The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited STB over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Set-Top Box (STB)
Rank 500 506 551
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +45
Contract jobs citing STB 41 64 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.085% 0.110% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.316% 0.449% 0.290%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 33 30
Average daily rate £325 £445 £379
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.96% +17.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £310 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £570 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £395
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £24.80 £31.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £36.80 £39.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £32.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.72%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12964 14261 17263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.94% 24.57% 27.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7811 8294 10400
Average daily rate £425 £425 £501
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 691 684
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £22.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -1.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%

STB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing STB within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

STB Jobs Demand Trend

STB
Daily Rate Trend

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

STB Daily Rate Trend

STB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing STB within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

STB Daily Rate Histogram

STB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

STB Hourly Rate Trend

STB
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing STB within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -9 36 £325 -27.37% 21
London -4 18 £375 -16.20% 8
South East +34 10 £305 - 6
Yorkshire - 5 £338 - 6
West Yorkshire - 5 £338 - 5
Hampshire -2 4 £290 - 1
Berkshire - 4 £313 -
East of England +18 2 £450 - 1
City of London -14 2 £413 -8.33% 2
Southampton - 2 £275 -
Bradford - 2 - - 2
South West +29 1 - -
Bristol +17 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 £450 - 1
Brentwood - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £325 - 1
Staines - 1 £350 - 1
Cambridgeshire - 1 £450 - 1
Middlesex - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -
Essex - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £350 - 1
Wiltshire - - - -
North Yorkshire - - - - 1
Oxfordshire - - - -
Wales - - - -
Scotland - - - -
Torfaen - - - -
North West - - - -
South Wales - - - -

STB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing STB 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 STB.

1 38 (35.85%) Linux
1 38 (35.85%) DVB
2 33 (31.13%) C
3 31 (29.25%) C++
4 30 (28.30%) DTV
4 30 (28.30%) IPTV
5 26 (24.53%) Middleware
5 26 (24.53%) MPEG
6 23 (21.70%) Python
7 20 (18.87%) JavaScript
8 18 (16.98%) Degree
9 15 (14.15%) Computer Science
9 15 (14.15%) Test Scripting
9 15 (14.15%) Video on Demand
9 15 (14.15%) Bash shell
10 14 (13.21%) Embedded Linux
10 14 (13.21%) Software Testing
10 14 (13.21%) Electronics
10 14 (13.21%) Telecoms
11 13 (12.26%) Perl
11 13 (12.26%) Java
11 13 (12.26%) MS Project
12 12 (11.32%) MS Office
12 12 (11.32%) SQL
12 12 (11.32%) OO
12 12 (11.32%) CSS
12 12 (11.32%) Microsoft
12 12 (11.32%) ISEB
12 12 (11.32%) Agile Software Development
13 11 (10.38%) HP Quality Center

