The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT contracts advertised for the 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 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 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MPEG 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.108% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.515% - -
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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
388 318 366
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 20.88% 14.23% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 171 153
Average daily rate £313 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £204 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £459 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 29
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.47% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.05 £11.00 £10.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.00 £30.00 £48.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
MPEG
England

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 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
West Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
MPEG
England

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 15 (93.75%) STB
2 13 (81.25%) Middleware
3 10 (62.50%) IPTV
4 9 (56.25%) DVB
4 9 (56.25%) Degree
4 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
5 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (50.00%) C
5 8 (50.00%) C++
5 8 (50.00%) MS Project
5 8 (50.00%) MS Office
5 8 (50.00%) HND
6 6 (37.50%) Tcl
6 6 (37.50%) Python
6 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
6 6 (37.50%) GStreamer
6 6 (37.50%) Open Source
7 5 (31.25%) SQL
8 4 (25.00%) OO
8 4 (25.00%) Electronics
8 4 (25.00%) Bash shell
8 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (18.75%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (18.75%) Selenium
9 3 (18.75%) Perl
9 3 (18.75%) Linux
10 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
11 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
11 1 (6.250%) COBOL
11 1 (6.250%) DTV

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 13 (81.25%) Middleware
2 6 (37.50%) GStreamer
Applications
1 8 (50.00%) MS Project
1 8 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) DVB
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Selenium
General
1 4 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Test Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Tester
4 2 (12.50%) Software Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Test Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Automation Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Tester
5 1 (6.250%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Broadcast Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Broadcast Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) STB
2 10 (62.50%) IPTV
3 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
4 6 (37.50%) Open Source
5 1 (6.250%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 4 (25.00%) OO
2 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
4 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) C
1 8 (50.00%) C++
2 6 (37.50%) Tcl
2 6 (37.50%) Python
3 5 (31.25%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) Bash shell
5 3 (18.75%) Perl
6 1 (6.250%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 8 (50.00%) HND
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft