Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OpenGL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenGL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkOpenGL
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank457397565
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Up+168
Matching contract IT job ads364435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.075 %0.112 %0.043 %
As % of the Application Development category0.279 %0.505 %0.176 %
Daily rates quoted1361
Average daily rate£275£288£120
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.340 %+139.58 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£250-
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
Hourly rates quoted1345
Average hourly rate£35.00£37.00£32.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.400 %+12.97 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.90£21.80£27.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£44.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£37.00£33.00
% change year-on-year
-5.400 %+12.12 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

OpenGL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OpenGL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

OpenGL Demand Trend

OpenGL
Daily Rate Trend

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

OpenGL Daily Rate Trend

OpenGL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenGL within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

OpenGL Daily Rate Histogram

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OpenGL Hourly Rate Trend

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenGL within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

OpenGL Hourly Rate Histogram

OpenGL
Top 20 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-5234£283+13.00 %
LondonDown-6212£290-10.76 %
South EastDown-1811£263+5.00 %
BerkshireNew entry-9£263-
East of EnglandUp+145--
ReadingNew entry-5--
HertfordshireNew entry-5--
City of LondonDown-654£350-12.50 %
South WestNew entry-4£350-
StevenageNew entry-4--
SloughNew entry-2£313-
South WalesNew entry-2£110-
WalesNew entry-2£110-
Thames ValleyUp+31--
HampshireDown-171--
South CoastNew entry-1--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
PortsmouthNew entry-1--
Kings LangleyNew entry-1--
BristolNew entry-1£350-

OpenGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

141 (57.75 %)C++
230 (42.25 %)C
230 (42.25 %)iPhone
329 (40.85 %)Games
424 (33.80 %)Objective-C
522 (30.99 %)Java
620 (28.17 %)Cocoa
718 (25.35 %)DirectX
817 (23.94 %)C#
916 (22.54 %).NET
1014 (19.72 %)Xcode
1014 (19.72 %)Visualisation
1113 (18.31 %)Linux
1212 (16.90 %)Military
1311 (15.49 %)Programme Management
1311 (15.49 %)Software Engineering
1311 (15.49 %)UML
149 (12.68 %)Windows
149 (12.68 %)Embedded Linux
158 (11.27 %)iPhone SDK
166 (8.451 %)J2ME
166 (8.451 %)Flash
166 (8.451 %)3D Graphics
166 (8.451 %)Android
175 (7.042 %)Animation
175 (7.042 %)Apple
175 (7.042 %)Windows CE
184 (5.634 %)Blackberry
184 (5.634 %)Symbian
184 (5.634 %)JavaScript

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (28.17 %)Cocoa
218 (25.35 %)DirectX
316 (22.54 %).NET
48 (11.27 %)iPhone SDK
56 (8.451 %)J2ME
56 (8.451 %)Flash
64 (5.634 %)XNA
73 (4.225 %)GTK+
73 (4.225 %)XML
82 (2.817 %)J2EE
82 (2.817 %)MFC
82 (2.817 %)Qt
91 (1.408 %)AJAX
91 (1.408 %)WinForms
91 (1.408 %)HTML
91 (1.408 %)X-Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.817 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.408 %)Wireless
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (19.72 %)Xcode
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (40.85 %)Games
212 (16.90 %)Military
36 (8.451 %)3D Graphics
45 (7.042 %)Animation
53 (4.225 %)Retail
62 (2.817 %)Publishing
62 (2.817 %)Electronics
62 (2.817 %)Construction
62 (2.817 %)Education
71 (1.408 %)Music
71 (1.408 %)Advertising
71 (1.408 %)Telecoms
71 (1.408 %)Mobile Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
142 (59.15 %)Developer
225 (35.21 %)iPhone Developer
37 (9.859 %)Mobile Developer
37 (9.859 %)Programmer
37 (9.859 %)Software Engineer
44 (5.634 %)Applications Developer
53 (4.225 %)iPhone Applications Developer
53 (4.225 %)Embedded Software Engineer
53 (4.225 %)Architect
62 (2.817 %)C# Developer
62 (2.817 %)Linux Engineer
62 (2.817 %)Android Developer
62 (2.817 %)Embedded Linux Software Engineer
71 (1.408 %)UI Developer
71 (1.408 %)Graphics Programmer
71 (1.408 %)C# Programmer
71 (1.408 %)Mobile Games Developer
71 (1.408 %)WinForms Developer
71 (1.408 %)Senior Software Engineer
71 (1.408 %)C++ Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (42.25 %)iPhone
214 (19.72 %)Visualisation
34 (5.634 %)Blackberry
34 (5.634 %)Augmented Reality
43 (4.225 %)STB
43 (4.225 %)Device Driver
52 (2.817 %)BBC
52 (2.817 %)Mathematics
52 (2.817 %)Physics
61 (1.408 %)Handset
61 (1.408 %)MPEG
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (18.31 %)Linux
29 (12.68 %)Windows
29 (12.68 %)Embedded Linux
36 (8.451 %)Android
45 (7.042 %)Windows CE
54 (5.634 %)Windows Mobile
61 (1.408 %)Mac OS X
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (15.49 %)Programme Management
111 (15.49 %)Software Engineering
111 (15.49 %)UML
21 (1.408 %)OO
21 (1.408 %)E-Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
141 (57.75 %)C++
230 (42.25 %)C
324 (33.80 %)Objective-C
422 (30.99 %)Java
517 (23.94 %)C#
64 (5.634 %)JavaScript
72 (2.817 %)Embedded C
72 (2.817 %)Python
72 (2.817 %)VB.NET
72 (2.817 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (2.817 %)Degree
21 (1.408 %)SC Cleared
21 (1.408 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (7.042 %)Apple
24 (5.634 %)Symbian
31 (1.408 %)Microsoft