Microsoft DirectX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DirectX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DirectX over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 948 1203
Rank change year-on-year +77 +255 -324
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 25 22 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.021% 0.019%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% 0.069% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 25 14 16
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £114,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% -12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

DirectX is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

DirectX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DirectX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DirectX in the UK

DirectX
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DirectX.

Salary trend for DirectX in the UK

DirectX
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DirectX over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DirectX in the UK

DirectX
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DirectX within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +117 24 £50,000 -33.33% 16
UK excluding London +20 19 £50,000 -20.00% 16
Work from Home +98 8 £50,000 -32.20% 7
London +134 6 £50,000 -33.33%
South East +32 6 £80,000 +28.00% 1
East Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
Midlands - 5 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +96 4 £31,500 -
North of England +54 4 £31,500 -
East of England +11 3 £125,000 +163.16% 14
Wales +13 1 £50,000 -

DirectX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (68.00%) Games
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Electronics
4 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (16.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Developer
3 6 (24.00%) C# Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Graphics Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Graphics Software Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) 3D Developer
5 3 (12.00%) CAD Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Lead
6 2 (8.00%) Android Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Android Software Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Games Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Games Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Graphics Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (76.00%) OpenGL
2 8 (32.00%) Vulkan
3 7 (28.00%) .NET
4 6 (24.00%) .NET Core
5 5 (20.00%) OpenGL ES
6 4 (16.00%) Qt
6 4 (16.00%) WebGL
6 4 (16.00%) WPF
7 3 (12.00%) CryEngine
7 3 (12.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (12.00%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (8.00%) Middleware
8 2 (8.00%) Skia Graphics Library
9 1 (4.00%) Direct3D
9 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) 3D Graphics
2 10 (40.00%) Algorithms
3 7 (28.00%) Ray Tracing
4 4 (16.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (16.00%) Virtual Team
5 3 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 5 (20.00%) Android
3 4 (16.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (56.00%) CAD
3 11 (44.00%) Mathematics
4 9 (36.00%) Multithreading
4 9 (36.00%) Physics
5 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (24.00%) Image Processing
7 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
7 5 (20.00%) Memory Management
7 5 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) 3D Rendering
8 4 (16.00%) Content Development
8 4 (16.00%) Content Writing
8 4 (16.00%) Post-Production
9 3 (12.00%) Android Development
9 3 (12.00%) Machine Learning
9 3 (12.00%) MVC
9 3 (12.00%) MVVM
9 3 (12.00%) Neural Network
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) C
2 11 (44.00%) C#
3 9 (36.00%) C++
4 6 (24.00%) Python
4 6 (24.00%) SQL
4 6 (24.00%) T-SQL
5 3 (12.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft