The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited STB over the 3 months to 22 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Set-Top Box (STB)
Rank 83 74 80
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Permanent jobs citing STB 3 13 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.283% 1.308% 0.113%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.083% 4.981% 0.319%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 1
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% +11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
277 261 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 26.13% 26.26% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 258 209 301
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
STB
Wales

STB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
Torfaen -4 2 £40,000 -44.82%
Newport -9 1 £42,500 -12.82%
STB
Wales

STB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 28 (70.00%) DTV
2 23 (57.50%) C
2 23 (57.50%) Linux
2 23 (57.50%) IPTV
3 19 (47.50%) DVB
4 17 (42.50%) Project Management
5 13 (32.50%) TCP/IP
6 12 (30.00%) C++
6 12 (30.00%) Device Driver
6 12 (30.00%) Marketing
7 11 (27.50%) Embedded Linux
7 11 (27.50%) Middleware
7 11 (27.50%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (25.00%) Digital Media
8 10 (25.00%) Multimedia
9 9 (22.50%) PRINCE
9 9 (22.50%) Telecoms
10 8 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (20.00%) Project Planning
11 2 (5.000%) Twitter
12 1 (2.500%) Broadcom
12 1 (2.500%) Multithreading
12 1 (2.500%) GStreamer
12 1 (2.500%) RTSP
12 1 (2.500%) Software Engineering
12 1 (2.500%) Streaming Video
12 1 (2.500%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (2.500%) Wireless
12 1 (2.500%) RTP
12 1 (2.500%) Embedded C

STB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 11 (27.50%) Middleware
2 1 (2.500%) GStreamer
Communications & Networking
1 19 (47.50%) DVB
2 13 (32.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.500%) RTSP
3 1 (2.500%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.500%) Wireless
3 1 (2.500%) RTP
General
1 12 (30.00%) Marketing
2 10 (25.00%) Multimedia
3 9 (22.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (55.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 22 (55.00%) Software Engineer
2 17 (42.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (2.500%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (2.500%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (2.500%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (70.00%) DTV
2 23 (57.50%) IPTV
3 12 (30.00%) Device Driver
4 10 (25.00%) Digital Media
5 8 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.500%) Streaming Video
6 1 (2.500%) Firmware
6 1 (2.500%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 23 (57.50%) Linux
2 11 (27.50%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (42.50%) Project Management
2 11 (27.50%) Embedded Software Development
3 9 (22.50%) PRINCE
4 8 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.500%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.500%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.500%) UML
5 1 (2.500%) OO
5 1 (2.500%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 23 (57.50%) C
2 12 (30.00%) C++
3 1 (2.500%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.500%) Embedded C++
Vendors
1 2 (5.000%) Twitter
2 1 (2.500%) Broadcom