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This section looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeneral Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank11899
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads2412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.473 %2.850 %
Salaries quoted2312
Average minimum salary£30,348£25,833
Average salary£32,913£31,458
% change on same period last year+4.62 %
Average maximum salary£35,478£37,083
UK excluding London average salary£38,184£41,089
% change on same period last year-7.06 %
Communications & Networking BristolCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads691421
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.339 %0.186 %
Salaries quoted645266
Average minimum salary£31,894£30,693
Average salary£34,804£33,944
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Average maximum salary£37,713£37,196
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
GPRS South WestGPRS
South West

GPRS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing GPRS across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol GPRS Demand Trend

GPRS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing GPRS across the Bristol region.

Bristol GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the Bristol region over the past 3 months.

Bristol GPRS Salary Histogram

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Bristol region citing GPRS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GPRS.

118 (48.65 %)C
217 (45.95 %)GSM
316 (43.24 %)3G
415 (40.54 %)UMTS
59 (24.32 %)Embedded C
59 (24.32 %)TCP/IP
59 (24.32 %)OO
59 (24.32 %)Telecoms
68 (21.62 %)Unix
77 (18.92 %)UML
77 (18.92 %)C++
77 (18.92 %)Ethernet
77 (18.92 %)Construction
77 (18.92 %)HSDPA
77 (18.92 %)Electronics
86 (16.22 %)SS7
86 (16.22 %)X.500
86 (16.22 %)Validation
86 (16.22 %)Handset
86 (16.22 %)Nokia
86 (16.22 %)LDAP
95 (13.51 %)SIGTRAN
95 (13.51 %)2G
104 (10.81 %)GGSN
104 (10.81 %)SGSN
104 (10.81 %)VoIP
104 (10.81 %)Linux
104 (10.81 %)Ericsson
113 (8.108 %)Microsoft
113 (8.108 %)Embedded C++

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Bristol region citing GPRS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GPRS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
117 (45.95 %)GSM
216 (43.24 %)3G
315 (40.54 %)UMTS
49 (24.32 %)TCP/IP
57 (18.92 %)Ethernet
57 (18.92 %)HSDPA
66 (16.22 %)LDAP
66 (16.22 %)SS7
66 (16.22 %)X.500
75 (13.51 %)SIGTRAN
75 (13.51 %)2G
84 (10.81 %)GGSN
84 (10.81 %)SGSN
84 (10.81 %)VoIP
92 (5.405 %)CDMA
92 (5.405 %)ISDN
92 (5.405 %)Network Security
92 (5.405 %)HSUPA
92 (5.405 %)Wireless
101 (2.703 %)Firewall
Development Applications
12 (5.405 %)Flash
General
19 (24.32 %)Telecoms
27 (18.92 %)Construction
27 (18.92 %)Electronics
32 (5.405 %)Electric
32 (5.405 %)Finance
Job Titles
111 (29.73 %)Software Engineer
28 (21.62 %)Hardware Engineer
36 (16.22 %)Radio Engineer
45 (13.51 %)Embedded Software Engineer
54 (10.81 %)Developer
54 (10.81 %)C Developer
54 (10.81 %)Software Developer
62 (5.405 %)Senior Embedded Software Engineer
62 (5.405 %)C Software Engineer
62 (5.405 %)Telecoms Engineer
62 (5.405 %)Lead Software Engineer
62 (5.405 %)Senior Software Engineer
62 (5.405 %)C++ Software Engineer
71 (2.703 %)Team Leader
71 (2.703 %)Systems Administrator
71 (2.703 %)Network Designer
71 (2.703 %)Administrator
71 (2.703 %)Embedded C Engineer
71 (2.703 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
71 (2.703 %)Senior C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
16 (16.22 %)Handset
Operating Systems
18 (21.62 %)Unix
24 (10.81 %)Linux
31 (2.703 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
19 (24.32 %)OO
27 (18.92 %)UML
36 (16.22 %)Validation
42 (5.405 %)OOD
42 (5.405 %)CAE
Programming Languages
118 (48.65 %)C
29 (24.32 %)Embedded C
37 (18.92 %)C++
43 (8.108 %)Embedded C++
52 (5.405 %)Assembly Language
52 (5.405 %)C#
61 (2.703 %)Perl
Vendors
16 (16.22 %)Nokia
24 (10.81 %)Ericsson
33 (8.108 %)Microsoft
42 (5.405 %)EMC
42 (5.405 %)Borland
51 (2.703 %)Red Hat
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