The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited STB over the 3 months to 24 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Set-Top Box (STB)
Rank 521 595 618
Rank change year-on-year
+74 +23
Permanent jobs citing STB 63 41 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.144% 0.076% 0.055%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.362% 0.193% 0.130%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 29
Average salary £55,250 £57,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.91% +27.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,800 £42,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £68,950 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +7.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
17410 21288 24523
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 39.81% 39.69% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 14353 18252 20445
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

London 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 London region.

London STB Salary Trend

STB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing STB across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London STB Salary Histogram

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 London region over the 3 months to 24 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
City of London +2 6 £37,500 -27.18%
Twickenham - 1 - -
STB
England

STB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 61 (53.98%) Linux
2 56 (49.56%) Degree
3 53 (46.90%) Scrum
4 51 (45.13%) C
5 40 (35.40%) Agile Software Development
6 39 (34.51%) Embedded Linux
7 38 (33.63%) DTV
8 37 (32.74%) C++
9 36 (31.86%) Broadband
9 36 (31.86%) Computer Science
10 31 (27.43%) Games
10 31 (27.43%) Digital Media
11 30 (26.55%) Software Architecture
12 27 (23.89%) Embedded Systems
12 27 (23.89%) Mathematics
12 27 (23.89%) Middleware
13 26 (23.01%) DVB
14 25 (22.12%) Asset Management
14 25 (22.12%) Content Management
15 24 (21.24%) Device Driver
15 24 (21.24%) Waterfall
16 23 (20.35%) Analytics
17 22 (19.47%) JSON
17 22 (19.47%) Video on Demand
18 21 (18.58%) Web Services
19 19 (16.81%) OpenGL
19 19 (16.81%) IPTV
19 19 (16.81%) WebKit
19 19 (16.81%) Qt
20 18 (15.93%) DRM