STB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing STB 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 STB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (24.53%) Middleware
2 12 (11.32%) CSS
3 9 (8.491%) DOM
3 9 (8.491%) HTML
3 9 (8.491%) Flash
4 6 (5.660%) jQuery
4 6 (5.660%) HTML5
5 5 (4.717%) CSS3
5 5 (4.717%) Ajax
6 4 (3.774%) Cocoa Touch
6 4 (3.774%) XML
6 4 (3.774%) Cocoa
6 4 (3.774%) OpenGL
7 3 (2.830%) GStreamer
8 2 (1.887%) Web Services
8 2 (1.887%) XSL
9 1 (0.943%) MHP
9 1 (0.943%) ASP
9 1 (0.943%) SOAP
9 1 (0.943%) POSIX
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.830%) CMS
1 3 (2.830%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.943%) IIS
2 1 (0.943%) Apache
2 1 (0.943%) CM System
Applications
1 13 (12.26%) MS Project
2 12 (11.32%) MS Office
3 6 (5.660%) MS Excel
4 2 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.887%) Fireworks
4 2 (1.887%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.943%) CATIA
5 1 (0.943%) Pro/ENGINEER
5 1 (0.943%) Elements/Pro
Business Applications
1 2 (1.887%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 38 (35.85%) DVB
2 6 (5.660%) Wireshark
2 6 (5.660%) Network Security
3 5 (4.717%) Broadband
4 4 (3.774%) UPnP
4 4 (3.774%) HTTP
4 4 (3.774%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.830%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.887%) Bluetooth
6 2 (1.887%) HTTPS
6 2 (1.887%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.943%) Wireless
7 1 (0.943%) LAN
7 1 (0.943%) VLAN
7 1 (0.943%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.774%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.887%) MySQL
3 1 (0.943%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.943%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.943%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.943%) WebFOCUS
Development Applications
1 7 (6.604%) Selenium
2 6 (5.660%) GDB
3 5 (4.717%) JIRA
4 4 (3.774%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.774%) ClearCase
4 4 (3.774%) ClearQuest
5 2 (1.887%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.943%) Ant
6 1 (0.943%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.943%) Hudson
6 1 (0.943%) JBehave
6 1 (0.943%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (13.21%) Electronics
1 14 (13.21%) Telecoms
2 8 (7.547%) Finance
3 7 (6.604%) Games
3 7 (6.604%) Banking
3 7 (6.604%) Retail
3 7 (6.604%) Marketing
4 2 (1.887%) French Language
4 2 (1.887%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.943%) Advertising
5 1 (0.943%) Automotive
5 1 (0.943%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (21.70%) Test Engineer
2 20 (18.87%) Developer
3 19 (17.92%) Tester
4 16 (15.09%) Software Engineer
5 8 (7.547%) Senior Tester
5 8 (7.547%) JavaScript Developer
6 6 (5.660%) Team Leader
6 6 (5.660%) Penetration Tester
6 6 (5.660%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.717%) Test Analyst
7 5 (4.717%) Analyst
7 5 (4.717%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (4.717%) Front-End Developer
7 5 (4.717%) Software Team Leader
8 4 (3.774%) Software Manager
8 4 (3.774%) Software Project Manager
8 4 (3.774%) Flash Developer
8 4 (3.774%) Senior Test Engineer
8 4 (3.774%) Senior Developer
9 3 (2.830%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 30 (28.30%) DTV
1 30 (28.30%) IPTV
2 26 (24.53%) MPEG
3 15 (14.15%) Computer Science
3 15 (14.15%) Video on Demand
4 11 (10.38%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (7.547%) Digital Media
6 7 (6.604%) NHS
6 7 (6.604%) FMCG
6 7 (6.604%) Open Source
7 6 (5.660%) Animation
7 6 (5.660%) Management Information System
8 5 (4.717%) Firmware
8 5 (4.717%) Mobile App
9 4 (3.774%) Flash Lite
9 4 (3.774%) Streaming Video
10 2 (1.887%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.943%) iDTV
11 1 (0.943%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.943%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 38 (35.85%) Linux
2 14 (13.21%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (9.434%) UNIX
3 10 (9.434%) Windows
4 6 (5.660%) Debian
5 5 (4.717%) Android
6 4 (3.774%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.943%) HPUX
7 1 (0.943%) CentOS
7 1 (0.943%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.943%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.15%) Test Scripting
2 14 (13.21%) Software Testing
3 12 (11.32%) OO
3 12 (11.32%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (8.491%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (7.547%) Manual Testing
6 7 (6.604%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (6.604%) Embedded Software Development
6 7 (6.604%) TDD
7 6 (5.660%) Web Development
7 6 (5.660%) Reverse Engineering
7 6 (5.660%) UML
7 6 (5.660%) Scrum
7 6 (5.660%) Validation
7 6 (5.660%) Project Management
7 6 (5.660%) Regression Testing
8 5 (4.717%) DRM
8 5 (4.717%) Automation Testing
8 5 (4.717%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (4.717%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (31.13%) C
2 31 (29.25%) C++
3 23 (21.70%) Python
4 20 (18.87%) JavaScript
5 15 (14.15%) Bash shell
6 13 (12.26%) Perl
6 13 (12.26%) Java
7 12 (11.32%) SQL
8 11 (10.38%) Embedded C
9 10 (9.434%) Shell Script
10 9 (8.491%) Embedded C++
10 9 (8.491%) Tcl
11 6 (5.660%) Clojure
11 6 (5.660%) PHP
11 6 (5.660%) ActionScript
12 4 (3.774%) Ruby
12 4 (3.774%) ActionScript 2.0
12 4 (3.774%) VB
12 4 (3.774%) Objective-C
13 3 (2.830%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 18 (16.98%) Degree
2 12 (11.32%) ISEB
3 9 (8.491%) HND
4 6 (5.660%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.943%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.943%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.660%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (10.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.774%) HP
2 4 (3.774%) Adobe
2 4 (3.774%) IBM
3 2 (1.887%) SAP
4 1 (0.943%) Autodesk
4 1 (0.943%) SolidWorks
4 1 (0.943%) OpenTV
4 1 (0.943%) Oracle
4 1 (0.943%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.943%) CA
4 1 (0.943%) Cisco
4 1 (0.943%) Tandberg
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Rate: £35 - £40 per hour + Negotiable
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