The first table below looks at the demand for DirectCompute skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DirectCompute over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectCompute
Rank 513 567 -
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -
Contract jobs citing DirectCompute 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.006% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.009% 0.021% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11460 14244 15606
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.15% 26.26% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7340 8537 9258
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 373 551
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.45 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
DirectCompute
UK

DirectCompute
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England DirectCompute Jobs Demand Trend

DirectCompute
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England DirectCompute Hourly Rate Trend

DirectCompute
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DirectCompute within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +30 1 £300 -
DirectCompute
UK

DirectCompute
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DirectCompute 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 DirectCompute.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Tizen
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCL

DirectCompute
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing DirectCompute 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 DirectCompute. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
London
OpenCL, Cuda, DirectCompute).?... Expertise in Android or Tizen OS and embedded Linux, possibly with an understanding of Linux kernel and device drivers.?... Proficiency in C and C+?+? and...
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Posted: 20 May 2013