The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 108 104 96
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Contract jobs citing GPRS 2 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.108% 0.358% 0.109%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.637% 2.847% 1.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £363 £258 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.77% +157.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £365 £313
% change year-on-year
-15.75% +16.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 281 194
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 16.90% 12.58% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 141 81
Average daily rate £300 £280 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £190 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 37 32
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.25 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% -54.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.90 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £35.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire GPRS Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire -2 2 £363 +40.77%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (71.43%) Internet
1 5 (71.43%) Blackberry
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 7
2 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) MCP
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Telecoms

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Internet
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Support
2 3 (42.86%) Blackberry Support
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Advisor
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 2000
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft