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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Television (DTV) skills within the Somerset 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.

LinkDigital Television (DTV)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
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 quoted00
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 %
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads3732
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.032 %
Daily rates quoted62
Average minimum daily rate£338£217
Average daily rate£355£300
% change on same period last year+18.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Hourly rates quoted104
Average minimum hourly rate£21.90£17.75
Average hourly rate£27.50£18.63
% change on same period last year+47.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.10£19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.26£28.13
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
DTV South WestDTV
South West

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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Somerset DTV Demand Trend

DTV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset DTV Hourly Rate Trend

DTV
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)MPEG
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Embedded C
11 (100.00 %)Middleware
11 (100.00 %)VxWorks
11 (100.00 %)OpenTV
11 (100.00 %)STB
11 (100.00 %)IPTV
11 (100.00 %)Nucleus RTOS

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)Middleware
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)MPEG
11 (100.00 %)STB
11 (100.00 %)IPTV
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)VxWorks
11 (100.00 %)Nucleus RTOS
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)Embedded C
Somerset IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)OpenTV