The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term DTV in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DTV over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Television (DTV)
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing DTV 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.131% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.566% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £333 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +33.80%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
530 654 638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.07% 20.65% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 324 327
Average daily rate £300 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 56 66
Average hourly rate £16.72 £20.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.40% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.55 £13.35 £10.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.37 £25.00 £38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
DTV
England

DTV
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DTV across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West DTV Jobs Demand Trend

DTV
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West DTV Daily Rate Trend

DTV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West DTV Hourly Rate Trend

DTV
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DTV within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Merseyside - 2 £340 -
DTV
England

DTV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 3 (60.00%) SAP
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) STB
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) iSOFT
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Business Change Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Business Change Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) STB
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) iSOFT
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