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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 196 164 175
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +11
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 8 21 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.159% 0.461% 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.918% 2.901% 0.134%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 1
Average salary £27,000 £30,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
UK excluding London average salary £29,037 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-27.40% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
871 724 744
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.32% 15.88% 17.83%
Number of salaries quoted 708 594 586
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,050 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Coventry - 8 £27,000 -
Warwickshire +1 7 £27,000 -10.00%
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (66.67%) ISDN
1 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 8 (66.67%) MPLS
2 7 (58.33%) Internet
2 7 (58.33%) CCIE
2 7 (58.33%) CCNP
2 7 (58.33%) CCNA
2 7 (58.33%) Citrix
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
2 7 (58.33%) UMTS
2 7 (58.33%) WAN
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) Network Security
2 7 (58.33%) xDSL
3 5 (41.67%) Electronics
4 2 (16.67%) GSM
5 1 (8.333%) Assembly Language
5 1 (8.333%) Firmware
5 1 (8.333%) PSTN
5 1 (8.333%) C
5 1 (8.333%) ADSL
5 1 (8.333%) Ethernet
5 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
5 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
5 1 (8.333%) SCADA
5 1 (8.333%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (8.333%) VSAT
5 1 (8.333%) Smart Meter

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (66.67%) ISDN
1 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 8 (66.67%) MPLS
2 7 (58.33%) Internet
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
2 7 (58.33%) UMTS
2 7 (58.33%) WAN
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) Network Security
2 7 (58.33%) xDSL
3 2 (16.67%) GSM
4 1 (8.333%) PSTN
4 1 (8.333%) ADSL
4 1 (8.333%) Ethernet
4 1 (8.333%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (8.333%) VSAT
General
1 5 (41.67%) Electronics
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (58.33%) Administrator
1 7 (58.33%) Network Administrator
1 7 (58.33%) IT Administrator
2 3 (25.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Firmware
1 1 (8.333%) SCADA
1 1 (8.333%) Smart Meter
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) Assembly Language
1 1 (8.333%) C
1 1 (8.333%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CCIE
1 7 (58.33%) CCNP
1 7 (58.33%) CCNA
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Citrix
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