GPRS Contract Job Trends in Scotland

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring GPRS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GPRS 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland - - 0.047%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
UK median daily rate £410 £450 £372
% change year-on-year -8.89% +21.13% -27.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

GPRS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 264 148 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.23% 9.31% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 99 134
10th Percentile £168 £190 £179
25th Percentile £303 £313 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £420
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -7.69%
75th Percentile £610 £509 £575
90th Percentile £675 £550 £633
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 19
10th Percentile £13.47 - £13.00
25th Percentile £13.97 £17.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £14.44 £22.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% +20.42% +71.87%
75th Percentile £46.24 £23.53 £45.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £32.36 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -23.98% +6.88% +116.22%

GPRS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GPRS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

GPRS job vacancy trend in Scotland

GPRS
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing GPRS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing GPRS

GPRS
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing GPRS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing GPRS