The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MPEG 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.080% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.395% - -
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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
253 223 229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 20.16% 14.25% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 114 100
Average daily rate £300 £338 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £212 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 17
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.00 £14.83
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.87% +7.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.83 £11.00 £7.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £27.25 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
MPEG
Yorkshire

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MPEG Daily 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 West Yorkshire region 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
Leeds - 1 £325 -
MPEG
Yorkshire

MPEG
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (100.00%) STB
2 8 (88.89%) Middleware
3 7 (77.78%) DVB
3 7 (77.78%) C
3 7 (77.78%) C++
4 6 (66.67%) Software Testing
4 6 (66.67%) Open Source
4 6 (66.67%) GStreamer
5 4 (44.44%) Electronics
5 4 (44.44%) OO
5 4 (44.44%) IPTV
5 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (33.33%) Degree
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (33.33%) MS Project
6 3 (33.33%) MS Office
6 3 (33.33%) HND
6 3 (33.33%) Linux
7 2 (22.22%) Tcl
7 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
8 1 (11.11%) Selenium
8 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
8 1 (11.11%) Python
8 1 (11.11%) COBOL
8 1 (11.11%) SQL

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 8 (88.89%) Middleware
2 6 (66.67%) GStreamer
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Project
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DVB
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 4 (44.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Team Leader
3 2 (22.22%) Team Leader
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) STB
2 6 (66.67%) Open Source
3 4 (44.44%) IPTV
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 4 (44.44%) OO
2 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C
1 7 (77.78%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Tcl
3 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) COBOL
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft