The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank 585 634 622
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -12
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 16 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.036% 0.028% 0.014%
As % of the Application Development category 0.090% 0.068% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 8
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +7.95%
UK excluding London average salary £43,250 £33,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -19.51%
All Application Development
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17682 22215 22674
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 40.18% 40.79% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15324 19788 19895
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London 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 London region.

London DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DirectX across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London DirectX Salary Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London - 8 £50,000 -
DirectX
England

DirectX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 20 (68.97%) C#
2 17 (58.62%) OpenGL
3 14 (48.28%) WinForms
4 13 (44.83%) C++
5 11 (37.93%) .NET
5 11 (37.93%) Games
6 9 (31.03%) Degree
7 8 (27.59%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (27.59%) 3D Graphics
8 7 (24.14%) Mobile Games
8 7 (24.14%) Visual Studio
8 7 (24.14%) Windows
9 6 (20.69%) CSS
9 6 (20.69%) Java
9 6 (20.69%) CAD
9 6 (20.69%) Maya
9 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
9 6 (20.69%) Mobile App
10 5 (17.24%) C
11 4 (13.79%) HTML
11 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
11 4 (13.79%) SQL
11 4 (13.79%) MySQL
11 4 (13.79%) MATLAB
11 4 (13.79%) Intel
11 4 (13.79%) OO
11 4 (13.79%) Fortran
11 4 (13.79%) 3ds Max
11 4 (13.79%) Objective-C
11 4 (13.79%) Mobile Application Development

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 17 (58.62%) OpenGL
2 14 (48.28%) WinForms
3 11 (37.93%) .NET
4 6 (20.69%) CSS
5 4 (13.79%) HTML
5 4 (13.79%) GWT
6 2 (6.897%) DHTML
6 2 (6.897%) XML
6 2 (6.897%) XSD
6 2 (6.897%) Flash
6 2 (6.897%) Cocoa
6 2 (6.897%) Cocoa Touch
6 2 (6.897%) WPF
6 2 (6.897%) Silverlight
7 1 (3.448%) WebGL
7 1 (3.448%) XNA
7 1 (3.448%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Maya
2 4 (13.79%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) HTTP
1 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) MySQL
2 2 (6.897%) GIS
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.897%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (6.897%) Xcode
2 2 (6.897%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (37.93%) Games
2 1 (3.448%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (86.21%) Developer
2 11 (37.93%) C# Developer
3 9 (31.03%) C++ Developer
4 7 (24.14%) .NET Developer
5 5 (17.24%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Mobile Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Programmer
7 2 (6.897%) Applications Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Software Engineer
7 2 (6.897%) VB.NET Developer
7 2 (6.897%) C++ Programmer
7 2 (6.897%) Games Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Games Programmer
7 2 (6.897%) C++/C# Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 1 (3.448%) Senior Software Development Engineer
8 1 (3.448%) C++ Games Programmer
8 1 (3.448%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (3.448%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) 3D Graphics
2 7 (24.14%) Mobile Games
3 6 (20.69%) Mobile App
4 4 (13.79%) GPGPU
4 4 (13.79%) Physics
5 3 (10.34%) Mathematics
5 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.34%) Animation
6 2 (6.897%) Blackberry
6 2 (6.897%) Social Gaming
6 2 (6.897%) Online Games
7 1 (3.448%) iPad
7 1 (3.448%) Kinect
7 1 (3.448%) iPhone
7 1 (3.448%) Visualisation
7 1 (3.448%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.79%) Android
4 1 (3.448%) Windows 8
4 1 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (20.69%) CAD
3 4 (13.79%) OO
3 4 (13.79%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (13.79%) Game Development
3 4 (13.79%) Parallel Programming
3 4 (13.79%) Refactoring
4 3 (10.34%) 3D Rendering
5 2 (6.897%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (6.897%) Multithreading
6 1 (3.448%) Computer Architecture
6 1 (3.448%) MVVM
6 1 (3.448%) Scrum
6 1 (3.448%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 20 (68.97%) C#
2 13 (44.83%) C++
3 6 (20.69%) Java
4 5 (17.24%) C
5 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
5 4 (13.79%) SQL
5 4 (13.79%) MATLAB
5 4 (13.79%) Fortran
5 4 (13.79%) Objective-C
6 3 (10.34%) VB.NET
7 2 (6.897%) PHP
8 1 (3.448%) GLSL
8 1 (3.448%) HLSL
8 1 (3.448%) XAML
8 1 (3.448%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Intel