England GPRS Jobs

This section looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Dunfermline Ealing East Midlands East of England England Epsom Essex Fife Guildford Hampshire Harlow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Newbury Newport North East North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Rugby Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	573	486
Rank change on same period last year	-87
Matching permanent IT job ads	375	623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.198 %	0.255 %
As % of the category below	1.196 %	1.649 %
Salaries quoted	310	516
Average minimum salary	£38,775	£35,890
Average salary	£41,851	£39,510
% change on same period last year	+5.92 %
Average maximum salary	£44,927	£43,129
UK excluding London average salary	£41,545	£40,291
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching permanent IT job ads	31352	37785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	16.55 %	15.47 %
Salaries quoted	26782	30618
Average minimum salary	£37,564	£39,261
Average salary	£40,446	£42,249
% change on same period last year	-4.26 %
Average maximum salary	£43,327	£45,236
UK excluding London average salary	£37,397	£39,734
% change on same period last year	-5.88 %
GPRS UK

GPRS
Demand Trend

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

GPRS
Salary Trend

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

GPRS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

GPRS
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	0	169	£45,469	+9.85 %
London	-18	53	£42,693	+8.60 %
North West	-19	43	£34,476	-5.90 %
South West	+2	37	£35,297	+6.20 %
East of England	-79	29	£42,727	+2.81 %
Yorkshire	+17	20	£39,429	+23.21 %
West Midlands	+1	18	£44,938	-17.54 %
East Midlands	+11	13	£36,154	+37.13 %
North East	-	1	£40,000	-

GPRS UK

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 573 (68.79 %) GSM 2 323 (38.78 %) UMTS 3 265 (31.81 %) Telecoms 4 251 (30.13 %) Wireless 5 198 (23.77 %) 3G 6 178 (21.37 %) C++ 7 153 (18.37 %) Handset 8 150 (18.01 %) Windows 9 144 (17.29 %) C 10 140 (16.81 %) Java 11 130 (15.61 %) TCP/IP 12 111 (13.33 %) Degree 13 93 (11.16 %) CDMA 14 87 (10.44 %) SQL 15 86 (10.32 %) UNIX

16 85 (10.20 %) WAP 17 83 (9.964 %) Linux 18 75 (9.004 %) .NET 19 72 (8.643 %) UML 19 72 (8.643 %) Microsoft 19 72 (8.643 %) Wi-Fi 20 71 (8.523 %) Symbian 21 68 (8.163 %) Windows Mobile 22 67 (8.043 %) J2ME 23 64 (7.683 %) Embedded C 23 64 (7.683 %) Internet 24 63 (7.563 %) C# 25 60 (7.203 %) Electronics 25 60 (7.203 %) TETRA 26 56 (6.723 %) MS Excel

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 85 (10.20 %) WAP 2 75 (9.004 %) .NET 3 67 (8.043 %) J2ME 4 47 (5.642 %) J2EE 5 45 (5.402 %) XML 6 38 (4.562 %) MIDP 6 38 (4.562 %) CLDC 7 31 (3.721 %) SOAP 8 30 (3.601 %) WebServices 9 23 (2.761 %) Middleware 10 20 (2.401 %) ASP.NET 11 18 (2.161 %) UIQ 12 12 (1.441 %) JMS 12 12 (1.441 %) JSP 13 11 (1.321 %) .NET Framework 14 7 (0.840 %) Series 60 14 7 (0.840 %) ADO.NET 15 5 (0.600 %) HTML 15 5 (0.600 %) AJAX 15 5 (0.600 %) BREW	Application Platforms 1 24 (2.881 %) WebLogic 2 12 (1.441 %) MS Exchange 3 5 (0.600 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (0.480 %) SharePoint 4 4 (0.480 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 4 (0.480 %) IIS 5 3 (0.360 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 2 (0.240 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.120 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.120 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.120 %) Apache 7 1 (0.120 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 1 (0.120 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 56 (6.723 %) MS Excel 2 14 (1.681 %) MS PowerPoint 3 9 (1.080 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.240 %) MATLAB 4 2 (0.240 %) Simulink 5 1 (0.120 %) FrameMaker 5 1 (0.120 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.120 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.120 %) Acrobat 5 1 (0.120 %) RoboHelp	Business Applications 1 7 (0.840 %) SAP SM 2 2 (0.240 %) Metrica 3 1 (0.120 %) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking 1 573 (68.79 %) GSM 2 323 (38.78 %) UMTS 3 251 (30.13 %) Wireless 4 198 (23.77 %) 3G 5 130 (15.61 %) TCP/IP 6 93 (11.16 %) CDMA 7 72 (8.643 %) Wi-Fi 8 64 (7.683 %) Internet 9 60 (7.203 %) TETRA 10 55 (6.603 %) 2G 11 48 (5.762 %) VoIP 12 47 (5.642 %) VPN 13 40 (4.802 %) HTTP 13 40 (4.802 %) 3GPP 14 39 (4.682 %) SS7 15 36 (4.322 %) WCDMA 16 33 (3.962 %) ATM 16 33 (3.962 %) SGSN 17 32 (3.842 %) Bluetooth 17 32 (3.842 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 54 (6.483 %) SQL Server 2 20 (2.401 %) BusinessObjects 3 16 (1.921 %) SQL Server 2005 4 11 (1.321 %) MySQL 4 11 (1.321 %) SQL Server 2000 5 10 (1.200 %) GIS 6 7 (0.840 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 5 (0.600 %) Datawarehouse 8 4 (0.480 %) Data Mining 9 3 (0.360 %) SQL Server 7 10 1 (0.120 %) MS Access 10 1 (0.120 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 28 (3.361 %) Visual Studio 2 26 (3.121 %) Rational Rose 3 21 (2.521 %) ClearCase 4 7 (0.840 %) PowerBuilder 5 3 (0.360 %) CodeWarrior 5 3 (0.360 %) LabVIEW 5 3 (0.360 %) PVCS 6 1 (0.120 %) Flash 6 1 (0.120 %) Ant	General 1 265 (31.81 %) Telecoms 2 60 (7.203 %) Electronics 3 17 (2.041 %) Electric 4 16 (1.921 %) Pensions 5 15 (1.801 %) Health 6 14 (1.681 %) Billing 7 13 (1.561 %) Manufacturing 8 9 (1.080 %) Construction 9 8 (0.960 %) Marketing 10 6 (0.720 %) Government 11 5 (0.600 %) Insurance 11 5 (0.600 %) Automotive 12 4 (0.480 %) Education 12 4 (0.480 %) Pharmaceutical 12 4 (0.480 %) Multimedia 13 3 (0.360 %) Music 13 3 (0.360 %) Finance 13 3 (0.360 %) Retail 13 3 (0.360 %) Police 14 1 (0.120 %) Games
