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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 155 158 154
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 8 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.260% 0.060% 0.308%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.365% 0.365% 1.849%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 11
Average salary £27,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.92% -7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £29,037 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-27.40% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
586 548 595
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 19.06% 16.52% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 518 493 522
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Derbyshire - 7 £27,000 -
Leicestershire - 7 £27,000 -
Nottinghamshire -6 1 £57,500 +76.92%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (87.50%) ISDN
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
1 7 (87.50%) UMTS
1 7 (87.50%) WAN
1 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
1 7 (87.50%) VPN
1 7 (87.50%) CCIE
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (87.50%) Internet
1 7 (87.50%) MPLS
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
1 7 (87.50%) xDSL
2 1 (12.50%) Smart Meter
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 1 (12.50%) ZigBee
2 1 (12.50%) HSDPA
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) ISDN
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
1 7 (87.50%) UMTS
1 7 (87.50%) WAN
1 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
1 7 (87.50%) VPN
1 7 (87.50%) Internet
1 7 (87.50%) MPLS
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
1 7 (87.50%) xDSL
2 1 (12.50%) ZigBee
2 1 (12.50%) HSDPA
General
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) Network Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) IT Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCIE
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
Derby, Derbyshire
You will be the subject matter expert in wireless data networks 3G/4G and IP Networks... Key Skills/ Experience Required: - Expert with Wireless networks (CAPWAP LWAPP), WiMAX, CDMA,...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: Neghotiable on Experience
Posted: 24 May 2013
Nottinghamshire
The AvantixTM Urban product is aimed at the light rail/tram operators and transport schemes in major conurbations and uses a combination of a portable device (PDA) running...
Atos
Salary: excellent benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013