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This section looks at the demand for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) skills within the Cheshire 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 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMoving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Location
3 months to 23 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank148-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.154 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£40,000-
Average salary£42,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£45,000-
UK excluding London average salary£41,446£42,647
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads648590
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.341 %0.242 %
Salaries quoted595518
Average minimum salary£36,649£31,978
Average salary£40,609£34,968
% change on same period last year+16.13 %
Average maximum salary£44,570£37,959
UK excluding London average salary£38,021£39,204
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
MPEG North WestMPEG
North West

MPEG
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire MPEG Salary Trend

MPEG
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

110 (100.00 %)C
110 (100.00 %)Embedded C
28 (80.00 %)VxWorks
28 (80.00 %)Electronics
28 (80.00 %)Embedded Linux
28 (80.00 %)Linux
32 (20.00 %)STB
32 (20.00 %)Device Driver
32 (20.00 %)DTV
32 (20.00 %)DVB
32 (20.00 %)Embedded C++
32 (20.00 %)Firmware
32 (20.00 %)C++

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)DVB
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (80.00 %)Electronics
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Software Engineer
18 (80.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
23 (30.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
23 (30.00 %)Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Firmware
12 (20.00 %)DTV
12 (20.00 %)Device Driver
12 (20.00 %)STB
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Linux
18 (80.00 %)VxWorks
18 (80.00 %)Embedded Linux
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)C
110 (100.00 %)Embedded C
22 (20.00 %)Embedded C++
22 (20.00 %)C++
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