The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 19 June 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 for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank 118 122 96
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -26
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 1 4 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.059% 0.197% 1.287%
As % of the Application Development category 0.116% 0.367% 2.552%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 22
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -11.76%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
860 1090 1058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 50.44% 53.77% 50.43%
Number of salaries quoted 806 949 956
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
DirectX
Cambridgeshire

DirectX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge DirectX Jobs Demand Trend

DirectX
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing DirectX 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DirectX.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) JSR 184
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) OpenVG
1 2 (100.00%) Direct3D
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL ES

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing DirectX also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited DirectX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (100.00%) JSR 184
1 2 (100.00%) OpenVG
1 2 (100.00%) Direct3D
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++
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