The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term DTV in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DTV over the 3 months to 24 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 South 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Television (DTV)
Rank 101 134 121
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -13
Contract jobs citing DTV 7 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.347% 0.062% 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.733% 0.317% 0.198%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £381 £350 £110
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.92% +218.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £37.50
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
404 631 504
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.03% 19.51% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 335 215
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £264 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 42 56
Average hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -24.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.70 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £44.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
DTV
England

DTV
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South 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 South West region.

South West DTV Daily Rate Trend

DTV
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DTV across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West DTV Daily Rate Histogram

DTV
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +18 5 £271 -
DTV
England

DTV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 5 (45.45%) Linux
2 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 5 (45.45%) CSS
2 5 (45.45%) DVB
2 5 (45.45%) Programme Management
2 5 (45.45%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (36.36%) STB
3 4 (36.36%) C
3 4 (36.36%) C++
3 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) Embedded C
4 3 (27.27%) Embedded C++
4 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
5 2 (18.18%) PHP
5 2 (18.18%) MySQL
5 2 (18.18%) DOM
5 2 (18.18%) MPEG
5 2 (18.18%) Firmware
5 2 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (9.091%) Web Analytics
6 1 (9.091%) Omniture
6 1 (9.091%) Google

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) CSS
2 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 2 (18.18%) DOM
4 1 (9.091%) Zend Framework
4 1 (9.091%) CakePHP
4 1 (9.091%) LAMP
4 1 (9.091%) XML
4 1 (9.091%) jQuery
4 1 (9.091%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) TeamSite
1 1 (9.091%) CMS
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.091%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (9.091%) Google Analytics
2 1 (9.091%) WebTrends
2 1 (9.091%) SAP R/3
2 1 (9.091%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) DVB
2 1 (9.091%) Intranet
2 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) MySQL
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) PHP Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Web Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) SAP MM Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Consultant
3 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Web Marketing Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Development Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) SharePoint Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) STB
2 2 (18.18%) MPEG
2 2 (18.18%) Firmware
3 1 (9.091%) IPTV
3 1 (9.091%) Animation
3 1 (9.091%) NHS
3 1 (9.091%) Streaming Video
3 1 (9.091%) FMCG
3 1 (9.091%) Open Source
3 1 (9.091%) Social Media
3 1 (9.091%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) Programme Management
2 5 (45.45%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (9.091%) Web Analytics
3 1 (9.091%) Web Development
3 1 (9.091%) Validation
3 1 (9.091%) OO
3 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Content Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) TDD
3 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Online Marketing
3 1 (9.091%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C
1 4 (36.36%) C++
1 4 (36.36%) Embedded C
2 3 (27.27%) Embedded C++
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) PHP
4 1 (9.091%) Python
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) PHP5
4 1 (9.091%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Omniture
2 1 (9.091%) Google
2 1 (9.091%) Zend
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Sitecore
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