MPEG Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term MPEG in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MPEG over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - 131
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MPEG 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.045% - 0.045%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £450
75th Percentile £438 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £425 - £450

All Generic Skills
City of London

MPEG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 721 602 687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 32.22% 34.13% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 381 470
10th Percentile £363 £363 £263
25th Percentile £463 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% -8.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £839
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile £18.92 £37.90 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.82 £48.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.07 £65.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% +184.78% -55.77%
75th Percentile £41.94 £82.75 £27.50
90th Percentile £63.13 £93.10 £54.95
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £30.04 £23.00
% change year-on-year -6.78% +30.59% -34.29%

MPEG
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MPEG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

MPEG job vacancy trend in the City of London

MPEG
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MPEG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MPEG

MPEG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DVB
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcast Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Broadcast Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcast Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Video Processing