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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
Rank 208 188 190
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +2
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 12 14 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.217% 0.268% 0.259%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.081% 1.598% 1.424%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 13
Average salary £50,000 £38,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.57% +20.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £34,000 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,000 £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1110 876 913
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 20.04% 16.80% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 849 686 764
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire GPRS Salary Trend

GPRS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GPRS across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 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
North Yorkshire 0 8 £57,000 +42.50%
West Yorkshire -6 4 £31,250 -13.19%
GPRS
England

GPRS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 13 (72.22%) TCP/IP
2 8 (44.44%) SSL
2 8 (44.44%) Cisco
2 8 (44.44%) Juniper
2 8 (44.44%) ADSL
2 8 (44.44%) ATM
2 8 (44.44%) ISDN
2 8 (44.44%) MPLS
2 8 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (44.44%) Frame Relay
2 8 (44.44%) Finance
3 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 7 (38.89%) OSPF
3 7 (38.89%) BGP
3 7 (38.89%) EIGRP
3 7 (38.89%) RIP
3 7 (38.89%) GSM
3 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (38.89%) CCNP
4 6 (33.33%) OpenView
4 6 (33.33%) HP
4 6 (33.33%) SLA
4 6 (33.33%) SNMP
4 6 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 6 (33.33%) Network Management
5 5 (27.78%) F5
5 5 (27.78%) Firewall
5 5 (27.78%) C++
5 5 (27.78%) C
5 5 (27.78%) Ethernet

GPRS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) .NET
1 1 (5.556%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 3 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) TCP/IP
2 8 (44.44%) SSL
2 8 (44.44%) ADSL
2 8 (44.44%) ATM
2 8 (44.44%) ISDN
2 8 (44.44%) MPLS
2 8 (44.44%) Frame Relay
3 7 (38.89%) OSPF
3 7 (38.89%) BGP
3 7 (38.89%) EIGRP
3 7 (38.89%) GSM
3 7 (38.89%) RIP
4 6 (33.33%) SNMP
5 5 (27.78%) Firewall
5 5 (27.78%) Ethernet
6 4 (22.22%) 3G
6 4 (22.22%) ZigBee
6 4 (22.22%) Wireless
7 3 (16.67%) Internet
8 1 (5.556%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) GDB
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 4 (22.22%) Electronics
4 3 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
1 7 (38.89%) Network Specialist
2 6 (33.33%) Senior Network Specialist
3 5 (27.78%) Firmware Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Network Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Validation Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Database Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Configuration Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Firmware
2 2 (11.11%) Telematics
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.556%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (33.33%) Network Management
3 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Validation
4 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Change Management
4 1 (5.556%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C
1 5 (27.78%) C++
1 5 (27.78%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.556%) Embedded C++
2 1 (5.556%) Assembly Language
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) CCNP
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (5.556%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) OpenView
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Cisco
1 8 (44.44%) Juniper
2 6 (33.33%) HP
3 5 (27.78%) F5
4 4 (22.22%) Atmel
4 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.556%) EMC
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
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
In-depth knowledge of the following routing protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP. Must have a strong working knowledge of the following protocols and technologies - ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS,...
SPS Resourcing
Salary: From £50,000 to £57,000 per annum Including Excellent Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Cisco accreditations (CCNP level or higher) or equivalent industry experience is a must... Must have a strong practical knowledge of the following routing protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP,...
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £57,000 to £57,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013