The first 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 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenGL
Rank 458 526 539
Rank change year-on-year
+68 +13
Contract jobs citing OpenGL 71 58 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.153% 0.099% 0.074%
As % of the Application Development category 0.560% 0.391% 0.268%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 19 13
Average daily rate £350 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £353 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £288
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -16.66%
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
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 364 388 570
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 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

OpenGL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

OpenGL Jobs Demand Trend

OpenGL
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenGL within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

OpenGL Daily Rate Histogram

OpenGL
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Top 25 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 24 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 +57 69 £350 +16.66%
London +38 38 £325 +13.04%
South East +21 15 £350 +7.69%
Surrey +17 6 £400 -
Staines +6 6 £400 -
City of London +19 5 £300 -
North West - 5 - -
South West - 5 £350 -
Wiltshire - 5 £350 -
East of England +14 4 £375 +20.00%
Middlesex +10 4 £325 -
Hertfordshire - 4 £375 -
Hampshire -7 3 - -
Canary Wharf - 3 £250 -
Liverpool - 3 - -
Merseyside - 3 - -
Cheshire - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £425 -
Tyne and Wear - 1 £350 -
North East - 1 £350 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 £425 -
Salisbury - 1 £350 -
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £350 -

OpenGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 83 (66.94%) C++
2 55 (44.35%) C
3 43 (34.68%) Linux
4 41 (33.06%) 3D Graphics
4 41 (33.06%) Android
4 41 (33.06%) Apple iOS
5 29 (23.39%) OpenGL ES
5 29 (23.39%) Java
6 28 (22.58%) JavaScript
6 28 (22.58%) Objective-C
7 27 (21.77%) JSON
8 25 (20.16%) Degree
8 25 (20.16%) Embedded Systems
8 25 (20.16%) C#
9 24 (19.35%) GLSL
9 24 (19.35%) Computer Science
10 21 (16.94%) Electronics
11 20 (16.13%) Embedded Linux
12 19 (15.32%) iPad
13 18 (14.52%) iPhone
13 18 (14.52%) Games
14 17 (13.71%) Device Driver
14 17 (13.71%) Agile Software Development
14 17 (13.71%) Mathematics
15 16 (12.90%) Qt
15 16 (12.90%) Mobile App
16 15 (12.10%) WebGL
16 15 (12.10%) Embedded Software Development
16 15 (12.10%) DirectX
17 14 (11.29%) DTV

OpenGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 29 (23.39%) OpenGL ES
2 27 (21.77%) JSON
3 16 (12.90%) Qt
4 15 (12.10%) WebGL
4 15 (12.10%) DirectX
5 14 (11.29%) Web Services
5 14 (11.29%) Cocoa
6 12 (9.677%) XML
6 12 (9.677%) .NET
7 10 (8.065%) HTML5
8 9 (7.258%) RESTful
9 8 (6.452%) WPF
9 8 (6.452%) cocos2d
9 8 (6.452%) Ajax
10 7 (5.645%) SOAP
11 6 (4.839%) iOS SDK
11 6 (4.839%) REST
11 6 (4.839%) OpenCV
11 6 (4.839%) MFC
11 6 (4.839%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.032%) CoreMedia CMS
2 1 (0.806%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 8 (6.452%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.419%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.613%) Maya
3 2 (1.613%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.806%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.806%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.806%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.613%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.806%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.29%) HTTP
2 3 (2.419%) Internet
3 2 (1.613%) Wireless
4 1 (0.806%) SMS
4 1 (0.806%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.806%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (8.871%) Subversion
2 7 (5.645%) Xcode
3 6 (4.839%) Git (software)
4 4 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (3.226%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.419%) NUnit
6 2 (1.613%) LLVM
6 2 (1.613%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.806%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.806%) PhoneGap
General
1 21 (16.94%) Electronics
2 18 (14.52%) Games
3 12 (9.677%) Finance
4 8 (6.452%) Marketing
5 5 (4.032%) Banking
5 5 (4.032%) Multimedia
6 4 (3.226%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.419%) Retail
8 2 (1.613%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.613%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.806%) Military
9 1 (0.806%) Front Office
9 1 (0.806%) Music
9 1 (0.806%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 65 (52.42%) Developer
2 28 (22.58%) iOS Developer
3 18 (14.52%) Software Engineer
4 14 (11.29%) Android Developer
5 8 (6.452%) C++ Developer
5 8 (6.452%) Programmer
6 7 (5.645%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (5.645%) Mobile Developer
7 5 (4.032%) Analyst Programmer
7 5 (4.032%) Analyst
7 5 (4.032%) C++ Analyst Programmer
7 5 (4.032%) C++ Programmer
7 5 (4.032%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 5 (4.032%) Software Programmer
8 4 (3.226%) Games Developer
9 3 (2.419%) Lead Developer
9 3 (2.419%) C# Developer
9 3 (2.419%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 3 (2.419%) Graphics Programmer
9 3 (2.419%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (33.06%) 3D Graphics
2 25 (20.16%) Embedded Systems
3 24 (19.35%) Computer Science
4 19 (15.32%) iPad
5 18 (14.52%) iPhone
6 17 (13.71%) Device Driver
6 17 (13.71%) Mathematics
7 16 (12.90%) Mobile App
8 14 (11.29%) DTV
9 11 (8.871%) Visualisation
10 9 (7.258%) Augmented Reality
11 8 (6.452%) Smartphone
12 7 (5.645%) Social Media
13 6 (4.839%) Streaming Video
14 5 (4.032%) GPGPU
14 5 (4.032%) Open Source
14 5 (4.032%) Animation
15 3 (2.419%) STB
16 2 (1.613%) Digital Media
16 2 (1.613%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (34.68%) Linux
2 41 (33.06%) Android
2 41 (33.06%) Apple iOS
3 20 (16.13%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (4.032%) bada
5 4 (3.226%) Windows
6 2 (1.613%) UNIX
7 1 (0.806%) MeeGo
7 1 (0.806%) Tizen
7 1 (0.806%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (13.71%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (12.10%) Embedded Software Development
3 13 (10.48%) OO
4 10 (8.065%) Memory Management
4 10 (8.065%) Software Testing
5 7 (5.645%) MVC
5 7 (5.645%) Scrum
6 6 (4.839%) Image Processing
7 5 (4.032%) Risk Management
7 5 (4.032%) OOP
7 5 (4.032%) OOD
7 5 (4.032%) Game Development
7 5 (4.032%) User Experience Design
7 5 (4.032%) Multithreading
7 5 (4.032%) 3D Modelling
7 5 (4.032%) Project Planning
8 3 (2.419%) Kanban
8 3 (2.419%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (2.419%) Web Application Development
8 3 (2.419%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 83 (66.94%) C++
2 55 (44.35%) C
3 29 (23.39%) Java
4 28 (22.58%) JavaScript
4 28 (22.58%) Objective-C
5 25 (20.16%) C#
6 24 (19.35%) GLSL
7 7 (5.645%) HLSL
8 6 (4.839%) Fortran
8 6 (4.839%) VC++
9 5 (4.032%) ActionScript
9 5 (4.032%) Embedded C++
10 3 (2.419%) SQL
10 3 (2.419%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.613%) Lua
11 2 (1.613%) Ruby
11 2 (1.613%) VB
11 2 (1.613%) PHP
12 1 (0.806%) Python
12 1 (0.806%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (20.16%) Degree
2 4 (3.226%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.419%) MCP
3 3 (2.419%) MCAD
3 3 (2.419%) MCSD
3 3 (2.419%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.419%) MCTS
4 2 (1.613%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.613%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.226%) JTAG
2 1 (0.806%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (7.258%) Facebook
2 7 (5.645%) TIBCO
3 6 (4.839%) Twitter
3 6 (4.839%) Apple
4 5 (4.032%) Google
4 5 (4.032%) Symbian
5 2 (1.613%) SAP
5 2 (1.613%) TOWER Software
6 1 (0.806%) SIMUL8
6 1 (0.806%) Omniture
6 1 (0.806%) JBoss
6 1 (0.806%) Progress
6 1 (0.806%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.806%) Adobe
6 1 (0.806%) Symantec
London
The ideal candidate will have extensive embedded graphics skills, knowledge of the OpenGL library, strong ARM architecture skills and expert coding in C & C++. This type of work...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £35 to £40 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013
Weybridge, Surrey
Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Middlesex
Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded systems including low-level graphics acceleration, OpenGL and its extensions, and GLSL programming... A...
Proteus Europe
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013