DAB Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for DAB skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DAB over the 3 months to 23 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.

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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
Rank 538 534 579
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +45
Contract jobs citing DAB 3 31 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.053% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.044% 0.339% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £350 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.00
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6757 9155 8028
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.58% 15.68% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3308 4150 3638
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 527 612 810
Average hourly rate £21.34 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%

DAB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DAB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

DAB Jobs Demand Trend

DAB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DAB within the UK.

DAB Daily Rate Trend

DAB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DAB within the UK.

DAB Hourly Rate Trend

DAB
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAB within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +19 2 £350 -6.66%
Berkshire +16 2 £350 -
South East +1 2 £350 -
Wales +10 1 - -
South Wales -2 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -

DAB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DAB 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 DAB.

1 3 (37.50%) C
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) UNIX
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Redknee
3 1 (12.50%) Logistics
3 1 (12.50%) Streaming Media
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Dutch Language
3 1 (12.50%) French Language
3 1 (12.50%) Crossbeam
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe
3 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) ISDN
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint

DAB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing DAB 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 DAB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) ISDN
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Dutch Language
2 1 (12.50%) French Language
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Chief Technology Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Technical Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
2 1 (12.50%) PMO Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) OSS Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 1 (12.50%) Support Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Data Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Streaming Media
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Logistics
1 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
1 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
1 1 (12.50%) Migration
1 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
2 2 (25.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Redknee
2 1 (12.50%) Crossbeam
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Akamai
2 1 (12.50%) F5
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