DAB Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DAB skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DAB 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.030% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
South East median daily rate £325 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

DAB falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 422 256 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.82% 15.41% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 142 181
10th Percentile £313 £293 £263
25th Percentile £400 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +3.57%
75th Percentile £590 £538 £608
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 13 21
10th Percentile £17.50 - £22.58
25th Percentile £20.08 £14.20 £65.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £21.90 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.40% -70.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £53.81 £89.63 £87.46
90th Percentile £71.15 - -
South East median hourly rate £48.11 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -12.43% -4.21% -0.26%

DAB
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DAB relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

DAB job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

DAB
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DAB.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DAB

DAB
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DAB within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
Berkshire - 1 £325 -
DAB
South East

DAB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes