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This section looks at the demand for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) skills within the Reading 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGeneral Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank140130
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads105
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.175 %0.690 %
Salaries quoted75
Average minimum salary£28,286£44,000
Average salary£31,929£48,500
% change on same period last year-34.16 %
Average maximum salary£35,571£53,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,184£41,089
% change on same period last year-7.06 %
Communications & Networking ReadingCommunications & Networking
Reading
Matching permanent IT job ads851725
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.417 %0.321 %
Salaries quoted741545
Average minimum salary£39,655£38,798
Average salary£42,141£41,778
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Average maximum salary£44,627£44,757
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
GPRS BerkshireGPRS
Berkshire

GPRS
Demand Trend

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

Reading GPRS Demand Trend

GPRS
Salary Trend

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

Reading GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the Reading region over the past 3 months.

Reading GPRS Salary Histogram

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Reading region citing GPRS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GPRS.

110 (66.67 %)GSM
110 (66.67 %)UMTS
110 (66.67 %)Telecoms
27 (46.67 %)Handset
35 (33.33 %)TETRA
35 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
35 (33.33 %)Windows
35 (33.33 %)Software Testing
44 (26.67 %)Linux
44 (26.67 %)Microsoft
53 (20.00 %)Active Directory
53 (20.00 %)Avaya
53 (20.00 %)3G
53 (20.00 %)Blackberry
53 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
53 (20.00 %)Finance
53 (20.00 %)Clearswift
53 (20.00 %)MAILsweeper
53 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
53 (20.00 %)CRM
53 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
53 (20.00 %)MS Office
53 (20.00 %)C++
53 (20.00 %)Java
53 (20.00 %)JavaScript
53 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
53 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (20.00 %)Bluetooth
62 (13.33 %)AJAX
62 (13.33 %)SIGTRAN

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Reading region citing GPRS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GPRS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
12 (13.33 %)Middleware
12 (13.33 %)LAMP
12 (13.33 %)AJAX
21 (6.667 %)HTML
21 (6.667 %).NET
21 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
21 (6.667 %)ActiveX
21 (6.667 %)WAP
Application Platforms
13 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
13 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
13 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (6.667 %)IIS
Applications
13 (20.00 %)MS Office
21 (6.667 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
110 (66.67 %)GSM
110 (66.67 %)UMTS
25 (33.33 %)TETRA
33 (20.00 %)Bluetooth
33 (20.00 %)3G
42 (13.33 %)ATM
42 (13.33 %)VoIP
42 (13.33 %)TCP/IP
42 (13.33 %)RTP
42 (13.33 %)SS7
42 (13.33 %)NGN
42 (13.33 %)SIGTRAN
51 (6.667 %)2G
51 (6.667 %)RNC
51 (6.667 %)SSL
51 (6.667 %)UTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)SQL Server
11 (6.667 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
11 (6.667 %)Rational Rose
General
110 (66.67 %)Telecoms
23 (20.00 %)Finance
Job Titles
19 (60.00 %)Software Engineer
23 (20.00 %)Helpdesk Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Real Time Software Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Real Time Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Network Support Engineer
41 (6.667 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (6.667 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (6.667 %)Network Support
41 (6.667 %)Network Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Systems Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Administrator
41 (6.667 %)Test Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
17 (46.67 %)Handset
23 (20.00 %)Blackberry
32 (13.33 %)Web 2.0
41 (6.667 %)Pocket PC
Operating Systems
15 (33.33 %)Windows
24 (26.67 %)Linux
33 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (13.33 %)Solaris
42 (13.33 %)Unix
51 (6.667 %)Windows NT
51 (6.667 %)Windows XP
51 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (6.667 %)Symbian OS
51 (6.667 %)Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
15 (33.33 %)Software Testing
23 (20.00 %)CRM
31 (6.667 %)OOD
31 (6.667 %)UML
31 (6.667 %)OO
31 (6.667 %)System Testing
31 (6.667 %)Data Management
Programming Languages
13 (20.00 %)C++
13 (20.00 %)Java
13 (20.00 %)JavaScript
22 (13.33 %)SQL
22 (13.33 %)C
22 (13.33 %)Shell Script
31 (6.667 %)VB6
31 (6.667 %)C#
31 (6.667 %)VB
31 (6.667 %)VB.NET
31 (6.667 %)VC++
Qualifications
11 (6.667 %)Degree
System Software
13 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
13 (20.00 %)MAILsweeper
Vendors
14 (26.67 %)Microsoft
23 (20.00 %)Avaya
23 (20.00 %)Clearswift
31 (6.667 %)Symbian
31 (6.667 %)Nokia
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