The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited STB over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Set-Top Box (STB)
Rank 242 265 253
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -12
Permanent jobs citing STB 20 5 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.241% 0.057% 0.181%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.810% 0.190% 0.572%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 8
Average salary £65,000 £47,500 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% +47.28%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +7.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2469 2629 2971
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.76% 29.98% 31.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2142 2107 2536
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
STB
England

STB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing STB across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England STB Jobs Demand Trend

STB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing STB across the East of England region.

East of England STB Salary Trend

STB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing STB within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Essex - 17 - -
Cambridgeshire +8 3 £65,000 +36.84%
STB
England

STB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited STB.

1 18 (72.00%) Broadband
2 17 (68.00%) Linux
3 16 (64.00%) C
4 13 (52.00%) POSIX
4 13 (52.00%) Software Architecture
5 12 (48.00%) DTV
6 11 (44.00%) DVB
6 11 (44.00%) Degree
7 10 (40.00%) C++
8 9 (36.00%) Finance
8 9 (36.00%) Middleware
9 5 (20.00%) Software Testing
10 4 (16.00%) IPTV
10 4 (16.00%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (16.00%) Automated Testing
10 4 (16.00%) Stress Testing
10 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
10 4 (16.00%) Publishing
10 4 (16.00%) Regression Testing
10 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
10 4 (16.00%) Electronics
10 4 (16.00%) UNIX
10 4 (16.00%) LAN
10 4 (16.00%) ISEB
11 3 (12.00%) HTTP
11 3 (12.00%) MPEG
12 2 (8.000%) SaaS
12 2 (8.000%) Marketing
12 2 (8.000%) Product Management
12 2 (8.000%) Multithreading

STB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region 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 IT job ads sampled that cited STB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (52.00%) POSIX
2 9 (36.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) Broadband
2 11 (44.00%) DVB
3 4 (16.00%) LAN
4 3 (12.00%) HTTP
5 2 (8.000%) IGMP
5 2 (8.000%) RTSP
5 2 (8.000%) Ethernet
5 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.000%) Firewall
6 1 (4.000%) Wireless
6 1 (4.000%) TELNET
6 1 (4.000%) FTP
6 1 (4.000%) NAS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Bugzilla
1 1 (4.000%) JUnit
1 1 (4.000%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.000%) JIRA
1 1 (4.000%) Selenium
1 1 (4.000%) Redmine
1 1 (4.000%) Trac
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Publishing
2 4 (16.00%) Electronics
3 2 (8.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (52.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Graduate
3 3 (12.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Test Leader
4 2 (8.000%) Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Software Developer
4 2 (8.000%) Tester
4 2 (8.000%) Software Tester
5 1 (4.000%) Sales Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) DTV
2 4 (16.00%) IPTV
3 3 (12.00%) MPEG
4 2 (8.000%) SaaS
4 2 (8.000%) iPad
4 2 (8.000%) Device Driver
4 2 (8.000%) Streaming Video
5 1 (4.000%) Firmware
5 1 (4.000%) Smartphone
5 1 (4.000%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 17 (68.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.00%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (16.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Software Architecture
2 5 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Automated Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Stress Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (16.00%) Regression Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (8.000%) Product Management
4 2 (8.000%) Multithreading
4 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (8.000%) Scrum
5 1 (4.000%) B2C
5 1 (4.000%) Use Case
5 1 (4.000%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.000%) Product Marketing
5 1 (4.000%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) C
2 10 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (8.000%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) ISEB
Brentwood, South East
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British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Are you a Product Manager looking to take ownership of globally winning IPTV, STB and digital TV products?... Skills: track record of product management, electronics, software, digital TV,...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £60000 to £70000 per annum - excellent package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambs / Essex, East Anglia
Think of anything with an antenna and it could be a project in which you will play a key part, from a consumer set top box to a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Essex, South East
We are looking for a Test Lead to join PDD's Customer Technology division whose objective is to constantly improve, enhance and maintain the Set Top Box (STB)...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 20 May 2013
Essex, South East
We are looking for a Test Lead to join PDD's Customer Technology division whose objective is to constantly improve, enhance and maintain the Set Top Box (STB)...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 20 May 2013