General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GPRS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GPRS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 712 858
Rank change year-on-year +116 +146 -163
Contract jobs citing GPRS 4 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.072% 0.055% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £338 - £321
25th Percentile £350 £506 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £372 £513 £381
Median % change year-on-year -27.51% +34.43% -12.86%
75th Percentile £436 £547 £417
90th Percentile £474 £564 £437
UK excluding London median daily rate £372 £513 £381
% change year-on-year -27.51% +34.43% -12.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

GPRS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,525 7,311 9,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,755 6,321
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 473 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

GPRS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GPRS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GPRS.

Daily rate trend for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GPRS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GPRS.

Hourly rate trend for GPRS in the UK

GPRS
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPRS within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +59 4 £372 -27.51% 6
England +119 3 £351 -31.56% 6
South East +23 3 £351 -31.56% 4
Work from Home +127 1 £500 -2.44%
Scotland - 1 £500 -

GPRS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) 3G
1 3 (75.00%) 4G
1 3 (75.00%) 5G
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) GSM
2 1 (25.00%) LTE
2 1 (25.00%) SCCP
2 1 (25.00%) SDH
2 1 (25.00%) SS7
2 1 (25.00%) VoLTE
2 1 (25.00%) VoWiFi
2 1 (25.00%) VSAT
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes