DirectX Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft DirectX
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring DirectX skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 268 -
Rank change year-on-year +53 - -
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.017% 0.011% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.074% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -8.33% +17.07%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

DirectX falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 644 1,352 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.97% 15.11% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 497 747 868
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £44,229
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +2.27%

DirectX
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DirectX relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

DirectX job vacancy trend in the Midlands

DirectX
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DirectX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DirectX

DirectX
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DirectX within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 November 2025. 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
East Midlands +24 1 £75,000 +50.00% 12
DirectX
England

DirectX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL