The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Graphics in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 3D Graphics over the 3 months to 20 June 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 South East 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3D Graphics
Rank 209 227 237
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +10
Contract jobs citing 3D Graphics 8 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.098% 0.153% 0.104%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.473% 0.766% 0.568%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
Average daily rate £350 £365 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +32.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £266 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £365 £295
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £263
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +39.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 £35.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.87% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £28.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+59.29% -24.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1693 1959 1938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.81% 19.94% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 803 802 805
Average daily rate £375 £347 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.99% -0.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 172 187
Average hourly rate £22.50 £31.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.41% +6.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.60 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 3D Graphics Daily Rate Trend

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 South East region.

South East 3D Graphics Hourly Rate Trend

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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Middlesex +7 3 £300 -
Surrey +14 2 £400 - 1
Hampshire - 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Berkshire - - - - 2
Buckinghamshire - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
3D Graphics
England

3D Graphics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 14 (93.33%) C++
2 13 (86.67%) OpenGL
3 12 (80.00%) C
4 11 (73.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 10 (66.67%) Software Testing
6 9 (60.00%) Linux
7 8 (53.33%) Electronics
7 8 (53.33%) Degree
7 8 (53.33%) Mathematics
7 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
8 7 (46.67%) Java
8 7 (46.67%) GLSL
8 7 (46.67%) Android
9 4 (26.67%) Device Driver
9 4 (26.67%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (26.67%) Marketing
9 4 (26.67%) Open Source
9 4 (26.67%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (20.00%) OpenGL ES
10 3 (20.00%) Qt
10 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
10 3 (20.00%) Animation
10 3 (20.00%) Games
11 2 (13.33%) C#
11 2 (13.33%) iPhone
11 2 (13.33%) iPad
11 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
12 1 (6.667%) Direct3D
12 1 (6.667%) CUDA
12 1 (6.667%) Image Processing

3D Graphics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 13 (86.67%) OpenGL
2 3 (20.00%) OpenGL ES
2 3 (20.00%) Qt
3 1 (6.667%) Direct3D
3 1 (6.667%) JSON
3 1 (6.667%) SOAP
3 1 (6.667%) XML
3 1 (6.667%) Cocoa
3 1 (6.667%) DirectX
General
1 8 (53.33%) Electronics
2 4 (26.67%) Marketing
3 3 (20.00%) Games
4 1 (6.667%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) C++ Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Development Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) iOS Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Graphics Developer
4 1 (6.667%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Software Design Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) C++/C# Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Mathematics
1 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
2 4 (26.67%) Device Driver
2 4 (26.67%) Open Source
2 4 (26.67%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (20.00%) Animation
4 2 (13.33%) iPhone
4 2 (13.33%) iPad
5 1 (6.667%) CUDA
5 1 (6.667%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Linux
2 7 (46.67%) Android
3 4 (26.67%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 10 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.667%) Image Processing
4 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C++
2 12 (80.00%) C
3 7 (46.67%) Java
3 7 (46.67%) GLSL
4 2 (13.33%) C#
5 1 (6.667%) SQL
5 1 (6.667%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Apple
1 1 (6.667%) Perforce
Oxfordshire, South East
Multithreading experience - Any commercial experience a plus - Unit Testing - Process - Experience of Agile software development methodologies a plus - Other - Any 3D graphics / rendering, large scale multithreading, numerical or...
Computer Futures
Rate: £40 - £50 per hour
Posted: 10 June 2013
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