The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 - 95 93
Contract jobs citing GPRS 0 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.359% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.888% 0.360%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £313 £313
% change year-on-year
-1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+3.57% -
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
229 277 278
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 13.87% 12.42% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 103 116
Average daily rate £275 £275 £314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 46
Average hourly rate £19.50 £22.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.90 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.80 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands GPRS Hourly Rate Trend

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Telematics
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) 3G
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
1 1 (50.00%) Telematics
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google