The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 134 140 108
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -32
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 5 14 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.200% 0.488% 1.206%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.193% 2.869% 6.316%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 36
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £23,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £41,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
419 488 570
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 16.80% 17.01% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 340 423 490
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GPRS
East of England

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire GPRS Salary Histogram

GPRS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPRS within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +5 4 £52,500 +61.53%
Peterborough - 1 £37,500 -
GPRS
East of England

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 17 (70.83%) GSM
2 15 (62.50%) Degree
3 13 (54.17%) LTE
4 12 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 12 (50.00%) WCDMA
5 10 (41.67%) Validation
6 9 (37.50%) C++
7 8 (33.33%) 3GPP
7 8 (33.33%) C
7 8 (33.33%) Anite
8 7 (29.17%) Electronics
9 6 (25.00%) UMTS
9 6 (25.00%) ZigBee
10 5 (20.83%) Wireless
11 4 (16.67%) TDD
11 4 (16.67%) SQL
11 4 (16.67%) Project Management
11 4 (16.67%) 3G
12 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
12 3 (12.50%) 2G
12 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
12 3 (12.50%) OOD
12 3 (12.50%) Python
12 3 (12.50%) Pair Programming
12 3 (12.50%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
12 3 (12.50%) Scrum
12 3 (12.50%) VHDL
12 3 (12.50%) Verilog
12 3 (12.50%) SystemC

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (4.167%) .NET
1 1 (4.167%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.167%) .NET Compact Framework
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
2 1 (4.167%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) GSM
2 13 (54.17%) LTE
3 12 (50.00%) WCDMA
4 8 (33.33%) 3GPP
5 6 (25.00%) UMTS
5 6 (25.00%) ZigBee
6 5 (20.83%) Wireless
7 4 (16.67%) 3G
8 3 (12.50%) 2G
9 2 (8.333%) WAN
9 2 (8.333%) LAN
10 1 (4.167%) WLAN
10 1 (4.167%) CDMA2000
10 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
10 1 (4.167%) 4G
10 1 (4.167%) WiMAX
10 1 (4.167%) HSPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.333%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) LabVIEW
2 1 (4.167%) Bugzilla
General
1 7 (29.17%) Electronics
2 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) Verification Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Configuration Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Design Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Design Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) DSP Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) DSP Software Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Real Time Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) VHDL
1 3 (12.50%) Verilog
1 3 (12.50%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 3 (12.50%) SystemC
2 2 (8.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.167%) Firmware
3 1 (4.167%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
1 2 (8.333%) Linux
1 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
1 2 (8.333%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.167%) UNIX
2 1 (4.167%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (41.67%) Validation
3 4 (16.67%) TDD
3 4 (16.67%) Project Management
4 3 (12.50%) OOD
4 3 (12.50%) Pair Programming
4 3 (12.50%) Scrum
4 3 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (8.333%) OO
5 2 (8.333%) Regression Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Refactoring
5 2 (8.333%) Test Management
5 2 (8.333%) System Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.167%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.167%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (4.167%) Signal Processing
6 1 (4.167%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) C++
2 8 (33.33%) C
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
4 3 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (8.333%) Embedded C
5 2 (8.333%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.333%) HNC
2 2 (8.333%) HND
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Anite
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) Perforce
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