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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Set-Top Box (STB)
Rank 200 195 179
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -16
Permanent jobs citing STB 13 21 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.238% 0.405% 0.395%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.956% 1.374% 1.491%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 1
Average salary £42,500 £43,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.29% +45.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +7.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1360 1528 1341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 24.93% 29.44% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1053 1261 1140
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire STB Salary Trend

STB
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire -7 11 £42,500 -2.29%
North Yorkshire -9 1 - -
STB
England

STB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 22 (81.48%) C++
1 22 (81.48%) C
1 22 (81.48%) Linux
2 19 (70.37%) MPEG
2 19 (70.37%) Embedded C
2 19 (70.37%) Embedded C++
2 19 (70.37%) DVB
2 19 (70.37%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (66.67%) Java
4 16 (59.26%) Agile Software Development
4 16 (59.26%) UPnP
4 16 (59.26%) IPTV
4 16 (59.26%) Digital Media
5 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 4 (14.81%) DTV
6 4 (14.81%) Tcl
7 3 (11.11%) Middleware
8 2 (7.407%) Streaming Video
8 2 (7.407%) VxWorks
8 2 (7.407%) ISEB
8 2 (7.407%) POSIX
8 2 (7.407%) Perl
8 2 (7.407%) Python
8 2 (7.407%) Open Source
8 2 (7.407%) GStreamer
8 2 (7.407%) QA
8 2 (7.407%) ISTQB
9 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
9 1 (3.704%) Degree
9 1 (3.704%) Computer Science

STB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 3 (11.11%) Middleware
2 2 (7.407%) POSIX
2 2 (7.407%) GStreamer
3 1 (3.704%) XMPP
3 1 (3.704%) .NET
3 1 (3.704%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 19 (70.37%) DVB
2 16 (59.26%) UPnP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.704%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 17 (62.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Developer
4 2 (7.407%) Test Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Test Leader
5 1 (3.704%) Software Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C Developer
5 1 (3.704%) C Developer
5 1 (3.704%) C Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C/C++ Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++ Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) ScrumMaster
5 1 (3.704%) Lead Software Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (70.37%) MPEG
2 16 (59.26%) IPTV
2 16 (59.26%) Digital Media
3 4 (14.81%) DTV
4 2 (7.407%) Streaming Video
4 2 (7.407%) Open Source
5 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.704%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 22 (81.48%) Linux
2 19 (70.37%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (7.407%) VxWorks
4 1 (3.704%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
3 1 (3.704%) TDD
3 1 (3.704%) Asset Management
3 1 (3.704%) Content Management
3 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.704%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (3.704%) Waterfall
3 1 (3.704%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 22 (81.48%) C++
1 22 (81.48%) C
2 19 (70.37%) Embedded C
2 19 (70.37%) Embedded C++
3 18 (66.67%) Java
4 4 (14.81%) Tcl
5 2 (7.407%) Perl
5 2 (7.407%) Python
6 1 (3.704%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) ISEB
1 2 (7.407%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) QA
Bradford, Yorkshire
As an embedded software engineer you'll be working primarily on embedded linux based projects; utilising your skills in C++ or Java to develop high quality embedded applications...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
As an embedded software engineer you'll be working primarily on embedded linux based projects; utilising your skills in C++ or Java to develop high quality embedded applications...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Providing technical leadership to ensure that all test activities have the correct test approach and ideally have worked in an STB environment, programming languages Perl, TCL, C/C++,...
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will have experience of programming languages Python, TCL/TKL and Selenium with experience of developing automated SW tests. You will assist with the creation and maintenance of...
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 24 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
As a Technical Project Manager, you will have experience in running Scrum based development teams to deliver a number of software development projects for an ever expanding international...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013