The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 23 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank - 56 -
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset - 0.436% -
As % of the Application Development category - 0.733% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £30,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £43,250 £33,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
+31.06% -19.51%
All Application Development
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
248 273 240
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 39.62% 59.48% 48.29%
Number of salaries quoted 230 264 226
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
DirectX
South West

DirectX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++