England DVB Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DVB over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff East of England Eastleigh England Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex North West North Yorkshire Portsmouth Redhill Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Stirling Surrey UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	736	728
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching permanent IT job ads	162	258
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.108 %
As % of the category below	0.534 %	0.686 %
Salaries quoted	119	216
Average minimum salary	£39,595	£37,662
Average salary	£43,227	£40,417
% change on same period last year	+6.95 %
Average maximum salary	£46,860	£43,171
UK excluding London average salary	£43,101	£40,230
% change on same period last year	+7.13 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching permanent IT job ads	30348	37607
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	16.57 %	15.79 %
Salaries quoted	25892	30407
Average minimum salary	£37,725	£39,081
Average salary	£40,635	£41,976
% change on same period last year	-3.19 %
Average maximum salary	£43,544	£44,870
UK excluding London average salary	£37,625	£39,458
% change on same period last year	-4.64 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DVB across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DVB across the England region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DVB across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DVB within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+85	50	£41,544	+3.74 %
South East	-38	37	£43,900	+7.56 %
Yorkshire	+14	30	£41,045	-8.05 %
East of England	+17	24	£47,813	+10.93 %
West Midlands	-	12	£35,500	-
South West	-43	4	£46,875	+29.64 %
North West	-	3	£35,500	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing DVB 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 DVB.

1 201 (57.10 %) C 2 196 (55.68 %) MPEG 3 154 (43.75 %) Linux 4 141 (40.06 %) C++ 4 141 (40.06 %) DTV 5 109 (30.97 %) STB 6 104 (29.55 %) IPTV 7 98 (27.84 %) TCP/IP 8 91 (25.85 %) Embedded C 9 77 (21.88 %) OO 10 70 (19.89 %) VxWorks 11 61 (17.33 %) RTP 12 56 (15.91 %) RTSP 12 56 (15.91 %) Embedded Linux 13 53 (15.06 %) Electronics

14 50 (14.20 %) Degree 15 47 (13.35 %) DOCSIS 16 46 (13.07 %) Middleware 17 41 (11.65 %) OOD 18 34 (9.659 %) Device Driver 18 34 (9.659 %) Internet 18 34 (9.659 %) Embedded C++ 19 33 (9.375 %) SNMP 20 29 (8.239 %) OOP 21 26 (7.386 %) Computer Science 22 25 (7.102 %) UML 23 22 (6.250 %) Nucleus RTOS 24 21 (5.966 %) Wireless 24 21 (5.966 %) Java 24 21 (5.966 %) Ethernet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing DVB 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 DVB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 46 (13.07 %) Middleware 2 10 (2.841 %) XML 3 9 (2.557 %) WebServices 4 4 (1.136 %) XSD 4 4 (1.136 %) XSLT 4 4 (1.136 %) SOAP 5 3 (0.852 %) MHP 6 2 (0.568 %) JNI 6 2 (0.568 %) HTML 7 1 (0.284 %) J2EE 7 1 (0.284 %) CSS 7 1 (0.284 %) Struts 7 1 (0.284 %) J2ME 7 1 (0.284 %) SVG 7 1 (0.284 %) AJAX 7 1 (0.284 %) BREW 7 1 (0.284 %) Velocity 7 1 (0.284 %) Hibernate 7 1 (0.284 %) UIQ 7 1 (0.284 %) Series 60	Application Platforms 1 1 (0.284 %) CMS
Applications 1 4 (1.136 %) MS Excel 2 3 (0.852 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.568 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.284 %) FrameMaker	Communications & Networking 1 98 (27.84 %) TCP/IP 2 61 (17.33 %) RTP 3 56 (15.91 %) RTSP 4 47 (13.35 %) DOCSIS 5 34 (9.659 %) Internet 6 33 (9.375 %) SNMP 7 21 (5.966 %) Ethernet 7 21 (5.966 %) Wireless 8 19 (5.398 %) UPnP 9 11 (3.125 %) VSAT 10 9 (2.557 %) Broadband 11 8 (2.273 %) HTTP 12 6 (1.705 %) VoIP 12 6 (1.705 %) GSM 12 6 (1.705 %) IGMP 13 5 (1.420 %) UMTS 13 5 (1.420 %) WAN 13 5 (1.420 %) DAB 14 4 (1.136 %) 3G 14 4 (1.136 %) DWDM
