The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 22 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 414 366 363
Rank change year-on-year
-48 -3
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 21 78 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.095% 0.323% 0.275%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.399% 1.471% 1.467%
Number of salaries quoted 8 65 48
Average salary £37,000 £42,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.90% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,222 £33,300 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,787 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-30.53% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5260 5301 4226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.68% 21.97% 18.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4220 4497 3526
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South 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 South East region.

South East GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East GPRS Salary Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire -1 13 £34,000 -19.04%
Surrey +2 4 £42,500 -5.55%
Hampshire -22 2 - -
Buckinghamshire -16 1 £45,000 +109.30%
Oxfordshire - 1 £28,073 -
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 36 (80.00%) GSM
2 25 (55.56%) Wireless
3 24 (53.33%) Telecoms
4 18 (40.00%) Windows
5 17 (37.78%) UMTS
6 15 (33.33%) 3G
7 13 (28.89%) SQL Server
8 12 (26.67%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (22.22%) C++
9 10 (22.22%) C
9 10 (22.22%) 3GPP
9 10 (22.22%) Embedded C
10 9 (20.00%) SS7
10 9 (20.00%) Bluetooth
10 9 (20.00%) Linux
10 9 (20.00%) LTE
10 9 (20.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
11 8 (17.78%) Radio Access Network
11 8 (17.78%) ZigBee
11 8 (17.78%) Test Management
11 8 (17.78%) HSPA
11 8 (17.78%) Oracle
11 8 (17.78%) UNIX
11 8 (17.78%) C#
11 8 (17.78%) .NET
11 8 (17.78%) Web Services
11 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
12 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
12 7 (15.56%) ISEB
12 7 (15.56%) VoIP

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 8 (17.78%) .NET
1 8 (17.78%) Web Services
2 4 (8.889%) WAP
3 3 (6.667%) X-Windows
3 3 (6.667%) XHTML
3 3 (6.667%) XML
3 3 (6.667%) MFC
4 1 (2.222%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.222%) HTML5
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 36 (80.00%) GSM
2 25 (55.56%) Wireless
3 17 (37.78%) UMTS
4 15 (33.33%) 3G
5 10 (22.22%) 3GPP
6 9 (20.00%) SS7
6 9 (20.00%) Bluetooth
6 9 (20.00%) LTE
7 8 (17.78%) Radio Access Network
7 8 (17.78%) ZigBee
7 8 (17.78%) HSPA
8 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
8 7 (15.56%) VoIP
9 6 (13.33%) SGSN
10 5 (11.11%) WCDMA
10 5 (11.11%) GGSN
11 4 (8.889%) LAN
11 4 (8.889%) WAN
11 4 (8.889%) HTTP
11 4 (8.889%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (6.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.667%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (2.222%) Subversion
3 1 (2.222%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.222%) GCC
General
1 24 (53.33%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.33%) Advertising
2 6 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (11.11%) Electronics
4 1 (2.222%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Test Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (6.667%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) RF Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Performance Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Principle Engineer
5 2 (4.444%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) RAN Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Wireless Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) UMTS Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.222%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.222%) Junior
6 1 (2.222%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (6.667%) Firmware
2 3 (6.667%) Streaming Video
3 1 (2.222%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.222%) PDA
3 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.222%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.222%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.222%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) Windows
2 9 (20.00%) Linux
3 8 (17.78%) UNIX
4 4 (8.889%) Android
5 3 (6.667%) Solaris
6 1 (2.222%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (2.222%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Test Management
2 6 (13.33%) Network Planning
2 6 (13.33%) Software Engineering
2 6 (13.33%) Network Architecture
2 6 (13.33%) Product Management
3 5 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 5 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 4 (8.889%) Quality Management
4 4 (8.889%) Service Delivery
5 3 (6.667%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (6.667%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (6.667%) System Testing
5 3 (6.667%) Network Design
5 3 (6.667%) Automated Testing
5 3 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (4.444%) Resource Management
6 2 (4.444%) Integration Testing
6 2 (4.444%) QMS
7 1 (2.222%) Security Testing
7 1 (2.222%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) C++
1 10 (22.22%) C
1 10 (22.22%) Embedded C
2 8 (17.78%) C#
3 6 (13.33%) Embedded C++
4 5 (11.11%) SQL
5 4 (8.889%) Assembly Language
6 3 (6.667%) VBScript
6 3 (6.667%) Java
6 3 (6.667%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.222%) PHP
7 1 (2.222%) VB
7 1 (2.222%) Python
7 1 (2.222%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) ISEB
2 6 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (2.222%) CEH
3 1 (2.222%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.222%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 8 (17.78%) Oracle
2 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (13.33%) Cisco
4 4 (8.889%) Tektronix
5 3 (6.667%) Veritas
5 3 (6.667%) Ericsson
5 3 (6.667%) EMC
5 3 (6.667%) Symbian
5 3 (6.667%) NEC
6 2 (4.444%) Huawei
7 1 (2.222%) Business Objects
7 1 (2.222%) Motorola
7 1 (2.222%) Mapinfo
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
UNIX (Linux and/or Solaris) administration. Demonstrated web and application-level experience with protocols such as HTTP/HTML, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, and MAPI... Experience with PERL or C/...
Henderson Scott
Salary: £42,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Project management... SCADA System Training... In-depth experience of indepth Communication devices such as GSM, GPRS, PSTN, Routers, Firewalls and Ethernet. Thorough Knowledge of MS Office applications... Experience...
ninesharp
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013