Job Titles 1 157 (18.85 %) Software Engineer 2 100 (12.00 %) Developer 3 99 (11.88 %) Test Engineer 4 60 (7.203 %) Field Engineer 5 55 (6.603 %) Support Engineer 6 44 (5.282 %) Analyst 7 43 (5.162 %) Tester 8 39 (4.682 %) Architect 9 33 (3.962 %) Software Developer 10 31 (3.721 %) Technical Support 11 29 (3.481 %) Consultant 11 29 (3.481 %) Hardware Engineer 12 28 (3.361 %) C++ Software Engineer 13 26 (3.121 %) Technical Engineer 13 26 (3.121 %) .NET Developer 14 24 (2.881 %) Technical Architect 15 23 (2.761 %) Technical Support Engineer 15 23 (2.761 %) DSP Engineer 16 22 (2.641 %) C# Developer 17 21 (2.521 %) Network Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 153 (18.37 %) Handset 2 44 (5.282 %) Computer Science 3 26 (3.121 %) PDA 4 24 (2.881 %) N-Tier 5 20 (2.401 %) Pocket PC 6 14 (1.681 %) Clustering 6 14 (1.681 %) Device Driver 7 13 (1.561 %) Korean Language 8 12 (1.441 %) Streaming Video 8 12 (1.441 %) Blackberry 8 12 (1.441 %) Client/Server 9 11 (1.321 %) Firmware 10 9 (1.080 %) Statistics 11 5 (0.600 %) Management Information System 12 4 (0.480 %) French Language 13 3 (0.360 %) Web 2.0 13 3 (0.360 %) ASIC 14 2 (0.240 %) Smartcard 14 2 (0.240 %) MPEG 14 2 (0.240 %) EPoS
Operating Systems 1 150 (18.01 %) Windows 2 86 (10.32 %) UNIX 3 83 (9.964 %) Linux 4 68 (8.163 %) Windows Mobile 5 45 (5.402 %) Windows CE 6 42 (5.042 %) Symbian OS 7 25 (3.001 %) Windows NT 8 20 (2.401 %) Solaris 9 15 (1.801 %) Windows 2000 10 11 (1.321 %) VMS 11 9 (1.080 %) Windows XP 11 9 (1.080 %) FreeBSD 12 3 (0.360 %) Windows Server 2003 13 2 (0.240 %) OpenVMS 13 2 (0.240 %) Windows Vista 14 1 (0.120 %) Tru64 14 1 (0.120 %) Palm OS 14 1 (0.120 %) Windows XP Embedded 14 1 (0.120 %) Nucleus RTOS 14 1 (0.120 %) Embedded Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 72 (8.643 %) UML 2 50 (6.002 %) Software Engineering 3 48 (5.762 %) Integration Testing 4 45 (5.402 %) OO 5 43 (5.162 %) Validation 6 38 (4.562 %) Security Cleared 7 35 (4.202 %) Project Management 8 34 (4.082 %) OOD 9 29 (3.481 %) Requirements Analysis 10 25 (3.001 %) SOA 11 21 (2.521 %) Configuration Management 12 16 (1.921 %) Software Testing 12 16 (1.921 %) System Testing 13 15 (1.801 %) Network Design 14 13 (1.561 %) OOA/OOD 14 13 (1.561 %) Enterprise Architecture 15 10 (1.200 %) ITIL 15 10 (1.200 %) Service Management 16 8 (0.960 %) PRINCE2 16 8 (0.960 %) Supplier Management
Programming Languages 1 178 (21.37 %) C++ 2 144 (17.29 %) C 3 140 (16.81 %) Java 4 87 (10.44 %) SQL 5 64 (7.683 %) Embedded C 6 63 (7.563 %) C# 7 29 (3.481 %) Perl 8 23 (2.761 %) Assembly Language 9 21 (2.521 %) VB.NET 10 20 (2.401 %) VB 11 17 (2.041 %) Tcl 11 17 (2.041 %) PHP 12 14 (1.681 %) JavaScript 13 13 (1.561 %) VC++ 14 12 (1.441 %) PL/SQL 15 10 (1.200 %) Embedded C++ 16 6 (0.720 %) AWK 17 3 (0.360 %) Shell Script 18 2 (0.240 %) Pascal 18 2 (0.240 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 111 (13.33 %) Degree 2 24 (2.881 %) Cisco Certification 3 17 (2.041 %) CCNA 4 13 (1.561 %) HNC 5 11 (1.321 %) Microsoft Certification 6 9 (1.080 %) ISEB 7 8 (0.960 %) CCNP 8 7 (0.840 %) PhD 9 2 (0.240 %) CCIE 9 2 (0.240 %) HND 9 2 (0.240 %) MCSE 10 1 (0.120 %) MCP 10 1 (0.120 %) CCDA 10 1 (0.120 %) CCDP 10 1 (0.120 %) ITIL Certification 10 1 (0.120 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 24 (2.881 %) QA 2 12 (1.441 %) SLA 3 5 (0.600 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 5 (0.600 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 23 (2.761 %) OpenView 2 11 (1.321 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 7 (0.840 %) Netcool 3 7 (0.840 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 3 7 (0.840 %) CiscoWorks 4 3 (0.360 %) Nagios 5 1 (0.120 %) MAILsweeper	Vendors 1 72 (8.643 %) Microsoft 2 71 (8.523 %) Symbian 3 47 (5.642 %) Cisco 4 43 (5.162 %) Oracle 5 27 (3.241 %) Ericsson 6 24 (2.881 %) BEA 7 20 (2.401 %) Business Objects 8 17 (2.041 %) Nokia 9 14 (1.681 %) EMC 9 14 (1.681 %) Nortel 10 10 (1.200 %) HP 10 10 (1.200 %) Apple 11 7 (0.840 %) Motorola 11 7 (0.840 %) BT 11 7 (0.840 %) SAP 12 5 (0.600 %) Alcatel 12 5 (0.600 %) NetHawk 13 4 (0.480 %) Agilent 14 3 (0.360 %) Huawei 14 3 (0.360 %) Red Hat