High Level Shading Language (HLSL)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HLSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HLSL over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 579 | - | 834 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -138 |
| Contract jobs citing HLSL | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.007% | - | 0.025% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.023% | - | 0.068% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £355 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +344.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £47.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
HLSL is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,846 | 20,898 | 32,208 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.49% | 35.02% | 36.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,122 | 15,089 | 23,458 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £762 | £777 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 487 | 471 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.70 | £26.25 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.50 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.33% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.52 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.21% | +16.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing HLSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HLSL.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HLSL over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HLSL.
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Top 4 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HLSL within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | - | 3 | £600 | - | 4 |
| UK excluding London | - | 3 | £600 | - | 5 |
| South East | - | 2 | £600 | - | 1 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £300 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: