The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPEG over the 3 months to 18 June 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Rank 810 851 831
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -20
Permanent jobs citing MPEG 41 32 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.040% 0.028% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.117% 0.084% 0.113%
Number of salaries quoted 28 24 32
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £38,250 £32,900
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £56,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35106 38167 42492
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 34.04% 33.78% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 29077 32378 35813
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
MPEG
UK

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England MPEG Jobs Demand Trend

MPEG
Salary Trend

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

England MPEG Salary Trend

MPEG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPEG across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England MPEG Salary Histogram

MPEG
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MPEG within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +61 16 £67,500 +10.20% 2
South East -6 13 £45,000 -5.26% 2
Yorkshire - 6 £42,500 - 3
South West +4 3 £40,000 -
East of England -2 2 £40,000 - 2
North West - 1 £50,000 - 2
MPEG
UK

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 76 (73.08%) C
2 72 (69.23%) C++
3 71 (68.27%) Linux
4 65 (62.50%) DVB
5 51 (49.04%) STB
6 41 (39.42%) Embedded Linux
7 38 (36.54%) Embedded C
8 37 (35.58%) Degree
9 31 (29.81%) DTV
9 31 (29.81%) Agile Software Development
10 30 (28.85%) Electronics
11 28 (26.92%) Windows
11 28 (26.92%) Java
12 26 (25.00%) Embedded C++
13 23 (22.12%) Middleware
13 23 (22.12%) IPTV
14 20 (19.23%) Software Engineering
14 20 (19.23%) DRM
14 20 (19.23%) TCP/IP
15 18 (17.31%) Python
15 18 (17.31%) Computer Science
16 17 (16.35%) Ethernet
16 17 (16.35%) Scrum
17 16 (15.38%) Multithreading
18 15 (14.42%) Digital Media
18 15 (14.42%) UPnP
18 15 (14.42%) JavaScript
18 15 (14.42%) CSS
19 14 (13.46%) HTML
19 14 (13.46%) C#

