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The table below looks at the demand for Digital Television (DTV) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DTV over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDigital Television (DTV)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank250251
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.067 %1.695 %
Salaries quoted18
Average minimum salary£33,000£29,375
Average salary£35,500£31,250
% change on same period last year+13.60 %
Average maximum salary£38,000£33,125
UK excluding London average salary£40,174£38,932
% change on same period last year+3.19 %
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads15031711
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.866 %0.746 %
Salaries quoted13141375
Average minimum salary£32,246£34,665
Average salary£35,431£38,627
% change on same period last year-8.27 %
Average maximum salary£38,617£42,589
UK excluding London average salary£37,732£39,496
% change on same period last year-4.46 %
DTV EnglandDTV
England

DTV
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DTV across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West DTV Demand Trend

DTV
Salary Trend

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

North West DTV Salary Trend

DTV
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DTV within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNew entry-1£35,500-
DTV EnglandDTV
England

DTV
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing DTV 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 DTV.

16 (42.86 %)C
16 (42.86 %)Java
16 (42.86 %)J2ME
16 (42.86 %)Eclipse
16 (42.86 %)Subversion
16 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
16 (42.86 %)Refactoring
25 (35.71 %)DVB
25 (35.71 %)MPEG
33 (21.43 %)VxWorks
33 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
33 (21.43 %)OOD
33 (21.43 %)Linux
33 (21.43 %)OO
33 (21.43 %)C++
42 (14.29 %)SQL
42 (14.29 %).NET
42 (14.29 %)Embedded C
42 (14.29 %)Firmware
42 (14.29 %)Device Driver
42 (14.29 %)STB
51 (7.143 %)Fault Management
51 (7.143 %)Ruby
51 (7.143 %)Ruby on Rails
51 (7.143 %)Web Development
51 (7.143 %)Telecoms
51 (7.143 %)Internet
51 (7.143 %)SQL Server
51 (7.143 %)ASP
51 (7.143 %)ASP.NET

DTV
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing DTV 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 DTV. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (42.86 %)J2ME
22 (14.29 %).NET
31 (7.143 %)ASP
31 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
31 (7.143 %)Ruby on Rails
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (35.71 %)DVB
23 (21.43 %)TCP/IP
31 (7.143 %)Internet
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (42.86 %)Eclipse
16 (42.86 %)Subversion
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Telecoms
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
16 (42.86 %)Developer
24 (28.57 %)Java Developer
33 (21.43 %)C++ Software Engineer
33 (21.43 %)C Software Engineer
42 (14.29 %)Senior Embedded Software Engineer
42 (14.29 %)Embedded Software Engineer
42 (14.29 %)Senior Software Engineer
51 (7.143 %)Junior Developer
51 (7.143 %)Web Developer
51 (7.143 %)Operations Manager
51 (7.143 %)Junior
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (35.71 %)MPEG
22 (14.29 %)Firmware
22 (14.29 %)Device Driver
22 (14.29 %)STB
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (21.43 %)Linux
13 (21.43 %)VxWorks
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
16 (42.86 %)Refactoring
23 (21.43 %)OO
23 (21.43 %)OOD
31 (7.143 %)Web Development
31 (7.143 %)Fault Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (42.86 %)C
16 (42.86 %)Java
23 (21.43 %)C++
32 (14.29 %)SQL
32 (14.29 %)Embedded C
41 (7.143 %)Ruby
41 (7.143 %)VBScript