The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 19 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 179 160 132
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -28
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 2 28 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.056% 0.726% 0.969%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.250% 3.001% 4.830%
Number of salaries quoted 0 27 23
Average salary - £43,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.66%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
799 933 766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 22.27% 24.18% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 644 800 627
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GPRS
South East

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) UMTS
1 2 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) UMTS
1 2 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS Engineer
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
Hampshire
Technical Lead/Manager - GSM/C++ - Fleet - 6 Months to Perm - 60-80k Our client is a software technology company, They require a Software Manager to join the company...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £50000.00 - £80000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Use experience of wireless communications protocols (GSM/GPRS/3G/HSPA and LTE) to identify and provide appropriate technical solutions... GSM/GPRS/UMTS/LTE)... High standard...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Gain thorough understanding of Anite test systems and products... Working at Anite... Engineering/science degree or equivalent academic qualifications/experience... Good working knowledge of 3gpp standard protocols (GSM/...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Produce and execute automated and manual wireless protocol test scripts and product tests, working closely with development engineers... Engineering/science degree or equivalent academic qualifications/...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Havant, South East
SCADA systems design and testing... Project management within the Automation department... SCADA Systems training. Experience Knowledge & Skills: ¦Broad knowledge of SCADA systems ¦Experience with Communications devices such as...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013