DirectX Contracts in the East of England

Microsoft DirectX
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for DirectX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DirectX over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - -28
Contract jobs citing DirectX 14 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.73% - 0.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.93% - 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £600 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 284 276 406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.87% 13.35% 15.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 165 259
10th Percentile £325 £327 £362
25th Percentile £363 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% +4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £563 £563
% change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 23 23
10th Percentile - £21.00 £47.75
25th Percentile - £21.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.59
90th Percentile £66.25 £74.50 £73.95
England median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

DirectX
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing DirectX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for DirectX in the East of England

DirectX
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DirectX in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for DirectX in the East of England

DirectX
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DirectX in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DirectX in the East of England

DirectX
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DirectX in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for DirectX in the East of England

DirectX
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DirectX within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire - 14 £550 - 15
DirectX
England

DirectX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) VTune
General
1 1 (7.14%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Architect
1 10 (71.43%) Software Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) C Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) C/C++ Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) C++ Games Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) C++ Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) Games Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) Graphics Programmer
3 1 (7.14%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 14 (100.00%) Vulkan
2 13 (92.86%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (7.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (7.14%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Ray Tracing
2 10 (71.43%) 3D Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Software Architecture
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) C
1 9 (64.29%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) GLSL
2 1 (7.14%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
1 10 (71.43%) Master's Degree
1 10 (71.43%) PhD