The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Buckinghamshire 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 69 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing GPRS 5 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.542% 0.204% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.505% 1.290% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £365 £325
% change year-on-year
-15.75% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £41.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-13.93% -2.94%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
111 155 175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.04% 15.78% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 48 62
Average daily rate £400 £313 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 28
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £12.50 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire GPRS Daily Rate Trend

GPRS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes - - - -
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 5 (100.00%) GSM
1 5 (100.00%) UMTS
2 4 (80.00%) 3G
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (60.00%) 2G
3 3 (60.00%) LTE
3 3 (60.00%) 4G
3 3 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
5 1 (20.00%) Netcool
5 1 (20.00%) C
5 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Nokia NetAct
5 1 (20.00%) Network Performance Management

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) GSM
1 5 (100.00%) UMTS
2 4 (80.00%) 3G
3 3 (60.00%) 2G
3 3 (60.00%) LTE
3 3 (60.00%) 4G
3 3 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (20.00%) Nokia NetAct
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Service Performance Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Operations Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Netcool