The first table below looks at the demand for DVB skills 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 DVB over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Communications & Networking 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Rank 116 136 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing DVB 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% 0.122% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.345% 0.734% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £350 £256
% change year-on-year
-12.85% +36.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £32.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.81% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 £32.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+36.71% -28.88%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
290 545 370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.11% 16.58% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 281 154
Average daily rate £350 £400 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 36 53
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £20.00 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.70 £42.50 £41.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
DVB
England

DVB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West DVB Jobs Demand Trend

DVB
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West DVB Daily Rate Trend

DVB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West DVB Hourly Rate Trend

DVB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DVB within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 +12 1 - -
DVB
England

DVB
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DVB 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 DVB.

1 6 (85.71%) C
1 6 (85.71%) C++
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded C
1 6 (85.71%) STB
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C++
2 5 (71.43%) DTV
3 4 (57.14%) Firmware
3 4 (57.14%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (14.29%) IPTV
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
4 1 (14.29%) Animation
4 1 (14.29%) FMCG
4 1 (14.29%) Clojure
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
4 1 (14.29%) Electronics
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) NHS
4 1 (14.29%) MPEG
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) DOM

DVB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing DVB 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 DVB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) DOM
General
1 1 (14.29%) Electronics
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Development Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded C Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) STB
2 5 (71.43%) DTV
3 4 (57.14%) Firmware
4 1 (14.29%) MPEG
4 1 (14.29%) NHS
4 1 (14.29%) IPTV
4 1 (14.29%) Animation
4 1 (14.29%) FMCG
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Validation
1 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
1 6 (85.71%) C++
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded C
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded C++
3 1 (14.29%) Clojure
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript