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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft DirectX skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DirectX over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft DirectX
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank234200
Rank change on same period last yearDown-34
Matching permanent IT job ads126
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.035 %0.979 %
Salaries quoted122
Average minimum salary£40,000£23,909
Average salary£45,000£30,227
% change on same period last year+48.87 %
Average maximum salary£50,000£36,545
UK excluding London average salary£35,479£35,494
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads28492657
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.504 %1.088 %
Salaries quoted25562364
Average minimum salary£30,484£29,548
Average salary£33,164£32,371
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
Average maximum salary£35,844£35,194
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
DirectX EnglandDirectX
England

DirectX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DirectX across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands DirectX Demand Trend

DirectX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DirectX across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands DirectX Salary Trend

DirectX
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

14 (100.00 %)C++
14 (100.00 %)Games
22 (50.00 %)OpenGL
22 (50.00 %)Mathematics
22 (50.00 %)C
31 (25.00 %)Computer Science
31 (25.00 %)Mobile Games
31 (25.00 %)VC++
31 (25.00 %)NDS
31 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
31 (25.00 %)Requirements Analysis
31 (25.00 %)Degree

DirectX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)OpenGL
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Games
21 (25.00 %)Mobile Games
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Programmer
21 (25.00 %)Games Developer
21 (25.00 %)Games Programmer
21 (25.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (25.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Junior Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)C Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Junior C Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Graduate Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Graduate
21 (25.00 %)Junior
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Mathematics
21 (25.00 %)Computer Science
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
11 (25.00 %)Requirements Analysis
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C++
22 (50.00 %)C
31 (25.00 %)VC++
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)NDS
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