Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring DAB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DAB over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 686 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +172 |
| Contract jobs citing DAB | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.029% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £465 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £400 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 3,735 | 5,561 | 7,346 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.74% | 12.82% | 12.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,294 | 3,324 | 4,780 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £205 | £242 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £490 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.51% | -5.77% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £465 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.11% | - | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 181 | 422 | 476 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.50 | £9.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £16.90 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.08 | £40.00 | £18.93 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.30% | +111.30% | -31.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £63.75 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.40 | £45.88 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.81% | +148.00% | -13.95% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DAB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DAB.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DAB.