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This section looks at the demand for Digital Television (DTV) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DTV over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Television (DTV)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4454
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.053 %4.444 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£280
Average daily rate-£305
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£320
% change on same period last year+20.02 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£26.00-
Average hourly rate£26.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.73£35.00
% change on same period last year+2.07 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads9590
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.090 %
Daily rates quoted1318
Average minimum daily rate£256£272
Average daily rate£287£288
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£318£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted2916
Average minimum hourly rate£26.64£34.68
Average hourly rate£28.92£35.76
% change on same period last year-19.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.21£36.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
DTV CambridgeshireDTV
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DTV
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DTV across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge DTV Demand Trend

DTV
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DTV across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge DTV Daily Rate Trend

DTV
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DTV across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge DTV Hourly Rate Trend

DTV
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing DTV also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DTV.

15 (100.00 %)STB
23 (60.00 %)IPTV
32 (40.00 %)C
32 (40.00 %)Linux
32 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (40.00 %)Embedded C
32 (40.00 %)DVB
32 (40.00 %)DAB
32 (40.00 %)Electronics
41 (20.00 %)Multimedia
41 (20.00 %)RTP
41 (20.00 %)Project Management
41 (20.00 %)DRM
41 (20.00 %)WLAN
41 (20.00 %)HTTP
41 (20.00 %)MS Project
41 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
41 (20.00 %)UNIX
41 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
41 (20.00 %)Marketing
41 (20.00 %)Matrix Management
41 (20.00 %)Manual Testing
41 (20.00 %)Product Marketing
41 (20.00 %)RTSP
41 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
41 (20.00 %)Software Testing

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing DTV also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DTV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Project
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (40.00 %)DVB
12 (40.00 %)DAB
21 (20.00 %)RTP
21 (20.00 %)WLAN
21 (20.00 %)HTTP
21 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
21 (20.00 %)RTSP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Electronics
21 (20.00 %)Multimedia
21 (20.00 %)Marketing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
12 (40.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Software Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Contracts Manager
21 (20.00 %)Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Test Manager
21 (20.00 %)Software Manager
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (100.00 %)STB
23 (60.00 %)IPTV
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Linux
21 (20.00 %)UNIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
11 (20.00 %)DRM
11 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (20.00 %)Matrix Management
11 (20.00 %)Manual Testing
11 (20.00 %)Product Marketing
11 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
11 (20.00 %)Software Testing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)C
12 (40.00 %)Embedded C