STB Contracts in England

Set-Top Box (STB)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited STB over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 632 778
Rank change year-on-year +96 +146 -132
Contract jobs citing STB 14 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.025% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - - £194
25th Percentile - £306 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £313 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -26.47% +13.33%
75th Percentile £300 £447 £538
90th Percentile £390 £524 £568
UK median daily rate £250 £313 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% -26.47% +13.33%

All Generic Skills
England

STB falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

STB
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing STB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for STB in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing STB in England.

Daily rate trend for STB in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing STB in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for STB in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing STB in England.

Hourly rate trend for STB in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing STB within the England region over the 6 months to 20 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +87 8 £250 -20.00% 4
East of England +9 5 £450 - 3
South West - 1 - -
STB
UK

STB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub
1 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.14%) DVB
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Gerrit
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Embedded Developer
3 2 (14.29%) DTV Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Broadcast Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Broadcast Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) Yocto
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) JWT
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Digital TV
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.14%) MPEG
2 1 (7.14%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (7.14%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Open Source
3 4 (28.57%) Scrum
4 1 (7.14%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) CAD
4 1 (7.14%) Coaching
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) C
2 4 (28.57%) Embedded C
3 1 (7.14%) C++
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Grafana
1 1 (7.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) BT