The first table below looks at the demand for WebGL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebGL 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
WebGL
Rank 511 580 583
Rank change year-on-year
+69 +3
Contract jobs citing WebGL 18 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Application Development category 0.142% 0.027% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 0
Average daily rate £300 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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%

WebGL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WebGL Jobs Demand Trend

WebGL
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebGL Daily Rate Trend

WebGL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

WebGL Daily Rate Histogram

WebGL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebGL Hourly Rate Trend

WebGL
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebGL 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 +58 16 £288 -11.53%
London +49 15 £300 -7.69%
Canary Wharf 0 3 £250 -28.57%
City of London - 3 £300 -
West Midlands - 1 £200 -
Birmingham - 1 £200 -

WebGL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebGL 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 WebGL.

1 33 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 19 (57.58%) Finance
3 18 (54.55%) HTML5
4 17 (51.52%) HTML5 Canvas
4 17 (51.52%) CSS
5 16 (48.48%) C++
5 16 (48.48%) CSS3
6 15 (45.45%) OO
6 15 (45.45%) OpenGL
6 15 (45.45%) Ajax
6 15 (45.45%) jQuery
7 14 (42.42%) Backbone.js
8 11 (33.33%) Banking
8 11 (33.33%) HTML
8 11 (33.33%) C
9 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (30.30%) TDD
9 10 (30.30%) Visualisation
10 9 (27.27%) 3D Graphics
10 9 (27.27%) C#
11 8 (24.24%) DirectX
11 8 (24.24%) WPF
11 8 (24.24%) Spreadsheet
12 7 (21.21%) TIBCO
13 6 (18.18%) Front Office
13 6 (18.18%) Degree
13 6 (18.18%) Investment Banking
14 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
14 5 (15.15%) Apache Flex
14 5 (15.15%) ActionScript

WebGL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebGL 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 WebGL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (54.55%) HTML5
2 17 (51.52%) HTML5 Canvas
2 17 (51.52%) CSS
3 16 (48.48%) CSS3
4 15 (45.45%) OpenGL
4 15 (45.45%) Ajax
4 15 (45.45%) jQuery
5 14 (42.42%) Backbone.js
6 11 (33.33%) HTML
7 8 (24.24%) DirectX
7 8 (24.24%) WPF
8 5 (15.15%) Apache Flex
9 4 (12.12%) RESTful
9 4 (12.12%) Flash
10 2 (6.061%) SVG
11 1 (3.030%) XML
11 1 (3.030%) DOM
11 1 (3.030%) Django
11 1 (3.030%) Ruby on Rails
11 1 (3.030%) XHR
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) Apache
1 1 (3.030%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.030%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) HTTP
2 1 (3.030%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) LLVM
2 1 (3.030%) Subversion
2 1 (3.030%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.030%) Git (software)
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 11 (33.33%) Banking
3 6 (18.18%) Front Office
3 6 (18.18%) Investment Banking
4 3 (9.091%) Games
5 1 (3.030%) Marketing
5 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (66.67%) Developer
2 10 (30.30%) Web Developer
3 6 (18.18%) HTML Developer
4 4 (12.12%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (9.091%) C++ Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Market Data Specialist
6 2 (6.061%) Data Visualisation Specialist
7 1 (3.030%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.030%) Administrator
7 1 (3.030%) UI Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (3.030%) Games Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Front-End Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 1 (3.030%) Mobile Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Graphics Developer
7 1 (3.030%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Visualisation
2 9 (27.27%) 3D Graphics
3 5 (15.15%) GPGPU
4 2 (6.061%) Animation
5 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.030%) RIA
5 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.030%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (3.030%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) OO
2 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (30.30%) TDD
3 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
3 5 (15.15%) User Experience Design
3 5 (15.15%) BDD
4 2 (6.061%) MVC
5 1 (3.030%) ERP
5 1 (3.030%) Project Management
5 1 (3.030%) Web Development
5 1 (3.030%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (3.030%) Analytics
5 1 (3.030%) Progressive Enhancement
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 16 (48.48%) C++
3 11 (33.33%) C
4 9 (27.27%) C#
5 5 (15.15%) ActionScript
6 2 (6.061%) PHP
6 2 (6.061%) Lua
6 2 (6.061%) Python
7 1 (3.030%) Perl
7 1 (3.030%) Java
7 1 (3.030%) Ruby
7 1 (3.030%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) TIBCO
2 1 (3.030%) Adobe
2 1 (3.030%) Omniture
2 1 (3.030%) Google
2 1 (3.030%) Facebook
2 1 (3.030%) Twitter