GPRS Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GPRS 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 111 108 115
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +7
Contract jobs citing GPRS 9 27 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.376% 0.859% 0.470%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.447% 2.493% 2.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 1
Average daily rate £304 £370 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.96% +23.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £365 £313
% change year-on-year
-15.75% +16.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
Search 1 GPRS jobs in Berkshire
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 622 1083 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.97% 34.44% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 217 195
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 57
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £148.70 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GPRS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire GPRS Jobs Demand Trend

GPRS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GPRS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GPRS Daily Rate Trend

GPRS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GPRS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire GPRS Daily Rate Histogram

GPRS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GPRS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GPRS Hourly Rate Trend

GPRS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPRS within the Berkshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -9 2 - -
Reading +9 1 - -
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing GPRS 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited GPRS.

1 20 (86.96%) Telecoms
2 15 (65.22%) UMTS
3 14 (60.87%) GSM
4 10 (43.48%) Network Design
5 8 (34.78%) UNIX
5 8 (34.78%) Integration Testing
6 6 (26.09%) SS7
6 6 (26.09%) RNC
6 6 (26.09%) SIGTRAN
6 6 (26.09%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (26.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (21.74%) BSS
7 5 (21.74%) 3G
7 5 (21.74%) WAP
8 4 (17.39%) Linux
8 4 (17.39%) CDMA
8 4 (17.39%) LTE
8 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (13.04%) Android
9 3 (13.04%) iPhone
9 3 (13.04%) Business Transformation
9 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
9 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
9 3 (13.04%) Wireless
9 3 (13.04%) Finance
10 2 (8.696%) 2G
10 2 (8.696%) Maya
10 2 (8.696%) Network Planning
10 2 (8.696%) TOGAF
10 2 (8.696%) Configuration Management

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing GPRS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GPRS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (21.74%) WAP
2 2 (8.696%) J2EE
2 2 (8.696%) Web Services
3 1 (4.348%) XML
3 1 (4.348%) WML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Maya
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
1 2 (8.696%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (65.22%) UMTS
2 14 (60.87%) GSM
3 6 (26.09%) SS7
3 6 (26.09%) RNC
3 6 (26.09%) SIGTRAN
3 6 (26.09%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (21.74%) BSS
4 5 (21.74%) 3G
5 4 (17.39%) CDMA
5 4 (17.39%) LTE
6 3 (13.04%) Wireless
7 2 (8.696%) 2G
7 2 (8.696%) UTRAN
7 2 (8.696%) Internet
8 1 (4.348%) Wireshark
8 1 (4.348%) SSL
8 1 (4.348%) Packet Switching
8 1 (4.348%) HTTP
8 1 (4.348%) SNMP
8 1 (4.348%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) TestDirector
General
1 20 (86.96%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 1 (4.348%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Network Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Solutions Architect
2 7 (30.43%) Architect
3 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Test Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Network Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Network Support
4 4 (17.39%) OSS Architect
5 2 (8.696%) Network Planner
6 1 (4.348%) Radio Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Test Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) iPhone
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.696%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.696%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) UNIX
2 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Network Design
2 8 (34.78%) Integration Testing
3 6 (26.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Business Transformation
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.696%) Network Planning
5 2 (8.696%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.696%) Configuration Management
5 2 (8.696%) B2B
5 2 (8.696%) Network Management
5 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.696%) Test Scripting
5 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Stress Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Release Management
6 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.348%) Test Management
6 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.348%) Project Management
6 1 (4.348%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) Java
1 1 (4.348%) Perl
1 1 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
1 1 (4.348%) ISEB
1 1 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.348%) PMP
1 1 (4.348%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.348%) Netcool
Vendors
1 2 (8.696%) Ericsson
1 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.348%) Greenplum
2 1 (4.348%) HP
2 1 (4.348%) Citrix
2 1 (4.348%) BMC
2 1 (4.348%) Cisco
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle
2 1 (4.348%) Remedy
2 1 (4.348%) NetCracker
2 1 (4.348%) OPNET
2 1 (4.348%) Cramer
IN Test Engineer
Newbury, Berkshire
Knowledge and Working experience in Intelligent Networks, Value Added Services (Vodafone UK- Preferred), Wireless Telecom -Network Side (GSM/GPRS)... Experience in HP Quality Centre tool for managing defects...
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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