DVB Contracts

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring DVB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DVB over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 690 845
Rank change year-on-year +110 +155 -121
Contract jobs citing DVB 4 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.013% 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.074% 0.099% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £491 -
25th Percentile - £494 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 £500 £415
Median % change year-on-year -86.00% +20.48% +11.04%
75th Percentile - £569 £423
90th Percentile - £610 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £70 £625 £415
% change year-on-year -88.80% +50.60% +27.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DVB 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 5,422 7,095 9,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.41% 12.77% 11.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,210 4,570 6,438
10th Percentile £210 £244 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 445 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £51.28
90th Percentile £70.90 £75.00 £65.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%

DVB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DVB in the UK

DVB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DVB in the UK

DVB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for DVB in the UK

DVB
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DVB within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +83 4 £70 -86.00% 4
UK excluding London +29 3 £70 -88.80% 2
South East +16 2 £70 -88.80% 2
London +79 1 - - 1
East of England +4 1 - -

DVB
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) 4G
1 2 (50.00%) 5G
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Integration Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Validation Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Broadcast Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Broadcast Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Digital TV
2 1 (25.00%) MPEG
2 1 (25.00%) STB
2 1 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree