East of England DTV Contracts
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This section looks at the demand for Digital Television (DTV) skills within the East of England 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
Rank132157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.856 %0.580 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£338£280
Average daily rate£384£305
% change on same period last year+26.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£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 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads701690
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.925 %0.687 %
Daily rates quoted191214
Average minimum daily rate£311£318
Average daily rate£339£333
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£352
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted138110
Average minimum hourly rate£26.76£29.37
Average hourly rate£28.39£30.74
% change on same period last year-7.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.03£32.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.25£28.69
% change on same period last year-11.97 %
DTV EnglandDTV
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England DTV Daily Rate Trend

DTV
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTV across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East of England DTV Daily Rate Histogram

DTV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England DTV Hourly Rate Trend

DTV
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTV within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EssexNew entry-4£384-
HertfordshireNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireUp+81--
DTV EnglandDTV
England

DTV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

112 (54.55 %)STB
210 (45.45 %)IPTV
210 (45.45 %)C
37 (31.82 %)C++
37 (31.82 %)Embedded C
46 (27.27 %)Linux
46 (27.27 %)EDI
46 (27.27 %)MPEG
55 (22.73 %)Middleware
55 (22.73 %)DVB
64 (18.18 %)DAB
64 (18.18 %)Embedded C++
64 (18.18 %)Microsoft
64 (18.18 %)MS Excel
64 (18.18 %).NET
64 (18.18 %)Embedded Linux
64 (18.18 %)Software Testing
64 (18.18 %)Electronics
73 (13.64 %)Telecoms
73 (13.64 %)CMS
73 (13.64 %)Games
73 (13.64 %)OpenTV
73 (13.64 %)Content Management
73 (13.64 %)Tandberg
73 (13.64 %)MTS
73 (13.64 %)Broadband
73 (13.64 %)TeamSite
73 (13.64 %)Internet
73 (13.64 %)Interwoven
82 (9.091 %)OpenDeploy

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (27.27 %)EDI
25 (22.73 %)Middleware
34 (18.18 %).NET
41 (4.545 %)HTML
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (13.64 %)CMS
13 (13.64 %)MTS
13 (13.64 %)TeamSite
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (18.18 %)MS Excel
21 (4.545 %)MS Project
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (22.73 %)DVB
24 (18.18 %)DAB
33 (13.64 %)Broadband
33 (13.64 %)Internet
42 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
51 (4.545 %)Wi-Fi
51 (4.545 %)RTSP
51 (4.545 %)WLAN
51 (4.545 %)HTTP
51 (4.545 %)RTP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (9.091 %)OpenDeploy
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (18.18 %)Electronics
23 (13.64 %)Telecoms
23 (13.64 %)Games
31 (4.545 %)Multimedia
31 (4.545 %)Marketing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (22.73 %)Software Engineer
24 (18.18 %)Test Manager
33 (13.64 %)Embedded Software Engineer
33 (13.64 %)Developer
42 (9.091 %)Project Manager
51 (4.545 %)QA Manager
51 (4.545 %)Test Engineer
51 (4.545 %)Integration Engineer
51 (4.545 %)Software Project Manager
51 (4.545 %)Contracts Manager
51 (4.545 %)Software Manager
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (54.55 %)STB
210 (45.45 %)IPTV
36 (27.27 %)MPEG
41 (4.545 %)iDTV
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (27.27 %)Linux
24 (18.18 %)Embedded Linux
32 (9.091 %)Solaris
41 (4.545 %)UNIX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (18.18 %)Software Testing
23 (13.64 %)Content Management
32 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
32 (9.091 %)Test Management
41 (4.545 %)Software Engineering
41 (4.545 %)Programme Management
41 (4.545 %)Manual Testing
41 (4.545 %)Product Marketing
41 (4.545 %)Matrix Management
41 (4.545 %)Project Management
41 (4.545 %)DRM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (45.45 %)C
27 (31.82 %)C++
27 (31.82 %)Embedded C
34 (18.18 %)Embedded C++
41 (4.545 %)Perl
41 (4.545 %)VBScript
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.545 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (18.18 %)Microsoft
23 (13.64 %)OpenTV
23 (13.64 %)Tandberg
23 (13.64 %)Interwoven
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