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This section looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeneral Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank12773
Rank change on same period last yearDown-54
Matching permanent IT job ads1562
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.026 %
As % of the category below1.913 %7.673 %
Salaries quoted1234
Average minimum salary£37,083£35,765
Average salary£42,500£42,074
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Average maximum salary£47,917£48,382
UK excluding London average salary£41,193£40,615
% change on same period last year+1.42 %
Communications & Networking CambridgeCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads784808
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.409 %0.333 %
Salaries quoted656662
Average minimum salary£35,739£34,264
Average salary£38,533£37,906
% change on same period last year+1.65 %
Average maximum salary£41,328£41,549
UK excluding London average salary£37,379£39,687
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
GPRS CambridgeshireGPRS
Cambridgeshire

GPRS
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge GPRS Demand Trend

GPRS
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cambridge GPRS Salary Histogram

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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.

138 (88.37 %)GSM
228 (65.12 %)Wireless
322 (51.16 %)TETRA
419 (44.19 %)Telecoms
517 (39.53 %)Handset
517 (39.53 %)WAP
517 (39.53 %)Requirements Analysis
613 (30.23 %)2G
79 (20.93 %)3G
79 (20.93 %)C
88 (18.60 %)UNIX
97 (16.28 %)UMTS
105 (11.63 %)TCP/IP
105 (11.63 %)C++
105 (11.63 %)Configuration Management
114 (9.302 %)Embedded C
114 (9.302 %)Embedded C++
114 (9.302 %)Assembly Language
114 (9.302 %)Electronics
114 (9.302 %)Wi-Fi
114 (9.302 %)VoIP
114 (9.302 %)WLAN
114 (9.302 %)IC Design
123 (6.977 %)System Testing
123 (6.977 %)3GPP
123 (6.977 %)Perl
123 (6.977 %)Linux
123 (6.977 %)DHCP
123 (6.977 %)Tcl
131 (2.326 %)MGCP

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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
117 (39.53 %)WAP
Applications
11 (2.326 %)MS Project
11 (2.326 %)MS Visio
11 (2.326 %)MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
138 (88.37 %)GSM
228 (65.12 %)Wireless
322 (51.16 %)TETRA
413 (30.23 %)2G
59 (20.93 %)3G
67 (16.28 %)UMTS
75 (11.63 %)TCP/IP
84 (9.302 %)VoIP
84 (9.302 %)WLAN
84 (9.302 %)Wi-Fi
93 (6.977 %)3GPP
93 (6.977 %)DHCP
101 (2.326 %)Broadband
101 (2.326 %)WCDMA
101 (2.326 %)SSL
101 (2.326 %)Frame Relay
101 (2.326 %)MGCP
101 (2.326 %)RTP
101 (2.326 %)SS7
101 (2.326 %)SCCP
General
119 (44.19 %)Telecoms
24 (9.302 %)Electronics
Job Titles
19 (20.93 %)Support Engineer
24 (9.302 %)Customer Engineer
24 (9.302 %)Architect
24 (9.302 %)Software Architect
24 (9.302 %)Test Engineer
24 (9.302 %)Customer Support Engineer
24 (9.302 %)Embedded C Engineer
24 (9.302 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
24 (9.302 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
33 (6.977 %)GSM Engineer
33 (6.977 %)Technical Engineer
33 (6.977 %)Systems Test Engineer
33 (6.977 %)Systems Engineer
33 (6.977 %)Technical Support
33 (6.977 %)Technical Support Engineer
42 (4.651 %)Technical Customer Support
51 (2.326 %)Training Manager
51 (2.326 %)Telecoms Engineer
51 (2.326 %)Integration Engineer
51 (2.326 %)Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
117 (39.53 %)Handset
Operating Systems
18 (18.60 %)UNIX
23 (6.977 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
117 (39.53 %)Requirements Analysis
25 (11.63 %)Configuration Management
34 (9.302 %)IC Design
43 (6.977 %)System Testing
51 (2.326 %)Network Planning
51 (2.326 %)Software Engineering
51 (2.326 %)Software Testing
51 (2.326 %)Test Scripting
51 (2.326 %)OO
51 (2.326 %)OOD
Programming Languages
19 (20.93 %)C
25 (11.63 %)C++
34 (9.302 %)Embedded C
34 (9.302 %)Embedded C++
34 (9.302 %)Assembly Language
43 (6.977 %)Tcl
43 (6.977 %)Perl
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