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This section looks at the demand for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DVB over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank398471
Rank change on same period last yearUp+73
Matching contract IT job ads67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.153 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£255£200
Average daily rate£278£235
% change on same period last year+18.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£405£398
% change on same period last year+1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£14.00
Average hourly rate-£19.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.34£34.68
% change on same period last year+13.45 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads39255620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.180 %5.597 %
Daily rates quoted15521845
Average minimum daily rate£357£375
Average daily rate£378£394
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£412
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted298483
Average minimum hourly rate£24.11£25.60
Average hourly rate£25.41£27.39
% change on same period last year-7.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.70£29.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
DVB EnglandDVB
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.

DVB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DVB across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London DVB Demand Trend

DVB
Daily Rate Trend

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

London DVB Daily Rate Trend

DVB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London DVB Hourly Rate Trend

DVB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DVB within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of LondonNew entry-2£230-
DVB EnglandDVB
England

DVB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing DVB 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 DVB.

16 (60.00 %)STB
25 (50.00 %)C
33 (30.00 %)Middleware
33 (30.00 %)DTV
33 (30.00 %)MPEG
33 (30.00 %)Embedded C
42 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (20.00 %)Internet
42 (20.00 %)Cisco
42 (20.00 %)MPLS
42 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
42 (20.00 %)Linux
42 (20.00 %)Telecoms
42 (20.00 %)Migration
42 (20.00 %)IPTV
51 (10.00 %)Embedded Linux
51 (10.00 %)Silverlight
51 (10.00 %)JTAG
51 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
51 (10.00 %)Subversion
51 (10.00 %)Streaming Video
51 (10.00 %)RTP
51 (10.00 %)Reuters
51 (10.00 %)OOP
51 (10.00 %)OO
51 (10.00 %)Flash
51 (10.00 %)MS Visio
51 (10.00 %)WAN
51 (10.00 %)C++
51 (10.00 %)Radianz

DVB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing DVB 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 DVB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)Middleware
21 (10.00 %)Silverlight
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)Internet
12 (20.00 %)MPLS
21 (10.00 %)RTP
21 (10.00 %)WAN
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Subversion
11 (10.00 %)Flash
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Telecoms
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
22 (20.00 %)Project Manager
31 (10.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Integration Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Embedded C Engineer
31 (10.00 %)C Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Consultant
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (60.00 %)STB
23 (30.00 %)DTV
23 (30.00 %)MPEG
32 (20.00 %)IPTV
41 (10.00 %)Streaming Video
41 (10.00 %)iDTV
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Linux
21 (10.00 %)Embedded Linux
21 (10.00 %)VxWorks
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
12 (20.00 %)Migration
21 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (10.00 %)OOP
21 (10.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)DRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)C
23 (30.00 %)Embedded C
31 (10.00 %)C++
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)JTAG
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Cisco
21 (10.00 %)Reuters
21 (10.00 %)Radianz