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 23 (22.12%) Middleware
2 15 (14.42%) CSS
3 14 (13.46%) HTML
4 8 (7.692%) Flash
5 7 (6.731%) POSIX
5 7 (6.731%) Qt
6 6 (5.769%) SVG
6 6 (5.769%) OpenGL
7 5 (4.808%) OpenAL
7 5 (4.808%) XMPP
7 5 (4.808%) BREW
7 5 (4.808%) J2ME
7 5 (4.808%) .NET
8 4 (3.846%) Web Services
8 4 (3.846%) .NET Framework
8 4 (3.846%) JSON
8 4 (3.846%) GStreamer
8 4 (3.846%) iOS SDK
9 2 (1.923%) XML
9 2 (1.923%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.808%) Lync
2 2 (1.923%) Apache
3 1 (0.962%) CM System
Applications
1 12 (11.54%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.808%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 1 (0.962%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 65 (62.50%) DVB
2 20 (19.23%) TCP/IP
3 17 (16.35%) Ethernet
4 15 (14.42%) UPnP
5 12 (11.54%) DLNA
6 9 (8.654%) HTTP
7 7 (6.731%) Internet
7 7 (6.731%) Wireless
7 7 (6.731%) 4G
8 5 (4.808%) NFC
8 5 (4.808%) MPLS
8 5 (4.808%) Unified Communications
8 5 (4.808%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.808%) VPN
8 5 (4.808%) Bluetooth
8 5 (4.808%) GPRS
8 5 (4.808%) GSM
8 5 (4.808%) UMTS
8 5 (4.808%) VoIP
8 5 (4.808%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.923%) Eclipse
1 2 (1.923%) GCC
2 1 (0.962%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.962%) Subversion
2 1 (0.962%) Git (software)
General
1 30 (28.85%) Electronics
2 11 (10.58%) Automotive
3 7 (6.731%) Multimedia
4 3 (2.885%) Finance
5 2 (1.923%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.962%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.962%) Games
6 1 (0.962%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (44.23%) Software Engineer
2 30 (28.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (13.46%) Developer
4 9 (8.654%) Test Engineer
5 8 (7.692%) Software Developer
6 6 (5.769%) C Developer
6 6 (5.769%) C++ Developer
6 6 (5.769%) Development Engineer
6 6 (5.769%) Senior Development Engineer
7 5 (4.808%) Consultant
8 4 (3.846%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.846%) Architect
8 4 (3.846%) Design Engineer
8 4 (3.846%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 4 (3.846%) Embedded C Engineer
8 4 (3.846%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
8 4 (3.846%) Mobile Developer
9 3 (2.885%) Broadcast Engineer
9 3 (2.885%) Digital Hardware Engineer
9 3 (2.885%) Digital Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 51 (49.04%) STB
2 31 (29.81%) DTV
3 23 (22.12%) IPTV
4 18 (17.31%) Computer Science
5 15 (14.42%) Digital Media
6 13 (12.50%) Video on Demand
7 11 (10.58%) iDTV
8 10 (9.615%) Device Driver
9 9 (8.654%) Streaming Video
10 6 (5.769%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (4.808%) IaaS
11 5 (4.808%) Speech Recognition
11 5 (4.808%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 5 (4.808%) iPhone
12 4 (3.846%) Open Source
12 4 (3.846%) Mathematics
13 3 (2.885%) VHDL
13 3 (2.885%) CPLD
13 3 (2.885%) MHEG
14 2 (1.923%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 71 (68.27%) Linux
2 41 (39.42%) Embedded Linux
3 28 (26.92%) Windows
4 11 (10.58%) Android
5 10 (9.615%) VxWorks
6 5 (4.808%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (4.808%) Nucleus RTOS
6 5 (4.808%) Windows 8
6 5 (4.808%) Windows Phone 8
6 5 (4.808%) Windows Phone
6 5 (4.808%) Windows 7
6 5 (4.808%) Windows Phone 7
6 5 (4.808%) UNIX
7 4 (3.846%) Mac OS X
7 4 (3.846%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.962%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.81%) Agile Software Development
2 20 (19.23%) Software Engineering
2 20 (19.23%) DRM
3 17 (16.35%) Scrum
4 16 (15.38%) Multithreading
5 12 (11.54%) Software Architecture
5 12 (11.54%) OOA/OOD
5 12 (11.54%) OO
6 11 (10.58%) Kanban
7 9 (8.654%) Validation
8 6 (5.769%) Refactoring
9 5 (4.808%) WAN Optimisation
9 5 (4.808%) Mobile Commerce
9 5 (4.808%) E-Commerce
9 5 (4.808%) Software Testing
10 4 (3.846%) Test Automation
11 3 (2.885%) Network Management
11 3 (2.885%) Signal Processing
11 3 (2.885%) UML
12 2 (1.923%) IC Design
Programming Languages
1 76 (73.08%) C
2 72 (69.23%) C++
3 38 (36.54%) Embedded C
4 28 (26.92%) Java
5 26 (25.00%) Embedded C++
6 18 (17.31%) Python
7 15 (14.42%) JavaScript
8 14 (13.46%) C#
9 13 (12.50%) Perl
10 12 (11.54%) Bash shell
11 11 (10.58%) Assembly Language
12 9 (8.654%) Shell Script
13 4 (3.846%) Tcl
14 3 (2.885%) SQL
15 2 (1.923%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (35.58%) Degree
2 6 (5.769%) HND
3 5 (4.808%) HNC
4 2 (1.923%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.962%) QA
1 1 (0.962%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.962%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.692%) Cisco
3 5 (4.808%) CA
4 3 (2.885%) Apple
4 3 (2.885%) Oracle
4 3 (2.885%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.962%) Twitter
5 1 (0.962%) SAP
5 1 (0.962%) Remedy
Bradford, Yorkshire
As an embedded software engineer you'll be working primarily on embedded linux based projects; utilising your skills in C++ or Java to develop high quality embedded applications...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 7 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
As an embedded software engineer you'll be working primarily on embedded linux based projects; utilising your skills in C++ or Java to develop high quality embedded applications...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 15 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
You will also be involved in the full product lifecycle adhering to company standards and methodologies.Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Degree educated in computer science/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Warrington, North West
This is a great opportunity to further your career as my client heavily invests in their employees.You will have experience working in an embedded environment in particular...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Keywords: Embedded C, Linux, VxWorks, C++11,OS21, Arm, PowerPC, Python, TCL, Embedded C++, Agile, Scrum My client, a leading playing within commications are seeking an experienced Embedded...
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
TEKsystems
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
West London
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 28 May 2013
West London
Sky
Posted: 28 May 2013
Hertfordshire
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £32000 to £54000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
West Yorkshire
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 24 May 2013