STB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 27 (23.89%) Middleware
2 22 (19.47%) JSON
3 21 (18.58%) Web Services
4 19 (16.81%) OpenGL
4 19 (16.81%) WebKit
4 19 (16.81%) Qt
5 10 (8.850%) RESTful
6 9 (7.965%) POSIX
7 3 (2.655%) .NET
8 2 (1.770%) J2SE
8 2 (1.770%) COM
8 2 (1.770%) JNI
9 1 (0.885%) CSS3
9 1 (0.885%) HTML5
9 1 (0.885%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.885%) HTML
9 1 (0.885%) CSS
9 1 (0.885%) XML
9 1 (0.885%) ASP
9 1 (0.885%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.080%) CMS
2 2 (1.770%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (8.850%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (8.850%) WebTrends
1 10 (8.850%) Google Analytics
1 10 (8.850%) SiteCatalyst
2 2 (1.770%) Taleo
3 1 (0.885%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 36 (31.86%) Broadband
2 26 (23.01%) DVB
3 11 (9.735%) HTTP
4 9 (7.965%) LAN
5 7 (6.195%) Internet
6 6 (5.310%) Wireless
7 5 (4.425%) Ethernet
8 3 (2.655%) WLAN
9 2 (1.770%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.965%) CouchDB
1 9 (7.965%) SQLite
1 9 (7.965%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (8.850%) Subversion
2 9 (7.965%) Trac
2 9 (7.965%) Git (software)
2 9 (7.965%) JIRA
3 3 (2.655%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.655%) Selenium
4 2 (1.770%) Bugzilla
4 2 (1.770%) Xcode
4 2 (1.770%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.885%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.885%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.885%) WATIR
5 1 (0.885%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.885%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (0.885%) Eclipse
General
1 31 (27.43%) Games
2 14 (12.39%) Telecoms
3 13 (11.50%) Advertising
4 12 (10.62%) Marketing
5 11 (9.735%) Finance
5 11 (9.735%) Legal
6 6 (5.310%) Electronics
7 2 (1.770%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.885%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (30.97%) Software Engineer
2 32 (28.32%) Project Manager
3 23 (20.35%) Technical Manager
3 23 (20.35%) Technical Project Manager
4 19 (16.81%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (10.62%) ScrumMaster
6 8 (7.080%) Middleware Engineer
7 6 (5.310%) Digital Project Manager
8 5 (4.425%) Principle Engineer
8 5 (4.425%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.425%) Consultant
8 5 (4.425%) Programme Manager
8 5 (4.425%) Analyst
9 4 (3.540%) Developer
10 3 (2.655%) Test Engineer
10 3 (2.655%) Architect
11 2 (1.770%) Technical Architect
11 2 (1.770%) Software Test Engineer
11 2 (1.770%) Business Consultant
11 2 (1.770%) Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 38 (33.63%) DTV
2 36 (31.86%) Computer Science
3 31 (27.43%) Digital Media
4 27 (23.89%) Embedded Systems
4 27 (23.89%) Mathematics
5 24 (21.24%) Device Driver
6 22 (19.47%) Video on Demand
7 19 (16.81%) IPTV
8 13 (11.50%) Smartphone
8 13 (11.50%) Social Media
9 7 (6.195%) Kindle
10 5 (4.425%) MPEG
11 3 (2.655%) Streaming Video
12 2 (1.770%) iDTV
12 2 (1.770%) BBC
12 2 (1.770%) Handset
12 2 (1.770%) Open Source
12 2 (1.770%) iPad
13 1 (0.885%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 61 (53.98%) Linux
2 39 (34.51%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (10.62%) UNIX
4 4 (3.540%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.655%) Android
5 3 (2.655%) Windows
6 1 (0.885%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (46.90%) Scrum
2 40 (35.40%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (26.55%) Software Architecture
4 25 (22.12%) Asset Management
4 25 (22.12%) Content Management
5 24 (21.24%) Waterfall
6 23 (20.35%) Analytics
7 18 (15.93%) DRM
8 14 (12.39%) Project Management
9 13 (11.50%) SEO
9 13 (11.50%) Web Analytics
9 13 (11.50%) E-Commerce
9 13 (11.50%) Kanban
10 12 (10.62%) Project Planning
11 10 (8.850%) Marketing Analytics
12 9 (7.965%) Customer Insight
13 6 (5.310%) Test Automation
14 5 (4.425%) Embedded Software Development
15 4 (3.540%) Software Testing
16 3 (2.655%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (45.13%) C
2 37 (32.74%) C++
3 17 (15.04%) Embedded C
4 16 (14.16%) Java
5 10 (8.850%) Embedded C++
6 9 (7.965%) Perl
7 2 (1.770%) Python
7 2 (1.770%) SQL
7 2 (1.770%) Tcl
7 2 (1.770%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.885%) Groovy
8 1 (0.885%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.885%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.885%) C#
Qualifications
1 56 (49.56%) Degree
2 2 (1.770%) ISEB
2 2 (1.770%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.885%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.655%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (8.850%) Splunk
Vendors
1 12 (10.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.850%) Google
3 7 (6.195%) Panasonic
3 7 (6.195%) Sony
4 3 (2.655%) Remedy
5 2 (1.770%) CA
5 2 (1.770%) Apple
5 2 (1.770%) BT
6 1 (0.885%) SAP
6 1 (0.885%) Oracle
West London
You will develop, modify, re-factor and optimise the Middleware layer within a Set Top Box Software Architecture. You will be required to interact both with members of...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
West London
Key Responsibilities - Supporting all phases of design from concept/requirements to architecture to supporting deployment activities - Liaison with internal Sky and external supplier / partner Architects and other technical...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Web Content Management - Digital Asset Management - Video Content Management - Portal - Identity & Access Management - Banner & Video Advertising - Social Media - Search / SEO - Web Analytics - Multi-device support (smart-phone, tablet,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £43,000 to £68,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Web Content Management - Digital Asset Management - Video Content Management - Portal - Identity & Access Management - Banner & Video Advertising - Social Media - Search / SEO - Web Analytics - Multi-device support (smart-phone, tablet,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £53,000 to £80,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013