The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPEG over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Rank - 218 -
Contract jobs citing MPEG 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - 0.013% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.039% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +64.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +25.92%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2008 2575 4008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.61% 32.71% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1491 1993 3106
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.39 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
MPEG
London

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MPEG across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London MPEG Jobs Demand Trend

MPEG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MPEG across the City of London region.

City of London MPEG Daily Rate Trend

MPEG
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MPEG across the City of London region.

City of London MPEG Hourly Rate Trend

MPEG
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MPEG also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MPEG.

1 4 (100.00%) STB
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) ISEB
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) VBScript
3 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Media
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) IPTV
4 1 (25.00%) MS Project
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) HND
4 1 (25.00%) Tcl
4 1 (25.00%) Middleware
4 1 (25.00%) DTV
4 1 (25.00%) DVB

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MPEG also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MPEG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DVB
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee
1 2 (50.00%) Software Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) STB
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) IPTV
3 1 (25.00%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) VBScript
2 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) HND
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft