The first table below looks at the demand for GPRS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GPRS over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 169 163 146
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -17
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 4 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.108% 0.279% 0.237%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.566% 1.673% 1.205%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 7
Average salary £31,250 £36,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.19% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
707 538 581
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 19.14% 16.68% 19.67%
Number of salaries quoted 573 432 484
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,450 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
GPRS
Yorkshire

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wakefield -2 2 £35,000 +6.06%
Leeds -24 2 £27,500 -23.61%
GPRS
Yorkshire

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (77.78%) GSM
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
2 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded C
2 4 (44.44%) Firmware
2 4 (44.44%) C
2 4 (44.44%) C++
2 4 (44.44%) ZigBee
2 4 (44.44%) Atmel
2 4 (44.44%) 3G
3 3 (33.33%) Automotive
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (33.33%) Internet
3 3 (33.33%) Electronics
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) Telematics
5 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) MS Office
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) LAN
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
1 3 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) GSM
2 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
2 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) 3G
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) ZigBee
3 3 (33.33%) Internet
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Electronics
1 3 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Database Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
2 2 (22.22%) Telematics
3 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) C++
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded C
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Atmel
Leeds, Yorkshire
incorporating: PMR, GPRS, and associated network communications... Essential skills include:Proven software or hardware support experience Good level of knowledge with Microsoft Office products Microsoft SQL ServerSQL Database (...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013