Development Applications 1 1 (0.284 %) Flash 1 1 (0.284 %) Eclipse 1 1 (0.284 %) WinRunner 1 1 (0.284 %) LoadRunner	General 1 53 (15.06 %) Electronics 2 11 (3.125 %) Government 2 11 (3.125 %) Health 2 11 (3.125 %) Retail 2 11 (3.125 %) Multimedia 3 10 (2.841 %) Telecoms 4 7 (1.989 %) Pensions 5 6 (1.705 %) Marketing 6 3 (0.852 %) Interactive Media 6 3 (0.852 %) Electric 7 2 (0.568 %) Advertising 7 2 (0.568 %) Military
Job Titles 1 135 (38.35 %) Software Engineer 2 64 (18.18 %) Embedded Software Engineer 3 38 (10.80 %) C++ Software Engineer 4 37 (10.51 %) Developer 5 36 (10.23 %) C Software Engineer 6 24 (6.818 %) Software Developer 7 23 (6.534 %) Embedded Software Developer 8 22 (6.250 %) Senior Software Engineer 9 18 (5.114 %) Architect 9 18 (5.114 %) Systems Engineer 10 17 (4.830 %) Embedded C Engineer 10 17 (4.830 %) Linux Engineer 11 16 (4.545 %) C Developer 11 16 (4.545 %) Software Consultant 11 16 (4.545 %) Consultant 11 16 (4.545 %) Team Leader 11 16 (4.545 %) Field Engineer 12 14 (3.977 %) Embedded C Developer 13 13 (3.693 %) Integration Consultant 13 13 (3.693 %) Embedded C Software Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 196 (55.68 %) MPEG 2 141 (40.06 %) DTV 3 109 (30.97 %) STB 4 104 (29.55 %) IPTV 5 34 (9.659 %) Device Driver 6 26 (7.386 %) Computer Science 7 12 (3.409 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 7 12 (3.409 %) VHDL 8 9 (2.557 %) Streaming Video 9 7 (1.989 %) Multithreading 10 4 (1.136 %) Firmware 10 4 (1.136 %) Dutch Language 10 4 (1.136 %) Mathematics 10 4 (1.136 %) Physics 11 2 (0.568 %) Interactive TV 11 2 (0.568 %) CESG 11 2 (0.568 %) Cryptography 12 1 (0.284 %) Speech Recognition 12 1 (0.284 %) iDTV 12 1 (0.284 %) Streaming Media
Operating Systems 1 154 (43.75 %) Linux 2 70 (19.89 %) VxWorks 3 56 (15.91 %) Embedded Linux 4 22 (6.250 %) Nucleus RTOS 5 11 (3.125 %) UNIX 6 10 (2.841 %) Windows 7 5 (1.420 %) Windows Server 2003 8 3 (0.852 %) Windows 2000 8 3 (0.852 %) Windows XP 9 2 (0.568 %) Windows CE 9 2 (0.568 %) HPUX 9 2 (0.568 %) Solaris 10 1 (0.284 %) pSOS 10 1 (0.284 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 77 (21.88 %) OO 2 41 (11.65 %) OOD 3 29 (8.239 %) OOP 4 25 (7.102 %) UML 5 20 (5.682 %) Software Engineering 6 13 (3.693 %) Security Cleared 7 11 (3.125 %) Service Delivery 7 11 (3.125 %) Validation 8 10 (2.841 %) Agile Software Development 9 9 (2.557 %) DRM 10 6 (1.705 %) Configuration Management 11 5 (1.420 %) Software Testing 12 4 (1.136 %) SC Cleared 12 4 (1.136 %) Integration Testing 13 3 (0.852 %) Business Development 13 3 (0.852 %) Logistics 13 3 (0.852 %) Project Management 13 3 (0.852 %) CAD 14 2 (0.568 %) OOA/OOD 14 2 (0.568 %) Information Security
Programming Languages 1 201 (57.10 %) C 2 141 (40.06 %) C++ 3 91 (25.85 %) Embedded C 4 34 (9.659 %) Embedded C++ 5 21 (5.966 %) Java 6 12 (3.409 %) Perl 6 12 (3.409 %) Python 7 10 (2.841 %) VC++ 8 9 (2.557 %) Assembly Language 9 2 (0.568 %) Tcl 10 1 (0.284 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.284 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 50 (14.20 %) Degree 2 4 (1.136 %) HND 2 4 (1.136 %) PhD 3 3 (0.852 %) CCNP 3 3 (0.852 %) HNC 3 3 (0.852 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (0.568 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (0.568 %) CCNA 4 2 (0.568 %) MCSE 4 2 (0.568 %) MCSA 5 1 (0.284 %) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.136 %) JTAG 2 1 (0.284 %) QA	Systems Management 1 3 (0.852 %) OpenView 2 2 (0.568 %) Netcool 2 2 (0.568 %) Netcool/Proviso 3 1 (0.284 %) CiscoWorks
Vendors 1 7 (1.989 %) Xilinx 2 6 (1.705 %) Microsoft 3 5 (1.420 %) HP 3 5 (1.420 %) OpenTV 4 4 (1.136 %) Cisco 4 4 (1.136 %) CA 5 3 (0.852 %) EMC 6 2 (0.568 %) Oracle 6 2 (0.568 %) Symbian