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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of OpenTV products and/or services in IT contracts within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenTV over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpenTV
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank412445
Rank change on same period last yearUp+33
Matching contract IT job ads432
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.032 %
As % of the category below0.027 %0.150 %
Daily rates quoted19
Average minimum daily rate£300£280
Average daily rate£375£297
% change on same period last year+26.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£326
% change on same period last year+22.60 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.00-
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1455621389
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.21 %21.30 %
Daily rates quoted57607548
Average minimum daily rate£406£415
Average daily rate£433£442
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£461£468
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted8511242
Average minimum hourly rate£22.91£25.05
Average hourly rate£24.56£26.53
% change on same period last year-7.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.22£28.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
OpenTV  EnglandOpenTV
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the OpenTV Corporation .

OpenTV
Demand Trend

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

London OpenTV  Demand Trend

OpenTV
Daily Rate Trend

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

London OpenTV  Daily Rate Trend

OpenTV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London OpenTV  Hourly Rate Trend

OpenTV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OpenTV 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 OpenTV .

113 (86.67 %)C
212 (80.00 %)C++
212 (80.00 %)JavaScript
212 (80.00 %)XML
311 (73.33 %)Perl
311 (73.33 %)HTML
311 (73.33 %)QA
410 (66.67 %)IPTV
410 (66.67 %)Interactive TV
56 (40.00 %)DTV
62 (13.33 %)C#
62 (13.33 %)Embedded C
62 (13.33 %)ISEB
62 (13.33 %)Internet
62 (13.33 %)Software Testing
62 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
62 (13.33 %)Load Testing
62 (13.33 %)Security Testing
71 (6.667 %)JTAG
71 (6.667 %)Nucleus RTOS
71 (6.667 %)Embedded C++
71 (6.667 %)Linux
71 (6.667 %)Client/Server
71 (6.667 %)NDS
71 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
71 (6.667 %)Microsoft
71 (6.667 %)Java
71 (6.667 %)SQL
71 (6.667 %).NET

OpenTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OpenTV 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 OpenTV . Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (80.00 %)XML
211 (73.33 %)HTML
31 (6.667 %).NET
31 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
31 (6.667 %)CSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)Internet
21 (6.667 %)TCP/IP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)MySQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (40.00 %)QA Manager
24 (26.67 %)Consultant
33 (20.00 %)Test Consultant
33 (20.00 %)Test Manager
42 (13.33 %)Developer
42 (13.33 %)QA Test Manager
51 (6.667 %)Document Manager
51 (6.667 %)Tester
51 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
51 (6.667 %).NET Developer
51 (6.667 %)Test Engineer
51 (6.667 %)QA Tester
51 (6.667 %)Senior .NET Developer
51 (6.667 %)Senior Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (66.67 %)IPTV
110 (66.67 %)Interactive TV
26 (40.00 %)DTV
31 (6.667 %)Client/Server
31 (6.667 %)BBC
31 (6.667 %)STB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (6.667 %)Nucleus RTOS
11 (6.667 %)Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)Software Testing
12 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
12 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
12 (13.33 %)Load Testing
12 (13.33 %)Security Testing
21 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
21 (6.667 %)TDD
21 (6.667 %)Automated Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (86.67 %)C
212 (80.00 %)C++
212 (80.00 %)JavaScript
311 (73.33 %)Perl
42 (13.33 %)C#
42 (13.33 %)Embedded C
51 (6.667 %)Embedded C++
51 (6.667 %)Java
51 (6.667 %)SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)ISEB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (73.33 %)QA
21 (6.667 %)JTAG
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)NDS
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft