Set-Top Box (STB)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term STB in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited STB over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 714 852
Rank change year-on-year +152 +138 -176
Contract jobs citing STB 16 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.003% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.010% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 13
10th Percentile - - £159
25th Percentile £250 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.06%
75th Percentile £317 - £538
90th Percentile £386 - £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £315 - £165

All Generic Skills
UK

STB is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,166 19,644 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.34% 33.26% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,481 13,496 20,500
10th Percentile £263 £309 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £676 £658
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 905 642 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.12 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.96% -18.24% +4.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.13
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.29% -16.13%

STB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for STB in the UK

STB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for STB in the UK

STB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing STB over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for STB in the UK

STB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for STB in the UK

STB
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing STB within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +122 16 £275 - 6
UK excluding London +68 10 £315 - 5
East of England +17 9 £315 - 4
London +117 6 £250 - 1
Work from Home - 4 £450 - 1
South West - 1 - -

STB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub
1 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.25%) Broadband
2 1 (6.25%) DVB
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) DTV Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) DTV Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Broadcast Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Broadcast Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Test Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) Yocto
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) JWT
2 1 (6.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Digital TV
2 1 (6.25%) MPEG
2 1 (6.25%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Open Source
3 4 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (6.25%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) CAD
4 1 (6.25%) Coaching
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) C
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Grafana
1 1 (6.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) BT