The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Graphics in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3D Graphics over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3D Graphics
Rank 478 526 543
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +17
Contract jobs citing 3D Graphics 35 33 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.084% 0.062% 0.050%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.312% 0.245% 0.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 5
Average daily rate £310 £365 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.06% +114.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £305 £134
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £365 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £365 £263
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +39.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 19 7
Average hourly rate £36.25 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.37% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.80 £19.50 £14.87
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £60.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.75 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- -0.69%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
3D Graphics
UK

3D Graphics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 3D Graphics Daily Rate Trend

3D Graphics
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3D Graphics across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England 3D Graphics Daily Rate Histogram

3D Graphics
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 3D Graphics Hourly Rate Trend

3D Graphics
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing 3D Graphics across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England 3D Graphics Hourly Rate Histogram

3D Graphics
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 England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +44 21 £305 -12.85%
South East +12 8 £400 +9.58%
North West +15 5 - -
East of England +16 1 - -
3D Graphics
UK

3D Graphics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 41 (74.55%) OpenGL
2 38 (69.09%) C++
3 32 (58.18%) C
4 18 (32.73%) Linux
5 15 (27.27%) C#
6 14 (25.45%) Java
6 14 (25.45%) XML
6 14 (25.45%) Embedded Software Development
7 13 (23.64%) Apple iOS
7 13 (23.64%) OpenGL ES
7 13 (23.64%) JavaScript
7 13 (23.64%) Degree
7 13 (23.64%) Mathematics
8 12 (21.82%) Android
9 11 (20.00%) iPad
9 11 (20.00%) iPhone
9 11 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 11 (20.00%) Visualisation
9 11 (20.00%) Objective-C
9 11 (20.00%) Software Testing
9 11 (20.00%) SOAP
10 10 (18.18%) Device Driver
10 10 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
10 10 (18.18%) Games
10 10 (18.18%) Cocoa
10 10 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
11 9 (16.36%) WebGL
11 9 (16.36%) JSON
11 9 (16.36%) DirectX

3D Graphics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 41 (74.55%) OpenGL
2 14 (25.45%) XML
3 13 (23.64%) OpenGL ES
4 11 (20.00%) SOAP
5 10 (18.18%) Cocoa
6 9 (16.36%) WebGL
6 9 (16.36%) JSON
6 9 (16.36%) DirectX
7 8 (14.55%) Web Services
7 8 (14.55%) WPF
7 8 (14.55%) cocos2d
8 7 (12.73%) HTML5
9 5 (9.091%) .NET
10 4 (7.273%) RESTful
11 3 (5.455%) DOM
11 3 (5.455%) CSS
11 3 (5.455%) Qt
11 3 (5.455%) WCF
11 3 (5.455%) Unity DI Container
12 2 (3.636%) OpenCL
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.818%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (5.455%) 3ds Max
3 2 (3.636%) Maya
4 1 (1.818%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.818%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.273%) HTTP
2 2 (3.636%) Wireless
3 1 (1.818%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.636%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Subversion
2 6 (10.91%) Git (software)
3 3 (5.455%) NUnit
4 2 (3.636%) Xcode
5 1 (1.818%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (18.18%) Games
2 8 (14.55%) Finance
2 8 (14.55%) Electronics
3 6 (10.91%) Marketing
4 4 (7.273%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.636%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.818%) Front Office
6 1 (1.818%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (49.09%) Developer
2 12 (21.82%) iOS Developer
3 7 (12.73%) C++ Developer
4 5 (9.091%) Software Engineer
5 3 (5.455%) Analyst
5 3 (5.455%) Senior Developer
5 3 (5.455%) Games Developer
5 3 (5.455%) C# Developer
5 3 (5.455%) C++/C# Developer
5 3 (5.455%) Market Data Specialist
5 3 (5.455%) Gameplay Developer
5 3 (5.455%) C++ Games Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Development Engineer
6 2 (3.636%) Data Visualisation Specialist
6 2 (3.636%) Senior C++ Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Applications Developer
6 2 (3.636%) Test Analyst
7 1 (1.818%) Consultant
7 1 (1.818%) Programmer
7 1 (1.818%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.64%) Mathematics
2 11 (20.00%) iPad
2 11 (20.00%) iPhone
2 11 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 11 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 10 (18.18%) Device Driver
3 10 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (9.091%) GPGPU
4 5 (9.091%) Open Source
5 3 (5.455%) Animation
5 3 (5.455%) CUDA
6 2 (3.636%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.636%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.636%) Social Media
7 1 (1.818%) ASIC
7 1 (1.818%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.818%) Verilog
7 1 (1.818%) ASIC Verification
7 1 (1.818%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 1 (1.818%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 18 (32.73%) Linux
2 13 (23.64%) Apple iOS
3 12 (21.82%) Android
4 10 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (3.636%) Tizen
6 1 (1.818%) UNIX
6 1 (1.818%) Windows
6 1 (1.818%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.818%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Embedded Software Development
2 11 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 10 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (10.91%) MVC
5 5 (9.091%) Risk Management
5 5 (9.091%) User Experience Design
5 5 (9.091%) 3D Modelling
6 4 (7.273%) Game Development
7 3 (5.455%) Data Modelling
7 3 (5.455%) Project Planning
7 3 (5.455%) Scrum
7 3 (5.455%) Kanban
7 3 (5.455%) Web Application Development
8 2 (3.636%) Time Management
8 2 (3.636%) RDF
9 1 (1.818%) OOA/OOD
9 1 (1.818%) CAD
9 1 (1.818%) OOD
9 1 (1.818%) Risk Assessment
9 1 (1.818%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 38 (69.09%) C++
2 32 (58.18%) C
3 15 (27.27%) C#
4 14 (25.45%) Java
5 13 (23.64%) JavaScript
6 11 (20.00%) Objective-C
7 8 (14.55%) GLSL
8 3 (5.455%) ActionScript
9 2 (3.636%) VC++
10 1 (1.818%) Python
10 1 (1.818%) Perl
10 1 (1.818%) PHP
10 1 (1.818%) SQL
10 1 (1.818%) Tcl
10 1 (1.818%) Ruby
10 1 (1.818%) ActionScript 3.0
10 1 (1.818%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 13 (23.64%) Degree
2 3 (5.455%) MCP
2 3 (5.455%) MCAD
2 3 (5.455%) MCSD
2 3 (5.455%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.455%) MCTS
3 2 (3.636%) MBA
3 2 (3.636%) PhD
4 1 (1.818%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.818%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (9.091%) TIBCO
2 3 (5.455%) Apple
3 1 (1.818%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.818%) Adobe
3 1 (1.818%) Omniture
3 1 (1.818%) Google
3 1 (1.818%) Facebook
3 1 (1.818%) Twitter
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