The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Set-Top Box (STB)
Rank 217 212 201
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Permanent jobs citing STB 3 15 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.057% 0.249% 0.242%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.186% 0.788% 0.746%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 13
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +7.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1613 1904 1742
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 30.58% 31.65% 32.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1640 1500
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
STB
South East

STB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Staines +14 3 £45,000 -
STB
South East

STB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 18 (85.71%) DVB
2 17 (80.95%) C
3 15 (71.43%) Linux
4 14 (66.67%) Computer Science
5 13 (61.90%) Degree
5 13 (61.90%) Middleware
6 12 (57.14%) Embedded C
7 11 (52.38%) POSIX
7 11 (52.38%) DTV
8 8 (38.10%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (38.10%) Electronics
9 7 (33.33%) MPEG
9 7 (33.33%) C++
9 7 (33.33%) Java
10 6 (28.57%) UML
10 6 (28.57%) XML
11 5 (23.81%) Broadband
11 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
11 5 (23.81%) VxWorks
11 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
12 4 (19.05%) Configuration Management
12 4 (19.05%) SQL
12 4 (19.05%) Oracle
13 3 (14.29%) PVCS
13 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
13 3 (14.29%) ClearCase
13 3 (14.29%) Embedded C++
13 3 (14.29%) IPTV
13 3 (14.29%) MHEG

STB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 13 (61.90%) Middleware
2 11 (52.38%) POSIX
3 6 (28.57%) XML
4 3 (14.29%) HTML5
5 1 (4.762%) GStreamer
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) CM System
Communications & Networking
1 18 (85.71%) DVB
2 5 (23.81%) Broadband
3 3 (14.29%) UPnP
3 3 (14.29%) DLNA
4 1 (4.762%) NAS
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) PVCS
1 3 (14.29%) ClearCase
General
1 8 (38.10%) Electronics
2 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.762%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Embedded C Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Integration Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Integration Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) C Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Architect
5 3 (14.29%) Architect
5 3 (14.29%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 11 (52.38%) DTV
3 8 (38.10%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (33.33%) MPEG
5 3 (14.29%) IPTV
5 3 (14.29%) MHEG
6 2 (9.524%) Streaming Video
7 1 (4.762%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) VxWorks
3 2 (9.524%) UNIX
3 2 (9.524%) Windows
3 2 (9.524%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) UML
2 5 (23.81%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
3 4 (19.05%) Configuration Management
4 3 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (14.29%) Multithreading
4 3 (14.29%) Software Architecture
5 2 (9.524%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (80.95%) C
2 12 (57.14%) Embedded C
3 7 (33.33%) C++
3 7 (33.33%) Java
4 4 (19.05%) SQL
5 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 3 (14.29%) Embedded C++
6 2 (9.524%) Shell Script
6 2 (9.524%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) HND
System Software
1 2 (9.524%) NDS
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 2 (9.524%) Tandberg
2 2 (9.524%) CA
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft