The first table below looks at the demand for DVB skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DVB over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Rank 368 377 435
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +58
Contract jobs citing DVB 9 38 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.042% 0.141% 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.320% 1.029% 0.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 2
Average daily rate £395 £308 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.45% -25.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £265 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £435 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £350 £256
% change year-on-year
-12.85% +36.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.43% -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 £32.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+36.71% -28.88%
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2816 3693 3382
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.00% 13.71% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1707 2249 1938
Average daily rate £400 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 145 221
Average hourly rate £21.34 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.17% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.27 £14.90 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
DVB
England

DVB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London DVB Jobs Demand Trend

DVB
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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

The table below 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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hounslow -2 2 - -
DVB
England

DVB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (61.54%) DTV
1 8 (61.54%) STB
2 6 (46.15%) IPTV
3 5 (38.46%) C
3 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 5 (38.46%) Marketing
3 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
3 5 (38.46%) Digital Media
4 4 (30.77%) FMCG
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 4 (30.77%) Banking
4 4 (30.77%) Retail
4 4 (30.77%) Electronics
4 4 (30.77%) NHS
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) MPEG
5 3 (23.08%) DOM
5 3 (23.08%) C++
5 3 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 3 (23.08%) CSS
5 3 (23.08%) Validation
5 3 (23.08%) Web Development
5 3 (23.08%) Animation
5 3 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (23.08%) Clojure
6 2 (15.38%) Manual Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas

DVB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) DOM
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) Middleware
3 1 (7.692%) JMS
3 1 (7.692%) XSL
3 1 (7.692%) JDBC
3 1 (7.692%) Web Services
3 1 (7.692%) XML
3 1 (7.692%) Hibernate
3 1 (7.692%) Cocoa
3 1 (7.692%) Lucene
3 1 (7.692%) Spring
3 1 (7.692%) JPA
3 1 (7.692%) Drools
3 1 (7.692%) JSON
3 1 (7.692%) REST
3 1 (7.692%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.692%) ActiveMQ
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) HTTP
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.692%) Broadband
1 1 (7.692%) BSS
1 1 (7.692%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Xcode
1 1 (7.692%) Maven
1 1 (7.692%) JIRA
1 1 (7.692%) Cucumber
1 1 (7.692%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (38.46%) Marketing
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Retail
2 4 (30.77%) Electronics
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Tester
4 1 (7.692%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) C++ Software Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.692%) C++ Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) iOS Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) DTV
1 8 (61.54%) STB
2 6 (46.15%) IPTV
3 5 (38.46%) Digital Media
4 4 (30.77%) FMCG
4 4 (30.77%) NHS
5 3 (23.08%) MPEG
5 3 (23.08%) Animation
5 3 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (7.692%) iDTV
6 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
6 1 (7.692%) Interactive TV
6 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.692%) Video on Demand
6 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) UNIX
3 1 (7.692%) Windows
3 1 (7.692%) HPUX
3 1 (7.692%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Android
3 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Validation
2 3 (23.08%) Web Development
3 2 (15.38%) Manual Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.692%) Multithreading
4 1 (7.692%) Direct Marketing
4 1 (7.692%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C
2 3 (23.08%) C++
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) Clojure
3 2 (15.38%) Perl
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded C++
4 1 (7.692%) Shell Script
4 1 (7.692%) Embedded C
4 1 (7.692%) PHP
4 1 (7.692%) XPath
4 1 (7.692%) Ruby
4 1 (7.692%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) ISEB
2 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle