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The table below looks at the demand for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) skills within the Southampton 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMoving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5565
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads911
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below6.207 %5.093 %
Salaries quoted96
Average minimum salary£31,333£39,500
Average salary£34,111£42,167
% change on same period last year-19.10 %
Average maximum salary£36,889£44,833
UK excluding London average salary£40,760£41,695
% change on same period last year-2.24 %
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads145216
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.081 %0.091 %
Salaries quoted121197
Average minimum salary£32,341£31,093
Average salary£36,027£33,954
% change on same period last year+6.10 %
Average maximum salary£39,713£36,814
UK excluding London average salary£37,744£39,030
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
MPEG HampshireMPEG
Hampshire

MPEG
Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton MPEG Salary Trend

MPEG
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPEG across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Southampton MPEG Salary Histogram

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

118 (94.74 %)C++
215 (78.95 %)DVB
311 (57.89 %)Linux
410 (52.63 %)VC++
410 (52.63 %)C
59 (47.37 %)Embedded C
68 (42.11 %)Assembly Language
68 (42.11 %)Health
68 (42.11 %)TCP/IP
68 (42.11 %)Perl
68 (42.11 %)Pensions
77 (36.84 %)Degree
77 (36.84 %)Multithreading
86 (31.58 %)UML
86 (31.58 %)Configuration Management
94 (21.05 %)DTV
94 (21.05 %)Internet
94 (21.05 %)Windows
94 (21.05 %)Java
103 (15.79 %)Python
103 (15.79 %)Device Driver
103 (15.79 %)Software Engineering
103 (15.79 %)IPTV
103 (15.79 %)Computer Science
112 (10.53 %)Wireless
112 (10.53 %)VxWorks
112 (10.53 %)Nucleus RTOS
112 (10.53 %)VHDL
112 (10.53 %)Embedded C++
112 (10.53 %)SNMP

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (78.95 %)DVB
28 (42.11 %)TCP/IP
34 (21.05 %)Internet
42 (10.53 %)Wireless
42 (10.53 %)SNMP
51 (5.263 %)VLAN
51 (5.263 %)MPLS
51 (5.263 %)Broadband
51 (5.263 %)WAN
Southampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (42.11 %)Health
18 (42.11 %)Pensions
Southampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (73.68 %)Software Engineer
27 (36.84 %)Embedded Software Engineer
27 (36.84 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
27 (36.84 %)Embedded C Engineer
27 (36.84 %)C Software Engineer
36 (31.58 %)C++ Software Engineer
45 (26.32 %)Linux Engineer
45 (26.32 %)Embedded Linux Software Engineer
53 (15.79 %)Developer
62 (10.53 %)C++ Developer
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (36.84 %)Multithreading
24 (21.05 %)DTV
33 (15.79 %)Device Driver
33 (15.79 %)IPTV
33 (15.79 %)Computer Science
42 (10.53 %)VHDL
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (57.89 %)Linux
24 (21.05 %)Windows
32 (10.53 %)VxWorks
32 (10.53 %)Nucleus RTOS
41 (5.263 %)Embedded Linux
41 (5.263 %)HPUX
41 (5.263 %)Solaris
41 (5.263 %)Windows Server 2003
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)UML
16 (31.58 %)Configuration Management
23 (15.79 %)Software Engineering
31 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
31 (5.263 %)OO
31 (5.263 %)OOD
Southampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (94.74 %)C++
210 (52.63 %)C
210 (52.63 %)VC++
39 (47.37 %)Embedded C
48 (42.11 %)Perl
48 (42.11 %)Assembly Language
54 (21.05 %)Java
63 (15.79 %)Python
72 (10.53 %)Embedded C++
Southampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (36.84 %)Degree
Southampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.263 %)Oracle
11 (5.263 %)Cisco
11 (5.263 %)HP