The first table below looks at the demand for OpenGL skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenGL over the 3 months to 20 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 North West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenGL
Rank 115 - 130
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 4 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.173% - 0.066%
As % of the Application Development category 0.638% - 0.272%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £315 £263
% change year-on-year
+15.07% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -21.05%
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
627 942 736
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.06% 29.67% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 522 427
Average daily rate £300 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 23
Average hourly rate £29.96 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.64% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.37 £33.32 £37.50
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West OpenGL Daily Rate Trend

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Merseyside - 3 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
OpenGL
England

OpenGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 4 (100.00%) Games
1 4 (100.00%) Git (software)
1 4 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) HTML5
2 3 (75.00%) Game Development
2 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (75.00%) Unity DI Container
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) NUnit
2 3 (75.00%) MCTS
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) Kanban
2 3 (75.00%) MVC
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
2 3 (75.00%) MCAD
2 3 (75.00%) MCSD
2 3 (75.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) PhD
3 1 (25.00%) Maya
3 1 (25.00%) 3ds Max
3 1 (25.00%) XNA

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) HTML5
2 3 (75.00%) Unity DI Container
3 1 (25.00%) XNA
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Maya
1 1 (25.00%) 3ds Max
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (75.00%) NUnit
General
1 4 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Games Developer
2 3 (75.00%) C++ Developer
2 3 (75.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (75.00%) C++/C# Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Gameplay Developer
2 3 (75.00%) C++ Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Game Development
2 3 (75.00%) Web Application Development
2 3 (75.00%) MVC
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) MCAD
1 3 (75.00%) MCSD
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCTS
2 1 (25.00%) PhD