The first table below looks at the demand for OpenGL skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenGL 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 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
OpenGL
Rank 349 380 402
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +22
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 38 38 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.173% 0.139% 0.101%
As % of the Application Development category 0.595% 0.496% 0.331%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 10
Average daily rate £330 £275 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -6.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £350 £628
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £315 £275
% change year-on-year
+19.04% +14.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +19.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -26.00%
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6387 7659 9377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.04% 28.01% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4619 5048 6312
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 106 136
Average hourly rate £41.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.90 £17.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
OpenGL
England

OpenGL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London OpenGL Jobs Demand Trend

OpenGL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OpenGL across the London region.

London OpenGL Daily Rate Trend

OpenGL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenGL across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London OpenGL Daily Rate Histogram

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London OpenGL Hourly Rate Trend

OpenGL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenGL 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 +13 5 £300 -
Canary Wharf - 3 £250 -
OpenGL
England

OpenGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (50.00%) C++
2 27 (43.55%) Apple iOS
3 23 (37.10%) OpenGL ES
4 22 (35.48%) 3D Graphics
5 21 (33.87%) Objective-C
5 21 (33.87%) C
5 21 (33.87%) Android
6 20 (32.26%) JSON
6 20 (32.26%) JavaScript
7 19 (30.65%) iPad
8 18 (29.03%) iPhone
9 14 (22.58%) Java
10 12 (19.35%) Linux
10 12 (19.35%) Finance
10 12 (19.35%) Cocoa
10 12 (19.35%) WebGL
11 11 (17.74%) Computer Science
11 11 (17.74%) Degree
11 11 (17.74%) Agile Software Development
11 11 (17.74%) HTTP
11 11 (17.74%) XML
12 10 (16.13%) Web Services
12 10 (16.13%) C#
12 10 (16.13%) Visualisation
13 9 (14.52%) RESTful
13 9 (14.52%) DirectX
13 9 (14.52%) Mobile App
13 9 (14.52%) Facebook
13 9 (14.52%) Embedded Systems
14 8 (12.90%) cocos2d

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (37.10%) OpenGL ES
2 20 (32.26%) JSON
3 12 (19.35%) Cocoa
3 12 (19.35%) WebGL
4 11 (17.74%) XML
5 10 (16.13%) Web Services
6 9 (14.52%) RESTful
6 9 (14.52%) DirectX
7 8 (12.90%) cocos2d
7 8 (12.90%) WPF
8 7 (11.29%) SOAP
9 6 (9.677%) iOS SDK
9 6 (9.677%) OpenCV
10 5 (8.065%) OpenCL
10 5 (8.065%) Ajax
10 5 (8.065%) HTML
11 4 (6.452%) HTML5
11 4 (6.452%) Cocoa Touch
12 3 (4.839%) Qt
12 3 (4.839%) REST
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.677%) CoreMedia CMS
2 1 (1.613%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.613%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.613%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.74%) HTTP
2 3 (4.839%) Internet
3 1 (1.613%) Wireless
3 1 (1.613%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.613%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 8 (12.90%) Subversion
2 5 (8.065%) Xcode
3 2 (3.226%) Eclipse
3 2 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.613%) PhoneGap
4 1 (1.613%) Git (software)
General
1 12 (19.35%) Finance
2 6 (9.677%) Games
3 4 (6.452%) Banking
4 3 (4.839%) Marketing
4 3 (4.839%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.226%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.613%) Music
6 1 (1.613%) Music Industry
6 1 (1.613%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.613%) Electronics
6 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.613%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 40 (64.52%) Developer
2 24 (38.71%) iOS Developer
3 10 (16.13%) Android Developer
4 3 (4.839%) Graphics Programmer
4 3 (4.839%) Market Data Specialist
4 3 (4.839%) Programmer
4 3 (4.839%) Lead Developer
5 2 (3.226%) iPhone Developer
5 2 (3.226%) Data Visualisation Specialist
5 2 (3.226%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 2 (3.226%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (1.613%) Virtualisation Specialist
6 1 (1.613%) Senior iOS Developer
6 1 (1.613%) C++ Developer
6 1 (1.613%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (1.613%) Systems Architect
6 1 (1.613%) HTML Developer
6 1 (1.613%) Software Developer
6 1 (1.613%) Architect
6 1 (1.613%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (35.48%) 3D Graphics
2 19 (30.65%) iPad
3 18 (29.03%) iPhone
4 11 (17.74%) Computer Science
5 10 (16.13%) Visualisation
6 9 (14.52%) Mobile App
6 9 (14.52%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (11.29%) Social Media
8 5 (8.065%) Device Driver
8 5 (8.065%) GPGPU
8 5 (8.065%) Streaming Video
9 4 (6.452%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (3.226%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (3.226%) Social Gaming
10 2 (3.226%) New Media
11 1 (1.613%) Digital Media
11 1 (1.613%) Online Games
11 1 (1.613%) Social Network
11 1 (1.613%) RIA
11 1 (1.613%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 27 (43.55%) Apple iOS
2 21 (33.87%) Android
3 12 (19.35%) Linux
4 5 (8.065%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (3.226%) bada
6 1 (1.613%) Tizen
6 1 (1.613%) MeeGo
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.74%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (12.90%) Memory Management
3 6 (9.677%) Image Processing
4 5 (8.065%) User Experience Design
4 5 (8.065%) Scrum
4 5 (8.065%) Risk Management
4 5 (8.065%) OOP
4 5 (8.065%) OO
5 4 (6.452%) MVC
6 3 (4.839%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (4.839%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (3.226%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (3.226%) Multithreading
7 2 (3.226%) Test Automation
7 2 (3.226%) Progressive Enhancement
7 2 (3.226%) Parallel Programming
7 2 (3.226%) Graceful Degradation
7 2 (3.226%) Analytics
8 1 (1.613%) Mobile Marketing
8 1 (1.613%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 31 (50.00%) C++
2 21 (33.87%) Objective-C
2 21 (33.87%) C
3 20 (32.26%) JavaScript
4 14 (22.58%) Java
5 10 (16.13%) C#
6 6 (9.677%) GLSL
7 5 (8.065%) HLSL
8 2 (3.226%) ActionScript
8 2 (3.226%) PHP
8 2 (3.226%) Ruby
9 1 (1.613%) SQL
9 1 (1.613%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.226%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Facebook
2 7 (11.29%) TIBCO
3 6 (9.677%) Twitter
4 5 (8.065%) Google
5 3 (4.839%) Apple
6 2 (3.226%) Symbian
7 1 (1.613%) Omniture
7 1 (1.613%) SAP
7 1 (1.613%) Adobe
London
The ideal candidate will have extensive embedded graphics skills, knowledge of the OpenGL library, strong ARM architecture skills and expert coding in C & C++. This type of work...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £35 to £40 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013