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The table below looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the Chester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeneral Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£411£321
% change on same period last year+27.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.90£32.57
% change on same period last year+19.44 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads2915
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£275£300
Average daily rate£278£317
% change on same period last year-12.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£282£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.09£36.25
Average hourly rate£27.41£36.25
% change on same period last year-24.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.74£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
GPRS CheshireGPRS
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Chester GPRS Demand Trend

GPRS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (100.00 %)PDA

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)C# Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)PDA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET