Berkshire GPRS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheshire Chester City of London East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Feltham Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Jersey Liverpool London M4 Corridor Merseyside Middlesex Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Reading Salisbury South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Wiltshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	106	136
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	16	18
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.018 %
As % of the category below	1.893 %	1.604 %
Daily rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£250
Average daily rate	£391	£325
% change on same period last year	+20.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£317
% change on same period last year	+11.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	7
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£36.14
Average hourly rate	-	£36.14
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£36.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.08	£35.46
% change on same period last year	-15.18 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	845	1122
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.201 %	1.133 %
Daily rates quoted	176	337
Average minimum daily rate	£416	£339
Average daily rate	£433	£356
% change on same period last year	+21.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£451	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£336
% change on same period last year	+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	161
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.12	£29.19
Average hourly rate	£28.93	£30.48
% change on same period last year	-5.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.74	£31.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.56	£28.73
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
GPRS South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

GPRS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GPRS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

GPRS
Daily Rate Trend

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

GPRS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GPRS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

GPRS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newbury	-	7	£550	-
Reading	-	4	£285	-

GPRS South East

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 23 (54.76 %) GGSN 2 22 (52.38 %) SGSN 2 22 (52.38 %) 3G 3 21 (50.00 %) Telecoms 4 20 (47.62 %) 3GPP 5 18 (42.86 %) Performance Management 6 16 (38.10 %) 2.5G 6 16 (38.10 %) TCP/IP 7 14 (33.33 %) UNIX 8 11 (26.19 %) GSM 9 9 (21.43 %) UMTS 9 9 (21.43 %) Perl 9 9 (21.43 %) AWK 10 8 (19.05 %) Billing 10 8 (19.05 %) Ericsson

11 7 (16.67 %) Progress 11 7 (16.67 %) Integration Testing 11 7 (16.67 %) Wireshark 12 5 (11.90 %) MS PowerPoint 13 4 (9.524 %) Windows Server 2003 13 4 (9.524 %) Java 13 4 (9.524 %) JavaScript 13 4 (9.524 %) Windows 13 4 (9.524 %) Stakeholder Management 14 3 (7.143 %) Finance 14 3 (7.143 %) Hibernate 14 3 (7.143 %) Spring 14 3 (7.143 %) Requirements Analysis 14 3 (7.143 %) WebSphere 14 3 (7.143 %) AJAX

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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 3 (7.143 %) Hibernate 1 3 (7.143 %) Spring 1 3 (7.143 %) WebSphere 1 3 (7.143 %) AJAX 1 3 (7.143 %) Struts 2 1 (2.381 %) JMS 2 1 (2.381 %) J2EE 2 1 (2.381 %) WAP	Application Platforms 1 3 (7.143 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 1 (2.381 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (2.381 %) WebLogic 2 1 (2.381 %) Oracle Application Server 2 1 (2.381 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 5 (11.90 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (2.381 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 23 (54.76 %) GGSN 2 22 (52.38 %) SGSN 2 22 (52.38 %) 3G 3 20 (47.62 %) 3GPP 4 16 (38.10 %) 2.5G 4 16 (38.10 %) TCP/IP 5 11 (26.19 %) GSM 6 9 (21.43 %) UMTS 7 7 (16.67 %) Wireshark 8 3 (7.143 %) VPN 8 3 (7.143 %) MPLS 9 2 (4.762 %) Internet 9 2 (4.762 %) Wireless 9 2 (4.762 %) SS7 9 2 (4.762 %) Broadband 10 1 (2.381 %) SMS 10 1 (2.381 %) ATM 10 1 (2.381 %) WLAN 10 1 (2.381 %) WCDMA 10 1 (2.381 %) Ethernet
Development Applications 1 3 (7.143 %) Ant	General 1 21 (50.00 %) Telecoms 2 8 (19.05 %) Billing 3 3 (7.143 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 21 (50.00 %) Consultant 2 14 (33.33 %) Management Consultant 3 8 (19.05 %) Technical Architect 3 8 (19.05 %) Architect 4 5 (11.90 %) Technical Consultant 5 4 (9.524 %) Analyst 5 4 (9.524 %) Technical Designer 6 3 (7.143 %) Senior Analyst 6 3 (7.143 %) Senior Systems Analyst 6 3 (7.143 %) Senior Data Analyst 6 3 (7.143 %) Data Analyst 6 3 (7.143 %) Java Developer 6 3 (7.143 %) Voice Analyst 6 3 (7.143 %) Developer 6 3 (7.143 %) Systems Analyst 7 2 (4.762 %) Project Manager 8 1 (2.381 %) Business Analyst 8 1 (2.381 %) Network Consultant 8 1 (2.381 %) Technical Project Manager 8 1 (2.381 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.381 %) N-Tier 1 1 (2.381 %) Clustering 1 1 (2.381 %) Handset
Operating Systems 1 14 (33.33 %) UNIX 2 4 (9.524 %) Windows Server 2003 2 4 (9.524 %) Windows 3 2 (4.762 %) Linux 4 1 (2.381 %) Windows XP 4 1 (2.381 %) AIX 4 1 (2.381 %) HPUX 4 1 (2.381 %) Solaris 4 1 (2.381 %) Tru64 4 1 (2.381 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 1 (2.381 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (42.86 %) Performance Management 2 7 (16.67 %) Integration Testing 3 4 (9.524 %) Stakeholder Management 4 3 (7.143 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (2.381 %) Project Management 5 1 (2.381 %) E-business 5 1 (2.381 %) Security Management 5 1 (2.381 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (2.381 %) Network Load Balancing 5 1 (2.381 %) Network Design 5 1 (2.381 %) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages 1 9 (21.43 %) Perl 1 9 (21.43 %) AWK 2 4 (9.524 %) Java 2 4 (9.524 %) JavaScript 3 1 (2.381 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 3 (7.143 %) Sun Certification
Vendors 1 8 (19.05 %) Ericsson 2 7 (16.67 %) Progress 3 3 (7.143 %) Sun 4 2 (4.762 %) HP 5 1 (2.381 %) Oracle 5 1 (2.381 %) Nortel 5 1 (2.381 %) Microsoft 5 1 (2.381 %) BEA 5 1 (2.381 %) Red Hat