The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MPEG over the 3 months to 24 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 Leeds 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MPEG 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.135% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.613% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £348 £213
% change year-on-year
-2.15% +63.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +41.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
163 129 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 22.06% 14.84% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 65 76
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £250 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 9
Average hourly rate £11.75 £11.00 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.81% -45.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.97 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £13.10 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
MPEG
West Yorkshire

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds MPEG Jobs Demand Trend

MPEG
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) STB
1 1 (100.00%) IPTV
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) STB
1 1 (100.00%) IPTV
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft