The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank - 143 -
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 0 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.229% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.578% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 0
Average salary - £21,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
414 507 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.07% 14.53% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 222 329 312
Average salary £40,500 £35,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.71% -8.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £77,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GPRS
UK

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SS7
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) LTE

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) SS7
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft