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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.145% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.585% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £25,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £29,037 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-27.40% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
171 107 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 24.78% 12.43% 20.08%
Number of salaries quoted 152 91 126
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East GPRS Salary Trend

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £25,000 -
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) ASP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) HND
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Fedora
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) ZigBee
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) ASP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) ZigBee
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HND
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat