The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 87 97 105
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +8
Contract jobs citing GPRS 17 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.098% 0.125% 0.108%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.502% 0.639% 0.743%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £415 £440 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £313
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £36.25 £35.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.80 £35.00 £25.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £35.00 £40.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
309 313 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 19.96% 19.53% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 128 83
Average daily rate £339 £360 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.90% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 55 73
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.81 £21.35 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire GPRS Hourly Rate Trend

GPRS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GPRS across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire GPRS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Andover - 4 £500 -
Farnborough - 1 £275 -
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 21 (87.50%) Wireless
2 16 (66.67%) 3G
3 14 (58.33%) C
3 14 (58.33%) Windows
3 14 (58.33%) GSM
4 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
4 11 (45.83%) LTE
5 10 (41.67%) Oracle Linux
5 10 (41.67%) Red Hat
5 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (41.67%) SAN
5 10 (41.67%) VoIP
5 10 (41.67%) WAN
5 10 (41.67%) LAN
5 10 (41.67%) PSTN
5 10 (41.67%) Linux
5 10 (41.67%) Oracle
6 9 (37.50%) MS Excel
6 9 (37.50%) CDMA
6 9 (37.50%) Configuration Management
6 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
7 8 (33.33%) Handset
8 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
8 7 (29.17%) Information Security
8 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
8 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
8 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
8 7 (29.17%) C++
8 7 (29.17%) ITIL
9 6 (25.00%) MS Office

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (8.333%) COM
2 1 (4.167%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 6 (25.00%) MS Office
3 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
3 5 (20.83%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (8.333%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) Wireless
2 16 (66.67%) 3G
3 14 (58.33%) GSM
4 11 (45.83%) LTE
5 10 (41.67%) SAN
5 10 (41.67%) LAN
5 10 (41.67%) PSTN
5 10 (41.67%) VoIP
5 10 (41.67%) WAN
6 9 (37.50%) CDMA
7 6 (25.00%) WCDMA
8 5 (20.83%) 3GPP
8 5 (20.83%) HSPA
9 4 (16.67%) MPLS
9 4 (16.67%) Firewall
9 4 (16.67%) UMTS
9 4 (16.67%) ISDN
9 4 (16.67%) ATM
9 4 (16.67%) Broadband
9 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.333%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.167%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Writer
3 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Development Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Wireless Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Author
5 2 (8.333%) Technical Author
5 2 (8.333%) Software Development Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Operator
6 1 (4.167%) GSM Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Support
6 1 (4.167%) Test Development Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Performance Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Handset
2 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Linux
2 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (41.67%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (20.83%) UNIX
4 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Configuration Management
2 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL
2 7 (29.17%) Information Security
3 4 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 4 (16.67%) Time Management
3 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 4 (16.67%) Project Management
4 3 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (12.50%) Business Continuity
5 2 (8.333%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.167%) Refactoring
6 1 (4.167%) TDD
6 1 (4.167%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (4.167%) Signal Processing
6 1 (4.167%) UML
6 1 (4.167%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 14 (58.33%) C
2 7 (29.17%) C++
3 5 (20.83%) Python
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded C
4 3 (12.50%) Perl
5 2 (8.333%) Tcl
6 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
6 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Xen
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
1 4 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (41.67%) Oracle
2 10 (41.67%) Red Hat
3 4 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco
3 4 (16.67%) HP
3 4 (16.67%) 3PAR
4 3 (12.50%) Perforce
4 3 (12.50%) Agilent
5 2 (8.333%) Anite
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