The first table below looks at the demand for OpenGL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenGL over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Application Development category for the Surrey 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenGL
Rank 72 92 99
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +7
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 6 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.492% 0.373% 0.162%
As % of the Application Development category 1.583% 1.496% 0.557%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £400 £295 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.59% +28.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £313 £306
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £37.75 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.28% -5.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
-14.10% -13.33%
All Application Development
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
379 401 539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 31.07% 24.95% 29.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 216 282
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 20 15
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £19.00 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
OpenGL
South East

OpenGL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 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
Staines -1 6 £400 +35.59% 3
Farnham - - - -
Guildford - - - -
OpenGL
South East

OpenGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 19 (95.00%) C
1 19 (95.00%) C++
2 17 (85.00%) Linux
3 16 (80.00%) Electronics
4 15 (75.00%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (55.00%) DTV
6 10 (50.00%) GLSL
7 9 (45.00%) Device Driver
7 9 (45.00%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
8 8 (40.00%) Smartphone
9 7 (35.00%) Java
10 5 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
10 5 (25.00%) Degree
10 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
10 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
10 5 (25.00%) Android
10 5 (25.00%) Software Testing
11 3 (15.00%) STB
11 3 (15.00%) Open Source
11 3 (15.00%) Marketing
11 3 (15.00%) Embedded C
11 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++
12 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
12 2 (10.00%) OpenGL ES
13 1 (5.000%) Mobile App
13 1 (5.000%) Memory Management
13 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
13 1 (5.000%) Ajax
13 1 (5.000%) Animation

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (10.00%) OpenGL ES
2 1 (5.000%) Ajax
2 1 (5.000%) JSON
2 1 (5.000%) Qt
2 1 (5.000%) REST
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
General
1 16 (80.00%) Electronics
2 3 (15.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.000%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Development Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) DTV
2 9 (45.00%) Device Driver
2 9 (45.00%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (40.00%) Smartphone
4 5 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
4 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) STB
5 3 (15.00%) Open Source
6 1 (5.000%) Mobile App
6 1 (5.000%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Linux
2 15 (75.00%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (25.00%) Android
4 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (5.000%) Memory Management
4 1 (5.000%) Multithreading
4 1 (5.000%) OO
Programming Languages
1 19 (95.00%) C
1 19 (95.00%) C++
2 10 (50.00%) GLSL
3 7 (35.00%) Java
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (15.00%) Embedded C++
5 1 (5.000%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
Staines, South East
6 Month Contract / Middlesex / £50-£55 / Linux Software Engineers Our client is currently looking for Linux Software Engineers with a C++ and Java. This is a 6 month...
Computer Futures
Posted: 7 June 2013
Staines, South East
6 Month Contract / Middlesex / £50-£55 / Linux Software Engineers Our client is currently looking for Linux Software Engineers with a C++ and Java. This is a 6 month...
Computer Futures
Posted: 18 June 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Essential Skill: Embedded Linux OpenGL Graphics Optimisation Embedded Software Development Desirable Skills: STB DTV Embedded C Embedded C++ This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a global...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour + Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013