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The table below looks at the demand for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPEG over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMoving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank112118
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads1315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.923 %1.913 %
Salaries quoted1215
Average minimum salary£33,750£37,933
Average salary£42,292£41,267
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
Average maximum salary£50,833£44,600
UK excluding London average salary£39,787£41,684
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads676784
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.391 %0.337 %
Salaries quoted564608
Average minimum salary£34,356£35,907
Average salary£38,574£39,389
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Average maximum salary£42,792£42,872
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
MPEG CambridgeshireMPEG
Cambridgeshire

MPEG
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MPEG across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridge MPEG Demand Trend

MPEG
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MPEG across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge MPEG Salary Trend

MPEG
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPEG across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge MPEG Salary Histogram

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MPEG.

127 (90.00 %)C
219 (63.33 %)Linux
317 (56.67 %)DVB
416 (53.33 %)IPTV
514 (46.67 %)STB
611 (36.67 %)Embedded C
611 (36.67 %)VxWorks
710 (33.33 %)DTV
710 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
89 (30.00 %)C++
97 (23.33 %)RTSP
106 (20.00 %)Streaming Video
115 (16.67 %)pSOS
115 (16.67 %)LAMP
115 (16.67 %)Device Driver
115 (16.67 %)ATM
115 (16.67 %)Embedded C++
115 (16.67 %)Nucleus RTOS
115 (16.67 %)AJAX
124 (13.33 %)Embedded Linux
133 (10.00 %)IGMP
133 (10.00 %)Software Testing
142 (6.667 %)Degree
142 (6.667 %)Multimedia
142 (6.667 %)OpenTV
142 (6.667 %)Middleware
142 (6.667 %)UNIX
142 (6.667 %)HTML
142 (6.667 %)JavaScript
151 (3.333 %)CSS

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MPEG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (16.67 %)LAMP
15 (16.67 %)AJAX
22 (6.667 %)Middleware
22 (6.667 %)HTML
31 (3.333 %)CSS
31 (3.333 %)XML
31 (3.333 %)OpenGL
31 (3.333 %)DirectX
31 (3.333 %)X-Windows
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (56.67 %)DVB
210 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
37 (23.33 %)RTSP
45 (16.67 %)ATM
53 (10.00 %)IGMP
61 (3.333 %)Ethernet
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (6.667 %)Multimedia
21 (3.333 %)Pensions
21 (3.333 %)Electronics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (46.67 %)Software Engineer
29 (30.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
37 (23.33 %)C Software Engineer
46 (20.00 %)C Developer
46 (20.00 %)Developer
55 (16.67 %)Embedded C Developer
64 (13.33 %)Linux Engineer
64 (13.33 %)Embedded Linux Software Engineer
64 (13.33 %)Software Developer
64 (13.33 %)C++ Software Engineer
64 (13.33 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
64 (13.33 %)Embedded Software Developer
64 (13.33 %)Embedded C Engineer
73 (10.00 %)Principal Software Engineer
73 (10.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
73 (10.00 %)Principal Engineer
73 (10.00 %)Senior C Software Engineer
73 (10.00 %)Senior C++ Software Engineer
82 (6.667 %)Customer Engineer
82 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (53.33 %)IPTV
214 (46.67 %)STB
310 (33.33 %)DTV
46 (20.00 %)Streaming Video
55 (16.67 %)Device Driver
61 (3.333 %)Computer Science
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (63.33 %)Linux
211 (36.67 %)VxWorks
35 (16.67 %)pSOS
35 (16.67 %)Nucleus RTOS
44 (13.33 %)Embedded Linux
52 (6.667 %)UNIX
61 (3.333 %)Windows
61 (3.333 %)LynxOS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (10.00 %)Software Testing
21 (3.333 %)Software Engineering
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (90.00 %)C
211 (36.67 %)Embedded C
39 (30.00 %)C++
45 (16.67 %)Embedded C++
52 (6.667 %)JavaScript
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (6.667 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (6.667 %)OpenTV