The first table below looks at the demand for Direct3D skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Direct3D 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Direct3D
Rank 852 877 853
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -24
Permanent jobs citing Direct3D 12 23 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.019% 0.014%
As % of the Application Development category 0.027% 0.045% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 12 17 14
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £34,000 £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +6.66%
All Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
44030 51132 48922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 40.48% 41.69% 40.02%
Number of salaries quoted 38280 45443 43240
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

Direct3D
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Direct3D within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Direct3D Jobs Demand Trend

Direct3D
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Direct3D within the UK.

Direct3D Salary Trend

Direct3D
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Direct3D over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Direct3D Salary Histogram

Direct3D
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Direct3D within the UK 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
England +28 12 £50,000 +11.11%
East of England +13 7 £50,000 +11.11%
Cambridgeshire +11 5 £50,000 +11.11%
Cambridge +10 5 £50,000 +11.11%
Surrey +16 3 £50,000 -
South East 0 3 £50,000 +11.11%
Hertfordshire - 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
London - 1 £65,000 -
Birmingham - 1 £45,000 -

Direct3D
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Direct3D 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 Direct3D.

1 34 (100.00%) C++
1 34 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 24 (70.59%) C#
3 20 (58.82%) .NET
4 19 (55.88%) DirectX
4 19 (55.88%) 3D Graphics
5 18 (52.94%) C
6 16 (47.06%) Windows
7 14 (41.18%) Visual Studio
7 14 (41.18%) WPF
8 12 (35.29%) Electronics
8 12 (35.29%) Degree
8 12 (35.29%) Games
8 12 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (32.35%) Computer Science
10 10 (29.41%) Mathematics
11 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
11 9 (26.47%) UNIX
12 8 (23.53%) VC++
12 8 (23.53%) Android
12 8 (23.53%) Qt
12 8 (23.53%) Visualisation
13 7 (20.59%) CUDA
13 7 (20.59%) Image Processing
13 7 (20.59%) Linux
13 7 (20.59%) MFC
13 7 (20.59%) CAD
13 7 (20.59%) Ethernet
13 7 (20.59%) Physics
13 7 (20.59%) Animation

Direct3D
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Direct3D 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 Direct3D. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 20 (58.82%) .NET
3 19 (55.88%) DirectX
4 14 (41.18%) WPF
5 8 (23.53%) Qt
6 7 (20.59%) MFC
7 5 (14.71%) OpenGL ES
8 4 (11.76%) WinForms
9 3 (8.824%) .NET Framework
10 2 (5.882%) JSR 184
10 2 (5.882%) OpenVG
11 1 (2.941%) OpenCL
11 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.941%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Data Mining
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (41.18%) Visual Studio
2 7 (20.59%) Subversion
3 1 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (35.29%) Electronics
1 12 (35.29%) Games
2 3 (8.824%) Finance
3 1 (2.941%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Developer
2 11 (32.35%) Software Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Tools Programmer
3 7 (20.59%) Tools Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Programmer
4 4 (11.76%) Performance Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.882%) C# Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.941%) .NET Developer
6 1 (2.941%) C++ Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Design Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.941%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (2.941%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) 3D Graphics
2 11 (32.35%) Computer Science
3 10 (29.41%) Mathematics
4 8 (23.53%) Visualisation
5 7 (20.59%) CUDA
5 7 (20.59%) Physics
5 7 (20.59%) Animation
6 3 (8.824%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (5.882%) Device Driver
8 1 (2.941%) GPGPU
Operating Systems
1 16 (47.06%) Windows
2 9 (26.47%) UNIX
3 8 (23.53%) Android
4 7 (20.59%) Linux
5 6 (17.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.941%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
3 7 (20.59%) Image Processing
3 7 (20.59%) CAD
3 7 (20.59%) Unit Testing
4 5 (14.71%) Scrum
5 4 (11.76%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (2.941%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) C++
2 24 (70.59%) C#
3 18 (52.94%) C
4 8 (23.53%) VC++
5 5 (14.71%) GLSL
6 4 (11.76%) HLSL
7 2 (5.882%) Embedded C
7 2 (5.882%) Embedded C++
8 1 (2.941%) Java
8 1 (2.941%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Google
2 4 (11.76%) Apple
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle
4 1 (2.941%) SGI
4 1 (2.941%) Symbian
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