The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 117 117 104
Rank change year-on-year
0 -13
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 7 10 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.376% 0.500% 1.071%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.029% 2.725% 4.915%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 21
Average salary £52,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
345 367 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.54% 18.33% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 264 303 415
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,550
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GPRS
Cambridgeshire

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge GPRS Jobs Demand Trend

GPRS
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GPRS.

1 16 (84.21%) Degree
2 15 (78.95%) LTE
2 15 (78.95%) GSM
2 15 (78.95%) WCDMA
3 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
4 11 (57.89%) Validation
4 11 (57.89%) Anite
4 11 (57.89%) 3GPP
5 7 (36.84%) Electronics
6 4 (21.05%) Wireless
6 4 (21.05%) UMTS
7 3 (15.79%) WAN
7 3 (15.79%) LAN
7 3 (15.79%) C++
7 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
7 3 (15.79%) MS Office
7 3 (15.79%) HNC
7 3 (15.79%) HND
7 3 (15.79%) GIS
7 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
7 3 (15.79%) VHDL
7 3 (15.79%) Verilog
7 3 (15.79%) SystemC
7 3 (15.79%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 2 (10.53%) System Testing
8 2 (10.53%) 3G
8 2 (10.53%) SQL
9 1 (5.263%) .NET
9 1 (5.263%) Linux
9 1 (5.263%) MS Excel

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GPRS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
1 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.263%) .NET Compact Framework
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) LTE
1 15 (78.95%) GSM
1 15 (78.95%) WCDMA
2 11 (57.89%) 3GPP
3 4 (21.05%) Wireless
3 4 (21.05%) UMTS
4 3 (15.79%) WAN
4 3 (15.79%) LAN
5 2 (10.53%) 3G
6 1 (5.263%) WLAN
6 1 (5.263%) Ethernet
6 1 (5.263%) 2G
6 1 (5.263%) WiMAX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
1 3 (15.79%) GIS
General
1 7 (36.84%) Electronics
2 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineer
2 11 (57.89%) Verification Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Design Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Configuration Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Design Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) FPGA Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) DSP Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) DSP Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) VHDL
1 3 (15.79%) Verilog
1 3 (15.79%) SystemC
1 3 (15.79%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
1 1 (5.263%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
2 11 (57.89%) Validation
3 2 (10.53%) System Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C++
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.263%) C
3 1 (5.263%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) HNC
2 3 (15.79%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Anite