Digital TV Contracts

Digital Television (Digital TV)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital TV in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital TV over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 711 852
Rank change year-on-year +128 +141 -169
Contract jobs citing Digital TV 8 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.012% 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.061% 0.036% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £315 £603 £176
25th Percentile £338 £606 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £625 £250
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +150.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £413 £638 £309
90th Percentile £435 - £334
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £625 -
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £33.63 - -
25th Percentile £37.19 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% - -
75th Percentile £57.19 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £61.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.25 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year -11.90% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Digital TV is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,085 19,696 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.30% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 13,533 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £678 £656
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 725
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%

Digital TV
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital TV in the UK

Digital TV
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Digital TV in the UK

Digital TV
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital TV over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Digital TV in the UK

Digital TV
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Digital TV in the UK

Digital TV
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital TV over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital TV in the UK

Digital TV
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital TV within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +111 8 £375 -40.00% 8
UK excluding London +68 8 £375 -40.00% 6
East of England +15 7 £375 - 3
Work from Home +130 2 £450 - 11
South East +21 1 - - 2

Digital TV
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 1 (12.50%) DVB
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) DTV Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) DTV Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) Yocto
2 1 (12.50%) CSS
2 1 (12.50%) Flash
2 1 (12.50%) GStreamer
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) STB
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Open Source
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Coaching
2 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Vision
2 1 (12.50%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
2 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Physics
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware