The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 747 672 725
Rank change year-on-year
-75 +53
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 100 186 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.098% 0.163% 0.119%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.503% 0.928% 0.747%
Number of salaries quoted 73 155 121
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £30,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £51,500 £54,400
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19888 20038 18337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.57% 17.61% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 16200 16866 15319
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £64,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GPRS
UK

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 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
East of England +9 31 £55,000 +37.50%
South East -63 20 £37,000 -12.94%
London +25 18 £40,000 -33.33%
Yorkshire -7 12 £50,000 +31.57%
East Midlands +5 8 £27,000 +2.85%
West Midlands -38 8 £27,000 -10.00%
South West -5 4 £52,500 +23.52%
North West - 3 £30,000 -
Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
North East - 1 £25,000 -
GPRS
UK

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 115 (64.61%) GSM
2 73 (41.01%) UMTS
3 71 (39.89%) Telecoms
4 69 (38.76%) Wireless
5 63 (35.39%) Windows
6 61 (34.27%) C++
7 56 (31.46%) Degree
8 50 (28.09%) LTE
9 46 (25.84%) 3GPP
10 44 (24.72%) C
10 44 (24.72%) Electronics
11 41 (23.03%) 3G
12 40 (22.47%) Linux
13 37 (20.79%) TCP/IP
14 31 (17.42%) Cisco
14 31 (17.42%) Microsoft
15 29 (16.29%) WCDMA
16 28 (15.73%) OO
17 27 (15.17%) HSPA
18 26 (14.61%) Software Engineering
19 25 (14.04%) Firewall
19 25 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
19 25 (14.04%) ZigBee
19 25 (14.04%) Computer Science
20 23 (12.92%) ADSL
21 22 (12.36%) ISDN
21 22 (12.36%) MPLS
21 22 (12.36%) VPN
21 22 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
22 21 (11.80%) WAN

