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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft DirectX skills within the Oxford 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft DirectX
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank96100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads13
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.148 %0.435 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£40,000£30,000
Average salary£47,500£39,000
% change on same period last year+21.79 %
Average maximum salary£55,000£48,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,161£32,361
% change on same period last year+11.74 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads674689
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.301 %
Salaries quoted615618
Average minimum salary£33,760£30,486
Average salary£36,788£33,201
% change on same period last year+10.80 %
Average maximum salary£39,815£35,916
UK excluding London average salary£35,959£36,645
% change on same period last year-1.87 %
DirectX OxfordshireDirectX
Oxfordshire

DirectX
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

18 (100.00 %)C++
18 (100.00 %)Games
26 (75.00 %)Sony
31 (12.50 %)Mathematics
31 (12.50 %)C

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (100.00 %)Games
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Developer
16 (75.00 %)Games Developer
16 (75.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (12.50 %)Programmer
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Mathematics
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)C++
21 (12.50 %)C
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)Sony