The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 193 195 229
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +34
Contract jobs citing GPRS 27 50 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.341% 0.492% 0.234%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.807% 2.319% 1.290%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 1
Average daily rate £308 £376 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.10% +25.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £345 £313
% change year-on-year
-10.86% +10.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 3
Average hourly rate £36.25 £50.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.50% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.80 £30.50 £26.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £50.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-14.70% +21.42%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1494 2156 1860
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.86% 21.22% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 622 650
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £190 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 191 224
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.40 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Hampshire +5 17 £415 -5.79%
Berkshire -12 9 £304 -17.96%
Middlesex +3 1 - -
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 29 (61.70%) GSM
2 28 (59.57%) Telecoms
3 24 (51.06%) Wireless
4 20 (42.55%) 3G
4 20 (42.55%) UMTS
5 15 (31.91%) LTE
6 14 (29.79%) C
6 14 (29.79%) Windows
6 14 (29.79%) Linux
7 13 (27.66%) CDMA
7 13 (27.66%) UNIX
7 13 (27.66%) Microsoft
8 12 (25.53%) MS Excel
9 11 (23.40%) Oracle
9 11 (23.40%) Configuration Management
10 10 (21.28%) Network Design
10 10 (21.28%) Management Information System
10 10 (21.28%) SAN
10 10 (21.28%) Red Hat
10 10 (21.28%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (21.28%) VoIP
10 10 (21.28%) WAN
10 10 (21.28%) LAN
10 10 (21.28%) PSTN
10 10 (21.28%) Oracle Linux
11 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
11 9 (19.15%) Handset
12 8 (17.02%) Integration Testing
13 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
13 7 (14.89%) Information Security

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (12.77%) WAP
2 2 (4.255%) COM
2 2 (4.255%) Web Services
2 2 (4.255%) J2EE
3 1 (2.128%) Flash
3 1 (2.128%) WML
3 1 (2.128%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.255%) SAS
2 1 (2.128%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (25.53%) MS Excel
2 7 (14.89%) MS PowerPoint
2 7 (14.89%) MS Office
2 7 (14.89%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.255%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.128%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.128%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 29 (61.70%) GSM
2 24 (51.06%) Wireless
3 20 (42.55%) 3G
3 20 (42.55%) UMTS
4 15 (31.91%) LTE
5 13 (27.66%) CDMA
6 10 (21.28%) SAN
6 10 (21.28%) VoIP
6 10 (21.28%) WAN
6 10 (21.28%) LAN
6 10 (21.28%) PSTN
7 6 (12.77%) WCDMA
7 6 (12.77%) SS7
7 6 (12.77%) SIGTRAN
8 5 (10.64%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (10.64%) HSPA
8 5 (10.64%) RNC
8 5 (10.64%) 3GPP
9 4 (8.511%) ATM
9 4 (8.511%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.511%) SQL Server
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (8.511%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.128%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.128%) TestDirector
General
1 28 (59.57%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.383%) Finance
2 3 (6.383%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.128%) Electronics
3 1 (2.128%) Billing
3 1 (2.128%) Music
3 1 (2.128%) Marketing
3 1 (2.128%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Architect
1 11 (23.40%) Test Engineer
2 9 (19.15%) Network Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Network Support
3 7 (14.89%) Network Support Engineer
3 7 (14.89%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
4 6 (12.77%) Software Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) Technical Writer
6 4 (8.511%) Technical Architect
6 4 (8.511%) OSS Architect
7 3 (6.383%) Development Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Software Development Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Field Engineer
8 2 (4.255%) Consultant
8 2 (4.255%) Author
8 2 (4.255%) Technical Author
8 2 (4.255%) Wireless Engineer
9 1 (2.128%) Security Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Management Information System
2 9 (19.15%) Handset
3 4 (8.511%) ASIC
4 3 (6.383%) iPhone
5 2 (4.255%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.255%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.128%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.79%) Windows
1 14 (29.79%) Linux
2 13 (27.66%) UNIX
3 10 (21.28%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (21.28%) Oracle Linux
4 4 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (6.383%) Android
6 2 (4.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Configuration Management
2 10 (21.28%) Network Design
3 8 (17.02%) Integration Testing
4 7 (14.89%) Information Security
4 7 (14.89%) Risk Management
4 7 (14.89%) ITIL
5 6 (12.77%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (10.64%) Project Management
6 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.511%) Multithreading
7 4 (8.511%) Time Management
8 3 (6.383%) Business Transformation
8 3 (6.383%) Software Engineering
8 3 (6.383%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.383%) Business Continuity
8 3 (6.383%) Migration
9 2 (4.255%) B2B
9 2 (4.255%) TOGAF
9 2 (4.255%) Test Scripting
9 2 (4.255%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) C
2 7 (14.89%) C++
3 5 (10.64%) Python
4 4 (8.511%) Perl
5 3 (6.383%) Embedded C
6 2 (4.255%) Java
6 2 (4.255%) Tcl
7 1 (2.128%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.128%) PHP
7 1 (2.128%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.511%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.383%) Degree
5 1 (2.128%) ISEB
5 1 (2.128%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.128%) PMP
5 1 (2.128%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.128%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.511%) Hyper-V
1 4 (8.511%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle RAC
1 4 (8.511%) Xen
1 4 (8.511%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (8.511%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.128%) Netcool
Vendors
1 13 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.40%) Oracle
3 10 (21.28%) Red Hat
4 5 (10.64%) Cisco
4 5 (10.64%) HP
5 4 (8.511%) VMware
5 4 (8.511%) 3PAR
6 3 (6.383%) Agilent
6 3 (6.383%) Perforce
7 2 (4.255%) Anite
8 1 (2.128%) Greenplum
8 1 (2.128%) Remedy
8 1 (2.128%) OPNET
8 1 (2.128%) NetCracker
8 1 (2.128%) Cramer
8 1 (2.128%) BMC
8 1 (2.128%) Ericsson
8 1 (2.128%) Citrix
8 1 (2.128%) SAP
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