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 9 (5.056%) .NET
2 8 (4.494%) Web Services
3 6 (3.371%) XML
4 5 (2.809%) OpenGL
4 5 (2.809%) Middleware
4 5 (2.809%) SVG
4 5 (2.809%) HTML
4 5 (2.809%) Flash
4 5 (2.809%) J2ME
4 5 (2.809%) WAP
4 5 (2.809%) Qt
4 5 (2.809%) OpenAL
4 5 (2.809%) BREW
5 4 (2.247%) XHTML
6 3 (1.685%) X-Windows
6 3 (1.685%) MAPI
6 3 (1.685%) MFC
7 2 (1.124%) JSON
7 2 (1.124%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.124%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (4.494%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (2.247%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.124%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.124%) Apache
Applications
1 21 (11.80%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.371%) MS Office
3 5 (2.809%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.247%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.562%) MS Project
5 1 (0.562%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 115 (64.61%) GSM
2 73 (41.01%) UMTS
3 69 (38.76%) Wireless
4 50 (28.09%) LTE
5 46 (25.84%) 3GPP
6 41 (23.03%) 3G
7 37 (20.79%) TCP/IP
8 29 (16.29%) WCDMA
9 27 (15.17%) HSPA
10 25 (14.04%) Firewall
10 25 (14.04%) ZigBee
11 23 (12.92%) ADSL
12 22 (12.36%) ISDN
12 22 (12.36%) MPLS
12 22 (12.36%) VPN
13 21 (11.80%) WAN
14 20 (11.24%) LAN
14 20 (11.24%) CDMA
14 20 (11.24%) Internet
15 18 (10.11%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.80%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.494%) MySQL
3 7 (3.933%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (1.685%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.809%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.685%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (1.124%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.562%) Subversion
4 1 (0.562%) CodeWarrior
4 1 (0.562%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.562%) GCC
General
1 71 (39.89%) Telecoms
2 44 (24.72%) Electronics
3 16 (8.989%) Finance
4 6 (3.371%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (3.371%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.371%) Advertising
5 5 (2.809%) Multimedia
6 4 (2.247%) Marketing
7 3 (1.685%) Billing
7 3 (1.685%) Automotive
8 1 (0.562%) Back Office
8 1 (0.562%) Interactive Media
8 1 (0.562%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (0.562%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (26.97%) Software Engineer
2 29 (16.29%) Developer
3 18 (10.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 16 (8.989%) C++ Developer
5 12 (6.742%) Test Engineer
6 11 (6.180%) Verification Engineer
7 10 (5.618%) Software Developer
7 10 (5.618%) Network Specialist
8 9 (5.056%) Senior Network Specialist
9 8 (4.494%) Team Leader
10 7 (3.933%) Network Administrator
10 7 (3.933%) C++ Software Engineer
10 7 (3.933%) IT Administrator
10 7 (3.933%) C++ Team Leader
10 7 (3.933%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (3.933%) Technical Support
10 7 (3.933%) Administrator
10 7 (3.933%) Firmware Engineer
11 5 (2.809%) Network Manager
11 5 (2.809%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.04%) Computer Science
2 14 (7.865%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (6.180%) Firmware
4 8 (4.494%) Device Driver
5 5 (2.809%) Speech Recognition
5 5 (2.809%) Blackberry
5 5 (2.809%) MPEG
5 5 (2.809%) iPhone
6 4 (2.247%) Streaming Video
7 3 (1.685%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 3 (1.685%) VHDL
7 3 (1.685%) Verilog
7 3 (1.685%) Smart Meter
7 3 (1.685%) SystemC
7 3 (1.685%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.124%) Telematics
8 2 (1.124%) Mobile Payment
9 1 (0.562%) Cryptography
9 1 (0.562%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.562%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 63 (35.39%) Windows
2 40 (22.47%) Linux
3 13 (7.303%) UNIX
4 11 (6.180%) Windows 7
5 10 (5.618%) Android
6 8 (4.494%) Solaris
7 7 (3.933%) Windows Mobile
8 6 (3.371%) Windows XP
9 5 (2.809%) Windows Phone 7
9 5 (2.809%) Windows 8
9 5 (2.809%) Windows Phone 8
9 5 (2.809%) Windows Phone
9 5 (2.809%) Nucleus RTOS
10 4 (2.247%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (2.247%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (1.124%) Fedora
12 1 (0.562%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.562%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.73%) OO
2 26 (14.61%) Software Engineering
3 22 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (8.989%) Validation
5 11 (6.180%) Project Management
5 11 (6.180%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (6.180%) Test Management
6 10 (5.618%) Performance Management
6 10 (5.618%) Requirements Analysis
6 10 (5.618%) Network Management
6 10 (5.618%) Network Design
7 9 (5.056%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (5.056%) Change Management
7 9 (5.056%) E-Commerce
8 8 (4.494%) Software Testing
8 8 (4.494%) Load Balancing
8 8 (4.494%) Network Architecture
9 7 (3.933%) TDD
9 7 (3.933%) Service Delivery
10 6 (3.371%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 61 (34.27%) C++
2 44 (24.72%) C
3 17 (9.551%) SQL
3 17 (9.551%) Embedded C
4 9 (5.056%) Java
5 8 (4.494%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.494%) C#
6 7 (3.933%) Assembly Language
7 6 (3.371%) Embedded C++
8 5 (2.809%) Python
9 4 (2.247%) VBScript
10 3 (1.685%) Perl
10 3 (1.685%) PHP
11 2 (1.124%) PHP5
11 2 (1.124%) VB
11 2 (1.124%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.562%) R
12 1 (0.562%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 56 (31.46%) Degree
2 25 (14.04%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (11.24%) CCNP
4 14 (7.865%) CCIE
5 10 (5.618%) CCNA
6 8 (4.494%) ISEB
7 6 (3.371%) HND
8 4 (2.247%) HNC
8 4 (2.247%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.124%) MCSA
9 2 (1.124%) CCSP
9 2 (1.124%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.124%) CCSA
10 1 (0.562%) CEH
10 1 (0.562%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.562%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.618%) SLA
2 9 (5.056%) ISO 9000
3 5 (2.809%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.124%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.124%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (2.247%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (2.247%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.562%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (4.494%) OpenView
2 5 (2.809%) Cisco UCCE
3 4 (2.247%) Nagios
3 4 (2.247%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.562%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (17.42%) Cisco
1 31 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.989%) Juniper
3 13 (7.303%) Oracle
4 12 (6.742%) HP
5 11 (6.180%) Anite
5 11 (6.180%) Citrix
6 10 (5.618%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 7 (3.933%) F5
8 5 (2.809%) Verint
9 4 (2.247%) Trapeze
9 4 (2.247%) Tektronix
9 4 (2.247%) Atmel
9 4 (2.247%) VMware
10 3 (1.685%) NEC
10 3 (1.685%) Veritas
10 3 (1.685%) Ericsson
10 3 (1.685%) EMC
10 3 (1.685%) Symbian
11 2 (1.124%) Huawei
Bedfordshire
Mandatory technical skills for this role are: C++, UMTS, Layer 2 & 3 Exp... Use of configuration and change management methods... Software design and development using C++ (> 5 yrs)...
Firway Consulting
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Circa £55k + Substantial Large Company Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
UNIX (Linux and/or Solaris) administration. Demonstrated web and application-level experience with protocols such as HTTP/HTML, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, and MAPI... Experience with PERL or C/...
Henderson Scott
Salary: £42,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Project management... SCADA System Training... In-depth experience of indepth Communication devices such as GSM, GPRS, PSTN, Routers, Firewalls and Ethernet. Thorough Knowledge of MS Office applications... Experience...
ninesharp
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cumbria
Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5... - Knowledge of SASS or LESS. - Competent in C programming... - Knowledge of wireless communication technologies - RF, GSM,...
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Examine and identify root cause analysis and provide input to Incident management and Problem Management process where applicable... Assist with technical support of CSIS radio services contracts via...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £24000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chippenham, South West
Examine and identify root cause analysis and provide input to Incident management and Problem Management process where applicable... Assist with technical support of CSIS radio services contracts via...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £24000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cumbria, North West
Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5 - Advanced level (knowledge and experience) of programming languages and methodologies... Desirable - Knowledge of SASS or LESS -...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 25 April 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
incorporating: PMR, GPRS, and associated network communications... Essential skills include:Proven software or hardware support experience Good level of knowledge with Microsoft Office products Microsoft SQL ServerSQL Database (...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 1 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
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
In-depth knowledge of the following routing protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP. Must have a strong working knowledge of the following protocols and technologies - ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS,...
SPS Resourcing
Salary: From £50,000 to £57,000 per annum Including Excellent Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013