The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPEG over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Rank 486 530 534
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +4
Contract jobs citing MPEG 26 27 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.061% 0.050% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.229% 0.199% 0.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 4
Average daily rate £340 £350 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.78% +36.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £300 £186
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £383 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £213
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +64.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 6
Average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +25.92%
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11357 13564 16214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.85% 25.35% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7008 8146 9772
Average daily rate £440 £435 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.14% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £608 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 624 681
Average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.79 £12.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
MPEG
UK

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region.

England MPEG Hourly Rate Trend

MPEG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MPEG within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of England - 9 - -
South East +23 7 £340 -2.85%
London +2 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £325 -
South West +24 1 - -
MPEG
UK

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 30 (61.22%) STB
2 27 (55.10%) DVB
3 19 (38.78%) Middleware
4 18 (36.73%) IPTV
5 16 (32.65%) Degree
5 16 (32.65%) Linux
6 15 (30.61%) C
7 14 (28.57%) C++
7 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
7 14 (28.57%) Software Testing
8 13 (26.53%) Python
8 13 (26.53%) DTV
9 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
9 11 (22.45%) SQL
9 11 (22.45%) MS Office
10 10 (20.41%) Open Source
11 9 (18.37%) HND
11 9 (18.37%) MS Project
12 7 (14.29%) UNIX
12 7 (14.29%) ISEB
12 7 (14.29%) Tcl
12 7 (14.29%) Bash shell
12 7 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
13 6 (12.24%) GStreamer
14 5 (10.20%) Wireless
14 5 (10.20%) Electronics
15 4 (8.163%) Telecoms
15 4 (8.163%) Windows
15 4 (8.163%) Oracle
15 4 (8.163%) OO

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 19 (38.78%) Middleware
2 6 (12.24%) GStreamer
3 2 (4.082%) .NET
3 2 (4.082%) HTML
3 2 (4.082%) CSS
3 2 (4.082%) XML
3 2 (4.082%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.041%) OpenStack
1 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.041%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (22.45%) MS Office
2 9 (18.37%) MS Project
3 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 27 (55.10%) DVB
2 5 (10.20%) Wireless
3 4 (8.163%) Broadband
4 3 (6.122%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.082%) IPv4
5 2 (4.082%) LAN
5 2 (4.082%) WAN
5 2 (4.082%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.041%) Wireshark
6 1 (2.041%) HTTP
6 1 (2.041%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (6.122%) Selenium
1 3 (6.122%) JIRA
General
1 5 (10.20%) Electronics
2 4 (8.163%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.122%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.041%) Banking
4 1 (2.041%) Retail
4 1 (2.041%) Marketing
4 1 (2.041%) Finance
4 1 (2.041%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Test Engineer
2 11 (22.45%) Software Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Team Leader
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Test Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Software Team Leader
4 5 (10.20%) DSP Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Audio Engineer
5 4 (8.163%) Tester
6 3 (6.122%) Verification Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Test Leader
6 3 (6.122%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.082%) Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Test Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Software Test Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (61.22%) STB
2 18 (36.73%) IPTV
3 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 13 (26.53%) DTV
5 10 (20.41%) Open Source
6 3 (6.122%) Digital Media
7 2 (4.082%) Streaming Video
8 1 (2.041%) Video on Demand
8 1 (2.041%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (2.041%) FMCG
8 1 (2.041%) iDTV
8 1 (2.041%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.65%) Linux
2 7 (14.29%) UNIX
2 7 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (8.163%) Windows
3 4 (8.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.041%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 4 (8.163%) OO
2 4 (8.163%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (4.082%) Regression Testing
3 2 (4.082%) Scrum
3 2 (4.082%) SOA
3 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (4.082%) Multithreading
3 2 (4.082%) Automated Testing
3 2 (4.082%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.041%) Network Architecture
4 1 (2.041%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.041%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (2.041%) Test Strategy
4 1 (2.041%) Automation Testing
4 1 (2.041%) TDD
4 1 (2.041%) Manual Testing
4 1 (2.041%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.041%) Project Management
4 1 (2.041%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) C
2 14 (28.57%) C++
3 13 (26.53%) Python
4 11 (22.45%) SQL
5 7 (14.29%) Tcl
5 7 (14.29%) Bash shell
6 3 (6.122%) Perl
7 2 (4.082%) Shell Script
7 2 (4.082%) Embedded C
7 2 (4.082%) VBScript
7 2 (4.082%) VB.NET
7 2 (4.082%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.082%) Korn
7 2 (4.082%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.041%) COBOL
8 1 (2.041%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) HND
3 7 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (2.041%) ISTQB
System Software
1 2 (4.082%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.122%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.041%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.163%) Oracle
3 2 (4.082%) VMware
3 2 (4.082%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.041%) Tandberg
4 1 (2.041%) SAP
4 1 (2.041%) HP