The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 18 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank 137 150 116
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -34
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 2 4 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.080% 0.139% 0.938%
As % of the Application Development category 0.168% 0.264% 1.842%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 23
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £45,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £36,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -14.11%
All Application Development
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1189 1514 1520
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 47.67% 52.77% 50.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1103 1308 1341
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% +6.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
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
East of England

DirectX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DirectX within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +9 1 £50,000 +11.11% 3
DirectX
East of England

DirectX
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) JSR 184
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) OpenVG
2 2 (66.67%) Direct3D
3 1 (33.33%) Renderscript
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Physics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
2 2 (66.67%) JSR 184
2 2 (66.67%) OpenVG
2 2 (66.67%) Direct3D
3 1 (33.33%) Renderscript
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
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