The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank - 63 53
Contract jobs citing GPRS 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.337% 0.328%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.479% 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £100
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £345 £313
% change year-on-year
-10.86% +10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-14.70% +21.42%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
177 121 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 23.38% 13.60% 9.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 57 20
Average daily rate £275 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £235 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 12
Average hourly rate £34.75 £13.75 £19.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+152.72% -30.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.00 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £30.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
GPRS
West Yorkshire

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds GPRS Hourly Rate Trend

GPRS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 7 (87.50%) Internet
3 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
4 5 (62.50%) Network Architecture
4 5 (62.50%) MCP
5 2 (25.00%) Telecoms

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Internet
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Technical Support
2 5 (62.50%) Blackberry Support
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Advisor
3 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (62.50%) MCP
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft