The first table below looks at the demand for OpenGL skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenGL over the 3 months to 24 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 South 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenGL
Rank 103 - 121
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.248% - 0.035%
As % of the Application Development category 1.040% - 0.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -16.66%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
481 769 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.85% 23.77% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 460 301
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -25.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wiltshire - 5 £350 -
OpenGL
England

OpenGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 12 (100.00%) C++
2 7 (58.33%) C#
3 6 (50.00%) .NET
3 6 (50.00%) MFC
3 6 (50.00%) VC++
3 6 (50.00%) Fortran
4 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
4 5 (41.67%) DirectX
4 5 (41.67%) Linux
4 5 (41.67%) C
4 5 (41.67%) Qt
5 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
5 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (33.33%) JTAG
5 4 (33.33%) Android
5 4 (33.33%) OO
5 4 (33.33%) OOD
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 1 (8.333%) Physics
7 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
7 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (8.333%) Biometrics
7 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
7 1 (8.333%) Military
7 1 (8.333%) SIMUL8
7 1 (8.333%) WinForms
7 1 (8.333%) Progress
7 1 (8.333%) Microsoft

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 6 (50.00%) .NET
1 6 (50.00%) MFC
2 5 (41.67%) DirectX
2 5 (41.67%) Qt
3 1 (8.333%) WinForms
3 1 (8.333%) OpenCV
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (8.333%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 5 (41.67%) C++ Analyst Programmer
3 5 (41.67%) C++ Programmer
3 5 (41.67%) Analyst
3 5 (41.67%) Analyst Programmer
3 5 (41.67%) Programmer
3 5 (41.67%) Software Programmer
4 3 (25.00%) Developer
4 3 (25.00%) GUI Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Audio Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Audio Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (8.333%) Physics
4 1 (8.333%) Biometrics
4 1 (8.333%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 4 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 4 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (33.33%) OO
2 4 (33.33%) OOD
3 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C++
2 7 (58.33%) C#
3 6 (50.00%) VC++
3 6 (50.00%) Fortran
4 5 (41.67%) C
5 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded C++
5 1 (8.333%) SQL
5 1 (8.333%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) JTAG
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) SIMUL8
1 1 (8.333%) Progress
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft