The first table below looks at the demand for DirectX skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 20 June 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft DirectX
Rank 428 442 426
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -16
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 4 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.018% 0.013% 0.013%
As % of the Application Development category 0.047% 0.032% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
Average salary £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.31% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £47,500 £41,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £47,500 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -11.76%
All Application Development
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
8494 9477 9973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 38.06% 40.38% 41.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7564 8574 9068
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,725 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
DirectX
England

DirectX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DirectX across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Surrey +14 3 £35,000 -26.31%
Hampshire - 1 - -
DirectX
England

DirectX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 14 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 13 (92.86%) C#
3 12 (85.71%) C++
4 10 (71.43%) Games
5 8 (57.14%) Software Engineering
5 8 (57.14%) .NET
5 8 (57.14%) CAD
6 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (35.71%) Degree
6 5 (35.71%) Animation
6 5 (35.71%) Physics
6 5 (35.71%) Image Processing
6 5 (35.71%) Direct3D
7 4 (28.57%) Visualisation
7 4 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (28.57%) Aerospace
7 4 (28.57%) TickIT
7 4 (28.57%) Network Design
7 4 (28.57%) Requirements Management
7 4 (28.57%) ISO 9001
7 4 (28.57%) UML
8 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
8 3 (21.43%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 3 (21.43%) Windows
8 3 (21.43%) GIS
8 3 (21.43%) WinForms
8 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
8 3 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (14.29%) QNX

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 14 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 8 (57.14%) .NET
3 5 (35.71%) Direct3D
4 3 (21.43%) WinForms
5 2 (14.29%) POSIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (21.43%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (21.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (71.43%) Games
2 4 (28.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Programmer
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Tools Programmer
2 5 (35.71%) Tools Developer
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 2 (14.29%) WinForms Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.143%) GUI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Animation
1 5 (35.71%) Physics
2 4 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (14.29%) Device Driver
4 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Software Engineering
1 8 (57.14%) CAD
2 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (35.71%) Image Processing
3 4 (28.57%) Network Design
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Management
3 4 (28.57%) UML
4 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.143%) OO
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C#
2 12 (85.71%) C++
3 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
4 2 (14.29%) C
5 1 (7.143%) Embedded C
5 1 (7.143%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) TickIT
1 4 (28.57%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) QNX
1 2 (14.29%) Apple
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