HLSL Contracts in England

High Level Shading Language (HLSL)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for HLSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HLSL over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 666 751
Rank change year-on-year +128 +85 -147
Contract jobs citing HLSL 3 2 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.004% 0.031%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.028% 0.011% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £355 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +344.44%
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +344.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -

All Programming Languages
England

HLSL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,807 18,217 26,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.02% 35.48% 37.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,853 13,287 19,695
10th Percentile £350 £388 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £569 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +3.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £694 £669
90th Percentile £775 £798 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 439 469
10th Percentile £35.52 £25.75 £20.20
25th Percentile £47.13 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £61.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +22.35% +16.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.03% +21.25% +15.61%

HLSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HLSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HLSL in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HLSL in England.

Daily rate trend for HLSL in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HLSL in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HLSL in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HLSL in England.

Hourly rate trend for HLSL in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HLSL within the England region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 2 £600 - 1
East of England +14 1 £300 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) VTune
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Android Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) C++ Android Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Graphics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Python Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) C Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C/C++ Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Games Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Games Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Graphics Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) DirectX
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (100.00%) Vulkan
2 2 (66.67%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (33.33%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Animation
1 2 (66.67%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (66.67%) Mixed Reality
2 1 (33.33%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Linear Algebra
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) GLSL
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree