The first table below looks at the demand for DRM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DRM 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Rank 212 208 215
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Permanent jobs citing DRM 4 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.076% 0.126% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.101% 0.168% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 0
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £54,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
DRM
England

DRM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing DRM across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West DRM Jobs Demand Trend

DRM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DRM across the South West region.

South West DRM Salary Trend

DRM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DRM within the South West 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
Bristol -4 4 £40,000 +2.56%
DRM
England

DRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing DRM 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 DRM.

1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) C++
1 13 (100.00%) HTML
1 13 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 13 (100.00%) Perl
1 13 (100.00%) CSS
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
1 13 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 13 (100.00%) OO
1 13 (100.00%) Python
1 13 (100.00%) MPEG
1 13 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 13 (100.00%) iDTV
1 13 (100.00%) DTV
1 13 (100.00%) DVB
1 13 (100.00%) Electronics
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
1 13 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 13 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 13 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 13 (100.00%) Kanban
1 13 (100.00%) Video on Demand
1 13 (100.00%) Bash shell
1 13 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 13 (100.00%) DLNA
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (38.46%) Middleware
3 5 (38.46%) Refactoring

DRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing DRM 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 DRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (100.00%) HTML
1 13 (100.00%) CSS
2 5 (38.46%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 13 (100.00%) DVB
1 13 (100.00%) DLNA
General
1 13 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) MPEG
1 13 (100.00%) iDTV
1 13 (100.00%) DTV
1 13 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 13 (100.00%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Linux
2 8 (61.54%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 13 (100.00%) OO
1 13 (100.00%) Scrum
1 13 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 13 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 13 (100.00%) Kanban
1 13 (100.00%) Software Architecture
2 5 (38.46%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) C++
1 13 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 13 (100.00%) Perl
1 13 (100.00%) Python
1 13 (100.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree