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The table below looks at the demand for NDS MediaHighway skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MediaHighway over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkNDS MediaHighway
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank556658
Rank change on same period last yearUp+102
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.020 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1496620752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.16 %21.01 %
Daily rates quoted57447248
Average minimum daily rate£433£463
Average daily rate£466£497
% change on same period last year-6.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£498£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£344
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Hourly rates quoted12221663
Average minimum hourly rate£24.13£23.75
Average hourly rate£26.03£25.67
% change on same period last year+1.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.92£27.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.09£26.20
% change on same period last year-4.24 %

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.

MediaHighway
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MediaHighway within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

MediaHighway Demand Trend

MediaHighway
Daily Rate Trend

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

MediaHighway Daily Rate Trend

MediaHighway
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MediaHighway within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+403--
South EastUp+453--
EnglandUp+893--

MediaHighway
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MediaHighway 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 MediaHighway.

15 (100.00 %)NDS
15 (100.00 %)Middleware
15 (100.00 %)DTV
15 (100.00 %)MHP
15 (100.00 %)OpenTV
15 (100.00 %)STB
15 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
15 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
15 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
24 (80.00 %)Software Testing
33 (60.00 %)TestDirector
42 (40.00 %)HTML
42 (40.00 %)JavaScript
42 (40.00 %)Unit Testing
42 (40.00 %)Integration Testing
51 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
51 (20.00 %)Telecoms

MediaHighway
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing MediaHighway 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 MediaHighway. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)Middleware
15 (100.00 %)MHP
22 (40.00 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Test Engineer
13 (60.00 %)Integration Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (100.00 %)DTV
15 (100.00 %)STB
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
15 (100.00 %)Performance Testing
15 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
24 (80.00 %)Software Testing
32 (40.00 %)Unit Testing
32 (40.00 %)Integration Testing
41 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (100.00 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)OpenTV