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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) skills within the Southampton region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DVB over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank26-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below8.333 %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£405£398
% change on same period last year+1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£36.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£42.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.01£35.66
% change on same period last year+9.41 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads1237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.037 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£283£254
Average daily rate£325£287
% change on same period last year+13.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£342
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted417
Average minimum hourly rate£17.69£19.92
Average hourly rate£19.23£23.01
% change on same period last year-16.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.77£26.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.46
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
DVB HampshireDVB
Hampshire

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.

DVB
Demand Trend

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

Southampton DVB Demand Trend

DVB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton DVB Hourly Rate Trend

DVB
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

12 (100.00 %)Linux
21 (50.00 %)Broadband
21 (50.00 %)MPEG
21 (50.00 %)HTTP
21 (50.00 %)iDTV
21 (50.00 %)Embedded C
21 (50.00 %)Embedded C++
21 (50.00 %)Middleware
21 (50.00 %)Risk Assessment
21 (50.00 %)STB
21 (50.00 %)Network Design
21 (50.00 %)RTSP
21 (50.00 %)XMPP
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)XML

DVB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)HTML
11 (50.00 %)CSS
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %)Middleware
11 (50.00 %)XMPP
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)Broadband
11 (50.00 %)HTTP
11 (50.00 %)RTSP
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Systems Engineer
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)MPEG
11 (50.00 %)iDTV
11 (50.00 %)STB
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Linux
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Risk Assessment
11 (50.00 %)Network Design
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C
11 (50.00 %)Embedded C++
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle