The first table below looks at the demand for Maya skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Maya over the 3 months to 17 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 Applications category.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autodesk Maya
Rank 522 570 556
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -14
Contract jobs citing Maya 8 8 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.014% 0.052%
As % of the Applications category 0.132% 0.111% 0.440%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 17
Average daily rate £256 £137 £145
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+87.04% -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £135 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £327 £199
UK excluding London average daily rate £231 £136 £145
% change year-on-year
+70.03% -6.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -16.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
6063 7191 7274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 13.07% 12.34% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3131 3681 3613
Average daily rate £338 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £515 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 695 738 880
Average hourly rate £16.38 £16.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +3.22%

Maya
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Maya within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

Maya Jobs Demand Trend

Maya
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Maya within the UK.

Maya Daily Rate Trend

Maya
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Maya within the UK.

Maya Hourly Rate Trend

Maya
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Maya within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +51 8 £256 -31.66%
London +20 3 £263 -30.00%
South East +25 2 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
North West - 2 £250 -
Merseyside - 1 £250 -
East Midlands - 1 £213 -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Liverpool - 1 £250 -
Guildford - 1 - -

Maya
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Maya 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 Maya.

1 9 (52.94%) Animation
2 7 (41.18%) Adobe
2 7 (41.18%) Games
3 6 (35.29%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (29.41%) Marketing
4 5 (29.41%) Photoshop
5 4 (23.53%) C++
5 4 (23.53%) Flash
5 4 (23.53%) CINEMA 4D
6 3 (17.65%) ZBrush
6 3 (17.65%) 3D Modelling
6 3 (17.65%) Physics
6 3 (17.65%) 3ds Max
6 3 (17.65%) Legal
6 3 (17.65%) Advertising
6 3 (17.65%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
7 2 (11.76%) .NET
7 2 (11.76%) Python
7 2 (11.76%) Autodesk
7 2 (11.76%) Practice Management
7 2 (11.76%) Automotive
7 2 (11.76%) Law
7 2 (11.76%) E-Learning
7 2 (11.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (11.76%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (11.76%) Video Editing
7 2 (11.76%) Game Development
7 2 (11.76%) PyQt

Maya
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Maya 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 Maya. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (23.53%) Flash
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) V-Ray
2 2 (11.76%) PyQt
3 1 (5.882%) HTML
3 1 (5.882%) ASP
3 1 (5.882%) CSS
3 1 (5.882%) Web Services
3 1 (5.882%) XML
3 1 (5.882%) XSLT
3 1 (5.882%) OpenGL
3 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.882%) XNA
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.882%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (5.882%) WorkSite
1 1 (5.882%) CM System
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (29.41%) Photoshop
3 4 (23.53%) CINEMA 4D
4 3 (17.65%) ZBrush
4 3 (17.65%) 3ds Max
5 2 (11.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (11.76%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (5.882%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (5.882%) MS Office
6 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) GPRS
1 1 (5.882%) 3G
1 1 (5.882%) UTRAN
1 1 (5.882%) 2G
1 1 (5.882%) BSS
1 1 (5.882%) RNC
1 1 (5.882%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (5.882%) Git (software)
General
1 7 (41.18%) Games
2 5 (29.41%) Marketing
3 3 (17.65%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) Advertising
4 2 (11.76%) Automotive
4 2 (11.76%) Law
5 1 (5.882%) Finance
5 1 (5.882%) Banking
5 1 (5.882%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Developer
1 4 (23.53%) Designer
2 2 (11.76%) Trainer
2 2 (11.76%) Animator
2 2 (11.76%) C++ Developer
2 2 (11.76%) IT Trainer
2 2 (11.76%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (5.882%) Network Planner
3 1 (5.882%) Graphic Artist
3 1 (5.882%) C++ Programmer
3 1 (5.882%) Programmer
3 1 (5.882%) Games Developer
3 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.882%) Technical Artist
3 1 (5.882%) Interactive Designer
3 1 (5.882%) Senior Interactive Designer
3 1 (5.882%) Creative Designer
3 1 (5.882%) Senior Designer
3 1 (5.882%) C++ Games Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Animation
2 3 (17.65%) Physics
2 3 (17.65%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (11.76%) E-Learning
3 2 (11.76%) Graphic Design
3 2 (11.76%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (11.76%) Video Editing
4 1 (5.882%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
4 1 (5.882%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
1 1 (5.882%) Linux
1 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) 3D Modelling
2 2 (11.76%) Game Development
2 2 (11.76%) Practice Management
2 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.882%) Document Management
3 1 (5.882%) Network Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Business Development
3 1 (5.882%) Time Management
3 1 (5.882%) Scrum
3 1 (5.882%) RAD
3 1 (5.882%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C++
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) Python
4 1 (5.882%) C#
4 1 (5.882%) SQL
4 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
4 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
4 1 (5.882%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) PhD
1 1 (5.882%) MOS
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Adobe
2 2 (11.76%) Autodesk
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.882%) Ericsson