The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Rank 420 419 406
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -13
Permanent jobs citing MPEG 13 20 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.059% 0.084% 0.078%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.191% 0.282% 0.268%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 10
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
% change year-on-year
-8.10% +5.71%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6818 7081 6725
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.81% 29.77% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5646 6040 5851
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
MPEG
England

MPEG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East MPEG Salary Trend

MPEG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPEG across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Surrey +7 5 £45,000 -5.26%
Oxfordshire - 5 £45,000 -
Berkshire +5 3 - -
MPEG
England

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 28 (71.79%) Linux
2 26 (66.67%) C
3 23 (58.97%) C++
4 21 (53.85%) Degree
5 18 (46.15%) Embedded C
5 18 (46.15%) DVB
6 17 (43.59%) STB
7 15 (38.46%) Electronics
8 14 (35.90%) Ethernet
9 13 (33.33%) Automotive
9 13 (33.33%) Assembly Language
9 13 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
10 10 (25.64%) Windows
11 9 (23.08%) C#
11 9 (23.08%) Validation
12 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
13 7 (17.95%) Embedded C++
14 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
14 6 (15.38%) POSIX
14 6 (15.38%) SQL
14 6 (15.38%) VxWorks
14 6 (15.38%) Middleware
15 5 (12.82%) DTV
15 5 (12.82%) Wireless
15 5 (12.82%) Java
15 5 (12.82%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
16 4 (10.26%) IC Design
16 4 (10.26%) Multimedia
16 4 (10.26%) Network Management
16 4 (10.26%) Signal Processing

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 6 (15.38%) POSIX
1 6 (15.38%) Middleware
2 4 (10.26%) Flash
3 2 (5.128%) Qt
3 2 (5.128%) GStreamer
4 1 (2.564%) CGI
4 1 (2.564%) HTML
4 1 (2.564%) JNI
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.564%) CM System
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.564%) Quicktime
Communications & Networking
1 18 (46.15%) DVB
2 14 (35.90%) Ethernet
3 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
4 5 (12.82%) Wireless
5 3 (7.692%) 4G
6 2 (5.128%) LTE
6 2 (5.128%) Internet
6 2 (5.128%) 3G
7 1 (2.564%) TELNET
7 1 (2.564%) DSL
7 1 (2.564%) 802.11
7 1 (2.564%) Firewall
7 1 (2.564%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.564%) Broadband
7 1 (2.564%) WAN
7 1 (2.564%) DHCP
7 1 (2.564%) DNS
7 1 (2.564%) FTP
7 1 (2.564%) HTTP
7 1 (2.564%) DLNA
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) GCC
1 2 (5.128%) ClearCase
1 2 (5.128%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.564%) Trac
2 1 (2.564%) Subversion
2 1 (2.564%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.564%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Electronics
2 13 (33.33%) Automotive
3 4 (10.26%) Multimedia
4 2 (5.128%) Finance
5 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Software Engineer
2 11 (28.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Firmware Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Field Service Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Field Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Hardware Design Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Design Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Digital Hardware Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Test Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Digital Design Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) FPGA Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Senior Hardware Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Senior Design Engineer
5 2 (5.128%) Broadcast Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (43.59%) STB
2 5 (12.82%) DTV
2 5 (12.82%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 4 (10.26%) Streaming Video
3 4 (10.26%) Firmware
4 3 (7.692%) VHDL
4 3 (7.692%) IPTV
4 3 (7.692%) CPLD
4 3 (7.692%) MHEG
5 2 (5.128%) Open Source
5 2 (5.128%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (5.128%) Device Driver
6 1 (2.564%) Replication
6 1 (2.564%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (71.79%) Linux
2 13 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (25.64%) Windows
4 6 (15.38%) VxWorks
5 3 (7.692%) Android
6 2 (5.128%) UNIX
7 1 (2.564%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
7 1 (2.564%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) Validation
2 4 (10.26%) IC Design
2 4 (10.26%) Network Management
2 4 (10.26%) Signal Processing
3 3 (7.692%) UML
3 3 (7.692%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.128%) Software Testing
4 2 (5.128%) Software Engineering
4 2 (5.128%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.564%) OO
Programming Languages
1 26 (66.67%) C
2 23 (58.97%) C++
3 18 (46.15%) Embedded C
4 13 (33.33%) Assembly Language
5 9 (23.08%) C#
6 7 (17.95%) Embedded C++
7 6 (15.38%) SQL
8 5 (12.82%) Java
9 2 (5.128%) VB
9 2 (5.128%) Shell Script
10 1 (2.564%) JavaScript
10 1 (2.564%) Perl
10 1 (2.564%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (53.85%) Degree
2 2 (5.128%) PhD
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle
2 4 (10.26%) Apple
3 3 (7.692%) Cisco
3 3 (7.692%) Xilinx
4 1 (2.564%) Remedy
4 1 (2.564%) Twitter