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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £43,250 £33,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -19.51%
All Application Development
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
133 172 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 62.15% 42.57% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 130 139 64
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £34,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,450 £42,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
DirectX
Gloucestershire

DirectX
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) XNA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) XNA
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared