The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank 67 - 65
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 2 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.299% - 0.327%
As % of the Application Development category 0.667% - 0.749%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Average salary £29,500 - £21,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £36,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -14.11%
All Application Development
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
300 228 267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 44.91% 44.97% 43.63%
Number of salaries quoted 267 205 207
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £24,150
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
DirectX
South West

DirectX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Poole - 2 £29,500 -
DirectX
South West

DirectX
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) OOP
2 2 (50.00%) OOD
2 2 (50.00%) Fortran
2 2 (50.00%) OpenGL
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Games
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Physics
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 (50.00%) OpenGL
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (50.00%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OOP
1 2 (50.00%) OOD
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Fortran
2 2 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared