The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term GPGPU in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPGPU over the 3 months to 24 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)
Rank 853 896 -
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -
Permanent jobs citing GPGPU 9 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.002% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.025% 0.008% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £41,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36050 39991 43024
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.36% 33.14% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 29589 33707 36075
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%

GPGPU
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GPGPU Jobs Demand Trend

GPGPU
Salary Trend

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

GPGPU Salary Trend

GPGPU
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPGPU over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

GPGPU Salary Histogram

GPGPU
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPGPU within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +31 9 £41,250 -
South East - 5 £40,000 -
Hampshire - 4 £40,000 -
London - 3 £42,500 -
Southampton - 2 £40,000 -
City of London - 2 £40,000 -
Cambridgeshire +10 1 £60,000 -
East of England +1 1 £60,000 -
Cambridge -2 1 £60,000 -
Surrey - 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 - -

GPGPU
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GPGPU 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 GPGPU.

1 10 (90.91%) C++
2 7 (63.64%) OpenGL
2 7 (63.64%) 3D Graphics
3 6 (54.55%) .NET
3 6 (54.55%) Physics
3 6 (54.55%) Parallel Programming
4 5 (45.45%) C#
4 5 (45.45%) DirectX
5 4 (36.36%) Fortran
5 4 (36.36%) Intel
5 4 (36.36%) MATLAB
5 4 (36.36%) Linux
5 4 (36.36%) Degree
5 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
5 4 (36.36%) WinForms
6 3 (27.27%) 3D Rendering
6 3 (27.27%) C
6 3 (27.27%) Java
6 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 3 (27.27%) Electronics
7 2 (18.18%) Military
7 2 (18.18%) Mathematica
7 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
7 2 (18.18%) OO
7 2 (18.18%) STL
7 2 (18.18%) UNIX
7 2 (18.18%) Python
7 2 (18.18%) PhD
7 2 (18.18%) OOD
7 2 (18.18%) Visualisation

GPGPU
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GPGPU 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 GPGPU. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) OpenGL
2 6 (54.55%) .NET
3 5 (45.45%) DirectX
4 4 (36.36%) WinForms
5 2 (18.18%) STL
5 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (18.18%) OpenSceneGraph
5 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
5 2 (18.18%) HTML5
5 2 (18.18%) jQuery
5 2 (18.18%) Qt
5 2 (18.18%) OpenCL
6 1 (9.091%) Direct3D
6 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Mathematica
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Photoshop
1 1 (9.091%) 3ds Max
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Subversion
1 2 (18.18%) Git (software)
2 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (27.27%) Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) Military
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 1 (9.091%) Multimedia
3 1 (9.091%) Games
3 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) C++ Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Programmer
4 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
4 2 (18.18%) C++ Programmer
4 2 (18.18%) C++/C# Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Graphics Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) 3D Graphics
2 6 (54.55%) Physics
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Open Source
4 2 (18.18%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) UNIX
3 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
3 2 (18.18%) Android
4 1 (9.091%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Parallel Programming
2 3 (27.27%) 3D Rendering
3 2 (18.18%) OO
3 2 (18.18%) OOD
3 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (18.18%) TDD
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Operations Research
3 2 (18.18%) Web Development
3 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development
4 1 (9.091%) Software Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C++
2 5 (45.45%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) Fortran
3 4 (36.36%) MATLAB
4 3 (27.27%) C
4 3 (27.27%) Java
5 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (18.18%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) Clojure
5 2 (18.18%) Scala
6 1 (9.091%) GLSL
6 1 (9.091%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Intel
2 1 (9.091%) Symbian
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