Microsoft DirectX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DirectX skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DirectX over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 883 945
Rank change year-on-year +173 +62 +255
Permanent jobs citing DirectX 2 24 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.024% 0.014%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.021% 0.11% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 12
10th Percentile £26,425 £29,750 -
25th Percentile £27,438 £44,063 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.50% -33.33% +30.43%
75th Percentile £34,938 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £36,475 £117,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,750 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -38.50% -20.00% +19.05%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,670 21,106 30,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.21% 21.12% 30.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6,194 15,745 18,594
10th Percentile £37,622 £36,250 £40,834
25th Percentile £50,454 £45,000 £50,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

DirectX
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DirectX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DirectX in the UK

DirectX
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DirectX.

Salary trend for DirectX in the UK

DirectX
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DirectX within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
UK excluding London +150 2 £30,750 -38.50% 29
England +130 2 £30,750 -38.50% 33
Yorkshire +68 1 £26,500 -15.87%
North of England +46 1 £26,500 -15.87% 1
South West - 1 £35,000 - 5

DirectX
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Graduate
1 1 (50.00%) Graduate Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
2 1 (50.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe