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This section looks at the demand for Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MHP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMultimedia Home Platform (MHP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank556629
Rank change on same period last yearUp+73
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.018 %0.018 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£325
Average daily rate£330£325
% change on same period last year+1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£325
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1659721751
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.12 %22.01 %
Daily rates quoted56776807
Average minimum daily rate£353£373
Average daily rate£379£400
% change on same period last year-5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9341365
Average minimum hourly rate£30.47£31.01
Average hourly rate£32.79£33.51
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10£36.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
MHP UKMHP
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MHP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MHP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England MHP Demand Trend

MHP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MHP across the England region.

England MHP Daily Rate Trend

MHP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MHP across the England region.

England MHP Hourly Rate Trend

MHP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MHP within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+482--
LondonUp+651£330+1.53 %
MHP UKMHP
UK

MHP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MHP 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 MHP.

110 (66.67 %)C
110 (66.67 %)Java
110 (66.67 %)UNIX
110 (66.67 %)Linux
110 (66.67 %)UML
110 (66.67 %)Ant
110 (66.67 %)J2ME
110 (66.67 %)Eclipse
110 (66.67 %)Subversion
27 (46.67 %)DTV
27 (46.67 %)Software Engineering
35 (33.33 %)MediaHighway
35 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
35 (33.33 %)TDD
35 (33.33 %)STB
35 (33.33 %)OOD
35 (33.33 %)OO
35 (33.33 %)OpenTV
35 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
44 (26.67 %)C++
44 (26.67 %)TestDirector
53 (20.00 %)Performance Testing
53 (20.00 %)Middleware
53 (20.00 %)NDS
53 (20.00 %)JUnit
62 (13.33 %)Software Testing
62 (13.33 %)DVB
62 (13.33 %)Telecoms
71 (6.667 %)Integration Testing

MHP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MHP 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 MHP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (66.67 %)J2ME
23 (20.00 %)Middleware
31 (6.667 %)HTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)DVB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (66.67 %)Ant
110 (66.67 %)Eclipse
110 (66.67 %)Subversion
24 (26.67 %)TestDirector
33 (20.00 %)JUnit
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Telecoms
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (60.00 %)Software Engineer
27 (46.67 %)Embedded Software Engineer
34 (26.67 %)Test Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Integration Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (46.67 %)DTV
25 (33.33 %)STB
25 (33.33 %)MediaHighway
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (66.67 %)UNIX
110 (66.67 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (66.67 %)UML
27 (46.67 %)Software Engineering
35 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (33.33 %)OO
35 (33.33 %)OOD
35 (33.33 %)TDD
35 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
35 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
43 (20.00 %)Performance Testing
52 (13.33 %)Software Testing
61 (6.667 %)Integration Testing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (66.67 %)C
110 (66.67 %)Java
24 (26.67 %)C++
31 (6.667 %)JavaScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (20.00 %)NDS
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (33.33 %)OpenTV
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