South East RTSP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RTSP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
Location Berkshire Cambridgeshire East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire London South East South West Southampton Thames Valley UK	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	253	281
Rank change on same period last year	+28
Matching contract IT job ads	6	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	0.249 %	0.481 %
Daily rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum daily rate	-	£317
Average daily rate	-	£337
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£337
% change on same period last year	+8.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.50	£33.75
Average hourly rate	£38.75	£39.88
% change on same period last year	-2.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.75	£39.88
% change on same period last year	-2.82 %
Communications & Networking South East
Matching contract IT job ads	2407	3329
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.176 %	3.315 %
Daily rates quoted	500	762
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£340
Average daily rate	£369	£357
% change on same period last year	+3.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£343
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	359	552
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.76	£27.86
Average hourly rate	£25.13	£29.40
% change on same period last year	-14.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.50	£30.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.88	£28.72
% change on same period last year	-9.87 %
RTSP 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.

RTSP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RTSP across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

RTSP
Daily Rate Trend

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

RTSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

RTSP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RTSP within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hampshire	+15	3	-	-
Berkshire	+30	1	-	-
Thames Valley	-	1	-	-

RTSP England

RTSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RTSP 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 RTSP.

1 6 (85.71 %) C++ 2 5 (71.43 %) C 2 5 (71.43 %) Linux 2 5 (71.43 %) HTTP 3 4 (57.14 %) CSS 3 4 (57.14 %) XML 3 4 (57.14 %) HTML 3 4 (57.14 %) JavaScript 3 4 (57.14 %) XMPP 4 3 (42.86 %) Embedded Linux 4 3 (42.86 %) TCP/IP 5 2 (28.57 %) Embedded C 5 2 (28.57 %) Windows 5 2 (28.57 %) Middleware 5 2 (28.57 %) Telecoms

5 2 (28.57 %) STB 5 2 (28.57 %) Windows Mobile 6 1 (14.29 %) Subversion 6 1 (14.29 %) 2G 6 1 (14.29 %) Wi-Fi 6 1 (14.29 %) Electronics 6 1 (14.29 %) 3G 6 1 (14.29 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (14.29 %) DRM 6 1 (14.29 %) DTV 6 1 (14.29 %) DVB 6 1 (14.29 %) RTP 6 1 (14.29 %) UNIX 6 1 (14.29 %) ATL 6 1 (14.29 %) Embedded C++

RTSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RTSP 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 RTSP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (57.14 %) CSS 1 4 (57.14 %) XML 1 4 (57.14 %) HTML 1 4 (57.14 %) XMPP 2 2 (28.57 %) Middleware 3 1 (14.29 %) ATL	Communications & Networking 1 5 (71.43 %) HTTP 2 3 (42.86 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (14.29 %) 2G 3 1 (14.29 %) Wi-Fi 3 1 (14.29 %) 3G 3 1 (14.29 %) DVB 3 1 (14.29 %) RTP 3 1 (14.29 %) GPRS 3 1 (14.29 %) GSM 3 1 (14.29 %) UMTS
Development Applications 1 1 (14.29 %) Subversion	General 1 2 (28.57 %) Telecoms 2 1 (14.29 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 2 (28.57 %) Software Engineer 1 2 (28.57 %) Developer 1 2 (28.57 %) C++ Developer 2 1 (14.29 %) Embedded C Engineer 2 1 (14.29 %) C Developer 2 1 (14.29 %) C++ Software Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 2 (28.57 %) STB 2 1 (14.29 %) DTV 2 1 (14.29 %) iDTV
Operating Systems 1 5 (71.43 %) Linux 2 3 (42.86 %) Embedded Linux 3 2 (28.57 %) Windows 3 2 (28.57 %) Windows Mobile 4 1 (14.29 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) Configuration Management 1 1 (14.29 %) DRM
Programming Languages 1 6 (85.71 %) C++ 2 5 (71.43 %) C 3 4 (57.14 %) JavaScript 4 2 (28.57 %) Embedded C 5 1 (14.29 %) Embedded C++ 5 1 (14.29 %) VC++