GPRS Job Trends in the Midlands

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring GPRS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 272 -
Rank change year-on-year +53 - -
Permanent jobs citing GPRS 4 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.071% 0.021% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 0.18% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £54,063 £48,750 -
90th Percentile £54,625 - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £38,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +44.74% +16.92% -7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 838 1,105 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.93% 11.41% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 497 524 800
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £44,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% +2.89% -9.90%
75th Percentile £53,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,875 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.79% -3.81% -

GPRS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for GPRS in the Midlands

GPRS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GPRS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GPRS

GPRS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPRS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 4 £52,500 - 3
GPRS
England

GPRS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) RS-232
1 4 (100.00%) RS-485
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware