DirectX Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft DirectX
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 469 603
Rank change year-on-year +128 +134 -121
Contract jobs citing DirectX 3 2 20
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.008% 0.045%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.082% 0.031% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £600 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and 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 3,647 6,485 13,225
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.91% 25.27% 29.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,547 4,823 9,761
10th Percentile £331 £394 £398
25th Percentile £428 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% +13.54%
75th Percentile £650 £657 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 81 120
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £43.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -28.95% +31.31% +10.00%

DirectX
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DirectX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DirectX trend for jobs with a WFH option

DirectX
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DirectX.

DirectX daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DirectX
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DirectX.

DirectX hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DirectX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 3 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
1 3 (100.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (100.00%) Ray Tracing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PhD