Thames Valley DirectX Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft DirectX skills within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft DirectX
Location Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London East of England East Sussex England Hertfordshire London South East South West Stevenage Thames Valley UK West Sussex	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.17	£38.00
% change on same period last year	-2.19 %
Application Development Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads	119	193
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.166 %	0.194 %
Daily rates quoted	17	28
Average minimum daily rate	£251	£362
Average daily rate	£267	£373
% change on same period last year	-28.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£284	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.43	£30.40
Average hourly rate	£37.86	£34.02
% change on same period last year	+11.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.29	£37.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.32	£32.24
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
DirectX South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DirectX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DirectX across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

DirectX
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DirectX across the Thames Valley region.

DirectX
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing DirectX 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 DirectX.

1 1 (100.00 %) C++ 1 1 (100.00 %) OpenGL 1 1 (100.00 %) 3D Graphics

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley region citing DirectX 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 DirectX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (100.00 %) OpenGL	General 1 1 (100.00 %) 3D Graphics
Programming Languages 1 1 (100.00 %) C++