The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Graphics in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3D Graphics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the London 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
3D Graphics
Rank 365 403 427
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +24
Contract jobs citing 3D Graphics 22 15 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.100% 0.055% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.302% 0.172% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 1
Average daily rate £310 £350 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42% +105.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £365 £209
% change year-on-year
+9.58% +74.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +49.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7277 8743 11592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.09% 31.98% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5057 5942 7822
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 213 195
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
3D Graphics
England

3D Graphics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London 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
City of London - 3 £288 -
Canary Wharf - 3 £250 -
3D Graphics
England

3D Graphics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 22 (78.57%) OpenGL
2 17 (60.71%) C++
3 14 (50.00%) C
4 12 (42.86%) XML
5 11 (39.29%) JavaScript
6 10 (35.71%) SOAP
6 10 (35.71%) Visualisation
6 10 (35.71%) Apple iOS
7 9 (32.14%) WebGL
7 9 (32.14%) iPad
7 9 (32.14%) iPhone
7 9 (32.14%) OpenGL ES
7 9 (32.14%) C#
7 9 (32.14%) Objective-C
7 9 (32.14%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (28.57%) Subversion
8 8 (28.57%) JSON
8 8 (28.57%) Cocoa
8 8 (28.57%) Finance
8 8 (28.57%) Web Services
8 8 (28.57%) DirectX
8 8 (28.57%) cocos2d
8 8 (28.57%) WPF
9 6 (21.43%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (21.43%) Linux
10 5 (17.86%) TIBCO
10 5 (17.86%) Device Driver
10 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
10 5 (17.86%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (17.86%) User Experience Design

3D Graphics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 22 (78.57%) OpenGL
2 12 (42.86%) XML
3 10 (35.71%) SOAP
4 9 (32.14%) WebGL
4 9 (32.14%) OpenGL ES
5 8 (28.57%) JSON
5 8 (28.57%) Cocoa
5 8 (28.57%) Web Services
5 8 (28.57%) DirectX
5 8 (28.57%) cocos2d
5 8 (28.57%) WPF
6 4 (14.29%) HTML5
6 4 (14.29%) RESTful
7 3 (10.71%) CSS
7 3 (10.71%) DOM
8 2 (7.143%) REST
8 2 (7.143%) XSL
8 2 (7.143%) ATL
8 2 (7.143%) STL
9 1 (3.571%) SVG
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.571%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (3.571%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Subversion
2 1 (3.571%) Xcode
2 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.571%) Git (software)
General
1 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Front Office
2 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Developer
2 9 (32.14%) iOS Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Market Data Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) Data Visualisation Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
4 2 (7.143%) C++ Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Senior C++ Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) HTML Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.571%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Head of Development
5 1 (3.571%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) iPad Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Mobile Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Visualisation
2 9 (32.14%) iPad
2 9 (32.14%) iPhone
3 5 (17.86%) Device Driver
3 5 (17.86%) GPGPU
3 5 (17.86%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (7.143%) Social Media
4 2 (7.143%) Mobile App
4 2 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (7.143%) Mathematics
4 2 (7.143%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
5 1 (3.571%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.571%) RIA
5 1 (3.571%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Apple iOS
2 6 (21.43%) Linux
3 5 (17.86%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (10.71%) Android
5 1 (3.571%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.571%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
2 5 (17.86%) User Experience Design
3 3 (10.71%) MVC
4 2 (7.143%) Time Management
4 2 (7.143%) RDF
4 2 (7.143%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.571%) Web Development
5 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (3.571%) Analytics
5 1 (3.571%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (3.571%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (3.571%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (3.571%) Signal Processing
5 1 (3.571%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (60.71%) C++
2 14 (50.00%) C
3 11 (39.29%) JavaScript
4 9 (32.14%) C#
4 9 (32.14%) Objective-C
5 4 (14.29%) Java
6 2 (7.143%) VC++
7 1 (3.571%) Python
7 1 (3.571%) PHP
7 1 (3.571%) ActionScript
7 1 (3.571%) Ruby
7 1 (3.571%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) MBA
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) TIBCO
2 2 (7.143%) Apple
3 1 (3.571%) Adobe
3 1 (3.571%) Omniture
3 1 (3.571%) Google
3 1 (3.571%) Facebook
3 1 (3.571%) Twitter
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