Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DAB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DAB over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 701 853
Rank change year-on-year +121 +152 -154
Contract jobs citing DAB 2 17 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.028% 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.036% 0.23% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £400 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DAB is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,629 7,357 9,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 12.33% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,368 4,786 6,330
10th Percentile £205 £235 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +1.32% +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 478 361
10th Percentile £13.57 £9.80 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% -0.88%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

DAB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DAB in the UK

DAB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DAB.

Daily rate trend for DAB in the UK

DAB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DAB.

Hourly rate trend for DAB in the UK

DAB
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAB within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +96 2 - - 1
UK excluding London +47 2 - -
South East +2 2 - -

DAB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) CATAPAN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPv4
1 2 (100.00%) IPv6
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
1 2 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCDP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper