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This section looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the Home Counties 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeneral Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-35
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads05
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.000 %6.250 %
Salaries quoted05
Average minimum salary-£45,000
Average salary-£45,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,306£40,447
% change on same period last year+4.59 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads4380
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.033 %
Salaries quoted4162
Average minimum salary£36,871£48,405
Average salary£38,300£53,428
% change on same period last year-28.31 %
Average maximum salary£39,729£58,450
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
GPRS South EastGPRS
South East

GPRS
Demand Trend

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

Home Counties GPRS Demand Trend

GPRS
Salary Trend

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

Home Counties GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

13 (100.00 %)HTML
13 (100.00 %)Solaris
13 (100.00 %)LDAP
13 (100.00 %)CDMA
13 (100.00 %)GSM
13 (100.00 %)POP3
13 (100.00 %)SMTP
13 (100.00 %)HTTP
13 (100.00 %)RIP
13 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)MAPI
13 (100.00 %)OSPF
13 (100.00 %)BGP
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Wireless
13 (100.00 %)VLAN
13 (100.00 %)IMAP
13 (100.00 %)Load Balancing
13 (100.00 %)GGSN
13 (100.00 %)SGSN

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)HTML
13 (100.00 %)MAPI
Home Counties IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)LDAP
13 (100.00 %)CDMA
13 (100.00 %)GSM
13 (100.00 %)POP3
13 (100.00 %)SMTP
13 (100.00 %)HTTP
13 (100.00 %)RIP
13 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (100.00 %)VPN
13 (100.00 %)OSPF
13 (100.00 %)BGP
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Wireless
13 (100.00 %)VLAN
13 (100.00 %)IMAP
13 (100.00 %)GGSN
13 (100.00 %)SGSN
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Consultant
Home Counties IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Solaris
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Load Balancing