The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 502 550 565
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +15
Contract jobs citing MPEG 27 34 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.058% 0.058% 0.031%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.219% 0.238% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 4
Average daily rate £340 £347 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.08% +35.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £300 £186
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £400 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £348 £213
% change year-on-year
-2.15% +63.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +41.66%
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12308 14298 17184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.53% 24.52% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7390 8376 10196
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 536 662 725
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.15 £45.00 £42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK.

MPEG Hourly Rate Trend

MPEG
Top 14 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +44 25 £340 -2.71%
East of England - 9 - -
Hertfordshire - 9 - -
South East +10 7 £340 -2.85%
Hampshire -8 7 £340 -2.85%
Southampton +2 5 £350 -2.77%
Watford - 5 - -
London +27 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £325 -
South West +27 1 - -
Hounslow -3 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
Leeds - 1 £325 -
Bristol - 1 - -

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 29 (59.18%) DVB
3 20 (40.82%) IPTV
4 19 (38.78%) Middleware
5 16 (32.65%) C
5 16 (32.65%) Linux
5 16 (32.65%) Degree
6 15 (30.61%) DTV
7 14 (28.57%) C++
7 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
8 13 (26.53%) Python
9 12 (24.49%) Software Testing
10 10 (20.41%) Open Source
11 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
11 9 (18.37%) SQL
11 9 (18.37%) MS Project
11 9 (18.37%) MS Office
11 9 (18.37%) HND
12 7 (14.29%) Tcl
12 7 (14.29%) Bash shell
12 7 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
13 6 (12.24%) GStreamer
13 6 (12.24%) Electronics
14 5 (10.20%) Wireless
14 5 (10.20%) ISEB
14 5 (10.20%) UNIX
15 4 (8.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (8.163%) Windows
15 4 (8.163%) OO
15 4 (8.163%) Oracle

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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%) HTML
3 2 (4.082%) CSS
3 2 (4.082%) XML
3 2 (4.082%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.041%) Apache
1 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.041%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) MS Project
1 9 (18.37%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 29 (59.18%) 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%) HTTP
6 1 (2.041%) DNS
6 1 (2.041%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (6.122%) Selenium
2 1 (2.041%) JIRA
General
1 6 (12.24%) Electronics
2 4 (8.163%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.122%) Multimedia
4 2 (4.082%) French Language
5 1 (2.041%) Finance
5 1 (2.041%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.041%) Banking
5 1 (2.041%) Retail
5 1 (2.041%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Test Engineer
2 11 (22.45%) Software Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Senior Test Engineer
3 6 (12.24%) Software Team Leader
3 6 (12.24%) Team Leader
4 5 (10.20%) DSP Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Audio Engineer
5 4 (8.163%) Test Leader
5 4 (8.163%) Tester
6 3 (6.122%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Verification Engineer
6 3 (6.122%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Automation Tester
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.082%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.041%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 30 (61.22%) STB
2 20 (40.82%) IPTV
3 15 (30.61%) DTV
4 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 10 (20.41%) Open Source
6 3 (6.122%) Video on Demand
7 2 (4.082%) Streaming Video
8 1 (2.041%) NHS
8 1 (2.041%) iDTV
8 1 (2.041%) Digital Media
8 1 (2.041%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (2.041%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.65%) Linux
2 7 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (10.20%) UNIX
4 4 (8.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (8.163%) Windows
5 1 (2.041%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Software Testing
2 4 (8.163%) OO
2 4 (8.163%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (4.082%) Software Engineering
3 2 (4.082%) Multithreading
3 2 (4.082%) SOA
3 2 (4.082%) Scrum
4 1 (2.041%) Project Management
4 1 (2.041%) TDD
4 1 (2.041%) Programme Management
4 1 (2.041%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.041%) Network Architecture
4 1 (2.041%) Test Strategy
4 1 (2.041%) Bug Management
4 1 (2.041%) Automation Testing
4 1 (2.041%) Manual Testing
4 1 (2.041%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.041%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.65%) C
2 14 (28.57%) C++
3 13 (26.53%) Python
4 9 (18.37%) SQL
5 7 (14.29%) Tcl
5 7 (14.29%) Bash shell
6 3 (6.122%) Perl
7 2 (4.082%) Korn
7 2 (4.082%) PowerShell
7 2 (4.082%) Embedded C
7 2 (4.082%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.082%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.041%) COBOL
8 1 (2.041%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) HND
3 5 (10.20%) ISEB
4 1 (2.041%) ISTQB
System Software
1 2 (4.082%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.041%) Puppet
1 1 (2.041%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.163%) Oracle
3 2 (4.082%) VMware
3 2 (4.082%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.041%) SAP
4 1 (2.041%) HP
4 1 (2.041%) Tandberg