The first table below looks at the demand for Direct3D skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Direct3D 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 East of England 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
Microsoft Direct3D
Rank - 132 120
Contract jobs citing Direct3D 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.068% 0.075%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.240% 0.256%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £269
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
598 835 781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 28.21% 28.31% 29.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 431 358
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 58 60
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Direct3D
England

Direct3D
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Direct3D across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England Direct3D Jobs Demand Trend

Direct3D
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Direct3D across the East of England region.

East of England Direct3D Daily Rate Trend

Direct3D
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Direct3D 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 Direct3D.

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

Direct3D
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Direct3D 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 Direct3D. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

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