GPRS Contract Job Trends in England

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GPRS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 511 572
Rank change year-on-year -32 +61 +182
Contract jobs citing GPRS 1 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.006% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.030% 0.053% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £383
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.57%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £588
UK median daily rate £550 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

GPRS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,385 3,773 5,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.53% 12.20% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,185 2,184 3,532
10th Percentile £213 £233 £213
25th Percentile £360 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £607 £600
90th Percentile £686 £687 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 130 324
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £17.83
25th Percentile £20.00 £27.75 £23.07
Median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -39.42% -0.57% +34.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.92% -11.71% +34.10%

GPRS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GPRS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

GPRS job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GPRS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GPRS

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GPRS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GPRS

GPRS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPRS within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +5 1 £550 - 1
GPRS
UK

GPRS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) GSM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle