+6.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£380
% change on same period last year	+0.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	187	216
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.67	£26.92
Average hourly rate	£28.33	£28.98
% change on same period last year	-2.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.99	£31.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.04	£26.85
% change on same period last year	+4.41 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing 3D Graphics across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing 3D Graphics across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing 3D Graphics across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Graphics within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+22	3	-	-

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 9 (100.00 %) C++ 2 5 (55.56 %) C 2 5 (55.56 %) C# 2 5 (55.56 %) XML 2 5 (55.56 %) Adobe 2 5 (55.56 %) Acrobat 3 4 (44.44 %) OpenGL 4 3 (33.33 %) DirectX 4 3 (33.33 %) Java 4 3 (33.33 %) Games 4 3 (33.33 %) Mathematics 5 1 (11.11 %) 3ds Max 5 1 (11.11 %) MFC

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 5 (55.56 %) XML 2 4 (44.44 %) OpenGL 3 3 (33.33 %) DirectX 4 1 (11.11 %) MFC	Applications 1 5 (55.56 %) Acrobat 2 1 (11.11 %) 3ds Max
General 1 3 (33.33 %) Games	Job Titles 1 5 (55.56 %) Author 1 5 (55.56 %) Technical Author 2 4 (44.44 %) Developer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (33.33 %) Mathematics	Programming Languages 1 9 (100.00 %) C++ 2 5 (55.56 %) C 2 5 (55.56 %) C# 3 3 (33.33 %) Java
Vendors 1 5 (55.56 %) Adobe