Ray Tracing Contracts

Ray Tracing
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Ray Tracing in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ray Tracing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 696 -
Rank change year-on-year +123 - -
Contract jobs citing Ray Tracing 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.002% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.084% 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile - £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £800 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Ray Tracing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,045 18,435 29,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.87% 33.19% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,307 12,697 20,403
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £446 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 605 684
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.40 £58.75 £50.77
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ray Tracing in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ray Tracing.

Daily rate trend for Ray Tracing in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ray Tracing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ray Tracing in the UK

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Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ray Tracing within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +96 11 £550 -15.38% 3
East of England - 11 £550 -
UK excluding London - 11 £550 - 3
Work from Home +118 3 £550 -15.38% 2

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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:

Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) VTune
General
1 1 (9.09%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Architect
1 10 (90.91%) Software Architect
2 1 (9.09%) C Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) C/C++ Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) C++ Games Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) C++ Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) Games Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) Graphics Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) DirectX
1 11 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 11 (100.00%) Vulkan
2 10 (90.91%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (9.09%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (9.09%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) 3D Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (90.91%) Software Architecture
2 1 (9.09%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C
1 9 (81.82%) C++
2 1 (9.09%) GLSL
2 1 (9.09%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
1 10 (90.91%) Master's Degree
1 10 (90.91%) PhD