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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft DirectX skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft DirectX
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank130101
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads1230
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.013 %
As % of the category below1.173 %3.432 %
Salaries quoted1124
Average minimum salary£30,727£29,667
Average salary£34,045£36,917
% change on same period last year-7.77 %
Average maximum salary£37,364£44,167
UK excluding London average salary£36,851£37,390
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Application Development CambridgeApplication Development
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads1023874
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.502 %0.387 %
Salaries quoted935758
Average minimum salary£32,476£32,238
Average salary£35,865£35,735
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
Average maximum salary£39,254£39,233
UK excluding London average salary£35,972£36,627
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
DirectX CambridgeshireDirectX
Cambridgeshire

DirectX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing DirectX across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridge DirectX Demand Trend

DirectX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing DirectX across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DirectX across the Cambridge region over the past 3 months.

Cambridge DirectX Salary Histogram

DirectX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing DirectX also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing DirectX.

118 (90.00 %)C++
216 (80.00 %)OpenGL
312 (60.00 %)C
312 (60.00 %)3D Graphics
410 (50.00 %)Games
59 (45.00 %)VxWorks
67 (35.00 %)Degree
76 (30.00 %)MPEG
85 (25.00 %)Symbian
85 (25.00 %)Embedded C
85 (25.00 %)Mathematics
85 (25.00 %)Computer Science
85 (25.00 %)Maya
85 (25.00 %)3ds Max
85 (25.00 %)Multimedia
94 (20.00 %)Physics
94 (20.00 %)Lua
94 (20.00 %)Pensions
94 (20.00 %)OOD
94 (20.00 %)Linux
94 (20.00 %)OO
94 (20.00 %)Unix
103 (15.00 %)Windows
103 (15.00 %)Java
103 (15.00 %)3G
103 (15.00 %)pSOS
103 (15.00 %)Streaming Video
103 (15.00 %)Device Driver
112 (10.00 %)Pocket PC
112 (10.00 %)Windows CE

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing DirectX also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing DirectX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
116 (80.00 %)OpenGL
22 (10.00 %)X-Windows
31 (5.000 %)Swing
Applications
15 (25.00 %)Maya
15 (25.00 %)3ds Max
21 (5.000 %)MATLAB
Communications & Networking
13 (15.00 %)3G
22 (10.00 %)RTP
22 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
General
112 (60.00 %)3D Graphics
210 (50.00 %)Games
35 (25.00 %)Multimedia
44 (20.00 %)Pensions
51 (5.000 %)Electronics
51 (5.000 %)Electric
51 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
18 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
26 (30.00 %)Developer
35 (25.00 %)Programmer
43 (15.00 %)Software Developer
43 (15.00 %)C++ Programmer
43 (15.00 %)Software Programmer
52 (10.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
52 (10.00 %)C++ Developer
61 (5.000 %)Embedded Software Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Graduate
61 (5.000 %)Games Developer
61 (5.000 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Embedded C Engineer
61 (5.000 %)C Software Engineer
61 (5.000 %)Graduate Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
16 (30.00 %)MPEG
25 (25.00 %)Mathematics
25 (25.00 %)Computer Science
34 (20.00 %)Physics
43 (15.00 %)Device Driver
43 (15.00 %)Streaming Video
52 (10.00 %)Pocket PC
Operating Systems
19 (45.00 %)VxWorks
24 (20.00 %)Unix
24 (20.00 %)Linux
33 (15.00 %)Windows
33 (15.00 %)pSOS
42 (10.00 %)Windows CE
51 (5.000 %)LynxOS
Processes & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)OO
14 (20.00 %)OOD
21 (5.000 %)CAD
21 (5.000 %)Software Engineering
21 (5.000 %)OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
118 (90.00 %)C++
212 (60.00 %)C
35 (25.00 %)Embedded C
44 (20.00 %)Lua
53 (15.00 %)Java
62 (10.00 %)Perl
71 (5.000 %)VC++
71 (5.000 %)Embedded C++
71 (5.000 %)JavaScript
71 (5.000 %)C#
Qualifications
17 (35.00 %)Degree
Vendors
15 (25.00 %)Symbian
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