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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft DirectX skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft DirectX
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank81102
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching permanent IT job ads35
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.568 %0.794 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£31,667£23,000
Average salary£36,000£25,000
% change on same period last year+43.99 %
Average maximum salary£40,333£27,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,479£35,494
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads528630
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.279 %0.258 %
Salaries quoted410460
Average minimum salary£31,059£31,180
Average salary£34,342£35,186
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum salary£37,625£39,192
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
DirectX ScotlandDirectX
Scotland

DirectX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DirectX across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Edinburgh DirectX Demand Trend

DirectX
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

114 (100.00 %)C++
211 (78.57 %)Symbian
211 (78.57 %)OpenGL
211 (78.57 %)Multimedia
38 (57.14 %)C
46 (42.86 %)3G
46 (42.86 %)VxWorks
46 (42.86 %)OO
46 (42.86 %)OOD
46 (42.86 %)MPEG
46 (42.86 %)3D Graphics
46 (42.86 %)Streaming Video
46 (42.86 %)pSOS
55 (35.71 %)Quicktime
64 (28.57 %)Embedded C++
73 (21.43 %)Scrum
73 (21.43 %)Extreme Programming
73 (21.43 %)Pair Programming
73 (21.43 %)Unit Testing
73 (21.43 %)VC++
73 (21.43 %)ActiveX
82 (14.29 %)C#
82 (14.29 %)Physics
82 (14.29 %)Degree
82 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
82 (14.29 %)Symbian OS
91 (7.143 %)Mathematics
91 (7.143 %)Windows

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (78.57 %)OpenGL
23 (21.43 %)ActiveX
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (35.71 %)Quicktime
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (42.86 %)3G
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (78.57 %)Multimedia
26 (42.86 %)3D Graphics
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
25 (35.71 %)Consultant
25 (35.71 %)Technical Consultant
25 (35.71 %)C++ Software Engineer
34 (28.57 %)Senior Technical Consultant
34 (28.57 %)Senior Consultant
42 (14.29 %)Senior Software Engineer
51 (7.143 %)3G Engineer
51 (7.143 %)3G Software Engineer
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (42.86 %)MPEG
16 (42.86 %)Streaming Video
22 (14.29 %)Physics
31 (7.143 %)Mathematics
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (42.86 %)VxWorks
16 (42.86 %)pSOS
22 (14.29 %)Symbian OS
31 (7.143 %)Windows
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (42.86 %)OO
16 (42.86 %)OOD
23 (21.43 %)Scrum
23 (21.43 %)Extreme Programming
23 (21.43 %)Pair Programming
23 (21.43 %)Unit Testing
32 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (100.00 %)C++
28 (57.14 %)C
34 (28.57 %)Embedded C++
43 (21.43 %)VC++
52 (14.29 %)C#
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (78.57 %)Symbian
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