The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 21 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank 168 167 163
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.032% 0.059% 0.057%
As % of the Application Development category 0.075% 0.127% 0.141%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £27,500 £33,250 £26,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.29% +26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £43,250 £33,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -19.51%
All Application Development
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1325 1574 1414
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 42.92% 46.40% 39.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1199 1453 1278
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
DirectX
England

DirectX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Leicestershire - 1 £27,500 -
DirectX
England

DirectX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 7 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
2 6 (85.71%) WPF
2 6 (85.71%) Direct3D
3 5 (71.43%) Windows
3 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
4 4 (57.14%) WinForms
5 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
5 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 3 (42.86%) Scrum
5 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
6 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
6 2 (28.57%) Android
6 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle
6 2 (28.57%) Finance
7 1 (14.29%) Degree
7 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
7 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 1 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (14.29%) Java
7 1 (14.29%) C
7 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 1 (14.29%) Games
7 1 (14.29%) Maya
7 1 (14.29%) 3ds Max
7 1 (14.29%) Streaming Video

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 6 (85.71%) WPF
2 6 (85.71%) Direct3D
3 5 (71.43%) .NET
4 4 (57.14%) WinForms
5 3 (42.86%) .NET Framework
6 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 1 (14.29%) OGRE
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Maya
1 1 (14.29%) 3ds Max
1 1 (14.29%) Blender
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++/C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (14.29%) Streaming Video
4 1 (14.29%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle