East of England GPRS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location Banbury Berkshire Borehamwood Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chippenham City of London Coventry Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Liverpool London Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Oxfordshire Poole Reading Rugby Scotland Slough South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	131	104
Rank change on same period last year	-27
Matching contract IT job ads	20	40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.026 %	0.042 %
As % of the category below	2.653 %	5.355 %
Daily rates quoted	12	3
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£300
Average daily rate	£397	£340
% change on same period last year	+16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.33	£36.25
Average hourly rate	£35.83	£39.69
% change on same period last year	-9.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.33	£43.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.72	£37.40
% change on same period last year	-20.52 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	754	747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.994 %	0.792 %
Daily rates quoted	253	203
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£334
Average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	115	124
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.07	£26.92
Average hourly rate	£28.64	£29.15
% change on same period last year	-1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.20	£31.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
GPRS England

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 East of England 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 East of England region.

GPRS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GPRS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 East of England region.

GPRS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GPRS across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

GPRS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing GPRS within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Hertfordshire	+7	15	£403	+11.99 %
Cambridgeshire	-40	3	£325	+8.33 %
Norfolk	-	1	-	-
Essex	-	1	-	-

GPRS England

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 28 (65.12 %) GSM 2 26 (60.47 %) Telecoms 3 21 (48.84 %) 3G 4 20 (46.51 %) UMTS 5 11 (25.58 %) Project Management 5 11 (25.58 %) PRINCE2 5 11 (25.58 %) German Language 6 8 (18.60 %) LAN 7 7 (16.28 %) WLAN 8 6 (13.95 %) C 8 6 (13.95 %) Wireless 8 6 (13.95 %) Test Scripting 8 6 (13.95 %) Validation 8 6 (13.95 %) Handset 8 6 (13.95 %) C7

9 5 (11.63 %) Matrix Management 9 5 (11.63 %) Regression Testing 9 5 (11.63 %) Unix 9 5 (11.63 %) Oracle 9 5 (11.63 %) INAP 10 4 (9.302 %) MPLS 10 4 (9.302 %) CheckPoint 10 4 (9.302 %) BGP 10 4 (9.302 %) Cisco 10 4 (9.302 %) Nortel 10 4 (9.302 %) ATM 10 4 (9.302 %) TCP/IP 10 4 (9.302 %) VPN 10 4 (9.302 %) Firewall 10 4 (9.302 %) Education

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 1 (2.326 %) .NET 1 1 (2.326 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (2.326 %) IIS 1 1 (2.326 %) Apache
Applications 1 1 (2.326 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 28 (65.12 %) GSM 2 21 (48.84 %) 3G 3 20 (46.51 %) UMTS 4 8 (18.60 %) LAN 5 7 (16.28 %) WLAN 6 6 (13.95 %) Wireless 6 6 (13.95 %) C7 7 5 (11.63 %) INAP 8 4 (9.302 %) Firewall 8 4 (9.302 %) ATM 8 4 (9.302 %) MPLS 8 4 (9.302 %) BGP 8 4 (9.302 %) TCP/IP 8 4 (9.302 %) VPN 9 3 (6.977 %) 2G 10 2 (4.651 %) Nortel Alteon 10 2 (4.651 %) IPsec 10 2 (4.651 %) HSDPA 10 2 (4.651 %) HSUPA 10 2 (4.651 %) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.326 %) MySQL 1 1 (2.326 %) SQL Server 1 1 (2.326 %) GIS	General 1 26 (60.47 %) Telecoms 2 4 (9.302 %) Education 3 3 (6.977 %) Electronics 4 1 (2.326 %) Manufacturing 4 1 (2.326 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 12 (27.91 %) Project Manager 2 8 (18.60 %) Test Engineer 3 5 (11.63 %) Telecoms Project Manager 4 3 (6.977 %) Software Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Network Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Design Engineer 5 2 (4.651 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 6 1 (2.326 %) Architect 6 1 (2.326 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 6 1 (2.326 %) .NET Developer 6 1 (2.326 %) Technical Project Manager 6 1 (2.326 %) Solutions Architect 6 1 (2.326 %) Developer 6 1 (2.326 %) Author 6 1 (2.326 %) Technical Author 6 1 (2.326 %) VB.NET Developer 6 1 (2.326 %) Senior Network Engineer 6 1 (2.326 %) Systems Developer 6 1 (2.326 %) Software Test Engineer 6 1 (2.326 %) ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 11 (25.58 %) German Language 2 6 (13.95 %) Handset 3 2 (4.651 %) Firmware 3 2 (4.651 %) Computer Science 4 1 (2.326 %) Client/Server 4 1 (2.326 %) Device Driver 4 1 (2.326 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 5 (11.63 %) Unix 2 3 (6.977 %) Linux 3 2 (4.651 %) Windows 3 2 (4.651 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (25.58 %) PRINCE2 1 11 (25.58 %) Project Management 2 6 (13.95 %) Validation 2 6 (13.95 %) Test Scripting 3 5 (11.63 %) Matrix Management 3 5 (11.63 %) Regression Testing 4 2 (4.651 %) Network Design 4 2 (4.651 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (4.651 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (4.651 %) Configuration Management 4 2 (4.651 %) Load Balancing 5 1 (2.326 %) Network Planning 5 1 (2.326 %) Automated Testing 5 1 (2.326 %) Incident Management 5 1 (2.326 %) OO
Programming Languages 1 6 (13.95 %) C 2 3 (6.977 %) C++ 3 1 (2.326 %) Java 3 1 (2.326 %) Perl 3 1 (2.326 %) PHP 3 1 (2.326 %) VB.NET 3 1 (2.326 %) Embedded C 3 1 (2.326 %) Embedded C++ 3 1 (2.326 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 3 (6.977 %) CCIP 1 3 (6.977 %) Cisco Certification 1 3 (6.977 %) Degree 2 2 (4.651 %) CCNP 3 1 (2.326 %) CCIE 3 1 (2.326 %) CCDP 3 1 (2.326 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.326 %) ISO9001 1 1 (2.326 %) JTAG	Systems Management 1 1 (2.326 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 5 (11.63 %) Oracle 2 4 (9.302 %) Cisco 2 4 (9.302 %) Nortel 2 4 (9.302 %) CheckPoint 3 3 (6.977 %) Nokia 4 2 (4.651 %) Citrix 4 2 (4.651 %) Ericsson 4 2 (4.651 %) Sun 4 2 (4.651 %) HP 4 2 (4.651 %) Crossbeam 5 1 (2.326 %) Primavera 5 1 (2.326 %) ESRI 5 1 (2.326 %) EMC 5 1 (2.326 %) Microsoft 5 1 (2.326 %) Siemens