The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MPEG over the 3 months to 19 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Rank 826 851 834
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -17
Permanent jobs citing MPEG 42 34 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.028% 0.037%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.115% 0.084% 0.108%
Number of salaries quoted 28 26 33
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 £37,500 £33,200
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £55,000 £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
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36608 40240 44254
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.61% 33.39% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 30048 33939 37135
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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MPEG Jobs Demand Trend

MPEG
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MPEG within the UK.

MPEG Salary Trend

MPEG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MPEG over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

MPEG Salary Histogram

MPEG
Top 24 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 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
England +35 42 £45,000 -5.26% 12
London +51 17 £67,500 +10.20% 2
South East +9 14 £45,000 -5.26% 2
West Yorkshire - 6 £42,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 6 £42,500 - 3
Surrey +19 5 £45,000 -5.26%
Bradford - 5 £42,500 - 2
Southampton +8 3 £50,000 +42.85% 2
Hampshire +3 3 £50,000 +25.00% 2
City of London +1 3 £65,000 -
Berkshire - 3 - -
Oxford - 3 £45,000 -
Guildford - 3 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £45,000 -
Staines +15 2 £45,000 -5.26%
South West +3 2 £40,000 -
East of England -3 2 £40,000 - 3
Bristol -3 2 £40,000 -
Cambridgeshire +14 1 £40,000 -23.80% 1
Cambridge +6 1 £40,000 -23.80% 1
Hertfordshire -1 1 - - 2
Cheshire - 1 £50,000 - 2
North West - 1 £50,000 - 2
Leeds - 1 £35,000 -

MPEG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 77 (72.64%) C
2 73 (68.87%) C++
3 72 (67.92%) Linux
4 66 (62.26%) DVB
5 52 (49.06%) STB
6 41 (38.68%) Embedded Linux
7 39 (36.79%) Embedded C
8 38 (35.85%) Degree
9 32 (30.19%) DTV
9 32 (30.19%) Agile Software Development
10 30 (28.30%) Electronics
11 29 (27.36%) Windows
12 28 (26.42%) Java
13 27 (25.47%) Embedded C++
14 23 (21.70%) Middleware
14 23 (21.70%) IPTV
15 21 (19.81%) Software Engineering
16 20 (18.87%) DRM
16 20 (18.87%) TCP/IP
17 19 (17.92%) Python
17 19 (17.92%) Computer Science
18 18 (16.98%) Scrum
19 17 (16.04%) Ethernet
20 16 (15.09%) Multithreading
21 15 (14.15%) Digital Media
21 15 (14.15%) Microsoft
21 15 (14.15%) JavaScript
21 15 (14.15%) CSS
21 15 (14.15%) UPnP
22 14 (13.21%) HTML

MPEG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 (21.70%) Middleware
2 15 (14.15%) CSS
3 14 (13.21%) HTML
4 8 (7.547%) Flash
5 7 (6.604%) POSIX
5 7 (6.604%) Qt
6 6 (5.660%) OpenGL
6 6 (5.660%) SVG
7 5 (4.717%) J2ME
7 5 (4.717%) .NET
7 5 (4.717%) XMPP
7 5 (4.717%) BREW
7 5 (4.717%) OpenAL
8 4 (3.774%) GStreamer
8 4 (3.774%) iOS SDK
8 4 (3.774%) JSON
8 4 (3.774%) .NET Framework
8 4 (3.774%) Web Services
9 2 (1.887%) XML
9 2 (1.887%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.717%) Lync
2 2 (1.887%) Apache
3 1 (0.943%) CM System
Applications
1 13 (12.26%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.717%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 1 (0.943%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 66 (62.26%) DVB
2 20 (18.87%) TCP/IP
3 17 (16.04%) Ethernet
4 15 (14.15%) UPnP
5 12 (11.32%) DLNA
6 9 (8.491%) HTTP
7 7 (6.604%) Internet
7 7 (6.604%) Wireless
7 7 (6.604%) 4G
8 5 (4.717%) VPN
8 5 (4.717%) UMTS
8 5 (4.717%) VoIP
8 5 (4.717%) WLAN
8 5 (4.717%) WAN
8 5 (4.717%) GPRS
8 5 (4.717%) GSM
8 5 (4.717%) MPLS
8 5 (4.717%) Bluetooth
8 5 (4.717%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.717%) NFC
Development Applications
1 2 (1.887%) GCC
1 2 (1.887%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.943%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.943%) Subversion
2 1 (0.943%) Git (software)
General
1 30 (28.30%) Electronics
2 11 (10.38%) Automotive
3 7 (6.604%) Multimedia
4 3 (2.830%) Finance
5 2 (1.887%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.943%) Games
6 1 (0.943%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.943%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (44.34%) Software Engineer
2 31 (29.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (13.21%) Developer
4 10 (9.434%) Test Engineer
5 8 (7.547%) Software Developer
6 6 (5.660%) Development Engineer
6 6 (5.660%) Senior Development Engineer
6 6 (5.660%) C++ Developer
6 6 (5.660%) C Developer
7 5 (4.717%) Consultant
7 5 (4.717%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 4 (3.774%) Mobile Developer
8 4 (3.774%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
8 4 (3.774%) Architect
8 4 (3.774%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.774%) Design Engineer
8 4 (3.774%) Embedded C Engineer
9 3 (2.830%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (2.830%) Hardware Design Engineer
9 3 (2.830%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 52 (49.06%) STB
2 32 (30.19%) DTV
3 23 (21.70%) IPTV
4 19 (17.92%) Computer Science
5 15 (14.15%) Digital Media
6 13 (12.26%) Video on Demand
7 11 (10.38%) iDTV
8 10 (9.434%) Device Driver
9 9 (8.491%) Streaming Video
10 6 (5.660%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (4.717%) Speech Recognition
11 5 (4.717%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 5 (4.717%) IaaS
11 5 (4.717%) iPhone
12 4 (3.774%) Open Source
12 4 (3.774%) Mathematics
13 3 (2.830%) VHDL
13 3 (2.830%) CPLD
13 3 (2.830%) MHEG
14 2 (1.887%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 72 (67.92%) Linux
2 41 (38.68%) Embedded Linux
3 29 (27.36%) Windows
4 11 (10.38%) VxWorks
4 11 (10.38%) Android
5 6 (5.660%) UNIX
6 5 (4.717%) Nucleus RTOS
6 5 (4.717%) Windows Mobile
6 5 (4.717%) Windows 8
6 5 (4.717%) Windows Phone 8
6 5 (4.717%) Windows Phone
6 5 (4.717%) Windows 7
6 5 (4.717%) Windows Phone 7
7 4 (3.774%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.774%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.943%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.19%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (19.81%) Software Engineering
3 20 (18.87%) DRM
4 18 (16.98%) Scrum
5 16 (15.09%) Multithreading
6 12 (11.32%) Software Architecture
6 12 (11.32%) OOA/OOD
6 12 (11.32%) OO
7 11 (10.38%) Kanban
8 9 (8.491%) Validation
9 6 (5.660%) Refactoring
10 5 (4.717%) Mobile Commerce
10 5 (4.717%) E-Commerce
10 5 (4.717%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.717%) WAN Optimisation
11 4 (3.774%) Test Automation
12 3 (2.830%) UML
12 3 (2.830%) Signal Processing
12 3 (2.830%) Network Management
13 2 (1.887%) IC Design
Programming Languages
1 77 (72.64%) C
2 73 (68.87%) C++
3 39 (36.79%) Embedded C
4 28 (26.42%) Java
5 27 (25.47%) Embedded C++
6 19 (17.92%) Python
7 15 (14.15%) JavaScript
8 14 (13.21%) C#
9 13 (12.26%) Perl
10 12 (11.32%) Bash shell
11 11 (10.38%) Assembly Language
12 10 (9.434%) Shell Script
13 5 (4.717%) Tcl
14 3 (2.830%) SQL
15 2 (1.887%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (35.85%) Degree
2 7 (6.604%) HND
3 6 (5.660%) HNC
4 2 (1.887%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.943%) JTAG
1 1 (0.943%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.943%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (14.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.547%) Cisco
3 6 (5.660%) CA
4 3 (2.830%) Apple
4 3 (2.830%) Oracle
4 3 (2.830%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.943%) Remedy
5 1 (0.943%) SAP
5 1 (0.943%) Twitter
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
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
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
Watford, Hertfordshire
Technical Futures
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
West Yorkshire
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 24 May 2013