The first table below looks at the demand for HLSL skills 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 HLSL 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 Programming Languages 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Level Shading Language (HLSL)
Rank - 243 241
Contract jobs citing HLSL 0 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East - 0.029% 0.010%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.097% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £185
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 - £185
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2619 3106 3477
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.06% 30.03% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1291 1506 1520
Average daily rate £342 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.23% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 206 291
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.64 £20.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
HLSL
England

HLSL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HLSL across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East HLSL Jobs Demand Trend

HLSL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East HLSL Daily Rate Trend

HLSL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East HLSL Hourly Rate Trend

HLSL
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing HLSL 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 HLSL.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL

HLSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) DirectX
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programmer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) GLSL