The first table below looks at the demand for OpenCL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenCL 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 Application Development 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
Khronos Group OpenCL
Rank 522 570 586
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +16
Contract jobs citing OpenCL 8 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.014% 0.003%
As % of the Application Development category 0.063% 0.054% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
Average daily rate £303 £325 £625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% -48.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 -
% change year-on-year
-6.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £38.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12713 14910 16863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.40% 25.58% 27.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7958 8755 9793
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 374 576
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

OpenCL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

OpenCL Jobs Demand Trend

OpenCL
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenCL Daily Rate Trend

OpenCL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenCL Hourly Rate Trend

OpenCL
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OpenCL 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 +48 8 £303 -6.92%
London +21 5 £300 -
East of England +15 3 £303 -6.92%
Cambridgeshire +13 3 £303 -6.92%
Cambridge +9 3 £303 -6.92%

OpenCL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (64.52%) C++
2 18 (58.06%) Linux
3 17 (54.84%) C
4 12 (38.71%) Python
4 12 (38.71%) Software Testing
5 11 (35.48%) HTML
6 10 (32.26%) Embedded C
7 9 (29.03%) Java
7 9 (29.03%) Grid Computing
7 9 (29.03%) CUDA
8 8 (25.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 8 (25.81%) Finance
8 8 (25.81%) C#
8 8 (25.81%) STL
8 8 (25.81%) Front Office
9 7 (22.58%) GPGPU
10 6 (19.35%) Multithreading
10 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
10 6 (19.35%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (19.35%) Banking
10 6 (19.35%) Investment Banking
10 6 (19.35%) .NET
11 5 (16.13%) OpenGL
11 5 (16.13%) OpenGL ES
11 5 (16.13%) HLSL
11 5 (16.13%) TDD
11 5 (16.13%) GLSL
11 5 (16.13%) LLVM
12 4 (12.90%) Parallel Processing
13 2 (6.452%) Telecoms

OpenCL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (35.48%) HTML
2 8 (25.81%) STL
2 8 (25.81%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 6 (19.35%) .NET
4 5 (16.13%) OpenGL
4 5 (16.13%) OpenGL ES
5 1 (3.226%) DirectCompute
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle Coherence
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) LLVM
General
1 8 (25.81%) Front Office
1 8 (25.81%) Finance
2 6 (19.35%) Banking
2 6 (19.35%) Investment Banking
3 2 (6.452%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.226%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.226%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 11 (35.48%) Test Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) C++ Developer
2 7 (22.58%) Software Engineer
2 7 (22.58%) Developer
3 3 (9.677%) Programmer
3 3 (9.677%) Graphics Programmer
4 1 (3.226%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Grid Computing
1 9 (29.03%) CUDA
2 7 (22.58%) GPGPU
3 6 (19.35%) Computer Science
3 6 (19.35%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (6.452%) Hedge funds
4 2 (6.452%) Fixed Income
5 1 (3.226%) Life Science
5 1 (3.226%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.226%) Mathematics
5 1 (3.226%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.226%) Device Driver
5 1 (3.226%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 18 (58.06%) Linux
2 1 (3.226%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.226%) Android
2 1 (3.226%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Software Testing
2 6 (19.35%) Multithreading
3 5 (16.13%) TDD
4 4 (12.90%) Parallel Processing
5 1 (3.226%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (3.226%) Signal Processing
5 1 (3.226%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (3.226%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (64.52%) C++
2 17 (54.84%) C
3 12 (38.71%) Python
4 10 (32.26%) Embedded C
5 9 (29.03%) Java
6 8 (25.81%) C#
7 5 (16.13%) GLSL
7 5 (16.13%) HLSL
8 1 (3.226%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 1 (3.226%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (3.226%) DataSynapse
1 1 (3.226%) GigaSpaces