North West DTV Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Digital Television (DTV) skills within the North West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Digital Television (DTV)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff City of London East of England England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire London North West Reading Slough South East South Wales South West Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales West Yorkshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£304
% change on same period last year	+24.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.12	£34.80
% change on same period last year	-1.95 %
Miscellaneous North West
Matching contract IT job ads	812	668
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.098 %	0.659 %
Daily rates quoted	187	112
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£288
Average daily rate	£320	£308
% change on same period last year	+3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£329
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	111	139
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.43	£17.30
Average hourly rate	£21.39	£18.75
% change on same period last year	+14.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.36	£20.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.26	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-10.19 %
DTV 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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

DTV
Daily Rate Trend

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

DTV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DTV
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 2 (100.00 %) PHP 1 2 (100.00 %) Games 1 2 (100.00 %) IPTV 1 2 (100.00 %) Marketing 1 2 (100.00 %) Creative Marketing 1 2 (100.00 %) PHP5 1 2 (100.00 %) PHP4 1 2 (100.00 %) Online Games

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

General 1 2 (100.00 %) Games 1 2 (100.00 %) Marketing 1 2 (100.00 %) Online Games	Miscellaneous 1 2 (100.00 %) IPTV
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) Creative Marketing	Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) PHP 1 2 (100.00 %) PHP5 1 2 (100.00 %) PHP4